[Marion Brown Live In Bremen 1969]

@optatio@JSngry@clifford_thornton

What is not indicated in the article was that I interviewed Mr. Jackson while he was in hospice care and that he nearly died during the interview (and did a couple of days later).

[Marion Brown Live In Bremen 1969]

1 hour ago, optatio said:

Yes, see also track 1 on Side II on LP and track 09 on CD: " Malipiero's midnight theatre", dedicated to Luigi Malipiero, director of the theatre!

Ah. Thank you for the illumination.

[Marion Brown Live In Bremen 1969]

On 5/12/2024 at 2:40 PM, optatio said:

The story behind

Sommerhausen is a winegrowing village near Würzburg. 'Marion Brown In Sommerhausen' was recorded at the Torturmtheater [Gate Tower Theater] there. See back cover of the original issue:

The note on the back cover is incorrect:”Life recorded at Bayerische Staatskonservatorium der Musik Würzburg May 17 th 1969.” Correct is:”Life recorded b y ...” - not 'at'!

Painter of the back cover is Luigi Malipiero, theater and artistic director, actor, set designer, book illustrator and painter at that time in Sommerhausen. He was a close friend of Berthold Hummel, later Professor and President of the University of Music in Würzburg.

Marion Brown and Gunter Hampel met Berthold Hummel in Paris 1968! As a scholar at the “Cité Internationale des Arts”, Bertold Hummel lived and worked in Paris from July 1st to December 31st, 1968. Brown, Hampel and Hummel premiered the joint “Conversation” at the “Cité” on December 3, 1968.

Marion Brown and Berthold Hummel in Paris 1968

The performance of the "Marion Brown Ensemble from Paris" was announced in Würzburg as the 53rd studio concert on May 17, 1969 under the title "Jazz Concert - Free/Natural Jazz".

I suspect that Luigi Malipiero and his theater in Sommerhausen were ready for the performance because the 52nd studio concert in Würzburg was so poorly attended.

The 'Torturmtheater' in Sommerhausen still exists. Years ago I walked through the gate ...

I am confused. So you are saying that the album was recorded by Werner Berndsen of the Würzburg Music School but actually took place at the Torturmtheater?

[RIP, John Pisano]

John Pisano's death reminded me of a question I have had for a long time.

Why is the Fred Katz/Hal Gaylor/Johnny Pisano Decca album 4-5-6 Trio named that way?

Obviously cello = 4 and guitar = 6 but did Gaylor play a 5-string bass?

[Nina Simone – Mississippi *%??**&% (Philips 40216, 1964)]

Does anyone have this 7" 45 RPM Single? And, if so, does anyone have the radio promo version? I am curious if both are bleeped? I know the latter is supposed to be.

[Jazz musician stage names]

Just found another one that I had forgotten:

Herbie Mann (Herbert Jay Solomon)

[Jazz musician stage names]

1 minute ago, JSngry said:

Not sure that a Muslim name due to a religious conversion counts as a "stage name"? 

Yes, that is a good point. I certainly don't want to be insensitive but I needed a catchy topic header.

[Jazz musician stage names]

Hi. I am trying to compile a list of jazz musicians who used stage names in their careers for a research project but also for anyone else who may need something comprehensive down the line for their own work.

This includes all the singers and those whose name change was due to conversion to Islam and used on recording (drawn from Michael Fitzerald's work here: https://jazzmf.com/muslim-names-in-jazz/) but DOES NOT include nicknames or pseudonyms used for recording on other labels (already done here: https://jazzmf.com/jazz-musician-pseudonyms/)

Here is what I have so far. Additions/corrections greatly appreciated.

FIRST NAME LAST NAME  (BIRTH NAME)

Muneer Abdul Abdul (Bernard Fennell)

Emmanuel Abdul-Rahim (Juan Amalbert)

Ahmed Abdullah (Leroy Bland)

Idris Ackamoor (Bruce Baker)

Dawoud Abdus Sabur Adeyola (David Lewis)

Kamau Adilifu (Charles Sullivan)

Pheeroan AkLaff (Paul Maddox)

Khaliq Abdul Al Rouf (Edgar Drew)

Yusef Ali (Joe Hadrick)

Muhammad Ali (Raymond Patterson)

Rashied Ali (Robert Patterson)

Kaeef Ali (Bob Crowley, Jr.)

Hasaan Ibn Ali (William Henry Langford, Jr.)

Brooks Arthur (Arnold Bordsky)

Abdul Baari (Wendell Harrison)

Rashid Bakr (Charles Downs)

Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones)

Nasir Barakaat (Fred Lacey)

Zahir Batin (Michael Sheppard)

Tony Bennett (Anthony Benedetto)

TK Blue (Eugene Rhynie)

Willie Bobo (William Correa)

Simon Booth (Simon Emmerson)

Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones)

Samarai Celestial (Eric Walker)

Eleanor Collins (Elnora Procter)

Talib Dawud (Alfonso Barrymore)

Kalaparusha Ahra Difda (Maurice McIntyre)

Hamid Drake (Hank Drake)

Hotep Idris Galeta (Cecil Bernard)

Stan Getz (Stanley Gayetski)

Shafi Hadi (Curtis Porter)

Nasir Hafiz (Abe Woodley)

Sadik Hakim (Argonne Thornton)

Luqman Hamza (Larry Cummings)

Abdul-Khaliq Hassan (Ray Mills)

Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan)

Abdullah Ibrahim (Adolph "Dollar" Brand)

Abdul Rahim Ibrahim (Doug Carn)

Ibrahim Ibn Ismail (Walter Bishop, Jr.)

Ahmad Jamal (Frederick Russell Jones)

Khan Jamal (Warren Cheeseboro)

Etta James (Jamesetta Hawkins)

Hakim Jami (Finroy Hayes)

Vic Juris (Vic Jurusz)

Musa Kaleem (Orlando Wright)

Arleem Kareem (Pinky Williams)

Shafek Kareem (Skippy Williams)

Muhammad Al Amien Abdul Kariem (Rene McLean)

Omar Ahmed Abdul Kariem (Jackie McLean)

Steve Lacy (Steve Lackritz)

Cleo Laine (Clementina Dinah Bullock)

Yusef Lateef (William Huddleston, later Evans)

Yusef Lateef (William Evans)

Mel Lewis (Mel Sokoloff)

Abbey Lincoln (Anna Marie Wooldridge)

Raphe Malik (Laurence Mazel)

Pat  Martino (Pat Azzara)

Mat Mathews (Mathieu Hubert Wijnandts Schwarts)

Helen Merrill (Jelena Ana Milcetic)

Butch Miles (Charles J. Thornton, Jr.)

George Mraz (Jiri Mraz)

Idris Muhammad (Leo Morris)

Yusuf Mumin (Joseph Phillips)

Damu Mustafa Abdul Musawwir (James Blood Ulmer)

Jamil Nasser (George Joyner)

Abdul Nur (Ron (Rahn) Burton)

Jeff Palmer (Jeff Massari)

Errol Parker (Raphaël Schecroun)

Nadi Quamar (Spaulding Givens)

Basheer Qusim (George General "Gigi" Gryce)

Sun Ra (Sonny Blount)

John Rae (John Anthony Pompeo)

Mustafa Abdul Rahim (Donald Strickland)

Mustafa Abdul Rahman (Donald Strickland)

Haleen Rasheed (Howard Bowe)

Sonny Red (Sylvester Kyner)

Rita Reys (Maria Everdina Reijs)

Annie Ross (Annabelle Short Lynch)

Rasul Sadik (Jan Corlus Mahr)

Liaquat Ali Salaam (Kenny Clarke)

Abdul Salaam (William Chiefie Scott)

Masujaa Aliye Salamu (Hugh Riley)

Mashujaa Aliye Salamu (Hugh Riley)

AK Salim (Albert Atkinson)

Yusef Salim (Joseph Blair)

Rashied Salim (William Brister)

Sal Salvador (Silvio Smiraglia)

Pharoah Sanders (Farrell Sanders)

Sulaimon Saud (McCoy Tyner)

Sadiq Shabazz (Steve Berrios)

Majid Shabazz (Benjamin McGriff)

Jaribu Shahid (Glenn Henderson)

Hassan Shakur (J.J. Wiggins)

Marlena Shaw (Marlina Burgess)

Brad Shepik (Brad Schoeppach)

Sahib Shihab (Edmund Gregory)

Carol Sloane (Carol Morvan)

Sonny Stitt (Edward Boatner, Jr. and adopted by the Stitts)

Idrees Sulieman (Leonard Graham)

Luquman Abdul Syeed (Steve Davis)

Jamaaladeen Tacuma (Rudy McDaniel)

Abdul Wadud (Ronald DeVaughn)

George Wallington (Giacinto Figlia)

Jack Wilkins (Jack Rivers Lewis)

Khalid Yasin (Larry Young)

Kahil'El Zabar (Clifton Blackburn)

Kiane Zawadi (Bernard McKinney)