Hardbopjazz

I remember joining the Blue Note board, and 5 days later it was down to 5 categories and then nothing.

I guess we need to get a life.

I'm seriously going to have to give Soul Station a harder listen. It seems to be the favorite of most people. I had it thrid on my list.

How many times are you flipping through the board each day.

Yeah, and how sad. If there was money in this art, there would be mroe cats recording or signed to record.

I liked the Joe Pass sessions that were recorded there.

I'm a completists for Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Horace Silver, Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley just to name a few. Whenever I see a session either as a leader or as a sidemen for one of these guy, I have to have it. The wife doesn't understand that though.

I thought the Turnaround would get some votes. The title track is a a catchy number.

Maybe there is a scale wage someone gets for studio work. I would hhope it would be more then $50 or $90 dollars for a few hours of work.

The date was July 10, 1973. Here's the info. Rainbow Theatre, London Band recording Miles Davis Septet Miles Davis (tpt, org); Dave Liebman (ss, ts, fl); Pete Cosey (g, perc); Reggie Lucas (g); Michael Henderson (el-B); Al Foster (d); James Mtume Foreman (cga, perc) First set Turnaroundphrase (M. Davis) 11:55 Tune in 5 (M. Davis) 10:24 Unknown title 730620 (M. Davis) (with applause, announcement) 21:27 Second set Right Off (M. Davis) 13:38 Ife (M. Davis) 20:50 Calypso Frelimo (M. Davis) (incomplete) 12:18 Cut off at 12:18. Commentary by Peter Losin: This recording was probably made by one of the band members, since musicians' voices are audible at several points (9:20, 10:38, 16:50 of "Unknown 730620" and 9:59 of "Right Off"); and Davis can be heard tapping out the tempo for "Ife" at 0:03-0:08.

I thought so. I had downloaded a Miles show from off of sharingthegroove and this was the club. I couldn't find any info on it.

What Ibenez did Joe Pass play? That was one big ass mother fucker guitar. It has such a great tone. I believe GEorge Benson was playing the same model.

I guess I'll bump it up again.

This was a question someone asked me this morning. My answer was, “Art as you go.”

After seeing Jimmy Smith, he would be at the bottom of the list coolest stage manner. Lou Donaldson is up there for me of the live performers I've seen. I saw the MJQ in 91. There stage manner was so professional, maybe a bit too professional. Right to busniess with them.

Yeah, you can only fit 10. I wanted this on eon the list.

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.