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  1. Juliette Greco shrine

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    I'm not sure if there is still a Hamburger Hamlet on the Sunset Strip.

    technically, it's at the end of the Strip close to Beverly Hills.

    My mind immediately wandered (by accident) to thoughts of my first visit to Fattburger with the late bassist, Andy Simpkins. He wanted to introduce me to one of L.A.'s finer dining spots. :g I think there may have been a Fattburger somewhere in or near Beverly Hills, hence, the confused east coaster here!

    Marla

  4. ION Turntable Help, Please? No sound from PC Speakers after connectin

    in Audio Talk

    Posted

    I guess the turntable is installed as a USB audio device, like an external sound card. Maybe you need to activate it in the Windows Audio properties

    Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds and Multimedia > Audio , then select it as the preferred Recording device

    Thanks, Claude!

    I have a kind of workaround, but I'm going to try your suggestion, as it is more desirable. The workaround was to download EZ Vinyl/Tape converter for XP and it somehow controls the sound. It is also a very simple tool for recording my LPs directly to Itunes, but there are no add'l features for more complex fixing of the LPs - scratches, equalizing, etc. That's fine with me; I'm already spending way too much time with my audio and video equipment!

    I'll report back and thanks again,

    Marla

  6. ION Turntable Help, Please? No sound from PC Speakers after connectin

    in Audio Talk

    Posted · Edited by makpjazz57

    Hi All,

    I've been struggling to set up my ION turntable. I've plugged in the USB cable to the PC, even changed USB ports a couple of times. Now, no sound out of speakers at all whereas before, I at least had sound for all my other programs. Anybody out there have an idea what I messed up/didn't do?

    Thanks,

    Marla

    Postscript: I actually do hear extremely low sound - mostly drums - and it seems as if the sound is coming from the turntable itself!

  9. Death of CDs?

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    I will be reluctant to go all-digital unless forced to, simply because I love jazz photography and jazz liner notes and also enjoy checking out the graphics. For example, MaxJazz tends to put more emphasis on photography vs. words and that's fine. They use some of the best photographers in the biz - for example, Jimmy Katz. I'd miss seeing all the photos and at best, only seeing the cover photo on a CD (from a digital download).

    Marla

  11. NY All-Star Benefit for George Cables, Jan 25 & 26 at Sweet Rhythm

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    I don't think this was posted previously at organissimo, and if it was, probably not a bad idea to post again for those of you in the NY metro area next weekend and/or those of you able to contribute - I know these are tough times financially for many, so thoughts and prayers are great in lieu of donations! Donation info is below, too - quite a list of George's friends showing up for him at Sweet Rhythm in the Village:

    The New York All-Star Benefit for George Cables

    FRIDAY JANUARY 25 and SATURDAY JANUARY 26

    SETS: 8, 10, MIDNIGHT, 2AM

    $25 per set and $10 minimum

    SWEET RHYTHM

    88 7th Ave S

    New York, NY 10014

    (212) 255-3626

    Reservations are strongly advised

    www.sweetrhythmny.com

    Kenny Barron

    Randy Brecker

    Michael Carvin

    Joe Chambers

    Sonny Fortune

    Billy Harper

    Winard Harper

    Louis Hayes

    Vincent Herring

    Pete Laroca

    Peter Leitch

    Victor Lewis

    Ronnie Mathews

    Cecil McBee

    Eric Reed

    Rufus Reid

    James Spaulding

    Steve Turre

    Cedar Walton

    Buster Williams

    Steve Wilson

    Lenny White

    Reggie Workman

    In the Fall of 2007, pianist and composer George Cables received a kidney and liver transplant. While he is recuperating at home in Queens, NY, it will be many months before he'll be able to perform again. The Jazz community in New York is holding this very special benefit for 2 nights only at Sweet Rhythm with all musicians donating their time. Each set is an admission of $25 which goes directly to George Cables.

    If you can't attend, and would like to contribute please visit: www.georgecables.com . The George Cables Healing Fund has been set up where all contributions (with the exception of PayPal deductions) go directly to George, or you can send a check in any amount payable to:

    GEORGE CABLES

    c/o JazzCorner.com

    245 West 25th St. #2F

    New York, NY 10001

    Thanks,

    Marla

  12. A new year - a new Fathead!!

    in New Releases

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    Here's the info on David's "birthday bash" at Iridium next week -got this from jazztimes.com:

    Saxophonist David “Fathead” Newman to Celebrate 75th Birthday with All-Star Guests

    Date: January 17, 2008

    Written By: Jeff Tamarkin

    Saxophone great David “Fathead” Newman will celebrate his 75th birthday at the New York jazz club Iridium with a parade of guests including Phil Woods, Jimmy Heath, Cedar Walton and many others. The shows will take place on January 24th to 27th, with sets at 8:30 and 10:30 PM. Newman will also appear on The Late Show with David Letterman as a guest of bandleader Paul Shaffer on January 22nd, and will be interviewed on radio station WBGO by Gary Walker at 9 AM on the 25th

    Iridium is located at 1650 Broadway (at the corner of W. 51st Street) in Manhattan. For reservations or more information call 212-582-2121 or visit Iridium. The ticket charge is $35 and thre is a $10 minimum per person per show.

    Newman’s band will include Warren Bernhardt on piano, John Menegon on bass and Yoron Israel on drums and the guest lineup is expected to be as follows:

    Phil Woods (January 24)

    Jimmy Heath (January 25)

    Frank Wess (January 26)

    Cedar Walton (January 27 first set)

    Eric Alexander (Jan. 24 or 25)

    Vincent Herring (January 26 or 27)

    Lew Soloff (January 27)

    Jimmy Cobb (January 24)

    Steve Turre (January 27)

    Marcus Belgrave (January 24)

    Ken Peplowski (January 25)

    Paul Shaffer (January 24)

    Bill Easley. (January 24 or 25)

    Also featured will be:

    Benny Powell

    Howard Johnson

    Russell Malone

    Peter Bernstein

    Dave Valentin

    Janis Siegal

    Louis Hayes

    Randy Brecker

    Lou Marini

    David Weiss

    plus other surprise guests

  13. A new year - a new Fathead!!

    in New Releases

    Posted

    Here's some info on Gumpel:

    Roy Gumpel, photographer/cinematographer...

    He has been shooting various commercial projects for companies such as Sony Records, High Note Records, Canon, Citibank, Visa, Bell South, The American Lung Association, as well as for magazines such as Country Living, Organic Gardening, Scholastic, Wooden Boat. He has shot film projects for Nickelodeon, NBC, Garth Brooks (music video), America’s Most Wanted, National Geographic Explorer, and TLC. Roy has photographed two books, Masks, and Faux Flowers, and is currently working on three photo books. He makes his home, and is a volunteer firefighter, in High Falls, N.Y.

    His website: Visit My Website

  15. A new year - a new Fathead!!

    in New Releases

    Posted · Edited by makpjazz57

    Karen, David's wife, told me the photographer is Roy Gumpel.

    David is going to be on the David Letterman show next Tuesday, not as a sit down guest, but as a guest of the band. For those of you in NYC, don't forget about the 75th Birthday Celebration for David - at Iridium - he's going to have some of the best of the best as guests on his gig!

    Marla

  16. Paul Gonsalves

    in Artists

    Posted

    Almost forgot to mention...Paul Gonsalves' cousin lives in the New Bedford area of Massachusetts and is not in the best of health. A teacher friend of mine visits him every once in a while and tells me the videos I've given him of the Ellington orchestra w/Gonsalves have changed his life - he didn't have much if any enthusiasm for life anymore and having some Ellington treasures with his cousin has been a real blessing.

  17. Paul Gonsalves

    in Artists

    Posted

    Marla, thanks for letting us know of this forthcoming dvd!

    You are quite welcome! Besides the satisfaction of purchasing/supporting the release, I'll be happy to have a better quality copy of this video. If I find out any add'l info, I'll post here.

    Marla

  18. Paul Gonsalves

    in Artists

    Posted · Edited by makpjazz57

    All these are solid recordings, worth getting for Gonsalves or not! I agree with Chuck et al that his best work IS with Duke. By the way, there's ten of the Private Recordings and all are worth getting even though Paul isn't all over all of them).

    I love the music on the Cote D'Azur box set, and one highlight is Ella scatting up against Paul's playing. . . wow.d

    My cousin is doing publicity for a company that will be releasing a DVD of the Duke/Ella Cote D'Azur concert. I have a copy of this from European TV, but look forward to purchasing the DVD when available (I think in mid-March). Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur is one of my all-time favorite recordings. I still have my father's original 2-LP set (scratchy, but playable). I did, of course, also purchase the CD version of this recording.

    Marla

  19. A new year - a new Fathead!!

    in New Releases

    Posted

    Nice to see Cedar in support rather than out front (not that I don't enjoy his trio albums, but I especially enjoy him with horns) and what I've heard of Curtis Fuller in recent years tells me this ought to be a real good 'un.

    This sure looks like another winner. I loved David's recent recording, "Life." He continues to perform and record heartfelt and beautiful music. I'm wondering about the photographer, too...incredible photo of David - maybe Jimmy Katz?

    Marla

  23. My Visit to Minton's Playhouse on 11/24/07

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    as Marla already knows, i have some great personal memories of evenings at Minton's. after meeting my husband-to-be at Slug's in 1965, he invited me up to Minton's the following night for his gig there. from that night on, we were together for many years, dating, engaged, married, divorced, and family/friends for the rest of his life. one of the most amusing things about the club were the characters that flocked there, including the "boosters" who would walk through the bar area almost every night selling just about anything you could imagine, but mostly clothes and jewelry, as i remember it. needless to say, i enjoyed some incredibly fabulous music there between 1965 and 1970, when we moved to L.A. teddy hill was always nervously chewing his gum a mile a minute and pacing back and forth, either inside or outside the club. i'm sure he probably had lots to contend with!! but i think his nature was also bordering on the very nervous. as has already been mentioned, the food was fabulous. we would usually go up there early in order to get some of the soul food before it sold out!! (pun intended!) it was a woman chef who really put the pots on. another memory i have is of frank foster sitting alone early in the evening in the largest back booth with all his score sheets laid out on the table. i had never before seen so many being worked on. needless to say, i'm grateful for the wonderful memories. when my ex-husband died, we had the hearse and the entire procession drive past minton's!

    Valerie,

    How could I have missed this wonderful post regarding Minton's! Your story about Frank Foster really paints a picture of how relaxed and musician-friendly Minton's was. Thank you for sharing with us.

    Marla

  25. My Visit to Minton's Playhouse on 11/24/07

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    Thanks big for those photos.

    The old Recovery Room in Dallas was built a lot like that, a long, narrow "shotgun" structure, where the action was front-to-back instead of side-to-side. I suspect that a lot of older jazz clubs in America were as well. Not a particularly "glamorous" floorplan, but as far as meetin the ends of giving people a place to come, get some drinks, hear some music, and hang out for whatever reason, it worked just as well, if not better, than many a more "fancy" layout.

    For the purpose of shortest-distance-between-two-points-music-making-amongst-the-people, gimme one of them old-school "bars" over one of these new club/restaurant/health spas/lifestyle centers/tourist traps any day. Them's the kind of places that nobody goes to unless they really want to, and believe me, that matters all the way around.

    You are very welcome and I sure understand what you are saying. The neighborhood-type bars can have the most interesting people. Of course, Minton's does get its share of tourists and the bartender told us tour buses even stop there from time to time. Also, a guy named Gordon runs the Big Apple Tours and I know Minton's is one of his stops, as he was kind enough to email me with progress during Minton's renovations. His website is http://www.bigapplejazz.com

    Minton's had a great vibe and if I lived in NYC, I'd frequent the club. As we were leaving some folks came in - seemed to be locals/regulars and one gentleman started to talk with us about Minton's in the 70's. Minton's reminded me of a jazz club I spent some time in while living in NJ - Sparky J's, which was right across the street from the more famous Key Club in Newark. Jimmy McGriff, Charles Earland, others frequented these clubs and the vibe was always friendly and that of a constant party goin' on! Both of these clubs were relatively small, too.

    Marla

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