clifford_thornton

A Jazz Message (Impulse), quartet with Stitt, Tyner and Art Davis. That's the only one I own as leader, and I like it very much. I sold my Messengers records (gasp!)...

I remember that dude - but couldn't remember the name of that show. The things Organissimo dredges up!

Bill Dixon records making his morning coffee, so you can bet he's documented those duos (and that's meant in all respect to Dixon - God love a man who leaves the tape recorder on for all of it, releasable or no).

Ditto. Check eBay - it's not that expensive, maybe $40.

Happy to derail... I'm referring to how impossible it is to deal with Margaret for promoters, reviewers and anyone involved with the cottage industry that is 'non-mainstream jazz'. Say anything remotely critical of Henry, William Parker, etc., in print and she's writing nasty emails. Try to put together a small out-of-town gig and she demands catering and very skewed percentages. Not to mention the fact that there are a lot of up-and-coming bassists hungry to play with the chops to show for it, and the Margaret Davis machine gets Henry the gigs. I mean the guy can play, and his chops have improved since the comeback, but I'll be the devil's advocate that things have gotten a little out of hand with the 'Henry Grimes Comeback' scene.

C'mon, Brownie, I thought you were the one behind all the noisy 70s French pressings!

I wouldn't be so gracious, but whatever floats one's boat I guess.

Bernard Hunnekink (IIRC, trombonist who worked with Breuker)

Eje Thelin (Swedish trombonist, should go with Cel in the 'how to pronounce' thread, but it is a cool-sounding name when you pronounce it right). I think Grachan crops up earlier in this thread, though it could be either III or II!

Yeah, I guess the DMM factor is the problem with OJC LPs. They just never sound 'right' to me. I'll even take a blue label Prestige reissue (or a purple New Jazz), but even those are tough to come by in nice shape. Don't think I have any of the twofers anymore - went out with a major culling a few years back, along with a lot of other things I'd forgotten about...

Yeah, I came along to it a little later so I had the dubious luxury of OJCs and the occasional Japanese issue to work with... I mean, sure, you get the original cover art but they're off-tint one-piece flimsy things. Ugh. But then again, I have like five originals, all fairly noisy in the quiet spots, so...

What does he see in Margaret Davis? That's my question!

Sidewinder, what are YOU doing with a twofer?!?

I believe that was the case with "100% Proof" but I can't vouch for the others. I have Japanese versions of them, which are fine.

"lor." is his ebay I.D.

I love that record. I have a Shandar vinyl, and have played the shit out of it.

Cel Overberghe (Belgian altoist)

And it's a NY pressing! ← This is a strange one. Even the Liberty is very sought after. The prices for the 47W63rd are off the scale. ← Check $2500 for the last 63rd I saw on eBay. That was a while ago, but it was insane.

It's not even a clean copy!!!

"Just Blues" is also credited to De Graaff in the liner notes, though indeed it may be from a Zoot line. Hope this helps...

Thanks for the well wishes! I'm really excited about the move, actually, and to get back into the swing of things. Here in finance (where I'm working now, theoretically), we pronounce it 'Becks-are' county. Guess that would get one proverbially shot down there...

Or is that the electric blues wing? I do hope to catch some good gigs down there... any good resources (other than the obvious weeklies) to look up TX jazz gigs?

Got a copy of the original Munich "Body and Soul" (guess it is a de Graaff record after all!) and according to the liners, de Graaff composed "For Hank." I suspect it's actually "For Henk (Haverhoek)" but I could be wrong...

He's playing tonight in Minneapolis, granted in an entirely different context, and probably less sinus-clearing... Thanks for the disc, Chuck!

It's been a while and my Steelman custom road is in storage (yipes!). What is that, a Merlin?