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Who's Pete Brown?

Condolences to you and your family.

Was it originally performed with the recitative ? I know it's been performed that way for a couple of decades but for some reason I'm under the impression that although Gershwin wrote it that way it was originally perfomred with spoken dialogue between the songs. Maybe I think that because an opera troupe in the 70's made a big deal about using the recitative. Surely the Cab Calloway production that toured in the 50's (60's?) didn't include it. Or did it?

Uhhh. I was going to say none. The question asks for "apostrophe f" if you read the quotation marks correctly. As is often the case nowadays there should be no apostrophe in this question. But enough pedantry. I still counted 3 the first time I read it. Great test.

Speaking of Davenport Blues: one of my favorite versions is Gil Evans's. He playes the last refrain first-- as does Gerry Mulligan, who I presume had heard the Evans version. (Ooops I should check out the chronology-- I'm not sure Gil's version was earlier than Gerry's.) Regarding that refrain-- which begins about 1 monute before the end of Bix's version-- I've heard it on many other numbers from the era and later (usually as a coda). Did it actually originate with Bix? I don't think I've heard it on any thing recorded earlier.

Wow. does that include all the Paul Whiteman appearances? Even if he doesn't solo? How many cds does that make?

Does anyone remember a version with Ray Charles and Cleo Lane?

Thanks Chuck. If I can display my ignorance: what or who is Bruyninckx?

Gotta go with Monk. As to my many gil Evans-- he didn't actually compose very much. And he had enough influence that there are some new arrangers who can sound a bit like him.

Is there a Coleman Hawkins discography out there somewhere? I'm reading the John Chilton bio and he claims Bean's first recording was Mamie Smith's Mean Daddy Blues from April 1922 supposedly recorded shortly after he joined her band. But I just got a Mamie Smith cd that lists several earlier recording dates with Hawkins starting in in October 1921.

I heard the San Francisco Symphony perform that in Prague last year. Do you know if it's available on cd? And BTW I think the only 2 "with strings" jazz reocdings I really like are Focus and Chet Baker with Strings. I also like the strings side of The Genius of Ray Charles if that counts as jazz.

Duke: About 150 cd's including those in box sets Miles about 50 plus all the box sets (Prestige and Columbia) Gil Evans: Less than 50 and I'm an Evans completist. (Yes I've got the Johnny Mathis but I'm still looking for the Billy Butterfield "Singing the Blues".) Dylan: About 50 Van Morrison: 30 Lady Day: The Decca, Columbia and Verve Box sets plus about 5 single cds Colrane: All the Impulse and Atlantic but not the Prestige box . Bird: Verve and 2 Savoy boxes plus a lot of live material. Can 't wait for the new Uptown release. Another interesting question would be "What single cut do you have the most duplicates of?" With me it's probably Hawkin's "Body & Soul". I think I have it on 5 different cds. After that would come the Django/Carter/Hawkins sessions from which I think I have at least some numbers on 4 different cds.

I started reading it but found myself getting confused because he didn't mention what was happening with Black musicians at the same time. I have no problem with his rediscovery of lesser known White musicians and their contributions but it all seemed out of context to me. I should try it again. There was a good 2 disc set that came out at the same time which contians many of the cuts and artists to which he refers.

Gil Evans. And Van Morrison.

This reminds me: anyone here read "Lost Chords" the book about White Jazz musicians?

I think I saw Ziggy Stardust there. The opening act was Roxy Music and Eno was still with them. (I mean I know I saw the show, but I'm not certain it was at the Rainbow.)

Gotta go with Duke. But I do remember seeing Gerry Mulligan once in a large theater in Montreal and he was so casual it made it seem like a small club.

Don't underestimate yourself. A degree in computer science is a great asset in almost any job nowadays. (Wish I was more computer literate.) And obviously a dgree in music is an asset for this job.

I felt the same way. Actually I can't remember much about the Deveaux except his point that Hawk doesn't get enough attention as a bebopper. And that the writer probably knew too much about academic jargon. I learned more from the Proper box sets Hawkins: The Be-bop Years and their Be-bop Box (the title of which I forget right now) which had a lot of material I'd never heard, or even heard of, before.

Right you are. I had all of them though the EKE and lady Day sets were on cassette. I didn't order those 2 originally because I had all the cuts elsewhere. I eventually saw them remaindered somewhere and got them just for the booklets. Then someone from Australia on the RMB newsgroup pleaded for 3 of the box sets and I sent them to him. (He sent me some Aussie jazz cds and the Dylan" Masterpieces" box in return.) I can't remember exactly which Time-Lifes I sent. One was Frank Teschemaker (Sp?) in which I had no interest. But just yesterday I went to look something up in The Coleman Hawkins box and realized I know longer had it. BTW What I was looking for was pre-1929 Hawkins material. Maybe something with Mamie Smith (I'm reading the Chilton bio of Hawkins.) Any suggestions?

The Milestones material on the Miles/Coltrane box set got me to thinking about alternate takes. It seems to me that in this case they made the right choice everytime. Is that just because they're the ones with which I'm most familiar?

Has anyone besides me cut down on their cd buying because they're buying some things via downloads and keeping them on their computers and i-pods? I know the sounds not quite as good but I rarely get to hear things under optimum conditions anyway. And my hearings shot because of age, too many rock concerts and too much time spent on mixing stages. The concept of everything being available all the time really changes the concept of collecting, be it music, literature or films.

So for my birthday my wife bought me this narrow cd shelf that sits beside the book shelf. I've also saved space by putting cds I just need for work (soundtracks) behind the box sets. I've also taken cds out of those large holders they used to use for double sets and placed then in the newer narrower ones.

Ditto. I'd put all these in one post if I knew how.

Ditto