MartyJazz

A lot of people spend larger sums for wrist watch, jewel, cars, boats, clothes. I have a cheap old Swatch at my wrist, the same ten years old car, no boats, a couple of jewel I bought in India more than 15 years ago, and my whole wardrobe could be inside a couple of big luggage. But I have a mint copy of "Unity". As high as some of those prices are, I sold a few of those LPs seven to 12 years ago at even higher prices, e.g., Wallington's CAFE BOHEMIA (Progressive), Sonny Clark's LEAPIN' AND LOPIN', etc. Then again there are quite a few LPs on that list that would not have commanded as much money a few years ago which is nice to know.

March 6th. Also recorded on this date: 1940, Duke Ellington & Orch: "Jack the Bear", "Ko-Ko", "Conga Brava" (RCA Victor) 1975, Gil Evans & Orch - THERE COMES A TIME (RCA Victor, through 6/12/75): 1999, Ray Barretto group incl Joe Lovano - PORTRAITS IN JAZZ & CLAVE (RCA Victor, thru 3/14/99):

George Coleman Octet: BIG GEORGE (Affinity). Wonderful recording, great blowing.

Just joined up after jazzbo clued me in that my fantastic winning bid of $61 (+ shipping) for the Miles "Seven Steps to Heaven" box set resulted from the fact that the seller probably purchased it himself from yourmusic.com for $41 in change and no shipping. In any event, my first CD will be Andrew Hill's DANCE WITH DEATH. (What am I bid for the Blue Note LT series original LP?)

March 5th. Recorded on this date: 1947, Serge Chaloff 6 with Red Rodney, Earl Swope, George Wallington, Curley Russell & Tiny Kahn record: "Pumpernickel", "Gabardine and Serge", "Serge's Urge", "A Bar A Second". (available on THE COMPLETE SERGE CHALOFF STUDIO SESSIONS - Mosaic). 1958, Dave Brubeck Quartet performs in Copenhagen: "Wonderful Copenhagen", "Like Someone in Love", "Tangerine". (available on THE GREAT CONCERTS - Columbia). 1959, Sonny Rollins Trio with Henry Grimes & Pete LaRoca performs in Zurich: "I Remember You", "I've Told Every Little Star", "Oleo", "Will You Still Be Mine", "It Could Happen to You" (Moon): 1991, David Murray, BIG BAND CONDUCTED BY LAWRENCE "BUTCH" MORRIS (through 3/6/91, Columbia):

Got seriously into jazz around '64 when I went to the Newport JF with a bunch of buddies - in those days, they let you camp out and sleep on the beach - and remember one terrific concert that featured Nina Simone, Stan Getz and topped off by Thelonious Monk! Rollins in '68 at the Village Vanguard at which point he went on one of his sabbaticals so I then caught him again at the Vanguard in '72; both times in very great form! Mingus at the Vanguard in '74 with George Adams, Don Pullen & Jack Walrath Some great Thad & Mel big band at the Vanguard on so many Monday nights between 1970 & 1972 Ornette at Slug's with Don Cherry & Bobby Bradford, Dewey Redman in '71 Rahsaan Roland Kirk at the Vanguard in '70 with Don Byas sitting in Thelonious Monk at the Vanguard in '72 with Paul Jeffrey in place of Rouse Joe Henderson Sextet at Slug's in '72 Dexter Gordon at the Vanguard in '76 with Sonny Stitt sitting in Archie Shepp at Sweet Basil in '81 George Adams-Don Pullen at the Prospect Park bandshell for a free concert in the summer of '82 Jackie McLean at Essex Community College, NJ, around 1990 Abbey Lincoln for a terrific set at the Mount Hood JF in Portland, OR this past summer of 2004 There's lots more memorable moments I'm sure, but I think it's best to just put down what pops into one's head right off the bat.

I agree. I've had the VPI for 20 years now. Love it!

I think the late Bill Miner once told me that he had a list, or more properly, a looseleaf book on every broadcast tape that Boris Rose had. How he got that from Rose I don't know. I would easily say that if any broadcast emanated from 'Birdland' and perhaps several other clubs e.g., the 'Royal Roost', 'Cafe Bohemia', etc., from the late '40s through the mid '50s, Rose was quite likely to have it. So while I can't just cough up the names of artists at will, many of the great names as well as lesser ones are represented in those tapes.

In case anyone on the board hasn't picked this up (I know that Michael F. has, obviously), the Live Trane controversy is also documented on David Wild's site, here. Dig the photo presumably of Coltrane at that site. It looks like a computerized composite of Coltrane & Miles. At least to me it does, I've never seen that particular photo of Trane before.

Ah, Blossom Dearie vocal by way of Dave Frishberg. Great lyric! Seriously though, Sangrey raises an interesting point. While women can use the term "girl" with each other as in "you go, girl", it can be construed as paternalistic coming from a guy. "Gal" is antiquated. "Chick" is a no-no, too sexist. I'm stumped.

I've gone back to the link you provided and read in detail the description provided there concerning the provenance of the music and announcements that are listed. I'll just add one postscript. When Boris Rose made acetates, he did it strictly for the purpose of earning income from private collectors such as me and my UK friend. As a result, whenever you read of Boris Rose and acetates of music for any artist, you can be sure that the acetates are in the hands of a private collector who paid to have them made. Mr. Rose regarded his tapes as the ultimate source, valued them as such and undoubtedly used them to churn out the various edited bootleg LPs that were issued throughout the '70s, e.g., the Coltrane-Dolphy 'Birdland' material, a discussion of which is now going on in another thread. Concerning the latter material, my tapes have all the additional announcements not issued anywhere else as they were made for me by a collector who purchased acetates of unedited Coltrane broadcasts from Boris Rose.

March 4th. Recorded on this date: 1958, Duke Ellington & Orch - CALIFORNIA CONCERTS: PRIVATE COLLECTION, Vols 2 & 6 (Saja) 1958, Miles Davis 6 with Coltrane, Adderley, Garland, PC & Philly Joe (Columbia): "Sid's Ahead", "Little Melonae", "Dr. Jekyll" 1961, Dizzy Gillespie 5 with Leo Wright - CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT (Verve) 1964, Stan Getz 4 with Gary Burton - NOBODY ELSE BUT ME (Verve): 1965, Wayne Shorter - THE SOOTHSAYER (Blue Note): 1991, George Coleman 4 with Harold Mabern - MY HORNS OF PLENTY (ends on 3/5/91, Verve):

I would bet that this is indeed the 'Birdland' material from February 9, 1962, which was originally issued on bootleg LP by Boris Rose (see the Mingus 1961-62 Birdland thread in the Discography section of this forum) and which has surfaced on various bootleg LP and CD labels since. Rough timings for these 3 tracks that I've owned on open reel tape for many years are: My Favorite Things (19-1/2 mins), Mr. P.C. (11 mins) and Miles Mode aka The Red Planet (10-1/2 mins).

Back around 1970-71, I met Boris Rose when I worked in a Greenwich Village record store that specialized in jazz. He made it known to me that he had hours and hours of tapes of 'Birdland' broadcasts of various jazz artists. Around the same time I began an ongoing correspondence with a Mingus fanatic who lived in Croydon, Surrey in the UK. At his behest I approached Boris Rose who resided in a building that he owned on 10th Street off 1st Avenue in what is now known as the East Village. One fine day, I went to his home and was amazed to see at least 15 Crown open reel decks and a variety of recording equipment including a machine that cut acetate discs. For $30 a disc, kind of expensive back then, I came home with the complete Mingus 1961-62 Birdland material. My English buddy and I split the cost of the acetates. I still own these acetates, however they have only been played a couple of times as I rather immediately made open reel tapes of these broadcasts from them both for myself and for my English friend. This friend, with whom I haven't had any contact since the early '90s, is mentioned in the frontispiece of Brian Priestley's biography of Mingus. I would not be surprised if the tapes mentioned in your link can ultimately be traced back to my acetate discs as I'm rather sure my English friend disseminated dubs of the open reel tapes I made for him, to Priestley and perhaps to others. While Boris Rose did put out some of this Mingus material, originally on various bootleg LPs that had labels known as "Ozone", "Session", "Alto", etc., he did not put out the entire Mingus 1961-62 Birdland material to my knowledge. Also, when he did release material, it would be edited to remove all of the Pee Wee Marquette and Symphony Sid announcements, stuff that's present on the acetates I own. Mr. Rose is no longer with us and I'm not sure what's been done with his treasure trove of tapes. I wouldn't be surprised if I'm the best source for this material at this point. However, let me hasten to add that I'm not looking to disseminate this material in deference to Sue Mingus and the rules/behavioral guide of this forum.

Hey, I too have those Uppsala volumes on CD. My biggest kick was showing them to Vladimir Simosko, an old friend who was visiting us, who wrote a biography of Dolphy over 30 years ago. He practically began to salivate since at the time, circa '91 or so, he had no idea they existed. I made him cassette copies. I assume at this point he either copped them or has 'em on CD-R.

I've had the LP for years and always liked it. Don't think I've ever seen it on CD or I probably would have copped it, sick OCD fuck that I am. Shepp's playing in the mid'70s to early '80s was to my ears, very accessible and quite swinging when the particular tune called for it. I saw him live several times during those years, at the Vanguard, Sweet Basil, as well as the loft jazz scene in the east Village, and he was always great.

I have both of the Bennie Wallace Audioquest CDs and I like 'em equally. Recommended. He's a very distinctive, unheralded tenor saxophonist, Dolphy & Rollins influences galore. I'd love to see him in concert but I think for the most part he's content to stay in L.A. and do film score writing.

The Octets are my very favorites of the 5 OJC discs. Enjoy!

You've really divulged much more than you had to but it's well appreciated. Unfortunately, it reminds me of when I lived in West Orange, NJ for close to 8 years and I used to attend a jazz listeners' club the last Friday of every month. I really miss it now that I live in the country/rap music world of southeast Florida. In any event, back then we called ourselves the "Jazz Geezers". Unlike your "club" we each took a turn hosting, and the host would either pick a theme (which he wouldn't divulge to us - we'd have to figure it out after awhile of listening) or just play whatever he wanted, be it LP, CD, VHS tape, or even laserdisc (DVD not having been available). Lots of fun guessing who was playing, opining about the merits, etc., and I certainly looked forward to whenever it was my turn to host. Turning jazz lovers on (or even off) to your particular faves is always a lot of fun. One other coincidence - I'm a grad of Rutgers in Newark.

I invariably celebrate the birthdays of: Charles Mingus -April 22nd Thelonious Monk - October 10th

I'll second that emotion. Too often and despite the fact we know that this music we love ain't background music, many of us, yours truly included, tend to listen that way while we're doing other things that need to be done. However, the BFTs force you to stop and listen, and in so doing, much is gained including an even greater appreciation of this musical form as well as enlightenment concerning artists we've known and perhaps taken for granted, as well as about artists we never even knew of before. It indeed is learning and fun combined. Of course, it's also gratifying when you hear and immediately identify either a genre or artist you've never cared for, and learn that you still feel that way. There should be some consistency in all of this.

An LP: Eric Dolphy Plays the Best of the Kinks Seriously however, with so many collectors on this site, I hesitate to say I have the only one of anything although I do have many rare concerts on open reel tape (a few of which may be unplayable by now, I hesitate to find out). Well, without equating rarity (or is rareness?) to monetary value, I do have a few Dial and Guild 78s of Bird, Diz, Dexter, etc. Have never played them, don't even have the capacity to play 78s at this point.

I've had this material on open reel tape for many years and a fellow Org subscriber recently transferred it to CD-R for our mutual enjoyment.

Technically, this is not about "jazz in print" but I think this post belongs here rather than in the "Miscellaneous Music" section. Beginning with an article in today's NY TImes about various photographs now being made available by the New York Public Library online, I went to the site, did some "wandering" and came upon a site that should be of interest to many of us here. It's the Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project in which you can view various video clips of key jazz artists being interviewed or talking about aspects of the music. Some of the artists shown include: Nat Adderley, Art Farmer, Jimmy Heath, Chico Hamilton, Yusef Lateef, Abbey Lincoln, Art Taylor, Clark Terry, Charles Tolliver, McCoy Tyner, Randy Weston and more. Shame the clips aren't longer but what there is is "cherce": http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/scl/MULTIM...T/jazzhist.html

March 3rd. Also recorded on this date: 1961, Shelly Manne Quintet featuring Conte Candoli, Richie Kamuca & Russ Freeman perform at the 'Mannehole', Hollywood CA, through 3/5/61 (Contemporary, Vols 1 & 2): 1980, McCoy Tyner Trio with Cecil McBee & Al Foster + Arthur Blythe records the 1st of the 4 quartet sessions on QUARTETS 4x4 (Milestone): 1991, Stan Getz makes his final recording with Kenny Barron performing as a duo at the 'Cafe Montmartre', Copenhagen, through 3/6/91 (Verve):