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  3. underrated trumpet players from the 60's, 70's...

    in Artists

    Posted

    I'll echo the votes for Richard WIlliams and Bill Dixon.

    I'll add Charles Tolliver. I think most of the Music, Inc. stuff is available on CD. Some titles to look for are "Music, Inc.", "Live at Slugs" "In Tokyo" and if you can find it on vinyl "Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival." The Loosdrecht one has an interesting, long take on Stanley Cowell's "Prayer for Peace."

  11. Lou Donaldson/Dr. Lonnie Smith

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted

    Did he call the blues tune "suffering music"?

    Did he preface any of the Bird tunes as being "not recommended for Fusion or con-Fusion musicians"?

    And last but not least, did he back announce a Bird tune as "Don't Step On My Blue Suede Shoes"?

    Ibid, shows at the VV in NYC last winter! :P

    Love him anyway!

    I saw him at the Vanguard too, about a year ago I think. He did all that and I loved it and I hope I get to see him again. About halfway through the set he also said, "We've had a few requests (long pause)...but we're gonna keep playin' anyway!"

    He also did "Whiskey Drinkin' Woman" and did a bit about meeting George Bush in the White House and not finding any weapons of mass destruction.

    I'll make the trip again to see him. I loved every minute of it. The place was packed and the crowd ate it up.

  12. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    I got out my two Wilber De Paris LPs tonight. I don't think Atlantic has issued them ever on CD, although I may be wrong. Shame. Probably rotting away somewhere in their vaults.

    Wilber De Paris at Symphony Hall with an interesting addition of Wilbert Kirk on harmonica, which really works in this dixieland context.

    also Marchin' and Swingin'

  13. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    McCoy Tyner- "Time for Tyner"- with Bobby Hutcherson- Blue Note, later UA pressing. I love Hutcherson. He is almost as prominent on this LP as Tyner.

    I really like this one too, and ditto on Hutcherson. As a wee Jazz Tot, when I heard the word "vibes" I thought only of Milt Jackson (with apologies to Lionel Hampton). But discovering Hutcherson was great because he makes that instrument sound completely different.

  14. Pre-Emptive Football Thread

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    Rootin' for the Browns post Modell (someone who should be brought up on human rights violations) is truly tough. 

    Yes! And I think numerous people felt the same way -- remember the death threats against him? I'm really glad the Rooneys are so rock solid. They don't make the most money in the NFL, but they just about always field a competitive team, they aren't going to move the tream from Pittsburgh, and they at least try to have some standards about who wears their uniform. The move of the Browns to Baltimore really messed up the universe for me for a while. Now I have two rivals, but neither one feels the same as it used to.

    One thing about the Browns though. A bunch of us (Steeler fans) were talking after a game last year, and we all agreed that if we were out at sea and all the teams in the NFL were tossed overboard and drowning we would of course reach in and pick out our beloved Steelers first. But we also all agreed that we then would reach in and pull out the Browns second because the rivalry was just so key. Not having those two Browns games each year really was awful. We learned quickly to despise the Ravens but it just isn't the same, because it's hard for Pitsburghers to work up much of anything against Baltimore -- we still feel sorry for them for getting screwed out of the Colts.

  16. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    Aretha Franklin: Spirit In The Dark (Atlantic/ 4 Men With Beards)

    4 Men With Beards really do a nice job on the re-issues I think.

    Tonight has been really mixed. One of those nights I can't make up my mind what to listen to:

    Stanley Turrentine The Spoiler Just picked this up on E-Bay for $10.50. Blue and White Liberty pressing with Van Gelder in the dead wax. Classic example of a Blue Note LP that "looks rough, but sounds good."

    A few sides from an old Columbia LP box of Billie Holiday called The Golden Years Some great ones with Teddy Wilson on here.

    Warne marsh All Music

    Dewey Redman Coincide

  24. Gerry Mulligan on Crown Records

    in Discography

    Posted

    From the link supplied by Michael Fitzgerald: "Crown Records was a budget label for the Bahari Brothers, who ran Modern and RPM labels. It started in 1957 and continued for about a dozen years, earning itself the reputation of the king of the junk record labels. Aside from endlessly reissuing the legitimate hits that were on Modern and RPM, and the B.B. King material, what Crown had to offer was musical junk food on plastic plates. The covers and the vinyl were cheaply made, fell apart almost instantly, and the records sounded worn out right out of the package. Crown was much too cheap to issue special promotional copies; in fact, it's doubtful they ever gave away promotional copies, special labels or not. "

    Very true regarding the packaging, but the sound is actually fairly good, although a little too bright.

  25. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    Shelly Manne: My Fair Lady (Contemporary)

    Previn/Freeman: Double Play (Contemporary) Yummmmmmy cover!!

    Jimmy Smith: Home Cookin' (BN) mono

    Ellington: Anatomy Of A Murder (Mobile Fidelity)Some stuff I really and some I wish had a remote with a skip track button for my turntable.

    Ellington/Hodges: Back to Back (Classic Records re-issue)

    I really like those Manne/Previns, and the Double Play cover is great.

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