Harold_Z

No small time thinking there....this guy's a ROCK STAR ! It's about SPECTACLE...not music.

My wife and I have been watching from the first episode. We both like it and if we're out we tape it. Good show.

Catesta - THANKS ! - THAT and about a gallon of espresso and I'm in heaven.

Catesta - Those Cannoli look good. Where's the Sfoglitelle and Pasta Chote?

Yeah Lon, he's killin' on ALLIGATOR BOOGALOO. I heard the Prestige thinks when they came out - and the didn't kill me then. Kinda like Purdie's Prestige stuff. I wouldn't mind giving it another listen to see if I react the same.

Yeah...that is the big question..I'm sure they don't have access to the original metal parts- so I guess they're limited to dubs, 78s, and digital cloning.

...And I'm with Chuck and Lon. The RCA box sounds a lot better tham the EARLY ELLINGTON RCA CD that came out in the late 80s. I think it's the best I've heard and it beats the RCA vinyl - which was consistently excellent on vintage material.

Jim R said...>>I was a little confused about these labels, so I did a search. FWIW, the label I referred to- "Il Grande Del Jazz" (with the black covers) is actually spelled "I Grandi Del Jazz<< Thanks for clarifying that Jim, I was confused about the same thing. I have a few of those with the black covers and they're excellent. Europa released the Otis Spann Candid recordings (they condensed two lps into one), and a lot of their catalogue was also available on cassette. Some of the vinyl I came across was not the greatest - sometimes records would skip right out of the package, but at the price (I usually saw these for 99 cents or $1.99 tops).

I've heard maybe 10 or so discs out of the RCA box and I think they sound great. As Lon said - this is stuff that you want in the best sound you can get because it is SOOO good. I have it a lot of it in various issues, including some great sounding RCA lps from the 50s, but I really think this RCA box sounds the best of what I've heard. OTOH -what I've heard of Proper issues does not come up to this standard (I haven't heard the Duke box). Yes, if it's great the music comes first, but - believe me - sound matters and a bad remaster can lose a lot of the music and make a performance that may turn you on leave you cold.

Melodica? Yeah...that's it. He hooked up a rubber tube to it's mouthpiece so he could place it on a desk or table in front of him, and with pencil and manuscript, he'd write.

My top 3 from that era would have to become a top 4. I dug Jimmy Smith, Brother Jack, Larry Young, and Don Patterson. All the rest came after these 4 in my book, although I certainly enjoyed the playing of all the guys mentioned. B3-er makes a good point about Mcduff's writing and arranging skills. McDuff had some kind of keyboard that you blow into (it had a reedy sound - like an accordian and I can NEVER remember what this thing was called) that he carried on the road with him as a tool to write with....imho he was a great writer for small organ groups with one or two horns. McDuff's organ bass was killin' too. Of the younger guys I like Larry Goldings and currently am waiting for something with Sam Yahel to arrive in the mail. I've yet to hear Bill Heid and I've been looking around for something by him. I have a hunch I'm going to dig both his and Sam Yahels playing. There's a guy in the New Jersey area named Radam Schwartz who's the real deal too. I think he did a cd for Prestige or Muse (not sure) that didn't get a lot of distribution, but the guy can play.

RCA had several studios in what I assume was it's NY offices. I'm vague on the exact location, but I'm thinking (around) 40th St and Sixth ave and I think the studios were on the 4th floor..there was a studio "A", studio "B" etc. I'm not sure when they started using this facility. I was there in the late 60s and I assumed that was the studio used on Jazz dates from the 50s. Anybody have any info on this location?

Actually...Jazzmoose is onto it. He's elucidating the correct pronunciation AND derivation of the phrase in question. Surprised you missed THAT one DEEP ! Patricia - the answer is the pronunciation used on THE HONEYMOONERS when Ralph wanted to learn Polo and he and Norton were perusing a book and got to section on...POLO PONIES.

POLOPONIES ?

To add to what Larry said - both Joe Cinderella and Lou Mecca taught guitar extensively in the Northern New Jersey area and I know that people that studied with them are now teaching also - I'm sure their influence will continue to show up for a long time to come.

That's a good cd, but the bad news is that Lou died last spring, I think from cancer.

Maybe I was just not in a receptive mode - I'm not adverse to listening further and I remember hearing something last summer that I liked from her current release at that time. I think it was a blues album at the time (?).

WBGO announced they were going to a live brodacast of (I guess) the first show of the evening. I was going to try and get it on cdr and totally forgat about it. I had a feeling it would be a drag...they were playing a tune from her latest album and I couldn't change the station fast enough. VERY boring.

I have the 10" lp. Spooky Drums is on it - listed as "SPOOKY DRUMS ONE AND TWO".

Chris...I enjoyed hanging with you and Danny and consider both of you friends. Believe me, I don't like the animosity that has developed.

There's the American Music GHB release...that's from a film short if I remember correctly... AND there's the new disc which is a reissue of the Folkways 10" lp (and I guess there was a 78 release also). ...and I wholeheartedly agree with all the praise lavished heretofore upon these invaluable recordings.... Now I wanna check out what's on that JAZZ ARCHIVES NEW ORLEANS DRUMS before I score to see if I have it on other issues,

Jimmie Lewis was with Basie in the 50s. I saw him many times live in the early 60s with King Curtis - he preceeded Chuck Rainey with Curtis. Great player on both upright and Fender. I know he did a lot in later years with pianist Red Richards and remember seeing him on TV with Red and Alberta Hunter. I think he mainly freelanced on the NYC scene after the gig with Curtis.

Nobody is forcing ANYBODY to read or respond to ANYTHING. If you don't dig it...just lay out 'til the chorus is over.

True...but in the case of many recordings (and particularly the first cd reissues of some of the more important recordings) the existing issues leave much to be desired. So if I know that Columbia (Sony), for instance is planning a reissue of vintage material, and I know that I like the sound of recent Columbia issues, I tend to wait for the new issue. Same with John R.T. Davies, or Malcolm Addey, and a number of other sound restoration experts. If I know an issue from them is forthcoming, I'll probably wait for it.

He's on a lot of the Ike Quebec Blue Notes and sounds fine. He's mostly known as a Motown session dude. There's an old Motown lp by Earl Van Dyke and the Soul Brothers. I don't know if it ever made it to cd.