Hardbopjazz

Either you have really long nails, or your toes are raw.

I've use to change my guitar strings when I was playing regularly ever 3 day or at the most every 5th day. The oils from my fingers after 5 to 7 hours of playing would make the crisp sound fade away. I use 13 gague flat wound strings. Had a hard time finding anything heavier. I once read Joe Pass would go through 3 to 4 sets of string a day when in the studio. I guess I wasn't as bad. What would you say is a good amount of time to keep the same strings on the guitar? Does it really make a difference changing them so often? Guild use to make the best flat wound strings. Haven't been able to find them for a real long time.

Back in the 70's it did host a number of jazz shows. Is this place still around.

For me workout is one of the best jazz records ever done. Everyone on that date brought their A game. Doesn't get any better.

For the 50 stuff, I have to go with Peckin' Time. What a great line up with Lee Morgan, Wynto Kelly, Paul Chamber and Charlie Persip. This session swings. I was listening to it tonight and taped my foot all the way through it. Second would be the Hank Mobley Quintet, Horace Silver Art Blakey, Art Farmer and Doug Wakins.

I'm glad to hear from someone that the ES150 wasn't woth 3k. What do you think I shuld have gotten for it? I sold a Gibson ES165 for $1700. The guitar didn't sing. It was so flat when I played it. I had paid $1200 when I bought originally. But my guild X-500 had the best tone I ever heard from a guitar.

Back in 1988, I sold a vintage Gibson, Charlie Christian model (lefty). I had no idea of the value. I got 400 dollars for it. Thinking I made out well sinec it was old and really used. Three weeks later while walking down 48 street in NYC, which is the music center, I saw the same guitar in the window of a used guitar store selling for $3000. That was the biggest, dumnest, or what ever you want to call it mistake I ever made. Mine was a left handed model, so add about 20% to the $3000 grand for the right handed model. Live and learn.

The fact that the Blue Note sucks might be part of the answer. The prices are astronomical, the food is as bad as it gets, and they pack patrons in like sardines. On top of that it's a relatively large club. I can assure you Silver would sell out the Vanguard easily for a 2-week run. Next time Silver plays the Blue Note the cover is $35. Add to that a minimum, tax & tip, and you're talking at least $50 for maybe 75 minutes of music. I can't do that too often. Yeah, he's there the end of April. The price is $35 plus the cover. You know you'll be elbow to elbow when you're in the club.

Support is the key. I had seen Horace Silver at the Blue Note in 1996. After he finished playing he talked for about 5 minutes about coming to see live shows. This is the bulk of the money these artists make. His show wasn't filled. He said it was sad, that NYC, the meca of jazz could not fill a club for live jazz. But he was happy that those who were there did come to see him play, and he said thanks.

If you want to go to see some live jazz tonight, would you be able to in your city (area)? I live 20 miles from NYC. Just a hop on the train and I'm there. Not sure of many other cities that can offer as much jazz as NYC.

Yes I am going. In an early thread, there was a artical with Horace talking about his new album coming out in the spring. So I hope it will be shortly.

He is coming to the Blue Note April 28-30 and May 1-2. And I believe he'll have a new album too.

Do you do mail orders?

I am a computer engineer on IBM mid range and mainframe computers. It's the only field I've ever been in.

Do you know when you have too many records and CD's? When you post a thread wondering if a record will get reissued because you want it or looking for it, and then you go home and discover you already have it. Now has anyone else done this before, forget they already own a particular record? At least I never buy it a second time.

Any guitarists on this board? Which arch top guitar to you like playing or wish you could play? Me, I played for years on a Guild X-500 and artist award.

Thanks jazzbo.

Saw this while on line, but there was no info provided.

If an entire session exists, can you ask if it could find its way to record store shelves?

I was reading something on Phil Woods. He was paid 50 dollars for his sax playing on Billy Joel's super hit "Just the way you are." I bet he wished he would have asked for more money. His solo is always copied when someone covers that tune. Anyone know of any other artists that have been under paid for their work?

Who has the best offers for imports from Japan?

So far I know I will attend one night at the Istanbul Fest. I'll be there when it is going on. I will be in Europe for 3 weeks. Not sure where else yet.

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