MartyJazz

February 2nd. Recorded on this date: 1) 1950, Count Basie Octet featuring Georgie Auld, Gene Ammons, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, and Dickie Wells record "Rat Race" & "Sweets" (RCA Victor) 2) 1957, Thad Jones 6 featuring Gigi Gryce & Benny Powell record THE MAGNIFICENT THAD JONES, VOL. 3 (Blue Note): 3) 1958, Lee Morgan 4 with Sonny Clark record 2nd half of CANDY (Blue Note): 4) 1959, Stan Kenton Orchestra LIVE FROM THE LAS VEGAS TROPICANA (Capitol) 5) 1961, Bill Evans Trio with Lafaro & Motian record EXPLORATIONS (Riverside): 6) 1970, Ahmad Jamal Trio records THE AWAKENING (2 day session, Impulse): 7) 1984, George Adams-Don Pullen 4 record DECISIONS (2 day session, Timeless) 8) 1996, Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band records FIRE DANCE (3 day session, Milestone):

Mazel Tov!

February 1st. Recorded on this date: 1) 1963, Joe Williams with backing from Clark Terry, Phil Woods, Jerome Richardson, Kenny Burrell & others and arrangements by Jimmy Jones records "The Great City", "Workin'", "Just a Sittin' and a Rockin'" and "I Went Out of My Way" (RCA Victor): 2) 1993, Kenny Barron group featuring Ralph Moore and Bobby Hutcherson, start of a 2 day session, OTHER PLACES (Verve):

Congratulations to Mssrs. Lyles and Fitzgerald on the much appreciated Andrew Hill discography. As one who acquired private tapes through trade and personal taping off the air for roughly 15 years beginning around 1970, I'm happy to be able to offer additional information. For the WNET-TV broadcast of 11 February 1971 that you list , the show was "Live! On Soul", the tunes performed were: "Grass Roots" and "Bayou Red", total length approx. 12 minutes (This tape was acquired from a noted Danish collector). - - - - - - - - - - - - - I have one additional private tape from this period that I recorded myself off the air, that is not in your discography, details as follows: 9 June 1975, 'Village Gate', NYC; WRVR stereo broadcast, c. 26 mins. Jimmy Vass (as, fl); Hill (p); Chris White (b); Leroy Williams (d). unknown title If you want or require tapes of these broadcasts, let me know.

January 31st. Recorded on this date: 1) 1944, Coleman Hawkins 5 with Roy Eldridge & Teddy Wilson record (Keynote) "Bean at the Met", "I'm in the Mood for Love", "I Only Have Eyes for You". 2) 1958, Mal Waldron group featuring Art Farmer, Eric Dixon, Calo Scott record MAL-3 (Prestige): 3) 1959, Horace Silver 5 with Blue Mitchell & Junior Cook record FINGER POPPIN' (Blue Note): 4) 1961, Ornette Coleman 4 with Don Cherry, Scott LaFaro and Ed Blackwell record ORNETTE! (available on the Complete Recordings of O.C. box, Atlantic). 5) 1970, J.R. Monterose 5 with Jon Eardley and a European rhythm section record BODY AND SOUL (Blue Moon). 6) 1971, Dizzy Gillespie meets Mary Lou Williams and Bobby Hackett at the Overseas Press Club in NYC (Jazz View).

I have this LP! Got to fish it out and listen to it today along with the Mingus, Nathan Davis and Andrew Hill CDs I cited above.

January 30th. Recorded on this date: 1) 1953, Miles Davis leads a sextet that includes Bird on tenor, Sonny Rollins, Walter Bishop Jr., Percy Heath and Philly Joe Jones, recording (Prestige): "Compulsion", "The Serpent's Tooth (2 takes), "'Round Midnight". 2) 1955, Kenny Dorham 6 with Hank Mobley, Cecil Payne, Horace Silver, Percy Heath and Art Blakey record "K.D.'s Motion", "La Villa", "Venita's Dance" and "K.D.'s Cab Ride" (AFRO-CUBAN, Blue Note): 3) 1955, Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop with Teo Macero, Wally Cirillo and Kenny Clarke record "Smog L.A.", "Level Seven", "Transeason" and "Rose Geranium" (available on JAZZ COMPOSERS WORKSHOP, Savoy): 4) 1956, Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop featuring Jackie McLean, J.R. Monterose, and Mal Waldron record the essential PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS (Atlantic): 5) 1962, Sonny Rollins returns from a two year hiatus to record with Jim Hall, "God Bless the Child" (available on THE BRIDGE, RCA Victor) 6) 1965, Nathan Davis 5 with Woody Shaw and Larry Young record HAPPY GIRL (Saba), available on TWO ORIGINALS (MPS): 7) 1989, Andrew Hill 5 with Greg Osby and Bobby Hutcherson record ETERNAL SPIRIT (1st of 2 day session, Blue Note):

January 29th. Recorded on this date: 1) 1965, Jackie McLean Quartet, records RIGHT NOW (Blue Note): 2) 1968, Archie Shepp Sextet with Grachan Moncur records most of THE WAY AHEAD (Impulse): 3) 1979, Joe Farrell Quartet with Chick Corea, records SKATEBOARD PARK (Xanadu): 4) 1991, Jackie McLean Quintet with son Rene, records RITES OF PASSAGE, 3 day session (Triloka): 5) 2001, Mark Turner Quartet records DHARMA DAYS, 4 day session (Warner Bros):

You're right, it is easy and I will go there by way of Woody Allen who when Diane Keaton tells him in LOVE AND DEATH that someone else warms the cockles of her heart, replies: "Sure, of course, hot cockles!"

How about a reissue of the great session TOTAL ECLIPSE? I've had this on LP for many years, never did get the CD when it was first issued (have a burn however). That is one terrific album, especially as it has Chick Corea before he was replaced in the group by Stanley Cowell. (Don't get me wrong, I love SPIRAL and MEDINA also).

January 28th. Recorded on this date: 1) 1946, JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC group that includes Charlie Parker, Willie Smith, Lester Young and Dizzy Gillespie* perform live (Verve): *"Sweet Georgia Brown", "Blues for Norman", "I Can't Get Started", "Oh, Lady Be Good" and "After You've Gone". 2) 1955, James Moody 7 that includes Dave Burns, Pee Wee Moore and Eddie Jefferson* record (Prestige): "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen", *"I Got the Blues", "Blue Walk" and "Faster James". 3) 1972, Lee Morgan Quintet that includes Billy Harper and Harold Mabern perform in NYC, half of WE REMEMBER YOU (Fresh Sound): "I Remember Britt", "Angela" and "The Sidewinder". 4) 1996, Jackie Mclean meets Junko Onishi on HAT TRICK (Blue Note), through 1/31:

Uh, moving on. "Most influential jazz writers today"? Obviously the words "influential" and "stimulating" are not synonymous. Among those I find stimulating, Ted Gioia (e.g., "Jazz: The Imperfect Art") and Francis Davis (his most recent, "Like Young") are two who come immediately to mind.

Between 1972 and '73, I saw Rollins several times at the Vanguard and Half Note in a quartet that included Albert Dailey, Larry Ridley and David Lee. Some of the greatest live jazz I've ever witnessed and that's saying alot. As for David Lee, he surely did disappear. I do have the JVC Tokyo date on LP. Since his live dates well into the early '90s could be terrific depending on when and where one caught Sonny, I had great hopes when I picked up this album some 30 years ago. And while Richard Palmer lauds it in his book on Sonny Rollins, I too am of the opinion that Rollins recordings post 1968 are just not as gripping or on the same level as previous recorded work, sad to say.

January 27th. Recorded on this date: 1) 1956, Jackie McLean 5 with Donald Byrd, LIGHTS OUT! (Prestige OJC): 2) 1958, Hampton Hawes FOUR! (Contemporary OJC): 3) 1966, Joe Henderson 7 with Lee Morgan & Bobby Hutcherson, MODE FOR JOE (Blue Note): 4) 1970, Freddie Hubbard 5 with Joe Henderson & Herbie Hancock, RED CLAY, start of three day session (CTI): 5) 1977, Stan Getz Quartet, begins recording for four nights, LIVE AT MONTMARTRE (Steeplechase):

DREAM ON. Just got this box set for a birthday gift. It's a very funny series circa 1990-1 that premiered on HBO and used quite a lot of old TV footage that would be inserted to metaphorically describe the main character's state of mind at key points in each sketch. OK, you have to be there to get the humor. Well worth it.

January 26th. Recorded on this date: 1) 1960, Wes Montgomery, THE INCREDIBLE JAZZ GUITAR, 3 day session (Riverside OJC): 2) 1966, Sonny Rollins, soundtrack to ALFIE (Impulse), an essential recording: 3) 1966, Frank Sinatra with Count Basie Orchestra, AT THE SANDS (Reprise): 4) 1970, Alice Coltrane, PTAH, THE EL DAOUD with Joe Henderson and Pharoah Sanders (Impulse): 5) 1981, Ahmad Jamal and Gary Burton in concert, released on 2 CDs, one of which is shown here (Black Label): 6) 1987, Branford Marsalis' 3rd release as a leader, RENAISSANCE, 3 day session (Columbia):

I do have the April '65 Half Note broadcast. Fantastic! A terrific opening "There Will Never be Another You", a ballad, then a closing "Three Little Words" in which host Alan Grant has to cut in to end the show due to time constraints. Whenever I hear Sonny wailing on that piece, I keep hoping that Grant will somehow not interrupt. P.S. You will be PM'd.

Do you find the originals on THE BRIDGE, i.e., "The Bridge" and "John S." "dull and still-born"? This is some great cooking Sonny IMO. Can't see how any Sonny devotee can hear otherwise. As for the Jazz Standards by which I suppose you mean the NOW'S THE TIME session, a lot of them are great, e.g., "My One and Only Love", "My Ship", "Travelling Light", but the session as a whole is short changed by far too much editing. There are tunes where Sonny barely scratches the surface before there is an abrupt fade out, e.g., "I'll Be Seeing You", "Three Little Words" and more.

January 25th. Recorded on this date: 1) 1956, Hampton Hawes, THE TRIO, VOL. 3 (Contemporary): 2)1994, Charles McPherson Quartet with Michael Weiss record FIRST FLIGHT OUT (Arabesque, 2 day session): 3) 1996, Myra Melford records THE SAME RIVER, TWICE (Gramavision, 2 day session): 4) 1999, MINGUS BIG BAND record BLUES & POLITICS (Dreyfus, 2 day session):

I wouldn't say that I prefer his '60s work to the '50s output, but I would say that I value both periods very much. And I definitely feel that while his studio material in the '60s varies more in quality than the uniform excellence of the '50s output, his tone and the ferocity of his attack was at its peak AFAIAC in the later decade. I would highly recommend the following '60s recordings: OUR MAN IN JAZZ (RCA Victor), a live date at the Village Gate with Don Cherry, Rollins at this most "out" and tremendously inspired alongside Don Cherry (available on the RCA boxed set) ALFIE (Impulse) - to my mind, this is a neglected masterpiece. This is what jazz is all about. His solos on both takes of the title piece as well as "Street Runner with Child" are fantastic. I keep coming back to this disc time and time again. ON IMPULSE (Impulse) - his variation on "Three Little Words" (it's titled this way, but the melody is never stated) is overwhelming in its creativity and fire. Though a ballad, his long version of "Everything Happens to Me" is similarly gripping. THE BRIDGE (RCA Victor) - his 1st album back after a two year hiatus, there are some great renditions of standards, e.g., "Without a Song", "You Do Something to Me", but the highlights of the album are the two cooking originals, "The Bridge" and "John S." (also available on the RCA box). There's also some great bootleg material, e.g., Denmark 1968 (Moon label) but they are hard to find at this time. I also have a considerable amount of private broadcast material on tape, some of which is fantastic, e.g., trio dates with Max Roach in Europe in '66. All Sonny from 1949 to 1968 is essential IMO.

Count me in. PM sent.

January 24th. Recorded on this date: 1) 1962, Lee Morgan Quintet with Clifford Jordan record TAKE TWELVE (OJC): 2) 2002, Andrew Hill group begin recording A BEAUTIFUL DAY during a three night run at 'Birdland', NYC (Palmetto):

January 23rd. Recorded on this date: 1) 1980, Stan Getz live at Cannes with Paul Horn and others: "Autumn Leaves", "Billie's Bounce", "Heart Place", "Kali-Au", "Chappaqua", "Time After Time", "Lazy Day", "Nature Boy". 2) 1998, David Murray, CREOLE (Justin Time, 1st of 2 day session):

I had to wear a long sleeve cotton pullover today, since the temperature dropped down to the low '70s. Still dressed in shorts and sandals, though. B-) (I don't miss the northeast - where I'm from - especially at this time of the year)

Indeed. I "grabbed one" from a fellow Org member off the "Offering and Looking For" topic just a few months ago.