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I should probably know -- but were Byard, Davis and Dawson (all three) on any other (non-Ervin) dates together? They are on the Jaki Byard Experience LP along with Roland Kirk

I wouldn't put it that way. Some of the songs mentioned have melodic similarities, but they're not "songs with multiple names". "Got My Mojo Workin'" and "High Heeled Sneakers" have melodic similarities, but if you take the original melodies and compare them side by side, they're not the same. Blue Mitchell creating a hip new variation the HHS melody is another thing altogether. The number of variations is endless of course, unless somebody is trying to play a melody as written (in the case of an instrumental version, purposefully retaining the melodic inflections of the original vocal line, for example). I'm being picky perhaps, but as a musician, I'm slightly uncomfortable with the premise that some of these songs are melodically "the same". That's a bit simplistic, imo. Thanks for the thought full response, I'd add that sometime the melody line isn't what's defining of 'the song', it could be the groove or the riff or any number of things...

Night Train = Happy Go Lucky Local + That's the Blues Old Man. Hucklebuck and Now's the Time are NOT exactly the same, and what they share go back before either Got My Mojo Working and Hi Heeld Sneakers are same melody set to a different groove, eddly Blue Mitchel's HHS sounds more like GMMW to me. And that's funny 'bout Werewolves of Alabama, someone should do them as a medly!

Frank Strozier did play with him briefly, do recordings exist? Grant Green is an intriguing suggestion, but then Geo. Benson didn't really work too well, and Geo. is heavioly Greenish. I have a boot with Lester & Miles on one cut, would love to hear more. Miles & louis, then Wynton & Stanley could STFO.

I think it's well-established that Mile had wanted Shorter for quite some time before he got him, since at least "blue Xmas" in, what was that. '62? ironic then that some hear alot of Hank in Wayne...

Maybe the significance is that"Mama shoudn't cook when she's so fucked up"?

IIRC, Corea doing B Evans w/paul Motian whould be out soon, or is that some other label?

Besides being on BN, and championed by Mike Cuscuna, Hank also became a sort of poster child for every musician who 'wasn't a giant, but had his own voice'. and, yes, I do own nearly everything he did and LOVE most of it. But he still wasn't a great match for Miles in that band at that time, and Miles wasn't one to be happy with just good enuff...Hank & Lee & Higgins, a triangle made in heaven!

In a career filled with ups & downs of all kinds, Etta Rocks the House remains one of my personal favorites. Rest in peace, Ms James.

I believe Loretta Lynn gave Charlie Pride a big ol' hug and a kiss on some C&W awards show specifically because someone told her not to even touch him (surest way to make sure she did, on purpose?). Later than some of the other examples here, but no less significant in context.

I've always heard this in my head as a sort of neo-Coltrane instrumental, and done my inept best to play it that way - rubato and dramatic on the A section and snapping into tempo for the bridge. Surely the breif fashion for things Northern was a reaction to their long un-fashionableness?

Cassandra Wilson - Blue Skies w/ Mulgrew Miller, Lonnie P. & Terri Lyne C.

Have I mentioned that I was pleasantly surprised by how well Abercrombie fit L. Smith's Hendrix tributes?

Wade Mainer, not exactly jass but how many now living played for, or even met, FDR?

Charlie's not 'Trane or Sonny R, but he's not Claude Bartee either...he's as close to Lucky Thompson as Monk could get to show up for gigs for 10 years running. Groundbreaking performances are great, but do we really want that every time out? I think not.

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Nice one dan. Bill used to play here in the UK regularly a few years, I used to watch and listen in awe. Glad you liked it. Dana

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yeah, it is all that but I'll take straight audio - the visual is distracting to me.

At least nobody on this thread is whining 'bout him playing outta tune, oops...

Dude, that's a little too real-but I'll take it over KJ's vocals any day.

But did he "sound like a girl saying 'yes'"?

You want a slight, Don Covay was nominated to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in the nonperformer catagory, as was Graham goldman, both have substantial performing careers as well as being fine songwriters. Bright Miss features Ribot on acoustic only so that alone takes it to a different place.

No deleted post, just having fun with language, specifically with the comma changing the sence of the sentence (or, apparently, not). Yes, I did like it. Very much, in a not quite what I was expecting kinda way, hence the thread fishing for commentary from others. for those not familar with the full scope of his accomplishments, I saw a 2 CD package the other day covering 'solo' work and production work by allen T from back in the day, can't 'member the name right now.

I got mine at the local bricks 'n mortor, but had to special order and don't know where they sourced it from. $19.99 and worth every pennie!