Tom in RI

There's a George Coleman octet date on Ned Otter's label 2and4 records that is pretty good (not up to the level of Big George imo), Coleman is also a sideman on another 2and4 release under Otter's name where he (Coleman) plays both tenor and alto. There are, evidently, some sessions in the can that Otter has not yet been able to put out which is a shame.

PM sent on: Eric Alexander, Solid! (Fantasy) $6

Sending PM on: Benny Bailey, Grand Slam (Storyville) $6 Tom Brigandi and the Late Night New York Band, After Hours (Brigandi's own release) $8 Eric Alexander, Joe Magnarelli and DEEP are in the quintet Dave Bailey, Two Feet In The Gutter (Epic - Sony) $6

I started smoking around 1975 and quit in 1994. I think the most important thing to remember is that if you start again it doesn't mean you can't quit again. I probably quit for 1 to 3 months 4-5 times before quitting for good. It helps that smoking is not allowed in restaurants and bars.

Hey Son-of-a-Weizen, I was lucky to pick that one up last fall for $4.00. I have been pretty happy with the issues in this series that I have picked up. When I have seen them they have been pretty cheap. I have one issue on this series, Fletcher Henderson and the Dixie Stompers, where the personnel listed is seemingly from another record they planned to issue, possibly a Don Redman collection.

The Prestige disc, Happy Days, mentioned above is now available from Newberry Comics for $3.99. I remember reading this thread last year and kind of guffawing at the then going rate for this reissue.

Another guy you might check out is Chris Smither, stays a little closer to blues than Fahey and Kottke. Along a similar (more bluesy) vein, you might look into Spider John Koerner or Rhode Island's own Paul Geremia.

I just today received an email noting that Amazon is canceling the order, oh well.

I am not in a position to critique Alan Dawson's recorded work but I will say he was among the most memorable performers I have seen play in person. In addition to Tony Williams, Dawson also was a teacher to Terry Lynn Carrington during her formative years.

Dan, a quick check at Ebay shows that there were two auctions for the piece in question that ended May 22, one for $270 and one for $363 each with around 15 bids. It would appear that $200 is a pretty good price.

Duke Robillard also has a new cd out as of this month, A Swinging Session on Stony Plain, that features Scott Hamilton as a guest.

I was just looking at these, shipping from the vendors offering this disc are $5.95 - $6.99, isn't that a bit high? Certainly much higher than shipping charges from Amazon vendors.

It appears that Stephan Wood has this title available as an lp for $7.

Maybe someone here knows what the limit was for Limited OJC's. I think I remember reading somewhere that it was 10,000, which is probably more than the great majority of OJC'c, Limited or otherwise, sold.

There is a cut on Ken Serio's newest cd, Purple Dreams, that lets Pete McCann and Vic Juris loose on the Smoke on the Water riff.

Thanks David, my package came in yesterday.

I remember seeing the Sam Taylor titles on MGM used and always passing them by, strings and vocal choruses send up a red flag for me. The issue that Verve put out on their Swingsation series has always bugged me since they opted to include Alan Freed's dubbed in vocals and cowbell (I guess he was way ahead of the curve in the "needs more cowbell" thing).

And received.

This is my third attempt top give a disc away (no love for Guillermo Klein or Stephan Crump). Anyway, offering the BMG version of New York Stories on Blue Note featuring Bobby Watson, Roy Hargrove, Joshua Redman, and the recently discussed Danny Gatton. First to pm gets it.

I really enjoy "Centirc", with great support from George Garzone, liked it enough to pick up Weights and Measures on Playscape, his most recent release I believe.

Just to clarify, I am not passing any judgment on Buchanan at all, as I noted, I haven't a lot by him and what I did hear was quite some time ago (like 20 years).

Buchanan and Gatton. Both spent considerable time in the DC area. Both were monster guitarists who did not sing and often had not so great vocalists in their bands. Both had keyboard player Dick Heintze (a big influence on Gatton) in their bands at different times. Buchanan was rumored to have been asked to join the Rolling Stones, Gatton was asked to join Lowell George's band (just before he died). Both are identified with the telecaster. Both took their own lives. Personally, I heard some Buchanan years ago but I never heard the lp that lead to that "I get him" moment. As for Gatton, the first time I heard him on the vinyl version of Unfinished Business, I was totally wowed and have been tracking down stuff by him since.

Count me in the group that likes Danny Gatton. I would rate his Relentless date w/Joey DeFrancesco as a more successful date than the Blue Note disc, New York Stories mentioned above (I read somewhere recently that Gatton did all his parts as dubs in a studio and wasn't present when the rest of the music was made which I found a little hard to believe). As to other discs to get, I would look for Unfinished Business which includes two of my all time favorite Gatton songs, Melancholy Serenade (the theme from the Jackie Gleason show) and Sleepwalk. There are a couple of songs on the disc I usually skip but overall it is a fine effort from Gatton. From there I would strongly recommend the 2 volumes of Redneck Jazz Explosion with Buddy Emmons. Incidentally Big Mo records is having a sale as I write on Relentless and vol2 of Red Neck Jazz Explosion (9.95) among other titles. I would avoid the live date on Big Mo, In Concert 9/9/94, its not his best work and I don't know why it was released when there is so much better live Gatton out there. Also, Gatton has been booted relentlessly and a lot of his stuff going back to the 1970's including a night with Lenny Breau has been making the rounds. As is the case with live recordings fidelity varies greatly. As for the criticisms above I would note that Gatton was a reluctant "star", didn't like to travel and had a negative experience with the one shot he had with a major label. I think that he played exactly what he wanted to play and wasn't concerned with leaving some deep musical legacy. I believe he played what he enjoyed and was lucky to find what audience he did. He definitely had some set pieces in his repertoire such as Harlem Nocturne, Sleepwalk, and the Linus and Lucy/Orange Blosom Special medley that ended many of his shows. And you can hear the same references to the same goofy tv themes from show to show. For me personally, it just hasn't gotten old.

PM sent for Chris Cheek Blues Cruise Miguel Zenon Awake Peter Bernstein Signs of Life $7 Hans Glawischnig Panorama

Tenor Gladness w/Warne Marsh and Lew Tabackin.