The Magnificent Goldberg

Gospel music has been an essential and pervasive element in most soul jazz, particularly since the late 40s/early 50s, when the Orioles, Clyde McPhatter with the Dominoes, and other early vocal groups, as well as Billy Wright and, most importantly, Ray Charles, began to incorporate gospel rhythms, singing styles and formal elements into their R&B records. Since then, soul jazz has more or less kept in step with developments in R&B, even to the present, with smooth jazz relating clearly to smooth soul, in which gospel roots are still audible (though there's a marked lack of quality in both smooth jazz and smooth soul nowadays). As far as the way jazz musicians play is concerned, some organists definitely learned in church. Baby Face Willette was audibly influenced greatly by Professor Herman Stevens, 'The poet of the gospel organ', and Rev Maceo Woods (whose VJ recording of 'Amazing grace' pts 1 & 2 sold half a million copies). Charles Kynard played in church on Sundays all his life. Doc Bagby, who was a member of Jaws' first permanent tenor/organ group, played on numerous gospel recordings made by Gotham Records, a Philadelphia label which made a lot more gospel records than jazz & R&B; Bagby was musical director of the label. Some discussion of these organists is here - Quite a few soul jazz musicians have made gospel-like recordings. One thread that deals with them is this one - Here's another that's in a slightly different vein - Here's another recent one, looking at jazz recordings with gospel choirs - Quite a lot of interesting places to look here. MG

I love some of those. Must remember to show them to my daughter, who's coming on Sunday. MG

Oh wow, with Marion Abernathy! One of my favourites. Does she sing on all those sides? MG

This morning Maynard Parker - Midnight rider - Prestige I do like this sleeve. Taken in the same place as Jug's LP 'Free again'. which I'm reminded to play a bit later on... MG

The complete Blue Note Horace Parlan sessions now on disc 2. I like all of this, but particularly the sessions without some of my favourite musicians on horns and guitar. Dunno why. Perhaps it's just that I haven't started on those sessions yet MG

I feel sure that some of Horace SIlver's compositions must have related to people he actually knew. Anyone know? MG

With you there, Q, particularly on not having time after a shower. Now I've started buying patterned socks, I'm a good bit better at toenail cutting, because they're more prone to snagging than plain ones. Hoovering is another thing I dislike - I do upstairs, my missus does downstairs. She does downstairs early in the morning; I spend the day psyching myself up to it until mid-late afternoon. This is only since we got a heavy Dyson hoover about 3 years ago. MG

A lurvely album! Now Erskine Hawkins - Swingin' in Harlem - Vocalion (Tax Sweden) MG

Blondie Debbie Harry Debbie Reynolds

All but the 2 W C Handy tunes on Buster Bailey's "All about Memphis" album had titles that related back to his youth in Memphis. They are: Bear Wallow Hatton Avenue & Gayoso Street Sunday parade Chickasaw Bluff Hot Water Bayou 2 tracks on Budd Johnson's album '& 4 brass giants' - 'Blues for Lester' and 'The message' are subtitled 'Memories of Lester Young' pts 1 & 2. Fred Mason's 'Down by the Cuyahoga', on Rusty Bryant's 'Friday might funk for Saturday night brothers', on which he was the drummer, appear to be autobiographical; the Cuyahoga is a creek in Columbus. That'll do for the moment. Nice idea for a thread. MG

Milton Banana William of Orange Mango Santamania

Two boxes today Sidney Bechet Mosaic this morning This afternoon Complete Felsted mainstream collection - Solar MG

Most of the afternoon The Atlantic New Orleans Jazz sessions Now on disc 4. This is such a nice box to sit down and relax with. MG

Really sorry to see this. Playing Grady Tate's vocal version of Ben's 'TNT'. RIP

Bear Family Rhino Handmade Mosaic MG

I would be totally okay with that, as long as they start with 1941 Yes. MG

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Well, I greatly enjoy those recordings on Chronogical Classics. I doubt if anyone would ever have thought of issuing the material in excellent sound. Would enough people be sufficiently interested in Millinder to secure a profit for the company doing to? We're all jazz fans (to some degree) on this board, but I bet there are precious few of us who have these 3 CDs. Fewer than 6, I'd guess. MG Well I'm #2. Good sound would be the goal. My fantasy wish list is for good music that has only ever been released in relatively muddy sound and could use an overhaul. Lucky Millinder falls into that category and I would hope that anyone with an interest in Swing Era dance music or early Rhythm and Blues would snap such a thing up. Well, I get your point there. Actually, if you included the King 50s material, you'd be in Bear Family territory, I guess, not Mosaic. I think that would be interesting. Thinking about King material, an Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis King set would be terribly interesting, to me. There are 5 LPs from '55-57, plus, I think, some earlier stuff issued on 78/45. Might make a 4 CD box. MG

Millinder's 1941-1950 material is available on 3 Chronological (sorry Chronogical ) Classics CDs. Very nice stuff but I wonder what the benefit of a small Mosaic box (which they no longer do anyway) covering the same period might be. MG Probably better sound, but that's hypothetical now. Well, I greatly enjoy those recordings on Chronogical Classics. I doubt if anyone would ever have thought of issuing the material in excellent sound. Would enough people be sufficiently interested in Millinder to secure a profit for the company doing to? We're all jazz fans (to some degree) on this board, but I bet there are precious few of us who have these 3 CDs. Fewer than 6, I'd guess. MG Well, Millinder is not to everyone's taste That's what I mean. Nor is Woody Shaw. Oh, I'm #3 MG

Money sent, Jim. Thanks for everything. MG

Oho! We'll all guess every track is Pino Manafri MG Right now I'm not using it but by tomorrow the whole thing might be changed. You probably know how that goes. Yes. MG

Thanks Mike. 5 CDs of Faure looks a bit too much for me at present The Leclair is almost certainly going to be better one at a time, rather than 2 1/2 hours at a go. One benefit of DL - organising stuff the way you want. The Senallié looks interesting - never heard of him. Is this just one CD? It's really interesting that, as with thirties swing bands, unpopular stuff has been collected on CDs, and never made it to LP. MG

Dat's a dictionary on a stand! MG

Oho! We'll all guess every track is Pino Manafri MG

Rudy Johnson Claude Rains Viv Leigh