Brad

Dusty Groove (the you-know-whats) has this listed. Any views?

Actually that article is a little bit weird because by 1950 it was old news but maybe it was just penetrating there.

Whatcha drinkin'? I can't say I'm happy what I'm doing at my job but is sure does help pay for my jazz habit

When you're making $3.4, yup, that's better than any money a ball could bring you. On the benefit side, if you get rid of Millar, you're getting rid of some important chemistry there. Not sure I'd part with him.

I actually find them pretty useful but it also depends who's writing them. Ira Gitler is a must read. The music is good but the liner notes should try to tell you about what the musicians are doing.

Why would he worry about sticking with the club. He's going to make a fortune on the ball. Plus, doesn't he want to get more playing time, which the Sox probably won't give him.

Man, you guys freaked this cat out. Oops, forget I said cat.

Moose, hope it gets better. I suffer from tinnitis although it's gotten better. When I first got it a year ago and couldn't sleep, couldn't concentrate, I was about ready to take the pipe. I was close to checking out. To help me get to sleep, I was taking Xanax and Benadryl, which at least got me about 3-4 hours a night. Eventually, one of my Drs. told me to get a life and that changed my outlook. I generally sleep better and have only had to take Xanax or benadryl a couple of times. But I get tired easily and it can really wear you down.

Man, that price is a little extreme. Nice magazines maybe worth, what, $60 or 70.

Let's try to encourage people (especially young ones) to become jazz fans and join this board, not discourage.

Man, you're quick. I see that it's Walter Bishop doing the narration. It's some very weird poetry, maybe half tongue in cheek.

Geniuses doesn't necessarily equate to a well adjusted person.

I'm not sure this is the right place for this but when I was driving home tonight, the host on WKCR was playing a song by somebody doing a very good imitation of Bird on Star Eyes, featuring some trumpet, which was then followed by on the same track a poem about Bird where every line rhymed. It was very strange. Then the track or record continued with again some good Bird imitation and then a poem that started talking off about Max and seguing into bebop. I never knew found out who did it. Does this ring bells with anybody?

Wow! This is news to me but I will not let them run down very low. Seems very strange however.

Excellent suggestion Weizen. I would love that too.

Jim, I've heard of him but never heard him so I'm taking your list and will be checking it out. I already have a bead on the Monk cd.

What I find amazing about this thread and I give Jim all the credit for planting the idea is the amount of names that I don't recognize whereas with the altoists there were none that I didn't. More wealth to uncover and listen to.

Hang in there is right. My thoughts are with you. As a recent (one year) sufferer of tinnitis and a chronic back sufferer, I can tell you getting old is no fun.

In light of the discussion on the Wes and Grant thread, I thought this thread might be overdue. I also believe Jim R mentioned that there are a lot of other guitarists that are worthy of mention so here goes. Two that come to mind for me are Joe Puma and Billy Bauer, although probably less overlooked than Joe Puma. I recently listened to Joe Puma on Webster Young's For Lady. I also have Eddie Bert's Encore and was suitably impressed at the time by his contributions. He's not flashy but I like his style.

I saw that those were part of his discography and you're correct that they haven't been reissued. It would be nice to listen to. I wonder why he didn't record more.

Earlier in this thread somebody mentioned the Webster Young cd "For Lady". This is apparently the only session he led and it's a pretty remarkable cd. There's top playing throughout with Webster Young and Paul Quinichette backing up each other admirably. The rhythm section is top notch Mal Waldron, Joe Puma, Earl May and Ed Thigpen. Webster plays both with and without mute. They do a rendition of Strange Fruit that is quite haunting with Ed Thigpen doing a drum roll to simulate an executioner. Webster Young is a very lyrical moving player and it's a pity he didn't record more. This is a must pickup in my view.

Wish I were. Are you going to take photos?

Here's one more question. The battery seems to run out pretty fast. Is this normal. How many hours can one expect before it needs recharging?

See, Garth, no brick a brats were hurled at you. When you say you have this guilty pleasure, this board is actually a lot more balanced than it was the old Blue Note board. Many (present company excluded) were not that kindly toward the OJC recordings and I remember on a Grant thread not one person sticking up for Wes. Yes, this is a different place now.

I'm just not seeing this or feeling this about Wes. Maybe I'm missing something. I'm not a guitarist so I'm looking at this at more of a guttural level but Grant just moves me. I like Wes but not in the same way. It's like nice but I tend to reach more for Grant. I agree with b3-er but in reverse. I also think that Grant was playing this more like Bird on the guitar. I'm paraphrasing but I had read somewhere that Grant was trying to play the guitar like a horn, that he'd been influenced by Bird in that way. So he was approaching playing the guitar from a different direction.