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Not sure about that. One difference was that Blue Note payed the designated musical aggregations two days? rehearsal time. So the musicians were able to be more analytic and prepared perhaps. Most Blue Note and Prestige sessions were recorded at Vangelders, although Vangelder says he had different recording set ups for BN and Prestige. He has said the differences were the result of paying attention to what each producer wanted to hear. Perhaps Vangelder himself preferred the Blue Note sound he achieved over the Prestige ones. I think the song lengths are fairly consistent across both labels. Although BN might have favoured the 2/3 split and Prestige the 2/2 split. Perhaps if it was more determined by personal and what material each musician bought to the session for consideration?

Nobody likes getting that middle finger. Use it at your own peril.

When did it draw some criticisms? By whom? Did Herbert Morgan withdraw from the mainstream? Local legend perhaps? Educator?

I knew someone would know all about those photos. Serious is good. Pity the last photo in the ad is serious too.

They still made a perfect album.

As far as I can remember, they over shot Idle Moments and Duke Pearson said they knew that would be going on the album - so they had to re-do another tune in shorter time. I can't remember whether it was Jean De Fleur or Django?

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The album version.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8JDuuGVCdA

And wonderful liner notes by Duke Pearson!

You'll be speaking the same language in no time.

'You don't have to study the saxophone as you do other instruments'! That's what they told me about the guitar....

Don't you hate it when that happens'.

and Dudley Moore

Gloria Jean The Coffee Guy (from Mad TV) Coleman Hawkins

There's a lot of wild quotes from that book. I think the most famous was:"The only way a caucasian musician could swing is from the end of a rope!" 'Caucasion'....that's very polite.

Switch hitter. Plays Be-bop and Funk.

......the granddaddy of reverse racism and self pity co-opts another marquee legend into the fold. 'Let's all sing the Jimmy Smith was a Meshugganah Blues' Come Together - right now - over Jimmy'

Oh no, Lola Smith has shown up on the boards! Now I suppose Jim's going to have to scrub this thread and remove all of these negative words. Obviously Jimmy was a saint. Everyone else is completely misrepresenting him here. Maybe they're not misrepresenting him.

what the hell is wrong with you? why are you attacking someone who gives more to jazz in a week than you do in a year?!? if that. Nothing wrong with me. You don't see something off in this little piece of youtube detritus? I stand by my comments. That 'interview parody' must be a real barrel of laughs. Sonny Rollins electrician has given a lot to Jazz. Mensch. Meshugganah. Hand maidens to the stars.

What did he expect? That Jimmy Smith was gonna kiss his ass. Or sorry......should that be tookus. He should have sucked it up and accepted not every jazzman was going play by the marcus of queensberry rules. Is this pathetic little passive aggressive youtube anecdote meant to be some kind of belated payback/riposte to Jimmy Smith. And he makes a point of saying he still got paid! Big fuckin' deal. Fuck off Bret. I'm glad I didn't have to read your insipid little liner notes.

Jimmy Smith said the only two guitarists he never had to tell what to play were Kenny Burrell and Wes Montgomery. He must have forgot his session with Grant Green which has the amazing Back Talk on it. The tune Grant does his party tricks on. There is a funny story in the liner notes to the Verve Wes Montgomery cd, where Russell Malone and Mark Whitfield recall stories they heard about Jimmy Smith and Wes. When Wes arrives at their session for Verve, Wes gets out of his car and before he has even introduced himself to JOS he says...'don't go messin' with me. I've heard about how you mess with guitar players, don't start anything with me The other important part of the story was how Wes got out of the car in a very well tailored suit. 'Clean', was how Malone and Whitfield relate it. Great liner notes on that one.

The second Test starts on Thursday