The Magnificent Goldberg

You're welcome ...... I do my best .............................. Did you know I'll be reach the 1000th Keep Swinging blog contribution within three weeks Keep Swinging blog Durium Dumb question of the day: who's the big guy? There are no dumb question, you should know that ............ I use this pictures as my blog logo. Any idea which musician this could be? He played in our club (Porgy en Bess Jazz club in Terneuzen ( in the southwest part of The Netherlands) earlier this year and when the leader of the band had a solo, he stood beside the stage and I made this picture, which I photo-shopped a bit to make it real nice ....... Anybody any suggestions? Keep Swinging blog Keep swinging Durium I've only got one photo of Vincent Herring, without a beard, but the nose is similar - and, hey, the sax is similar, too! MG

Ah, those sound most interesting! Thanks Steve. I'll put them down for early next year (if I remember). MG

I was listening to Hampton Hawes' album "The seance" over dinner just now and the thing was really getting through. I was so enthralled by his treatment of "Easy street" that I got out the sleeve notes, to see who'd written the song (no one I'd ever heard of). And I noticed that Hawes himself wrote the notes. So I read them. I've no memory of having read them before, though I think I must have. Damn good sleeve note. In it there's this little passage, which explains the title of the thread Well, what about that! As well as imagining what music must have come out of those speakers that day, I can't help imagining what a tangle of arms, legs and bodies there would have been on the bench MG

Betty Roche - Singin' & swingin' - Prestige (OJC) (with Jack McDuff, Bill Jennings & Jimmy Forrest!) MG

Yes, a good recommendation, especially as it will not overlap with other reissue programs (that usually go by label). I hadn't thought of those as (except for the material of about one EP) I have all the original 10 and 12in LPs. In the same vein, the mid-50s European STUDIO recordings are also worth exploring. The Hamp recorded a LOt in France, for example, but some of these might be harder to track down (beyond the 2 CDs in the "Jazz in Paris" series). I've ordered that one, thanks folks. MG

Good one! I have "Blue 'n boogie" on an LP with some B B King stuff on the reverse, but there's no personnel mentioned. MG

Jimmy Gourley is also on Lou Bennett's first French LP "Amen". Not sure what you mean about Thomas not being one of those cool guitarists. I don't have a contra opinion, just don't understand what you're getting at. MG i'd guess he means thomas is a bit too much django/percussive/whatever to belong into the "cool jazz" bag of raney/bauer/farlow... Oh, I think I see what you mean, but I'm not at all familiar with those "cool" guitarists. I've heard little of Louiss, but I do get the impression that he's not coming out of a McGriff bag I dunno about Clark Terry. I can't think of anything else offhand, but he's the kind of player you'd not be entirely surprised to see on an organ date, and I do have the feeling there are a few. Johnny Coles is a good 'un for this. His only other organ date I can recall was on Earland's "Whip appeal". Leo also had Gloria on his own LP, "Soul talk". Something else, too, I think. The memory's going... MG PS Oh yes, Leo's on a Lou Bennett album that I haven't got.

Jimmy Gourley is also on Lou Bennett's first French LP "Amen". Not sure what you mean about Thomas not being one of those cool guitarists. I don't have a contra opinion, just don't understand what you're getting at. MG

That looks pretty good, thanks. A good intro to Lucky Thompson for me, too, as I've only got the poor side he did on the B side of the Jimmy McGriff "Friday 13th". MG

Oh yes! Mentioning this makes me think he'd have gone well with Big John Patton. MG

Horace Parlan discs 3, 4 and 5 this morning. I'm saving the trio discs for later MG

I've listened to Lionel more than anyone this year. And I've only got the Vogue/BMG "Paris all stars" set and the Mosaic Victors box - but I've bloody HAMMERED them this year! So, since I'm enjoying the music so much, it's about time I got some more. I had a look at the thread on the Verve box but it's a bit expensive and Amazon UK sellers are all posting it from the US - which means big customs dues on top. So I thought I'd give that a miss for a bit and look for something else. But there's so much stuff listed on Amazon UK - 289 entries! I didn't look through them all What I'd really like is a box of his big band material on Decca. But I couldn't see one of those in the first few pages. As an alternative, I know Hamp employed some of my favourite sax players in the fifties - Eddie Chamblee, Red Holloway, King Curtis and Clifford Scott - and some albums with these guys in the band would go down a treat, I reckon. Can anyone suggest any albums featuring any of them? MG

Didn't Abercrombie also play on those Dan Wall discs on ECM? Yes - someone else mentioned that. MG

Thanks very much. I see my house is in there now - but not most of my neighbours'; so it's about 3 years out of date here. MG

Strange photo - obviously very old, but look at those wedge-heeled sandals! MG

I used to have Google earth, but it went, of course, when I did a system restore. Can someone give me a handy link to download it please? MG

Sum miscellaneous tenor players Illinois Jacquet - And his tenor sax - Aladdin (Pathe Marconi) Jimmy Forrest - Most much - Prestige (OJC) Gene Ammons & friends at Montreux - Prestige (orig green label) next Maxwell Davis & his tenor sax - Aladdin (Official Denmark) MG

Yes - I got the new RVG CD for the same reason! Nope! Mine's on LP MG

There's a rare Gildo Mahones session on Prestige with Larry Young in the band, too! So there is! Never seen it. MG

You're right but, without trying to work it out in detail, I'd guess that Lee made about as many organ albums as Blue Mitchell, who feels much more like a typical organist's trumpet player. MG

And another with only half the animal on it MG

Pity there's no handy image of the full LP sleeve with the entire cat, and the lady's legs. MG

Haven't come across that one. A beautiful copy is on my second LP list. Damn! Well, I think I've already spent too much on that list. MG

And never get to Tonyrefail MG

Haven't come across that one. Here are some more Kenny Cox, the pianist, was on 3 trax of Etta Jones' "Love shout", and those tracks also featured Larry Young! Dave Schnitter was on Groove Holmes' "Shippin' out" Steve Wolfe (who? I hear you say) was on Freddie McCoy's "Soul yogi", which featured Joanne Brackeen doubling on piano & organ - Wolfe played sitar on that LP. Probably counts as the most unusual instrument in an organ band album Arthur Blythe was on one long track of Eric Gale's "Touch of silk", which also featured Earland. MG