The Magnificent Goldberg

Sylvester Sly The Family Stone

Not a BN date. The Jones/Lewis big band records were made for Solid State. That one appears to have been issued on Blue Note, not Solid State, after Solid State was closed down by UA. Reissues from UA labels are segregated from the BN own sessions in the discography. Same applied to Jimmy McGriff's "Black pearl". MG If we're going to get that arbitrary about it we might as well just throw in all the Pacific Jazz/Roulette/Jubilee sessions in there that were reissued by EMI in the 1990s (and thus count Frank Wess). Consummation was produced by Sonny Lester, not Alfred Lion or Frank Wolff. It was given a Solid State catalogue number and Mosaic put it out on the The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra. Saying that Kamuca "recorded for BN" because of the way Solid State's ownership was transferred is a stretch. It doesn't mention having had a Solid State catalogue no in this discography. You're obviously correct. MG

Rooster Cogburn Wayne Tracey

Ah well. I think "Prayer meeting" is the weakest, lacking Kenny Burrell, really. And I like "Rockin' the boat" best, "Bucket" next. But really, there's little to choose between them as far as I can see. When I'm listening to "I almost lost my mind" I can think that's the best, too. MG

Neither recorded for Blue Note. MG

Clyde Ankle Manny Shinwell Foghorn Leghorn

Not a BN date. The Jones/Lewis big band records were made for Solid State. That one appears to have been issued on Blue Note, not Solid State, after Solid State was closed down by UA. Reissues from UA labels are segregated from the BN own sessions in the discography. Same applied to Jimmy McGriff's "Black pearl". MG

Nice collection of Lunceford on Quadromania - covers 1935-45. Called "Life is fine". I return to that a couple of times a year. Packaging is about as crummy as you can get on those Quadromania things but the music's as fine as life! Oh, and let me put in a good word for Erskine Hawkins' orchestra. I haven't got enough of that band yet, so I can't give you a positive rec - though a cheap compilation on Bluebird called "The original Tuxedo Junction" is excellent. MG

Chick Corea Vinnie Corrao The Corries

Cor - you're lucky I didn't steal that lot MG

Walker Boh Eddie Bo Bo Derek

Maureen Sickler Rudy Van Gelder James Herriot

And mention of Curtis Amy calls to mind Clifford Scott James Clay Marchel Ivery MG Yes - he didn't work for BN. MG

S'right. And mention of Harold Ashby, made me think of Paul Gonsalves, who also didn't record for BN. MG

Checking my original list Strike out Ben Webster - recorded with both James P Johnson and Benny Morton in the forties. Strike out Benny Golson, too - he was on "Moanin'" which I forgot. And a few other sessions. And Lucky Thompson recorded for BN with Monk. And Budd Johnson was on Stanley Turrentine's "Joyride". Goodness! MG Sonny did a session for BN, but it was unsuccessful. One track came out on the "Lost sessions" CD. MG ? Oops, sorry, for the second time this evening. MG

from Barak's list Curtis Amy, Stan Getz, Wardell Gray, Sal Nistico Wardell Gray (and Allen Eager) were on a 1948 Tadd Dameron session. But Amy, Getz and Nistico didn't record for BN. Harold Land was on some Bobby Hutcherson sessions. Teddy Edwards was included in my original list. But I see he was on an unissued Lorez Alexander session. (I'm looking up the index in the discography, see?) Al Cohn (and Zoot) appeared on Blue Note, but it was a reissue from UA, so I reckon that doesn't count. But Zoot also appeared on a Jutta Hipp session. Jimmy Giuffre appeared on a session produced by Leonard Feather in 1954 rsulting in 2 10" LPs called "Best from the west". Bill Holman did the arrangements for Carmen McRae's contribution to "Blue Note meet the LA Philharmonic" (1977). Bill Perkins was on those sides, too. Richie Kamuca is on the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis album "Consummation", which someone was playing today - you I think So, that's Al Cohn and Bob Cooper to you, Sidewinder. It really is amazing who HAS ecorded for Blue Note. MG Yes, I know who he is now. He appeared on one side of Freddie Hubbard's "Life flight" on blue Note, which I have MG Yes, and there'd be a bit of a bunch of ESP guys I'd forgotten about. MG

Never knew that. Perhaps I should look for those. Is one of them "Symphony for improvisers"? MG

Cor - I quite forgot about that! MG

Little Milton Milt Jackson Milt Buckner

I don't know of a Red Holloway recording for Blue Note. Houston Person has been on at least two Blue Note dates - Horace Silver's "That healin' feelin'" and Grant Green's Club Mozambique session, which wasn't released until a couple of years ago. I don't think I know who Ralph Moore is - though I expect you can remind me. (I know who Wild Bill Moore is, though, if that's any help ) (One who nearly made it into the list was Oliver Nelson, but he arranged Stanley Turrentine's "Joyride". I think that's all he did for BN, though.)

Ziggy Marley Ziggy Stardust Alvin Stardust

OK, Blue Note did record some of the greatest tenor players. Dan made a funny remark on another thread that prompted this, because there are no doubt no end of great tenor players, who were around in that period, who didn't work for Blue Note, even as sidemen. Coleman Hawkins Ben Webster Lester Young Illinois Jacquet Arnett Cobb Willis Jackson Gene Ammons Buddy Tate Rusty Bryant Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Teddy Edwards Jimmy Forrest Von Freeman Rahsaan Roland Kirk Eddie Harris Red Holloway Benny Golson (I think) Pharoah Sanders Fred Anderson Lucky Thompson ? Budd Johnson That's all I can think of. MG

I think I'll start a thread called "Great tenor players who DIDN'T record for Blue Note..." MG

er... it's Gore-Belisha Gor blimey, it's Hore-Belisha! Why, so it is!!! Many apologies! MG Willie Jones Wee Willie Harris Wee Willie Winkie

A nice bunch of vinyl this afternoon Chester Thompson - Powerhouse - Black Jazz Houston Person - Always on my mind - Muse Buddy Tate - The Texas twister - Master Jazz Lou Donaldson - Coleslaw - Argo (Cadet pressing) Lou Donaldson - Blowing in the wind - Cadet both with the One and Only Herman Foster George Benson - Beyond the blue horizon - CTI (8000 series reissue) MG