Tom in RI

The one I think I have listened to the most is the Paul Chambers/John Coltrane set, High Step. I just ordered the Paul Chambers Select today so I'll probably sell the lp set.

Hey B3er is that Sonny Fortune in back of Frank Morgan?

I am not positive about this but I believe Frank Morgan had a stroke within the last couple of years. I saw him play with a student band at the University of RI maybe 7 years ago. That was what was advirtised but he elected to play duets with the piano player who was part of the faculty (after the student band had played several arrangements). Morgan was mesmerizing andI would jump at the chance to see him again. I haved enjoyed most all of his recorded work that I have heard since his Art Pepper-like comeback. Will you get any pictures?

I also dug Laurie Pepper's notes on this set. I think its well worth having. AMG give a lengthy writeup on this with comments on each session. Highlights for me are the sides with Bob Cooper. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Afmec97rskr0t

I am not very familiar with Harry Allen but I did meet him once or twice as a record store employee when he was in high school. He was into Don Byas and Coleman Hawkins at the time. Being from RI he had Scott Hamilton as an obvious (and successful) role model. Personally I'd say that it took Scott quite awhile to be accepted on his own terms and not seen as a tired retread, maybe some still see him that way. Personally, I have nothing against someone choosing to play in a particular style, but, I think Harry may have gone a bit overboard here. Anyway, when I heard the track I figured Getz with some European arranger thinking vocals would be cool.

Someone mentioned Jim Hartog in this thread. He will be featured in a Cadence interview soon. I would recommend Time and the City on Planet X records by Hartog and either disc by the East Down Septet for more from this under recorded bari man.

White Lightning beat me to it (hi, Barak!) but I want to second a rec for Glenn Wilson a regular contributor over at rec.music.bluenote and a helluva player. His latest release is a live date that is outstanding.

Jim, I don't disagree with your commemnts often but I think you are off base in your analogy regarding Grady Little. The established plan all season and into the playoffs has been to pull Pedro when he got to around 100 pitches. Especially in the playoffs Timlin and Embree have handled the 8th and Williamson the 9th for pretty much every game the Sox had a lead in. Sticking with Pedro was the improvisation, going against the established pattern. Dan, as a long, long time Red Sox fan I fell your pain. However, even as I feel Little should have gone to the bullpen I also firmly believe that he is the best guy to manage this team. His handling of the Manny Ramirez unofficial suspension was perfect. It's sad that the entire season is reduced to one bad call (shades of '86) but I for one hope Little is back next year. Manny, endorsed him too.

http://theband.hiof.no/albums/hallmark_sessions.html Try that.

Boy do I feel inadequate (and my wife calls me Speedy, too). I am in the dark on most of these. #1 must be a more mature artist due to the leisurely way the song unfolds. #2 features Joe Williams but no clue as to the others. #3 got that 60's looking to crossover feel, didn't get into it. #4 the tenor has listened to the 50's crowd pleasing RnB tenor style (maybe he helped create it?), don't know who it is but I liked it much more than #3. #5 of the two saxophones the 1st put me in mind of Eddie Chamblee although I don't think its him. No ideas on the second. #7 well I got a song title at least, Billie's Bounce. #8 another song title, I think it's the old Buddy Johnson classic, Since I Fell For You. Lou Donaldson maybe? I dug the guitar part best on this. #9 no clue, but it at least gives me the chance to use one of my favorite adjectives, lugubrious, for the tenor exposition. #10, sounds like Ralph Moore on tenor, I liked this a lot. #11 Cedar Walton? another winner who ever it is. #13 am I going to the well once too often, sounds like Ralph Moore again, I think the pianist is the leader on this. Dan, thanks for the chance to participate.

Jim, I've had good luck with Fuji brand cdr's made in Japan. Best Buy seem to put 100 packs (2 spindles of 50 shrink wrapped together) on special pretty frequently. If memory serves, with instant and mail in rebate the end cost is around $10-12 for the 100. They seem to go on special every 4-6 weeks and you can get them at their web site.

More straight blues than soul but you might try RI's own Roomful of Blues. I am partial to "Hot Little Mama" and "Let's Have a Party". Haven't yet heard their most recent release, the 17th in their 3 decades as a band. The two titles mentioned above feature Duke Robillard on vocals. Critics generally are not enthusiastic about the vocalists that have been in Roomful but I dig Duke's vocals myself. The disc Roomful did with Earl King is also quite good. Also, for major soul singing with a little gospel thrown in, try any of the Mighty Sam McClain cd's, especially Give It Up To Love (no horn section, though) or Keep On Movin' (includes 3 piece horn section on most cuts). His live disc, Joy and Pain is also a definite winner.

Some Half.com craziness: http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid...=1876&meta_id=2 or does this disc really command such a premium?

Please forgive my ignorance, Avishai Cohen the trumpet player is not the same person as Avishai Cohen the bass player?

Dolo Coker's release "California Hard" features Mitchell and Art Pepper in the front line, Art plays tenor on a couple of tunes.

Does anybody follow these posts this far? FWIW I have issues of jazz mags going back to the early 80's including DB, Radio Free Jazz (now Jazz Times) JJI, Coda, and a couple of other odds and ends. The only magazine I routinely reach for to read back issues of is Cadence. Its true that they cover a lot of artists that I never heard of (who knew there were so many Europeans recording jazz). I'll grab an issue that is 2 years old or 8 years old and see a release I missed and now want to look for. It's the only mag whose reveiws have prompted me to pick up artists who I had never heard or heard of before. While I'm in no position to prove it, I'll also bet that Mr. Sangrey's gotten more ink in Cadence than any other mag.

I'll be in Baltimore for a day in September with some time to kill in the afternoon. Looking forward to a ballgame at Camden Yards in the evening. Can anyone recommend any good used shops that I should try to check out while I'm there (both cd and vinyl)? TIA.

I don't have strong opinions pro or con on Mr.Van Gelder's work, I do most of my lsitening in a low fi environment (a moving car). However, it's a simple fact of life that one can expect aging to have consequences. Anyone who thinks their hearing at 75 is as good as it was at 15 or 20 is kidding themselves. I am not saying RVG isn't capable of continuing to work in his chosen field, I am sure he is. But everybody's physical capabilities decline with age.

Not sure what's lost about this, it was put out originally as Sackville 3026. Seems to me there may have been a film documantary connected to this also.

Thinking of possibly getting on this bandwagon. Anybody here have either and can provide feedback? I listen to mostly jazz and blues and would want the flexibility to listen in the car, at home, and in my office (I'm self employed so no one's going to tell me to turn it down).

Jim, I hear ya and I agree. I've had a copy of The Eighth Wonder for a long time but due to bubbles in the pressing I have only listened to it a couple of times. Picked up the two Konnex issues last year (Cadence has 'em). One thing that's kind of funny, when Cadence reviewed the Konnex releases (quite some time ago now) the reviewer didn't identify the material with Sam Rivers as originally from Strata East, out of character for them. Is the stuff with Clifford Jordan from the Trident label? If so could you send the dates of recording? Thanks. Trdient issued a personal favorite, Keno Duke with George Coleman and Frank Strozier, has that ever made it to cd?

Write my own review? And prove once and for all how inarticulate I am? I don't think so....

Evidently a takeoff on the musical term pianissimo, the smart trio Organissimo is comprised of three relatively young musicians and based around the Detroit area. As hinted in the album's title, the bulk of the material is boogaloo-oriented, but tunes like the walking "Jimmy Smith Goes to Washington", the moody "Life Wish", the 6/8-ish "Young's Dream", and the semi-samba "Pre-Dawn Rain" replete with brushes and classical guitar serve to keep listeners on their toes. Organist Jim Alfredson and guitarman Joe Gloss are responsible for all nine numbers either together or seperately. Ron Blake adds his grainy tenor to three cuts and the punchy finale "Decoder" allows seasoned drummer Randy Marsh to work out at length. Organ afficionados should consider this a red alert. Larry Hollis (with aplologies for typos)

Congatulations on a positive (if short) review in the August issue of Cadence.

As previously mentioned, Mingus at Carnegie Hall. Also be on the lookout for the Newport in New York Jam Sessions from 1972(?). Kirk takes a break on So What that cuts everyone there(including Dexter Gordon, James Moodyand Zoot Sims)