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Co-incidentally I just saw his daughter Gina giving a "Moth" presentation-- mainly about her relationship with her mother, only mentioning her father obliquely and never by name. I suspect that many in the audience had no idea she was Harry's daughter. I loved Belafonte. I thought Ladysmith Black Mambosa sounded like a group pf Belafontes.
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9 hours ago, Dan Gould said:
Why would the co-writer of "It's Raining Men" even get booked on her show?
IIRC that was a good song. Did Schaffer co-write it?
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Thanks everybody. I stupidly missed the Mosaic. Looks expensive on Discogs.
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Because of the discussions here I started to listen to Henry Threadgill on Spotify. Where have I been all his life?! I'm about to get on a plane for Paris and want to down load some music for the flight. Which of the 12 recordings offered on Bandcamp do people recommend?
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57 minutes ago, ghost of miles said:
I’ll have to give it a shot. Is it set in the 1970s? (a la Altman’s updating of The Long Goodbye)?
IIRC it's set when it was made (1978) which means it's now a period piece.
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10 hours ago, ghost of miles said:
Speaking of James Reese Europe, has there been previous board discussion of this 2018 Archeophone release and the book to which it was a companion?
I ordered both the book and CD just yesterday, before seeing the dustup in this thread, weirdly enough.
Does anyone remember that Europe was a character (played by Earnie Whitman) in the film Stormy Weather?
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28 minutes ago, ghost of miles said:
This has been on my to-watch list for a long time… thanks for putting it back on my radar.
Recent viewing includes this fine 1973 Robert Mitchum outing:
I’ve always been a little wary of checking out his turn as Marlowe in remake of The Big Sleep, but somewhat curious as well, given that I’m a Mitchum fan. (Does my avatar give it away? 🧐)
I was wary too, (it's set in England!) but it's quite interesting because follows the plot of the book much more closely than the Hawks/Bogart version.
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I'll look for you. There. Will PM you.
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https://www.maison-du-duke.com/meeting-2023/meeting-international/
Anyone else here attending. I am (god willing and the creek don't rise-- an actual concern here the last few months).
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I'm most incentivized to listen to new (to me) recordings by comments on this forum.
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11 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:
Don't know about today but 50's through 70's a union session was 4 hours and from that session you could clear 15 minutes of music. Anything over that cost more. Back then I tried to pay for 3 sessions to get 40-45 minutes for an lp. Lots of labels "fudged" the times to gain a few "free" minutes out of 2 sessions.
Thanks.
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11 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:
I think they are just typical 2 (union) session Prestige dates. Union rules permitted 15 minutes per session and overtime for additional minutes.
You mean if more than 15 minutes were recorded they went into overtime? Or did they only count what was considered a usable take?
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Unless you only mean records with other leaders but with Condon I'd recommend almost any Pee Wee Russell record maybe starting with Portrait of Pee Wee.
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3 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:
I will attribute that up to poor marketing on Mosaic's part. Obviously Numero, Light in the Attic, Real Gone Music, and a number of film score boutique labels (Intrada, La-La-Land, etc.) have made single-disc releases work.
Bigger audience. That's why it can sustain so many labels.
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47 minutes ago, scooter_phx said:
From the Mosaic Jazz Gazette... the last pressing of this wonderful set is upon us. If you haven't already purchased this and you like Count Basie, this is a really good set to own. Without question, it's one of my most cherished sets. Ya snooze, believe me, ya lose. Blessings.
I second that emotion. It's Basie with Prez. And the rest of the set is awfully good too.
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I bought the Mingus Candid set shortly after it cam out. When was that? Since I bought a cd set I was t least 40 at the time. I'm 80 now and I've bought most of the sets they've produced for the last 10 years.
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The Goodman estate is holding up releases which feature Charlie Christian and Lester Young. In the case of Prez, there are jam session in which Goodman wasn't even the leader. (I'm referring to broadcasts in the Savory collection. )
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On 3/29/2023 at 8:49 PM, Chuck Nessa said:
Once again, I'd kill for an expanded edition of Columbia/Sony's "The Okeh Ellington" to include the Pathe/Cameo/Romeo sides. Forget about the Victor sides, they've been done and no reason to include them just because "corporate" has access to them..
Ditto. There's also a couple of "Hit of the Week" recordings from that period.
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What am I doing wrong that this image isn't showing? Using " Thumbnail for forums" on Post Image. (It should be the cover of the new issue of Bird in Sweden.)
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15 hours ago, mjzee said:
Probably my favorite box set packaging is from Rhino: "Beg Scream & Shout! The Big Ol' Box Of '60s Soul." The outer box is like a box that kids used to cart 45s around in, complete with plastic handle. Inside, each of the 6 CDs is in a sleeve designed like various labels' 45 paper sleeves. Instead of a booklet, it has a deck of cards, one for each artist. Each item is brilliantly designed to mimic the era. Bravo, Rhino!
Good music too.
On 12/29/2022 at 2:42 PM, crisp said:The Original Jacket Collection classical sets that Sony does. They also did a few jazz sets that way, such ads Brubeck, Dexter, Blakey. They are good to look at and handle and are quite space efficient.
The Ellington boxes they did have added tracks. (Though IIRC Such Sweet Thunder still has the wrong take for Up and Down. )
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I'm reading the Sonny Rollins biography and remembered seeing him at Hart House at the University of Toronto shortly after I arrived there in June 1965. He'd just returned from a tour in Europe and I remember him quoting "Home Sweet Home". Not sure exactly when it was but Bill Smith wrote a review in Coda and IIRC he did not like the drummer who I think was Ed Thigpen. I'm hoping there's a way to find the review on-line. (BTW I thought the concert was terrific. )
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9 hours ago, JSngry said:
It truly is. I still maintain that people who haven't heard/didn't get to hear a real live REAL Big Band have no idea of how much physical impact the sheer sound of it would make. It could pin you on your ass and not let you back up.
And without making your ears bleed. I heard the Herman band with Jake Hanna on drums in a club in Montreal and it was as you describe. I once danced right in front of the stage to a local band called Manteca at the El Mo in Toronto and thought they might blow me off the floor but without hurting my ears. Whereas for some reason when rock bands are too loud I need ear plugs but they still don't give me that lift.
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I'm stuck at an airport and can't check my collection but IIRC the Byrds box set had a version of Sweetheart of the Rodeo where they re-replaced Gram Parsons' vocals which had been removed on earlier issues.