Trumpet Guy

actually, ferrara hit new york in 1928 (when he was born), he became a professional musician in 1945 with Jerry Wald's band apparently... ferrara interview Very cool, Niko! Thanks for that interview! I believe Don Ferrara is still alive in San Diego area...True?

Hi Pete! Its your ole friend phil here I would like the Dizzy and Oscar Peterson Duo. Thank you and hope you are doing great!

anybody got an idea who the trumpet player might be? My guess, as I leave for the gig, after listening and thinking far too much--Is(early) Don Fagerquist! Maybe Don Ferrara/ When did he hit NYC?

I am dying to hear this version of "Shine" ! Has it worked for anyone??? see the link in my first post, i.e. http://www.radiocampusparis.org/?p=5196 there's a play button at the bottom of the page and Shine is around 1:09 to 1:20 works for me and it's gorgeous - now i really like to hear the rest... (and i'd really be interested in your guess of the trumpet player...) Thank you Niko, but I still am not seeing this "play button"; when I click on "Shine" the page will not load and times out. Is this the page I need to hear it? Thanks VERY much!

I am dying to hear this version of "Shine" ! Has it worked for anyone???

I bought the Art Farmer and Blakey ones--The Farmer is fantastic with Jim Hall, Steve Swallow and Pete LaRoca! Really great set full of variety--and LaRoca/ Swallow are tippin! The Blakey is cool, but did not blow me away like I'd expect from 65' Freddie...but still very cool to see/hear Jaki Byard with these guys!

Thanks for the tip! Mine just arrived What a deal!

Joe Wilder Quartet-Jazz from Peter Gunn...original Columbia "6-eye"--$1 Sounds great and Mr. Wilder sounds fantastic w/ Hank Jones and Milt Hinton.

Thank you, Mr. Nessa--Much appreciated! Not sure about Michael Ray solos, but those 3 early records have Robert "Spike" Mickens on trumpet. He sounds good and gets a feature on Jimmy Webb's "Witchita Lineman"! He sounds a bit like Randy Brecker of the time Funny how much jazz influenced Kool and the Gang, as well as my fave The Ohio Players Now purchased "Wild and Peaceful' which might be their best? Nonetheless, Robert "Spike" Mickens gets more solo space on this with very nice solos on the title track as well as "Heaven At Once". Alto player, Dennis Thomas impresses as well. I've yet to hear Mickens' solo feature on "Blowin With The Wind" on "Music Is The Message" Lp... Still no Michael Ray solos, but he joins Kool & the Gang later, in a less jazzy phase...

Also which Tony Bennett LP has Hackett on it?

i love them, too, especially the duo one with glenn osser on pipe organ, and the gleason stuff, of course. i've played the tony bennet "the very thought of you'' easily a million times, mainly for the mindblowing hackett solo. the tension he builds in that solo is nearly unbearable. Can someone tell me what are the Gleason records--how many are there? Yesterday I bought "Music, Martinis and Memories" :)Also found "Bobby Hackett-The Most Beautiful Horn in the World" on Columbia which is excellent as well as "Enoch Light presents The Bobby Hackett Quartet plus Vic Dickerson"...I collect Hackett records like kids collect baseball cards Also which Tony Bennett LP has Hackett on it?

Thank you, Mr. Nessa--Much appreciated! Not sure about Michael Ray solos, but those 3 early records have Robert "Spike" Mickens on trumpet. He sounds good and gets a feature on Jimmy Webb's "Witchita Lineman"! He sounds a bit like Randy Brecker of the time Funny how much jazz influenced Kool and the Gang, as well as my fave The Ohio Players

Hi Tom--Yeah, I bought their 1st album and those 2 live ones in a batch(vinyl reissues-are these from LP's or Cd's?) and found them all jazzy & instrumentals...Good stuff! My guess is that these might have been "live" but have overdubs and fixes...though the club noise is definitely suspect Could be bogus...Its a good way to "re-use" material from earlier LP's. I know one CD on Blue Note that was treated in this manner-to present old material again...

Are Kool and the Gang's "Live At The Sex Machine" or "Live At PJ's"--really live records or overdubbed applause?? Enquiring minds wanna' know! Funny how these records are soul jazz instrumentals...Good stuff! Who knew?

I hate to say it, not being competitive`or wanting to play each 'individual snowflake' off the next, but he embarrassed the formerly great Miles Davis on that recording. Just great ideas, sound, chops. He made Miles sound like an old man who stopped practicing. The CD with the rapper was even worse, and that's really big-time embarrassing. There have only been two musicians, to my knowledge, that got out and did something else at the top of their games: Artie Shaw and Johnny Smith. (Isham Jones too, I guess). I respect that, it takes a lot of a lot of things to do that. I know why people keep playing, it's therapeutic and keeps you young, they don't know anything else to do, etc. But it's painful to hear Miles play like this. In case anyone misunderstands: there are right now musicians in their 80s and 90s playing brilliantly. Clark Terry, Dr. Billy, Benny Golson, 'kiddies' Phil Woods and Barry Harris. Miles didn't end up in that category, sorry to say. He didn't need to embarrass himself, he's an all-time great. Just not on Dingo, Decoy, etc. I disagree--Decoy is a great record--sorry! Don't love you ranking Chuck Findley's playing on Dingo as better than Miles' either, but its a free country Artistry? Also--easy to dis' DooBop as well, but Miles is truly playing great lines--very chromatic and rap like...Miles didn't lose his chops or technique to me...his artistry is always there, even if you don't like who he's playing with.

That last period was not his finest hour. Lotta editing required, I think. But it's cause his chops were in the shitter. Branford Marsalis was trash-talking Miles from that period on his old wild-and-crazy website and I got bugged and called him on it b/c I felt it was disrespectful to a guy that helped launch him early on. (just like Miles himself calling Bird a greedly MF---it's just not classy to me) 'He didn't want cats to hear him", he said, meaning he was hiding behind the Harmon, etc. I gotta admit in retrospect Bran was right. Miles just was weak, musically and chops-wise. Trumpet is brutal after a layoff. I thought Star People was the strongest. It's a good blues record. He definitely got it together for that one. Enough dissin late Miles! OK--Please listen to the track, Ursula, from that record "The Man With The Horn" and tell me Miles wasn't still with some of his charms...

Fred Stoll is a drummer, right? Wow, haven't heard that name in years. We were in a college program for a minute, if it's the same guy. Kinda blonde, good player. Two very underrated trumpet players still around----and I can verify this having player with both----John Eckert and Don Hahn. I played with Eckert especially, and know what he can do----anything and with maturity, ideas, blues, swing, can take it out.......Ask Lazaro, he knows. Don is a very melodic lyrical bebop trumpet player in the context I heard him, a loose jam session, with a more-or-less set group, led by Ari Roland that I make sometimes. Probably he can do a lot of other things, too. I know he played with Maynard for years and Maynard supposedly loved him.... Yes--Fred Stoll the drummer(Staten Island?)--If you know him, get the tape!!! Just was listening to John Eckert yesterday on Lee Konitz-"Yes Yes Nonet" and he was really kinda impressive and soulful in an interesting old school+ modern touches way--granted 30 years ago! Tom Harrell is also in the group and plays scary good on the record. Don Hahn I have yet to hear New York Mary fame and taught Jazz at Columbia in the early 80's, I believe.

In the above article it refers to Tony's fave trumpeter, Don Joseph, as another of the goof all-stars. Ouch! Interesting he felt so passionately about not being influenced by bop...Did he not consider himself a bopper? What would he call his playing? He must have been a tough dude.

Thanks very much to you all! As usual, you've given a wealth of info! Now I need the wealth to buy!

Thanks Jim! Very cool--lots of info there. I just asked to be his friend I hope things are going great for you! Phil

Have recently rediscovered trumpeter Ted Daniel on the great Dewey Redman's "The Ear Of The Behearer". I really find this style of trumpeting fascinating; a kinship, for me, to Norman Howard, Donald Ayler,Alan Shorter...Now I find myself wanting to hear other records of Ted Daniel. He is still alive? What would you recommend to hear next? They mention in the liners about his record on the Ujamaa Records from the early 70's... Thanks in advance!

Besides Bob Belden's "Turandot" there is "Prince Jazz" by Bob Belden's Manhattan Rhythm Club; recorded just after "Turandot" in 1993. With many players, playing jazzy Prince songs, including Wallace Roney, Kenny Garrett, Mike Stern, Tim Hagans, Marc Copland, Joey Calderazzo, Kevin Hays, Larry Goldings, Jacky Terrason, Billy Kilson...TOCJ-5565--Good Record!!! Not to be confused w/ a Belden's " Prince" US release(much less jazzy)!

Cool! They are recording for ECM next week in NYC...

Nice tour in the fall behind the CD too!