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Nice pictures but the chord input is very fussy. It refused B maj7 D7 | G Maj7 Bb7 | Eb maj7 Finally got it to accept B D7 | G Bb7 | Eb Received the result "No examples found".

Not sure how to use that data :-) but I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me that a prefrontal lobotomy.

Did Bob's father live in Eureka, California? I think I met both in the 1970s there, and played with Bob one afternoon at College of the Redwoods.

"Our Man In Jazz" is my favorite Rollins album. Yes, it is live.

I know a little more about Lee Morgan now. Thank you for these DB articles.

If you go to the cemetery you can faintly hear Bessie & Hank's last performance of "Didn't Wake Up This Mornin'".

I'd consider Rahsaan Roland Kirk's Manzello a soprano sax. He was terrific on it. Russ Cheever was an amazing soprano sax (and alto, etc.) player. Perhaps not an improviser (I don't know) but a great artist on the horn.

Guess we should start a multi instrumentalist thread. Anyway, I just came upon this Earl Bostic info. Check out what he is playing. He his doubles are 1/4 as good as his alto playing... Earl Bostic And His Orchestra Joe Mitchell (tp) Earl Bostic (as, tp, cl, g) Pinky Williams (as, bars) John Coltrane (ts) Gene Redd (vib, tp) Joe Knight (p) Jimmy Shirley (g) Ike Isaacs (b) Charles 'Specs' Wright (d) The Three B's (vo) Cincinnati, OH, April 7, 1952 K8200 Velvet Sunset King 4536, 295-72, 395-503 K8201 Moonglow King 4550, 295-72, 395-503 K8202 Linger Awhile King 4536, 295-72, 395-503 K8203 Ain't Misbehavin' King 4550, 295-72, 395-525 * Earl Bostic For You (King 395-503, 503) * Earl Bostic - Dance Time (King 395-525, 525) * Earl Bostic And His Alto Sax, Vol. 4 (King 295-72) * Earl Bostic - Velvet Sunset c/w Linger Awhile (King 4536) * Earl Bostic - Moonglow c/w Ain't Misbehavin' (King 4550)

So the big mystery is which of the 7 tracks is missing from the above link. Thanks for the link, BTW.

Tony Scott was known to be a good forward thinking producer/organizer. He was even involved in some pop music hits. Just another one of his talents.

Seth Asarnow from the S.F. Bay Area is the most versatile multi instrumentalist I have met. cello, bass, piano, organ (B3), vibes, drums, bandoneon, composer, transcriber, and I'm sure some horns that I don't know about. He is very well versed in jazz, pop, rock, tango, etc. He is a wonder. One page about him. http://www.notabletango.com/about_us.htm

Allan, who are the saxophone players that you like the sound of? I'm trying to see where you are coming from. Those you listed, IMO, have beautiful, unique, expressive and very in tune sounds and use dynamics effectively. What's not to like?

I think I've read that Johnny Hodges listened to a lot of opera and it influenced his phrasing.

Ruby Braff recorded with "dixieland" and "swing" "bands". He is a unique jazz master of the American song form, mostly show tunes of the 1920-1960s era. Also a good blues player. As sophisticated as he is, (very! both rhythmically and melodically and in his approach to brass phrasing) he is not known as a bebop stylist. To generalize his style I call him a swing player. I don't think it is an insult :-)

Bob E. played good bass clarinet in VERY fast company on Lyle Murphy's New Orbits In Sound. Steve Bohannon died at age 21 or so but he played very good piano, organ, drums. He also played bass and flute and maybe other stuff.

Concerning Scott Hamilton, I prefer not to listen to him. I may hear some Zoot or Ben in his playing but no spark. The engine is not running. The car is coasting. Now...Ruby Braff! There is a swing player!

quote: "Sacre Blue"(sp?) I later found out, was from a Paul Desmond Fantasy date w/Don Elliot on mellophone. unquote Right. Now I almost remember.

Chewy, I got the Crown records mostly at "Ralph's Supermarket" on Woodman Ave. in Van Nuys, Ca. JsAngry, that Brubeck record had "Jazz at a Purfume Counter"? That track is wonderful! Also a french horn, as I almost remember :-) Probably Julius Watkins. Fat Jazz, for me, was on Dizzy Gillespie 's label, JayGee (GeeJay ?) Records.

Chewy, only thing I can say about Crown Records is I bought many in the early 1960s and really enjoyed them. They cost 88 cents each! I played them a lot and played along with them sometimes. It was fun to try to figure out who was playing. Mostly I could.

Jay Corre is still playing tenor and touring. A very warm, swinging player. His website is informative.

I heard this today from Jay Corre.

I first noticed how good he played from this record. I thought he sounded different than other bass players. Different choice of notes and time figures. Charlie Rouse Quintet Blue Mitchell (tp -1/5) Charlie Rouse (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Earl May (b) Art Taylor (d) NYC, May 11, 1960 1. Blue Farouq Jazzland JLP 19 2. 204 - 3. Weirdo Jazzland JLP 19, JLP 1001 4. Upptankt Jazzland JLP 19 5. They Didn't Believe Me - 6. Pretty Strange -

"Smiley Winters was a cookin' drummer and a nice cat" Yes indeed! I knew Smiley from 1966-1972. He was always VERY supportive of my playing.

Gee, thanks for clearing that up for me, mmilovan. I thought their innovations were profound :-) Actually I know of their work for T. Dorsey and his later early experiments in mood music, etc.

Who are these guys? Never heard of 'em :-)