Yeah, there's a lot of photos in the book with musicans smoking. Kind of makes you say, "yeah, smoking is cool." Man, I bet Van Gelder's studio must have reeked from smoke.
One of favorite photos of his, is that of Sam Jones from Sonny Red's "Out of the Blue." You can see the smoke and the flame burning form Jone’s cigarette and rising through the air. Just a great shot.
I don't know if anyone else has the book of his photos. There just so many great shots in there.
Any CD's there that might be worth her picking up for me? Plus, would the cost be the same if I ordered them from the states. I read once that you pay list price for CD's in Japan, no discounts.
Every photo I ever seen by Francis Wollf was great. I can't think of 1 photo I didn't like that he took, at least none from any albums.
Can you think of any?
Now I wonder about the numbers. Two years ago I bought the Blue Mitchell set at the same time as a friend. The number were off by 800 from each set. Do they just grab any set and mail it? Is it done numerically one after the other?
I've never collected any jazz 45's before. But here's the question. Were the 45's different takes then what would appear on the LP's? The times are shorter, this could be because you have less space on 45's then on full albums. Anyone can lend some instight to this?
To say you seen a giant play is worth going to see him. When I saw Joe Hendrson in 1999, my friend stopped him as he walked off the stage. Joe was real nice and shook our hands. He was gone 2 years later. I was glad I went and saw him. I saw Count Basie at the end of his career. He came out on the stage of the Savoy Ballroom in a electric wheelchair. He still gave a great show.
Hopefully Elvin has his bother Hank's genes and will be with us for some time to come.
Penguin estimates that between 3 million and 4 million copies have been sold of John Coltrane's Love Supreme. So does this make A Love Supreme the best selling jazz album of all time?