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  4. Gene Shaw Argo LPs

    in The Vinyl Frontier

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    Jay Peters played regularly with fellow Chicago tenor player E Parker McDougal in the the 70's and early 80s when Jay died (I'm not sure of the exact date). I heard him a few times with McDougal he was a good tenor player in Chicago tradition. McDougal and Jay were a tenor duo in the Jaws/Griffin, Gordon/Grey mode. Jay's also on a few cuts on McDougal's first LP. McDougal self produced a couple of lps and both are worth seeking out.

  6. Mary Lou Williams

    in Artists

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    I liked her record "Zoning" with Milton Suggs on bass. I believe Smithsonian reissued that set on CD. It was initially released on her own label, Mary. Not alot of musicians were putting out their own records on their own labels in the pre internet days in the 70s.

  9. Astor Piazzolla

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    I have a some his recordings on vinyl on the American Clave label, including 'Zero Hour' . I liked the 'Rough Dancer' lp on that label as well. Not that it should make any difference, but I found the liner notes on the label to be pretentious.

  10. Conga drums

    in Musician's Forum

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    I doubt if your question would be readily answered around these parts. There's a yahoo groups latin jazz listserve you might want to join. I'm sure there are plenty of people who post on that listserve who can answer those questions.

  11. Mike Reed and People Places and Things meet Czech Nazis

    in Artists

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    I'm a fan of Mike Reed's and have heard them live several times, at my favorite bar, The Hungry Brain. They're one of my favorite bands. A friend called me at work and and told me to take a look at what Mike and his band had to deal with in the Czech Republic. It's upsetting and revolting that human excrement like this exists in the land of my ancestors and that Mike and his band had to meet them. http://www.mikereedmusic.com/

  12. Manny Oquendo R.I.P.

    in Artists

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    The latin jazz listserv and Wikipedia report that the great timbales player Manny Oquendo passed away on 3/25/09. He led the band Libre, which was one of the greatest and most influential salsa bands.

    I met him a couple of times when he came through Chicago. One time his band hosted a descarga at the Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, a institution that promotes Puerto Rican culture. The band was donating their time. The students there got to sit in with the band. I was impressed how he shared his knowledge with the students and gave them pointers.

    I liked his wit. I asked him about a timbalero (living). He didn't like the guy's playing describing it as "all rolls - no butter" .

  13. Candidate Cities to host 2012 Olympic Games

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

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    I live in Chicago as well. Not much is organized against it. A couple of groups on the southside. Toni Preckwinkle, the alderman from Hyde Park is the only elected offical who seem to be against it. One group , no games Chicago nogameschicago.com is planning to organize marches during the IOC visit in early April. Normally I'm very skeptical about marches, but there are alot of IOC offcials from Europe who take notice of marches and hence it might be worth it. I went to a couple or their meetings and have some reservations about them, but they are the only group I know about. About 50 or so people seem to be involved, and they do seem to be growing. I think people in Amsterdam marched with some success stopping the games. No games is still organizing and its mostly northside and white. STOP is southside and black www.stopchicago.org and is trying to stop the games. There seems to at least some effort to coodinate. Chicago will be alot worse off if we get these games. The final tab will be astronomical. The only good that can come from these games are alot good smartass comments from Tribune sports columnist Bob Verdi. Bob has been onto the corrupt IOC for at least 20 years and shows them nothing but the contempt they deserve.

  16. John Young

    in Artists

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    Joe Segal used him quite a bit backing visiting musicians at the Jazz Showcase in the late 60s, 70s and part of the 80s. He was pretty much the house pianist. In that context I heard him quite a bit.

  25. Tito Rodriguez Wins At Life!

    in Artists

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    I was just listening to a Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound Cd (the one with the great timbalero, Endel Dueno on the cover) when I stumbled on this posting. They covered a TR tune, "El Que Se Fue".

    You're right about TR being mostly known as a ballad singer. His reliance on boleros probably will keep him a from being as revered in non-Latino circles as much as Machito or his archrival, Tito Puente. I like Beny More alot, but he's almost forgotten (Spanish Harlem Orch. did do a nice cover of "Mama Guela" a couple of years back.)

    Thanks for bringing Tito Rodriguez name up.

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