The Magnificent Goldberg

Nice Rod, but you can hear it on the CD MG

Just call them R&B. After all they carry on the tradition and make it evolve to some degree. Like I said in my above post there are relatively recent acts that would really come under the R&B (despite all the evolutions they have gone thoprugh). Duke Robillard would be another one IMO. And no doubt there are many more. Root Doctor too. And Bernard Purdie & the Hudson River Rats. But I think Jim calls Root Doctor a blues band. I agree with you, but it depends on the circumstances of the conversation/thread. MG

Oh, I never knew that! MG

= (at best) rehearsal. MG

Well, Soul Music became the official designation of the Billboard R&B singles charts in 1969, then it was called Black singles in 1982. It's back to R&B now, I think. It was the 'Harlem hit parade' from '42-'45, then the Race chart until 1949, when Jerry Wexler (then a journalist at Billboard) invented the term Rhythm & Blues. Billboard was never a leader in the descriptions of contemporary black music, always a follower (and this is a surprise?). OK, Soul music was different from R&B. It had, more and more from the early days of Clyde McPhatter with Billy Ward and the Dominos, a gospel feel to it. Funk was also different from Soul, in its reliance on the bass carrying the rhythmn and setting the drummer free (as had happened years before with Bebop). Then Disco was different again in ways we need not discuss Smooth Soul also we need not discuss, but that was also different. But the position was never really clear when you listen to a lot of the music. What all of it had in common was a jazz root, originating from big band swing, then influenced by Soul Jazz and never really lost until Hip Hop took over pretty well everything (and even then, a lot of jazz samples were used but in a very different way). So what there's been is a music with some common elements and some different elements coming in at different times (mostly as a result of the work of musicians who played jazz). If it's important to place a person's work historically and stylistically - as it sometimes is - just as it's inadequate to try to differentiate between Hawk and Trane by using the ubrella term 'Jazz', so it's inadequate to differentiate between Louis Jordan and Anita Baker by using the umbrella term 'R&B'. But just as Jazz does have merit as an umbrella term, so does R&B. MG

I think this is a misunderstanding. There's no question that that album languished in the way that many BN albums remained unreleased for a long time. 'Back at the Chicken Shack' and 'Midnight special' were recorded at the same session, in April 1960. One of them had to be first. 'Midnight special' was released in December 1961. Within a few weeks, it was on the pop album charts, peaking at 28 and staying on the chart for 51 weeks (the single was an R&B and pop hit, too). In the meantime, JOS had recorded 'Bashin'' for Verve and that album (which was released in mid 62) also made the pop charts (#10 and 34 weeks from June '62) as well as the single of 'Walk on the wild side'. Alfred and Frank would have had to be out of their minds to release 'Back at the Chicken Shack' any earlier than they did. In fact, it entered the pop chart shortly after 'Midnight special' dropped out and a couple of months before Jimmy's Verve follow up, 'Hobo flats' was released in May '63. There are a great many BN albums for which the releases were held up for no apparent reason, but this definitely ain't one of them. MG

This is a limited edition, as are most Japanese CDs. I don't think they'll be around next year. Hm, yes, that's always a factor with Japanese CDs. Well... MG

This afternoon Houston Person - Basics - Muse - with Alicia Lashley on cover Jimmy McGriff - Outside looking in - Lester Radio Corpn Sonny Stitt - Mellow - Muse MG

Thanks Daniel. I think I'll go for the Clifford Jordan, which has John Patton on 3 tracks - I think the only Patton I haven't got. I wish they had included more of Herbie Mann's disco albums, but there are a few here I'll get Also some more Milt Jacksons. Most of these I'll leave for next year, though. Will they still be around? MG

How much are they Hans? MG

I never knew this was the original sleeve of Ray Charles' 'Yes indeed' - I thought it was the French version when I saw it, because it was in a very similar style to the French version of 'Ray Charles at Newport'. There are a few goodies in this lot. Let me recommend the Lou JOhnson to anyone who hasn't heard it. I could do with the Chuck Willis, too. And OF COURSE, the two classic Mar-Keys albums. MG

This afternoon's vinyl Gene Ammons - Blue Gene - Prestige (OJC) My favourite of Jug's pre-prison jam sessions. Florida Mass Choir - Be encouraged - Savoy Lou DOnaldson - Forgotten man - Timeless Stanley Turrentine & Milt Jackson - Cherry - CTI (Pye UK) Johnny 'Hammond' Smith - Here it is - Prestige (Musidisc France) Now Don Patterson - Moving up - Muse MG

Oh, they have a lot of stuff I'm interested in - even some King Fleming. I only have the two George Freemans. Thanks for posting the link Chuck. MG

Bill, fulsome means "cloying or causing surfeit; nauseous; offensive; gross; rank; disgustingly fawning" according to my dictionary. Now, I'M glad to hear such prasie for Eric Alexander, but I wouldn't think you would be MG

What does this mean? I think it's one of those motorised spikes that guys lean on and break up the road surface with. Maybe they're called jackhammers, or something? Anyway, they're the noisiest thing since the atom bomb. MG

No Willis Jackson, Sonny Stitt, Don Wilkerson, Bechet, Hodges, Carter and most of all, NO GENE AMMONS!!! Ike Quebec coming at the tail end is actually mighty peculiar. Also, no baritone players that I noticed. Sure, it's his list. MG

Just winding up disc 4, which includes the 'Afro-Cuban jazz suite'. MG

No, you can save playlists (or whole albums as playlists) so you should be able find & play whatever you want when you want. Your own music on your computer that isn't on Spotify can be accessed through the program as well. Why not try it out - the ad supported version is free. I'm thinking about it. At present, I've got a great deal of recently acquired music to listen to, without taking up more time with Spotify. MG

No, you skipped a bar. MG

I can't quite get my head round the idea of just listening to some music once, then having to find it agan a few days later and a few days later and so on. Is that not the idea of this spotitfy thing? MG

Thanks SS1, but what is a streaming music service? MG That just means that you can play the music of your choice on the device of your choice directly from a central server. You don't have to own a hard copy. The content comes to you in a steady flow, a "stream" of data. Streaming audio and video are all the rage these days! It's pretty much like being a DJ of your own personal radio station & getting somebody else to actually spin the records. Oh, so you don't buy the music. How does someone make money out of it? MG

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Still haven't gotten the knack of always doing that the right way at the right time, myself. Good luck! Yeah! MG

Thanks SS1, but what is a streaming music service? MG

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