The Magnificent Goldberg

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Cheerful news, thanks Valerie. MG

Gazetted is a term borrowed from the British Government by some, perhaps many, former colonies. There is a weekly paper called "The London Gazette" which, at the bottom says "Published by Authority" - which I've always thought was a fantastic expression. The London Gazette is the organ by which certain Government actions are made real in a sense. For example, appointments to the Privy Council, senior military appointments, schools inspectors' appointments are announced in it; so are bankruptcies - the doctrine being that ignorance is no excuse and creditors ought to read the London Gazette just in case they find out that someone who owes them money has gone bust. The Royal diary for the week is set out in it, if I recall aright. And also the sort of thing that the scam letter talks about. But no one reads the London Gazette except Government officials. There is nothing in the paper except these announcements. And the paper, I should think, makes a profit, because each announcement is charged for like an advert. MG

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Yes. Thank you Clifford - though I DID appreciate the jokes about the BIII MG

Well, in the early sixties, he would have done Bossa Nova albums for Verve, with Getz. He'd have signed for CTI in the early seventies... MG

I do agree - but it seems to me that tunes like "Walkin'" weren't "real" compositions like "On a misty night" - they were bits of riffs that were floating around the ghetto - public domain material, if you like - made into recordings by whomever, in much the same way as W C Handy is said to have put together many of his songs. So, saying X is like Y doesn't truly imply (to me) that the writer of X stole from the writer of Y; rather that both picked up the same stuff that was going around. MG

When did Pearson take that gig? Right after Que died? Or...? Pretty well, I think. Michael Csucuna, in the intro to the BN discography, says: "Duke Pearson, already a BN recording artist, then took over Ike's duties..." MG

It is me, Jim. That's why I have to feel precisely right to listen to those sides. But there are times when I do. MG

Is this going to be a good way to get introduced to Braxton? Never heard him. MG

Do you mean those versions, or the tunes themselves? I can understand a lack of consensus about the tunes. But those performances sound pretty hard bop to me. If I'm wrong about that, please tell me why. MG

Oh, and Pharoah Sanders' version on "Heart is a melody" is also gorgeous. MG

A big yes from me on that one, too. I also like Stanley Turrentine's version on the Fantasy LP "Use the stairs". Not, generally, a good period for Stan, but this is very enjoyable. MG

Interesting question. I had a shufti at the old BN catalogue & discog. "Blue & sentimental" was recorded nearly two years after "Soul station"; "Go" eight months later than that. There WEREN'T any BN tenor-led albums around that time. The nearest issue before "Soul Station" was Rollins' "Newk's time" (4001) but that was recorded in 1957, as was "Blue train", BN's previous tenor-led album. Next after the Mobley album were Turrentine's "Look out" and "Blue hour", recorded about four months later, as was Tina Brooks' "True blue". What BN was doing between 1957 and early 1960 was mainly recording Jimmy Smith, Lee Morgan, Blakey, Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver & Jackie McLean (and there was an unreleased Tina Brooks - "Minor move"). Somebody woke them up; perhaps it was Hank; more likely it was Ike Quebec, who started doing some supervision work for BN in this period. MG

i think I have some of that on LP - a French issue of a Fantasy LP called "Classics", done on 28.11.81, side-long versions of "Red clay" and "First light". Is that the same thing? I can really only play that when I'm feeling absolutely in the mood for some heavy hard bop, which ain't often. MG

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I haven't had a replacement yet - and I e-mailed Mosaic about it! They said they'd replace it, no timescale, but I haven't been told one is on the way. MG

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British practice is ALWAYS to approach the retailer first. It's a bleedin' miracle that in both cases you got to talk to a real person so swiftly. That's the REAL customer service story in this day and age. MG

Recordings Of Indeterminate Origins Oh, I should have guessed. Thought it was a tech term Thanks. MG

I really hope they didn't mean George. Oh, and Von's live session with Willis Jackson on Muse is most enjoyable. Listening to Von with Boogaloo Joe Jones & co, is very different! MG

Have a good one. Then have a great birthday! MG

I must be late again, but Happy Birthday Claude!!! MG

Yeah, those are the ones I have recordings of. The early one with Ulmer goes by the name "The Way I Feel". They are all ROIOs as far as I know. A little research came up with this, which discusses these recordings... http://johnpatton.blogspot.com/2007/03/big...atton-live.html Ah yes, that looks like Andy Bleaden's blog. I have the Smoke and Elbo Room sessions. What does ROIO stand for? MG