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From another board. KennyG is probably the greatest jazz musician of all time. In 1997, KennyG earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for playing the longest note ever recorded on a saxophone. KennyG held an E-flat for over forty five minutes! No wonder he hasn't any time to listen to music, he's busy getting in the Guinness Book of world records.

From the annals of Kenny G. This may have been posted here before. I laughed my ass off after reading this. B&N.com: What are some of your favorite Washington, Coltrane, and Parker recordings? KG: The Grover Washington one that I listened to a lot when I was a kid was called "Inner City Blues." As for Coltrane, of course, "Giant Steps" is the main one that he did, and he also did a rendition of "My Favorite Things." With Charlie Parker, there are just so many different records. I don't say this to be disrespectful, but when you listen to Charlie Parker, on pretty much any record he's going to sound the same. He's going to be unbelievable. He'll be playing the fastest lines in that style. He was the fastest. Nobody played faster and more cleanly than him. Except that there was another saxophone player named Sonny Stitt. He was actually an almost exact duplicate of Charlie Parker, except he played it even cleaner. Charlie Parker would squeak a lot, and that's why they called him Bird, because his reed would chirp. B&N.com: You think that's why they called him Bird? That's interesting. KG: That is why they called him Bird. That was the deal. He played so fast, and his reed would chirp because it...I don't know, it just couldn't take the speed of his fingers. But Sonny Stitt used to do it without the chirping thing, and played beautiful. But I don't think he ever got the same accolades that Charlie Parker did, mainly because Charlie Parker was the first one. Anyway, I know a lot about that kind of music, and I admire those players. But I am not motivated to try to copy what they do or play in that style, because there's no way that anybody can play better than Charlie Parker. You can't. So what's the point? I mean, even if I played every note exactly the way he played it, at exactly the speed, it's not going to be better.

This is going to be a killer show for a good cause. Anyone plans on attending? Friday,--January 25, 2008 ALL STAR BENEFIT TRIBUTE FOR PIANIST GEORGE CABLES Special Set Times: 8PM, 10PM, Midnight and 2AM Important: Please Note $25 Music Charge Per Set (Cash or Check Collected At The Door - This Goes Directly To George Cables) $10 Food Or Drink Minimum Per Set Also: A Portion Of The Proceeds From The Sale Of All Sweet Rhythm Tee Shirts and Sweat Shirts This Evening Will Be Donated To Geroge As Well! All Star Benefit Tribute for George Cables Featuring: Kenny Barron Randy Brecker Michael Carvin Joe Chambers Sonny Fortune Billy Harper Winard Harper Louis Hayes Pete Laroca Victor Lewis Ronnie Mathews Cecil McBee Eric Reed Rufus Reid James Spaulding Steve Turre Cedar Walton Jeff Tain Watts Lenny White Buster Williams Steve Wilson Reggie Workman And many others The great jazz pianist George Cables recently underwent a double-transplant operation, receiving a new liver and kidney. While his recovery appears to be on-track, even in a best-case scenario it’s likely to be six months before he can begin working again. The "George Cables Healing Fund" has been set up to help offset some of George's expenses. The money will go directly to George with no operational costs (except what PayPal takes out) or administrative costs. George will also get a copy of every donation made, and you have an opportunity to write a short note with your donation. If you prefer sending a check, please make it payable to: GEORGE CABLES c/o JazzCorner.com 245 West 25th St. #2F New York, NY 10001 Important: Please Note $25 Music Charge Per Set (Cash or Check Collected At The Door - This Goes Directly To George Cables) $10 Food Or Drink Minimum Per Set

several of us manage to get together every year at the jazz festival on labor day weekend. of course, that's a long way off, so you're welcome to get something going before then. I tried convincing some folks to come up to the place I was playing at after the fest on the Friday last year, and I got stone cold ignored by everyone. THAT boosted the self esteem, to be sure. Well, if you're playing when I'm in town, I would come to one of your sets.

I remember the cold war chess matches with Fisher.

Thanks Paul for that information. What other clubs can you go see some jazz in the Chicago area? I would be in Oakbrook, IL. That should be close to the city proper.

I may be in Chicago in the spring on busniess and thought of catching some music if I'm there. I recall the Jazz Showcase was closing, but I thought he had re-opened. Does it still exist?

Thank you to all.

I went to see Randy Weston and his group last night at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola. Ley me tell you, this band played their butts off. If you have a chance to see them this week, don't miss them.

I'll be tuning in.

I'm trying to do a search on MAX ROACH in artists section. Th software returns the message that 1 or more words in my search is 3 characters or less. What do I have to do to get this to work?

The past few days I've been listening to Free Jazz. I have never been a big fan. I don't know exactly why; to borrow a quote from Horace Silver, " I need to have a melody." How much of the music pre-thought? I know jazz is spontaneous, but for most other styles of jazz, the spontaneity is based upon cord progression. How can Ikeep an open mind when listening to free jazz and not feel like it is just noise?

Some more infor from Robert. December 29 What a great tip! Thanks -- I'd never heard of them. I'm afraid us old academics don't get out much. I enjoyed reading the comments in your discussion site. They were, of course, right about the Little Richard date. We sent Terri Gross snippets of a LOT of songs and didn't know which ones she'd play, much less what questions she'd ask. (We taped it live, with no do-overs, and she used about 35 minutes out of our hour conversation.) So when she got to the date question, I was frantically motioned to Tony Tadey for help! We've since checked all of the dates we could find in the Laughton book. The Seagram's question was another where the answered got a little garbled -- I was actually answering to two related questions and they were spliced together. Interviewing someone is a heckuva lot easier than having them interview you! We have received more than 120 e-mails and calls so far, about half offering to loan or donate materials our way. We've already received some extraordinary 78s and 45s, which are NOT in Bob's book. Again, thank you for your kind interest and support... you've been very generous with your time. Robert

From Mr. Darden December 26 Dear Mr. Ferrara: Thank you for your e-mail. Thanks too for the link to the very interesting discussion you've started. The estimate that 75 percent of all recorded black gospel music is lost, out of print, currently unavailable, or held in record company vaults by labels that have no interest in ever re-releasing the music came from lots discussions at different times with Ray Funk, Bob Marovich, Opal L. Nations, Kip Lornell, Doug Seroff, Jerry Zolten and a few others ... it was an average of their estimates. I do know that we just received 200 LPs from a previously unknown collector in Kansas City and when we finished cataloguing them yesterday -- we found less than half were in Laughton's wonderful book ... so I know we have a LOT of work to do! Thanks for your interest in the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project. Sincerely, Robert Robert Darden, Associate Professor of Journalism One Bear Place #97353 Baylor University Waco, TX 76798-7353 254/710-7414 December 27 I appreciate your kind words and supportive spirit, Tom. I certainly don't believe I'll live to see the end of this project. Someday, I hope to get all of the big dozen or so collectors to let us have access to their collections for posterity's sake (since we'll never sell these or make them otherwise commercially available) and see just how many recorded gospel songs there really are out there! I'll try to weigh in on the discussion if there's anything I can add -- I'm not really good with the computer stuff, I'm afraid!

Blue Rondo a la Turk- Dave Brubeck

Does anyone know anything about this recording? Has it ever been issued? I would say it has, since it is Charlie Parker. I've searched for it, being a collector of anything I can find of Parker; but I have never come across this.

He did reply to me and he even took a look at this thread as it was forming yesterday. I will ask him to chime in the discussion. I always believe, all music should be preserved for the ages. If anyone here can help, even if it is one recording, we've done our good deed for the day

I asked Robert F. Darden, the professor running this project to reply to the comments here. We'll wait and see.

Does anyne recall the reissue cover of Grant Green's "Goin' West" album from the late 70's ealy 8o's? Now that was one of the worst covers I've seen. It is a photo of an accustic guitar leaning up against a tree. I've never been able to locate a image of this.

There is a button on the page that says, listen now. That's how I came across it.

Did anyone happen to catch this program on NPR radio? This was a wonderful program discussing how about 70% of gospel music recorded from 1945 to 1970 has been lost and how this one man is on a mission to fine all this music and digitally perserve the music. I'm not a fan of gospel music, but the thought that 70% of this music may have been lost forever is a sad event. Here is the link to the radio show. NPR

...And of course, we must add Oscar Peterson to this list.

It's probably been said, but the best way to remember him, is to spin his records. I will be playing Oscar all day Christmas. RIP.

The most notable is Max Roach. Any other come to mine?

This is very sad news. I only wish his suffering wasn't too much. I've seen him live many times.