paul secor

Really Cherry was never musically as good as with the early Ornette bands, or at least, those bands made the most, even more than the most, out of him. When I say musically I mean in terms of harmony and melody, the conventional jazz terms. Those Ornette Atlantics really manage something that neither Cherry or Coleman did since, real richness and surprise in the harmonic journey. Cherry always played with delicacy, it was his trademark really, but where you go for depth in the musical argument after those Atlantics, I am not sure. Try the Blue Notes, The Montmartre albums on ESP, the "Mu" albums with Ed Blackwell, The Old and New Dreams records (as Rooster_Ties mentioned), and Art Deco, for starters.

Parker does have a street or at least a few blocks on Avenue B around 7th street named for him... or at least it was for a while and there is a plaque on the wall outside of the last apartment he lived in. See post #6

It's cool to hear good music in public places, but I wouldn't go to a McDonald's if they played Louis, Bird, Cecil, Ellington, Pres, Roy, etc. all day long.

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Just a Wikipedia bio - with all of the limitations that entails - but it appears that he had and interesting career and life, and made a brave career change late in his life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Wynn

I realized you were joking. Humor is always good. Just hoped that Page would receive the advice she asked for (along with some humor).

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Perhaps this thread should be in the Musician's Forum - though more people will probably look at it here. I'm not a musician, so I can't offer any advice. Hope you receive some helpful responses.

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That cover looks like it was recycled from a 1970's disco album.

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I remember Ed Wynn from when I was a kid. Never took to him much then. I enjoyed the What's My Line? clip, but his own show seemed to embody the corniest side of vaudeville. I like old jokes, but they have to be good ones. I guess mmv.

Thanks for the reminder, Jeff. I'll have to give that one a listen.

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After listening to the clip Jim posted, I had to listen to the entire record: Sonny Rollins: East Broadway Run Down (Impulse Japan) Elvin and Jimmy Garrison fit with Sonny better than I'd remembered.

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