Guy Berger

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Yes. But both of these compilations were released 35 years ago. Guy

Muchas gracias, Paul. Guy

Brownie, can't you go to their headquarters and check things out? I thought Italy was just down the street from you. Guy

I haven't heard this one, but imagine that it could be pretty bad: Also, until I googled the above I had never seen this (which is probably too good to qualify for this thread): Definitely the best titled album of 1964/65. Guy

Yup, I remember reading that. Guy

I'm only familiar with his compositions on Moanin', as well as the tunes "Whisper Not", "Stablemates" and "I Remember Clifford". So if he's done better elsewhere, I may eventually re-evaluate... Guy

Somebody posted the following to AAJ: I really hope this is a screwup on the part of The New Yorker -- can anybody dispel or (gulp) confirm this rumor? Guy

It was part of the Connoisseur Series but is now OOP. I like it! Guy

Cool album cover!

Album covers, folks! Guy

Haven't heard the music, but Latin Bit has one of the worst BN album covers from this period:

Phil Schnapps? Guy That's an old joke. Schnapps is German, not Dutch, by the way. I've never understood why making fun of someone's name is funny... Yeah, I realized even before I posted this that someone had probably made the same lame joke earlier in the thread. Couldn't help it. Guy

I'm curious what you think the worst (or "least successful from an artistic standpoint) attempts at crossover success by otherwise respected jazz artists have been. I'm sure there were a bunch in the 70s and late 60s. Be sure to post an album cover image and give a short description of the music. I'm guessing that "otherwise respected jazz artist" is a somewhat vague term. I think most of us will agree that Chick Corea and Donald Byrd are "respected jazz artists", Kenny G is not. I'm guessing that David Sanborn and Bob James, whatever their merits in their favored styles and their occasional dabblings in jazz, are probably not "respected jazz artists". But obviously that's up for interpretation. Guy

Phil Schnapps? Guy

How many formerly "rejected" sessions have actually been released? I imagine most of these were rejected for a good reason. Guy

I've always thought Moanin' was somewhat overrated... but that's due to a strong preference for Shorter over Golson both as a composer and as a player. Guy

I'd be interested in seeing the results of some sort of blind test. Guy

Crazy, I didn't know there were two Marottas! Guy

Dip, I'm not sure I understand your point. Surely we can find examples for every ethnicity/gender/religion/nationality/whatever to generate a given stereotype. Guy ps I think we can all agree that Jerry Marotta should not try that again.

Peter, thanks for taking the time to post here. Guy

I only have about a dozen AB recordings, but this one would be VERY hard to beat. Guy

I assume this is intended for people who want a grunt-and-groan-free performance? Guy

I don't get this point - once you've put out one good comp, why keep putting out additional ones over and over? Isn't the one good enough? Aren't you just confusing the people who aren't familiar with the artist by doing so, and possibly losing sales? Precisely. I don't see how the additional compilation generates additional sales beyond those generated by existing compilation. Guy

Black artist aren't laughing: Today's SF Chronicle has the remarkable story of the exclusion of Black folks from jazz. The problem of race in this country is deeper than we imagined. JAZZ FANS DECRY EXCLUSION Few African American musicians booked for Berkeley festival, none on Yoshi's anniversary CD By Leslie Fulbright, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, June 1, 2007 This article appeared on page A - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle When Yoshi's jazz club in Oakland released its much-anticipated 10-year anniversary CD last month, local jazz aficionados were outraged that no African American musicians were included. I don't think anybody in this thread has made a convincing argument that the selection of artists on the Yoshi's CD was racially motivated, so let's leave that aside. I think this is pretty vague. It seems like most of the outrage is generated over the fact that ONE VENUE for the festival doesn't have any African American acts. It isn't clear from the rest of the article what the racial composition is for the festival overall. Guy