Brad

I thought the following article on Bud Powell might be of interest. I came across it while doing a search on Francis Paudras. It's two articles, one of Bud, apparently before 1960 and a review of his opening at Birdland in 1964.

Of the Blue Note recordings, you obviously have to place Volumes 1 and 2 up there with his best work, perhaps some of the best work in jazz (just my feeling). But I've been listening a lot lately to Bud!, which came later and that is truly one of my favorite albums. Period. I have listened to Bud on Bach countless times and I cannot just get over that recording. Blue Pearl has been hailed as exquisite and deservedly so. Some Soul as well. The songs with Curtis Fuller are also very well done, top grade bop. A recent addition that I've picked up (which GOM mentioned), which I think is also called Bud in Paris here in the US but the one I have is called Shaw Nuff made in France, mostly Bud from 1959 and 1960 but three from 1945, which is probably on Classics but was on Bebop Revisited. Otherwise hard to find. There's some amazing music on here and shows him in very good form. Slightly off the subject, but for those who have a deep interest in Bud (and I admit I'm a recent member of the club), a must read is Francis Paudras' book about Bud, which is one of the most memorable books I've ever read. It's quite gripping. Paudras makes the case that Bud was a co-inventor of what we call bop. The conventional wisdom has been that Bud Powell adopted Bird to the piano. When Paudras was in NY on the ill fated return, he visited Bud's father to find out why he wanted nothing to do with his son, and his father played him several home recordings of early Bud that showed he was onto new discoveries before Bird. For those of you who don't have the Verve set on Bud, I'd suggest it, and not just for the music alone, but the book is incredible. There are countless photos and numerous interviews with Bud's contemporaries as well as over 50 pages of an analysis of his music by Barry Harris and Michael Weiss. It was originally a radio program on WKCR that was transcribed. For any body interested in checking out a neat site, take a look at Bud Powell Site. We probably ought to have a Bud Powell thread to give him justice.

I totally agree with CS 500's sentiments and we should be glad to welcome everyone. Diversity is what drives this place. And we should certainly welcome Kevin back. His knowledge and contacts are hard to replace. What happened in the past is...in the past. I just hope that in welcoming everyone, we don't fatallyl weaken AAJ in the process.

I don't how many of us are video game fanatics. Actually, I'm not (except for the FIFA soccer games) but my son had picked up Medal of Honor: Allied Assault for pc when it first came out, which I thought was a fantastic game. He's since picked up the line extensions. I just got him the latest one, Medal of Honor: Rising Sun, and it's a terrific game, more so than the previous offering, Frontline, about the European war. I'm not adept at these but this one's not too bad and it's a lot of fun and the graphics are terrific, especially the Pearl Harbor level, which is the first level. Anybody else get this one.

Not to worry my little Viennese appple streudel , with zeese jazz habite, I'm already there. C'est fait accomplit, n'est pas?

I went back and listened to Caravan and I'd have to agree that Jimmy Forrest's Caravan isn't the most scintillating Caravan I've ever heard (Art Blakey's version comes to mind), the solos seem to get lost somewhere along the way and Jimmy starts out a little slow but does heat up, especially in the out chorus. I'd have to think that if this had been done on BN, Caravan would have been in the can for awhile.

Indeed, that is great news. But are we the only two interested in hearing some Tadd. Seems like we have this thread to ourselves.

You have to really respect and love a guy who can quote Red Skelton B)

For those who may not have this, $6 is a steal. They're not that easy to find.

You should see someone about your multiple personalities

I agree with those who say it's what you bring to the song. There's none that I would retire, especially Love for Sale. That's one of my faves, along with All the Things You Are. To cite three versions that are different but each quite fantastic, listen to Miles' version of Love for Sale, the Three Sounds and Art Tatum's. All unique but very cool in their own ways.

I dig Vibes and obviously dig Bags, not so much his work with MJQ but some of his early work. Count me in for Johnny Lyttle and Lem Winchester. I've come to like Bobby Hutcherson more and more and really like the San Francisco cd that I picked up a while ago. I happened to see a vibist by the name of Steve Nelson last night as part of the Dave Holland Quintet. I looked what I heard. Vibes just happen to have a certain rythmic almost relaxing quality that I can't put my hands on. Anyway, I'm a fan.

Jim, Did you ever get mine. If not, please add to the list. Also, I'd be glad to help with some distribution here on the east coast.

Haven't seen mine yet and I'm only a state away. Any mention of possbile new sets down the road?

Today is Coleman Hawkins birthday and WKCR is having it's annual birthday celebration for him where it's nothing but Coleman until midnight tonight. I've listened to it before and really urge you to give it a listen.

Dan, Can you ask about his reminisences of some of the major artists of the day whether he worked with them or not. Something like a quick word association game. You give the name of the artist and what's the first thought that you have. People alluded to his competing with BN but these were independent labels so I'd be curious about his recollections of trying to compete with the big labels and what he had to do to survive and did he and other indies try to coordinate efforts to more effectively compete with the big boys. BTW, if Cadence or Jazz Review aren't interested, what about AAJ. I'd certainly pay to see a transcript, regardless. Obviously, a big CONGRATULATIONS!!! is in order.

I assume you were referring to the Stanley the Steamer date? That's available on Affinity, although I don't how easy it is to find.

Come to think about it, Mike, you're probably selling it is illegal. Lord probably only grants a license to use the material in the cd rom and my guess is that it's a non-transferable license.

How about that cd set that they put out for the Ken Burns Jazz set. It's a good mix of everything from Louis to the present day. It'll give her a flavor of what makes us all so nuts.

How much?

I think it depends upon how much you're into Dexter. If you're a dexhead, yes, you want to pick this up. If not, I suggest just his 40s work, Blue Note and some of his Steeplechase live and studio material. However, there's not a lot of Carl Perkins available, so just for that reason, I think it's a worthy pickup. Another good one from this period is Daddy Blows the Horn.

It ain't no ball of wax sometimes but when my son (who is 12 goes on a sleepover; now there's a misnomer if I ever heard one because no one get any sleep ), it's very quiet around here. I just can't imagine what it will be like when he finally goes off to college. It'll be strange. At this point I can't remember what life was like before he was around.

I was doing some research this evening on Bud's song "Bud on Bach" and I got a hit on this site. What was startling was that their software or architecture looks like just the old, old BNBB of around 2000. One of the moderators has posted some interesting articles on there, including one by Harvey Pekar about Bud. But there was an interview with Sonny Rollins. It's devoted to fostering jazz in Lebanon and while it doesn't have many members (176), it's refreshing to see that someone is trying to do something for jazz in Lebanon.

I haven't noticed anything today at work or tonight at home. Seems like it's working normal. Maybe the problem was fixed.

A couple of favorites from Fantasy: Tiny Grimes with Coleman Hawkins (Prestige) and the Coleman Hawkins All Stars, both from the '50s.