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  3. Greed and the record industry

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    It is not part of the natural order of things that musicians and singers should have a music industry that is interested in boosting their earnings (or even paying them); it's something that happens to a relatively small number of them, and only sometimes.

    Why is this news? Why is it a cause of ranting?

    MG

    I note that the ranting on this issue as well as that of European copyright seems to be coming from the wealthiest musicians. Risk of losing a million or two? What sickens me is that the jazz musicians of consummate artistry whom I turn out to see are paid £100 - £300 per gig, while I read that a lesser light in the pop/rock world can expect £75,000.

    Dunno why it should sicken you, Bill. That IS part of the natural order of things. This ain't the thirties and they're not Cab Calloway.

    MG

    It's regrettable that this is the natural order of things.

    I guess that it's easy to accept "the natural order of things" if you're not a musician trying to make a living.

  7. Grant Green organ sessions

    in Recommendations

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    The two sessions with Baby Face Willette are great recordings.

    They define the genre.

    I don't think I agree. They're great recordings, indeed, but Baby Face was MUCH better served in his recordings for the Chess Bros. Those two albums are effin' incredible! But GG's not on 'em; it's Ben White on guitar.

    MG

    Didn't someone say that Baby Face Willette cried about those Chess recordings?

    Don't know about the crying, but the Blues Notes and the Chess recordings are two completely different deals, at least to my ears. I'll take the Blue Notes hands down.

  8. Butch Warren 8/9/39 - 10/5/13

    in Artists

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    I am very sad to report that my friend Butch Warren passed away yesterday 10/5/13 around 6:45 PM at Holy Cross Hospital in Maryland.

    As you know, Butch had recently been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.

    Butch last performed on August 9th at a birthday celebration at Westminster Church. The last piece he ever performed in public was 'Barack Obama'.

    Farewell, Butch, I will miss your music, your stories and your deadpan sense of humor. It was great hanging out with you over the years.

    I asked Butch once what it was like playing with Archie Shepp and Bill Dixon. His reply (I paraphrase): 'the music is the same, the people just dance differently'.

    Bertrand.

    His line about playing with Shepp and Dixon is a great one (and a true one).

    Thank you, Mr. Warren.

  9. What to Reissue Number Two

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    I've posted this before, but here it goes again:

    Al Francis: Jazz Bohemia Revisited (Lost Cosmic Unity) is a wonderful album, totally obscure, never been reissued. It's as worthy of being reissued as any record I know. I have an LP copy, but I'd buy a CD reissue.

    I don't know if it's been mentioned, but Henry Threadgill's Too Much Sugar for a Dime (Axiom) is another record that deserves a reissue.

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