paul secor

I dealt with shrugs a number of times and he was completely straight with me. As far as I'm concerned, that's the shrugs I know, no matter what eBay says. I just hope that he's ok.

Ok - I have to do a lot more listening PERIOD!

Apologies to Bill for weighing in late. To begin, after the answers are posted, I'm going to send these CDs to a friend who is a bassist, and who buys recordings just to hear the bass playing. He'll have a ball with these. I haven't looked at any previous comments - you can see that from my ignorance. Track 1 - I knew this simply because I had listened to it fairly recently - a 1928 tune named for a bass - great music. 2 - No idea who this is. A Jelly Roll group? Whoever it is - fine music again. 3 - No idea again - early Ellington ran through my mind, but the soloists don't sound like it at all. 4 - The pianist seems to be the leader, but no idea once again - at least I'm consistent. 5 - I LOVE the trumpet solo. Don't know who it is. I'm assuming it's an older musician, but even if it's a revivalist, I need to know who the trumpeter is. What a beautiful sound and conception! I'll definitely buy this one. 6 - Maybe a gimmee - S.S. w. A.T.? 7 & 8 - Bass features - Don't know either and neither grabbed me. 9 & 10 - ? - Neither left a great impression. 11 - A real gimmee, though I hadn't listened to this in a long while, and had forgotten how raw the altoist's solo is - especially compared to the style he settled into. 12 - Another gimmee - same drummer as 11. T.M. & A.T. 13 - Same drummer again? I'll buy this if I don't already have it. (I have a feeling that I do.) The trumpeter is very thoughtful. Perfect feel to this track. 14 - Interesting - 2 trumpets w. guitar. No idea - not great music, but very good. I'll be interested to know who this is. 15 - No real idea - wild guess Bags w. Diz? Very good feel to the bass playing. 16 - The pianist sounds like a man in a hurry. Doesn't sound to me like he gets much of anywhere. 17 - This one didn't leave much of an impression on me. 18 - Liked the tenor player a lot. No further comment. 19 - Enjoyed this very much. Don't know who it is, but I'll guess Bobby Hutcherson on a Blue Note date. I might buy this one. Good playing, and a very good attempt to do something different within a postbop context. Thanks, Bill. You provided some nice listening and showed me that I have to do more listening to early jazz. And I have to know who the trumpeter on #5 is.

Jim, I agree with much of what you wrote. However, where you sense "red flags", I sense more of the ravings of a Bill Evans fan. I'm sure that there are a lot of Evans fans who would agree with what he wrote. Racism is endemic in American society. It affects all of us in various ways. We can make choices about it, but we can't avoid it. I too sense those "red flags" in much of what's written about Bill Evans' music, pro and con, but I don't think that it serves any good purpose to classify Adam Gopnik (or at least what he wrote here) as racist. As I say, I agree with much of what you wrote. I think that there's some common ground between us. Peace - Paul

I find this statement to be troubling, and perhaps even outright bullshit. ← Well, WTF is Gopnik doing writing about jazz for the New Yorker? My apologies if he's a secret jazz expert... but shouldn't he stick to his occasional notes from Paris? ← Actually, if someone had told me that this appeared in the New Yorker, and omitted the author's name and the date of the article, I'd have guessed an old Whitney Balliett column. It's a bit (and perhaps more than that) over the top, but I'm sure that I and others on this Board have been guilty of the same offense. Doesn't seem to be anything to get excited about. It's only an opinion - even if it did appear in a nationally distributed magazine. At least he didn't write that about Wynton.

Frank Strozier is on Horace Parlan's Frankly Speaking on Steeplechase, a good straight ahead date. He blows a very good solo on Idrees Sulieman's tune, "Chocolate Cadillac".

I'll throw in a mention of The Jazz Giants '56 on Verve - "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan" is classic late Pres, plus you get Teddy, Roy, Vic Dickenson, Freddie Greene, Gene Ramey, and Jo Jones. Can't ask for much more than that.

This thread has a happy ending. I received the CDs and started listening to them today. Thanks, Tom.

I've recently been listening to The Chronological Joe Morris 1946-1949 on Classics, and the pianist on the Morris group's early sides, Wilmus Reeves, caught my ear. The band's recordings were generally jazz influenced r&b - it included at various times Johnny Griffin, George Freeman, Elmo Hope, Philly Joe, and Percy Heath - but Wilmus Reeves plays a couple of bop solos without any r&b influence which are very nice. He sounds like he really had something going then (1946-47). I may be overstating his case, but from hearing these short solos he sounds to me like he could possibly stand with any of the second tier bop pianists of those years (maybe anyone other than Bud or Monk). I tried a Google search, but came up with nothing much more than the discography for these sessions. Does anyone have any information on this man? He was a good enough player that I'm going to keep the Morris CD strictly because of his playing, and I'll probably only play it to hear him.

Have a great day, Dan! (Since it's your birthday, I guess it's ok if the Sox win today. )

Sorry for taking so long to comment on the answers. There were three others (besides the ones I recognized) that I have in my collection and didn't detect. My only defense is that I hadn't listened to those recordings in some time, but that's really no defense. What I've liked about the blindfold tests I've participated in is being turned on to new stuff. I'll be picking up 3 or 4 things that I heard here - Barry Harris, Lennie Niehaus, Basie, and possibly the Artie Shaw. Thanks for giving me some great listening, Marty - and thanks for all of the work that you put into this.

I've always heard it pronounced Doo-Chin.

He was a wonderful musician. A friend who owned a record company once told me that one session he would have liked to have recorded was an Al Casey/Tiny Grimes date. I can only dream about what that might have sounded like. Thanks for sharing your music with us, Mr. Casey.

Replied. Thanks - Paul

Titles added this afternoon.

This used to be listed (may be still) in J.D. Aebersold's Double-Time Jazz catalog as one of "100 historically significant recordings." Don't have it yet, but it's one of a very few in that list that almost never gets talked about here. ← Not knocking (or praising) this specific recording, but what are Aeberold's criteria for "100 historically significant recordings"? Seems like an odd choice.

I heard him play at a concert about 5 years ago, and he was still playing great, though it was obvious that he wasn't in the best of health. Thanks for many years of great music, Mr. Brown. We won't see your like again.

Re: Progressive LP PRO 7049 - J.R. Monterose: Lush Life: I have a Japanese issue of the same LP - Progressive (Japan) KUX-136-G, but the title is Welcome Back, J.R.!. Track order is different: A1 - Lush Life A2 - Giant Steps A3 - My Old Flame B1 - Luan (no hyphen in title) B2 - Evelyn's Delight B3 - Marty's Place Recording date listed on back cover and insert is May 18, 1979.

That name brings back memories - bought a lot of stuff from him in the 80's.

Yeah, I'd say it's pretty much worth getting anything on the label by artists you like or think you might like. They had a very strong run. ← That about says it, but since you asked for recommendations, here are some more: Black Saint: Muhal Richard Abrams: Sightsong - duets with Malachi Favors Andrew Cyrille/Jimmy Lyons/Jeanne Lee: Nuba John Lindberg: The Catbird Sings w. Cyrille, Larry Ochs, & Wadada Leo Smith Marcello Melis: The New Village on the Left w. Roswell Rudd, Enrico Rava, and a Sardinian vocal quartet - interesting sounds Max Roach/Anthony Braxton: Birth & Rebirth Steve Lacy: Trickles w. Roswell Rudd William Parker: In Order To Survive w. Grachan Moncur & Rob Brown Soul Note: Ray Anderson: Right Down Your Alley Ran Blake: Suffield Gothic - solo & duets w. Houston Person Billy Bang: Rainbow Gladiator & Valve No. 10 Bobby Bradford: One Night Stand Rob Brown: High Wire Andrew Cyrille: Good to Go w. Lisle Atkinson & James Newton Steve Lacy: Only Monk & More Monk - solo Lacy playing Monk tunes Frank Lowe: Decision in Paradise w. Moncur, Don Cherry M'Boom: Collage Roswell Rudd: Regeneration Cecil Taylor: Winged Serpents; For Olim - solo; & Historic Concerts duos w. Max Roach These are all recordings I've enjoyed over the years. I can't guarantee that they'll all be to your taste, but your sensibilities and intelligence won't be insulted by any of them.

Charlie Mariano Quartet: Alto Sax for Young Moderns (Bethlehem/Affinity) The title may be archetypically 1950's, but the music is timeless.

Happy birthday, Mr. Brown. Thanks for all of the wonderful music you've played. You've made many of us very happy.

Hope you've had a great birthday!

Awaiting me when I got home from work tonight. Thanks! Now to find time to listen ....

To me, he'll always be Maynard. Thanks for bringing some happiness to us, Mr. Denver. Spelling of "Maynard" corrected.