The Magnificent Goldberg

Never really liked the Hollies. Frankie Allen, their bass player, used to play down my way with Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers. Then he got a better-paying gig. MG

Yes, it's a pretty decent LP on Versatile. Versatile also made an album of Cornell Dupree, called "Saturday night fever" and that was extremely boring. MG

Yes, indeed. And Hoagy Carmichael, too. I'm pretty sure Norm doesn't mean Great American Songbook stuff, although that's deflintely pop. If we stick to the sixties and later, we'll probably get somewhere near what Norm wants. Except I don't know if he means to include black pop or not. A lot of black pop does very well in jazz as they're not too far apart in the first place. Let's say People get ready - Wayne Henderson & Freedom Sounds A change is gonna come - Jack McDuff, David Newman Shake - John Patton, Stanley Turrentine Ain't that peculiar - John Patton, Reuben Wilson, Groove Holmes, Grasella Oliphant, George Benson Sookey sookey - Grant Green Let the music take your mind - Grant Green Slippin' into darkness - Rhoda Scott (plus Noj's list) Inner city blues - Grover Washington Jr, Reuben Wilson What's goin' on - Johnny Hammond Smith, Gene Ammons, Jimmy McGriff, Bernard Purdie, Willis Jackson, Houston Person Papa's got a brand new bag - Jimmy Smith Ain't it funky now - Grant Green Sing a simple song - Charles Earland (+ Noj list) Who's gonna take the weight - Sparks Love the life you live - Sparks (Your love is) so doggone good - Sonny Stitt Papa was a rolling stone - Jug, Les McCann Endless love - Jimmy Smiff, Hank Crawford Living for the inner city - Caesar Frazier Higher ground - Johnny Hammond Smith, Jimmy Ponder Don't you worry 'bout a thing - Hank Crawford, Sonny Criss All in love is fair (four from one LP!) - Hank Crawford, Harlem Arts Ensemble In the heat of the night - Hank Crawford Secret agent man - Secret Agent Men (feat Lonnie Smith & Bob Kenmotsu) Concrete jungle - David Newman I no get eye for back - Houston Person When a man loves a woman - Shirley Scott (x2), Hank Crawford, Houston Person, Dan Papaila, Eddie Harris, Bernard Purdie, Billy Larkin & Delegates Goin' out of my head - Wes Montgomery, Les McCann (x2), Jack McDuff Barefootin' - John Patton Cissy Strut - Houston Person, John Patton Ain't no sunshine - Grover Washington Jr, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Bernard Purdie, Willis Jackson Doctor Feelgood - Jimmy McGriff, Stanley Turrentine Just my imagination - Godfathers of Groove (R Wilson, G Green Jr, B Purdie), Houston Person etc Young, gifted and black - Houston Person Theme from Shaft - Bernard Purdie (x2), Jimmy McGriff See? There's plenty. MG what are the jazz versions of these tunes? Off the top of my head, without trying an exhaustive search, I've edited the list above to put in some jazz versions.

A few twofers from the seventies & eighties, this afternoon Savannah Community Choir & Rev Isaac Douglas - Stand up for Jesus - Creed Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the moonlight/Howlin' Wolf - Chess Howlin' Wolf - The real folk blues/More real folk blues - Chess MG

What does the * mean, Bentsy? Free to good home? MG

I have a friend who used to run a boy scout marching band (2nd Brighton, I seem to recall), which won the UK championship a few times while he was in charge. I expect he'd like them. MG

Rusty Bryant - Rusty rides again - Phoenix Jazz MG

This is one I've just placed a reserve on through my library, based on up-thread discussion, to give it a test drive. When you say, "thought that was enough. And it is" I'm a little confused about your meaning (i.e. this is all the live Red you need? you're satisfied with the Concord pressing? a little Red goes a long way? good? bad?). Just curious. I've finally had a chance to give Revisited! and Soul Junction a few spins and I'm liking both immensely. As someone mentioned, those tunes will Burrell on Revisited! are phenomenal in a very subtle way. Oh, there's a Japanese complete Prelude edition, costing bux. It has a few tracks that aren't on the Concord edition. I'm happy to listen to the reasonably priced 2CD edition without longing for the extra three on 3 CDs. It's a really nice set. MG

Money sent now. MG

We may have a winner! It's a joke, Moosey MG

Agreed, Lee's masterpiece in my opinion! No doubt. And I'm not going to chuck it out, of course. I just like it less than I like most other stuff with GG. Good to play when you need something like that. Modern jazz is not terribly important in my collection, though. MG

Cor! Is that on Bob Shad's Mainstream label, or some other Mainstream label? It's Shad's label - "Spiritual Series" from 1974. Ah, so that's after his early Jewel stuff and before his later Jewel stuff I've been interested in him for some time, through seeing his LPs advertised on the back of other Jewel records, but never seen any. Never knew he was Muddy's cousin. I'm hoping Atlanta International will get round to reissuing some of his Jewel material. MG

I'll get onto this tomorrow morning. Realised how much I missed you all while I was away. MG

Glad this was upped. I've bought a few more of Red's albums in the past couple of years. I got the Concord edition of the Prelude session. Thought that was enough. And it is. Also, two Jazzland OJCs Bright and breezy - a very nice trio session of mostly standards Red's good groove - a wonderful session, with Blue Mitchell & Pepper Adams, Sam & Philly Joe Jones. Really satisfying album! MG

Cor! Is that on Bob Shad's Mainstream label, or some other Mainstream label? This afternoon/evening, it's been Milt Buckner & Buddy Tate - Midnght slows vol 4 - Black & Blue Mildred Clark & the Melodaires - I can't give up now - Savoy Rev Leo Daniels - Looking for a bargain - Peacock MG

Yes, indeed. And Hoagy Carmichael, too. I'm pretty sure Norm doesn't mean Great American Songbook stuff, although that's deflintely pop. If we stick to the sixties and later, we'll probably get somewhere near what Norm wants. Except I don't know if he means to include black pop or not. A lot of black pop does very well in jazz as they're not too far apart in the first place. Let's say People get ready A change is gonna come Shake Ain't that peculiar Sookey sookey Let the music take your mind Slippin' into darkness Inner city blues What's goin' on Papa's got a brand new bag Ain't it funky now Sing a simple song Who's gonna take the weight Love the life you live (Your love is) so doggone good Papa was a rolling stone Endless love Living for the inner city Higher ground Don't you worry 'bout a thing All in love is fair (four from one LP!) In the heat of the night Secret agent man Concrete jungle I no get eye for back When a man loves a woman Goin' out of my head Barefootin' Cissy Strut Ain't no sunshine Doctor Feelgood Just my imagination Young, gifted and black Theme from Shaft See? There's plenty. MG

Les McCann - because so much of what he plays is LES MCCANN! Duke Ellington then - in no particular order Junior Mance Horace Silver Bobby Timmons Harold Mabern Abdullah Ibrahim Ray Charles Amos Milburn Hampton Hawes MG

I can't offhand think of any of his sideman appearances that I don't like a lot. Well, perhaps "Search for the new land"... MG Oh, and "I'm tryin' to get home" - the arrangements are quite a turn off - much more so than "A new perspective". MG

Sonny Stitt - My buddy - Muse MG

The number of CDs in your collection exceeds what your enjoyment of that artist would warrant. Oh well, us poooor people don't have that problem Now, if you ask who's UNDER-represented in my collection... It's be the same list except Grant Green wouldn't be in there MG MG, I didn't see Grant Green on your list. I surmised that he's been on fewer than 40 releases. Yes - 34 (or 35 if you count Dave Bailey's "Reaching out", which always seems to have GG's name on it). MG I think you must be missing some, MG. I have (if I counted correctly) 40, and there are at least a few that I don't have. Here's the list. I don't buy compilations. Well, not of Grant Green. What's the point? And I don't count duplicates of LPs and CDs for example; so "Remembering"="Standards" etc. FIRST SESSION GRANTS FIRST STAND REACHIN' OUT GREEN STREET SUNDAY MORNING GRANTSTAND REMEMBERING GOODEN'S CORNER NIGERIA OLEO BORN TO BE BLUE THE LATIN BIT GOIN' WEST FEELING THE SPIRIT BLUES FOR LOU AM I BLUE IDLE MOMENTS MATADOR SOLID TALKIN' ABOUT STREET OF DREAMS HIS MAJESTY KING FUNK I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND IRON CITY CARRYIN' ON GREEN IS BEAUTIFUL ALIVE LIVE AT CLUB MOZAMBIQUE VISIONS SHADES OF GREEN THE FINAL COMEDOWN LIVE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE THE MAIN ATTRACTION EASY Actually 34, not 35 - discovered screw-up in database MG

That agenda was never hidden. John Lewis seemed to have a great need for respectability and talked about it many times. Duke Ellington also had a great need for respectability. Jazz is a business. People making money for doing something very difficult for people who want to listen. Showbiz. MG

Should have been subtitled "18 songs for lovers of pretty girls with long legs" now playing Gil Scott-Heron - Moving target - Arista MG

Me too, Joe. Been a long time without a blindfold! MG

Wow, I never would have thought that Groove Holmes and Charles Earland led than 40 records each. And here I thought that I had a lot of Willis Jackson records. I think 46 is all the Jackson, with possibly a better compilation of his fifties post-Apollo recordings that I haven't come across. 44 albums plus two compilations of fifties material as a leader, is what I've got of him. There is a raftload of sideman stuff from R&B records in the fifties - much won't be in jazz discographies, so it's hard to trace. Off the top of my head, there are 4 Earland albums I haven't got, and 1 by Holmes. And I only found out about Newman's last album last night, so that's one of his I haven't got. MG

I think you're right about Percy. Connie was the man really behind the sound of the group, though he was a swinging drummer too. (Don't forget Connie was a member of Jesse Stone's Atlantic studio band in the fifties, making all those classic R&B records. Nowt wrong with the way Connie felt rhythm.) Funny you should mention the genteel side turning people off. I remember reading some article back in the sixties - no memory of the source - might have been Jazz Journal or Melody Maker, but could equally have been one of the pop papers. Anyway, some guy at UK Decca (who handled Atlantic over here) was interviewed and was saying that they could sell 10,000 copies of any MJQ LP in the UK alone! Now that's effin' incredible in the light of today's market! MG