paul secor

The one and only.

Have a great birthday, Mr. H!

When I registered on the old BN Board I used my name rather than a pseudonym. I just figured - why not? It didn't take me long to realize that almost all of the folks who did use their real names were people who had a reputation in the music world. That made me a little paranoid - not in the sense of someone stalking or harassing me on the internet, but I thought that there might be people who would think - who's this guy to use his name when nobody knows him? When the BN Board imploded and I came here, I used my real name again because I figured that people would recognize me by my real name. I still have the sense that I'm a bit out of place not using a pseudonym, but what's done is done and I''m not going to change at this point.

Jimmy Witherspoon: Who's Been Jivin' You (Ace) Riffin' with the Griffin Brothers (Ace)

Erasure by Percival Everett

Great to see you back, brownie! James Moody's Moods (OJC)

I often hear Monk and Miles on the Weather Channel when the local report comes on. I don't know if this is true only for this area or for the rest of the country as well.

There are a lot of great live Bird recordings, some of which have already been mentioned. I'll add: Charlie Parker at The Open Door - July, 1953. The release I have is on Ember. Philology may also have issued this date. A-1 Bird.

Wave still exists, though Peter Ind now issues CDs rather than LPs. Both Warne Marsh recordings are still in the Wave catalogue, along with a Warne Marsh/Lee Konitz recording from 1976. Peter Ind also has issued additional takes from The Real Lee Konitz (Atlantic) sessions, recorded by Ind in Pittsburgh in 1957 - Lee Konitz in Jazz from the Nineteen Fifties. He's also issued a CD of bass duets - himself and Rufus Reid - that I've enjoyed listening to. I know that Cadence carries Wave CDs. I highly recommend both Marsh solo CDs and the Konitz - Jazz from the 1950's. Apologies for sticking a CD response in the Vinyl Thread, but I thought it was important for folks to know about the music. I do believe that music is more important than format. Hope that I'm forgiven on both counts.

If you have other Johnny Shines records in your collection, this one's a very good addition. If you're unfamiliar with Johnny Shines, this is a very good introduction. I have a copy of the Sire CD reissue, and I've enjoyed listening to it.

Add Sam Cooke to that mix and you have a unique trifecta.

Congatulations! Here's hoping that the tapes will be rolling at some point so we all can hear the music.

Oct. 1949 Littlefield w. Wilbert Brown, tpt; Don Wilkerson, John Handy, Buddy Floyd, saxes; Johnny Moore, gtr; Bill Davis, bs; Chuck Thomas, dms. Midnight Whistle It's Midnight (No Place To Go) Drinkin' Hadacol Come On Baby Farewell The Moon Is Risin' Merry Xmas Nov. 1949 Same lineup - horns omitted on Frightened Tell Me Baby Your Love Wasn't So Frightened Why Leave Me All Alone Leadbitter, Fancourt, Pelletier - Blues Records 1943-1970 Volume Two I have some of this material on an Ace LP - Don't have the CD that Clem mentioned, but I assume that some or all of these tunes are on that one. Wonder if this is the John Handy who later played with Mingus. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz places him as returning to California from Texas in '49, so the time frame makes it a possibility.

Well no wonder then! One of the real R&B players, the guys who played it vecasue it was in their blood, not because they needed a gig, and one of the guys R&B who could really play the saxophone, get the sound and everything. Those guys are as much my heroes as the jazz greats because they took the horn seriously, learned what it could do for them, and played music first and style second. Well said. R&B tenor players have traditionally been looked down on by jazz fans as just "honkers and screamers", but there was much more to their playing than just that. Men like Noble "Thin Man" Watts were true musicians. There should be a thread here on r&b tenors. I'm too tired to start one tonight, but perhaps tomorrow evening. Or perhaps someone else with more energy than I can get one going.

I don't know a lot about Belton Evans, except for the fact that he recorded with King Curtis and played drums on a bunch of Prestige/Bluesville sides in the early 60's.

Jim - Ace (UK) released a Griffin Brothers LP in the mid-eighties. From the 16 sides reissued on that (nicely mastered by Bob Jones - one of the best), they were a very fine r&b band. For me, their best work was their instrumental sides. Their main vocalist, Margie Day, was ok, but pretty much of her time and genre. The tenor saxist on "The Teaser" is, according to the LP liner notes, Leadbitter and Slaven's Blues Discography, and my ears (though I can be easily fooled), Noble Watts, one of the great r&b tenors. Ernest "Buddy" Griffin was a very good boogie piano player - "Griff's Boogie" is a good feature for his playing. If you've ordered the CD already, I don't think you'll be disappointed. Almost forgot - Belton Evans, who later made a name for himself in NYC r&b circles, is the drummer on many of their sides.

I hear a good bit of Bird's sound in Jimmy Lyons' playing.

I sold shrugs a few LPs sometime last year and he e-mailed me saying that he was out of the Navy and was going back to school. He said that school was taking up a lot of his time, so he wasn't posting much. I hope that all's well with him.

Hope that you're having a great b'day!

I remember playing "Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More" from the Jazz Odyssey record on a radio show. After it ended, a guy called up and said, "Man, that was pure poetry." Made my evening.

Late well wishes and well being to you and yours. It's a pleasure to write something pleasant amidst all the craziness today. I hope that your birthday was a truly good one.

I've always liked Bud Freeman's story: The late Jimmy Rushing, the famous blues singer, was named by his close friends "Mr. Five by Five." He actually was five-feet, five-inches tall and weighed three hundred pounds. I had the pleasure of playing a concert tour with him in New Zealand. We had reservations at a lovely hotel, but the rooms were very small. Jimmy couldn't get into his room, and when the bell-hop suggested he try going in side ways, Jimmy responded with, "But you don't understand, man. I'm the same size all around!" from Bud Freeman: 'You Don't Look Like a Musician' Jimmy Rushing will live as long as people have ears to hear.

I'm here, and I hope that Jim can hang in until this blows over.

??????? What is going on here? And who is DizzySpells to be telling anyone how to act or how to post? He wasn't around two months ago. Let's not let this guy make the Board a place of craziness. That's what's happening.

Pascal Diatta & Sona Mane': Simnade' (Rogue). Senegalese guitarist/Vocalist and his vocalist spouse. Not something I've listened to regularly, but a good change up.