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That's what Fred did. Don't forget, he was doing that tour for about 8 years. But in the end... MG

We all have our different perceptions, which is fine. I have not heard her "pound", either live or on several albums--both solo and as sideperson. For example, on Stan Getz's 50th birthday double album, with the gold cover (what is that title!) she plays the smoothest electric piano I have heard anyone play. I hope to avoid her pounding albums--which ones are they? For what it's worth - not much since they aren't available - she doesn't seem to me to pound on the Freddie McCoy albums. MG PS Ray Pounds on the drums.

Yup. From the Mosaic discography: Roost LP 2204 Plays Arrangements From The Pen of Quincy Jones (D) Sonny Stitt (as) w/ Quincy Jones Orchestra: Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal (tp), J.J. Johnson (tb), Anthony Ortega (fl, as), Seldon Powell (ts), Cecil Payne (bari), Hank Jones (p), Freddie Green (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Jo Jones (d). NYC, September 30, 1955 tk.2 My Funny Valentine Roost LP 2204 tk.5 Lover - tk.6 Sonny's Bunny - tk.9 Love Walked In - (E) Sonny Stitt (as) w/ Quincy Jones Orchestra: Thad Jones, Joe Newman (tp), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Anthony Ortega (fl, as), Seldon Powell (ts), Cecil Payne (bari), Hank Jones (p), Freddie Green (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Jo Jones (d). NYC, October 9, 1955 tk.2 If You Could See Me Now Roost LP 2204 tk.2 Quince (alt) previously unissued tk.3 Quince Roost LP 2204 tk.1 Come Rain Or Come Shine (alt) previously unissued tk.2 Come Rain Or Come Shine Roost LP 2204 tk.1 Star Dust (alt) -1 previously unissued tk.3 Star Dust -1 Roost LP 2204 -1, as, p, g, b & d only. Thanks Kevin - I keep telling myself that I'm saving up for the Stitt box. MG

I see I've hit 1,000 posts for the second time! Zowie! Losing a few hundred is grievous when you don't have that many. MG

Joanne was on most of Freddie McCoy's albums for Prestige in the '60s, starting with "Funk drops", and was on the original version of "One cylinder". A very nice, sympathetic, player. I'll play a couple of them later. Happy birthday Joanne. MG

I've just finished reading Fred Wesley's autobiography. Very surprised - perhaps relieved? - to see that he was saying the same thing about the Acid Jazz scene as I tried the other day - only he put it rather more expertly than I could. The context is the show he, Maceo and Pee Wee put together and toured with extensively in Europe for several years. There are two points here. The most obvious is that the undiscerning drunk deserve to be taken for mugs, as seems to have happened with Smooth Jazz. The second is that the audience was culturally miles away - worlds away - from the roots of the music. You'd see the same kind of people turning up for Oumou Sangare, Chaka Demus & Pliers and Hugh Masekela. So it's unsurprising that they weren't interested in the nuances of all of these different kinds of music, merely the most superficial aspects. MG

Is that Sonny Stitt "Pen of Quincy" something included in the Mosaic box? MG

Nope; we're ALL hip. Some of us think some of the others aren't and some of the others... Go for it DMP! MG

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I agree with Paul. g Me too, except when the bar decides to finally comply with ASCAP and purchase a license, after 20 years of featuring live music, and then takes that "fee" out of the musician's pay. Ahem. Like a certain bar we're playing this weekend. Not a happy situation. Does he take the whole of the fee out of every band's pay every weekend, or just a fiftieth or whatever? And in any event, this geezer was running a karaoke bar - no musicians. What if the MU tried to levy a license for use of recorded music? MG

I'll be interested to see if anyone responds to this Chewy. MG PS Why do you spell Kenny G with capital letters and not Grant Green?

Yeah, "sour" is what I'd use to describe his tone sometimes too. It sounds like a cocktail you'd pour over a trifle. Cocktail sax! MG

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I hadn't noticed. I had better have a squint at the Savoy Jazz site. MG

Anyone else see this as contradictory? Don't care if you like it but if you don't recognize beauty when you hear it you aren't listening. who doesn't like "beauty"? Dan, you're confusing taste with appreciation. Just because you can tell that something's good, it isn't necessary to like it. Equally, just because something's bad, it's not necessary to dislike it. Too many people let aesthetics get in the way of enjoying themselves, in my view. Lots of people know spinach is good for them, but they don't like it. Lots of people know that sausages are bad for you, but they like them. I like lots of people - some of them are beautiful people; some are crooks. Most are a bit good and a bit bad. I don't seek to change them, or say that I won't accept this or that side of their character. Very often, one likes - or indeed loves - people in spite of what they are. So also with musicians. MG

Some are available elsewhere and others are not. I guess it depends on quantities still in the pipeline. Damn! I was just listening to Billie Poole's first album and decided to move "Confessin' the blues" up my OJC list. I can't access the Concord list being a stupid European! MG

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Is the material in the Concord sale not available from other sources now? I was just looking on CD Universe for Billie Poole's "Confessin' the blues" and it's not there, but it IS in the Concord sale. MG

I don't understand this. I thought performance rights organisations collected a general license fee; then you could play anything licensed by that organisation. That's how it is in Britain. Licensing individual pieces that might (or might not) be played is a mind-blowing concept. MG Maybe those five songs were the five ASCAP songs they played. Could be, but what are the chances of that? Oh - are you saying that the US system is the same as the British one? MG I believe so. You pay a flat fee. There may be different fee schedules but that's the basic concept. There's no license paid for individual songs. Thanks Dan. I agree with JazzyPaul - the guy's a cheapskate. He's running a place of public entertainment. 'nuff sed. MG

Teach me. He's a good teacher - very patient... MG

Thanks - that's helpful. So Pharoah and Bembe are only on one track each... MG