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"Oh well, shit! If the Stones couldn't keep up with Stevie, he couldn't be a genius. Jezusss! Where's the smiley for "how full of crap is that comment?" Hell, all I said he put on a great show "And what does being Italian have to do with anything?" Nothing to YOU, It's just my cultural perspective on the subject. "Stevie made it hard for the Stones to keep up? Boo, hoo. This is just a guess but I bet the Stones couldn't keep up with the James Brown band either. I guess that makes JB a pretender, also. I like the Stones, by the way, they just aren't the measuring stick I would use to evaluate someone else's "genius." I see YOUR point. I'ts just not MINE. I didn't mean it the way you imply. The Stones are just a good rock and roll show to me and Wonder was better; nothing more, nothing less. "This is directed at Nessa and others with similar opinions: If you don't like popular music in the first place, and there seems to be a particular animus on this board toward R&B, how about just staying out of this?" The responses are in answer to the "Genius tag", that's all. Nothing to go to war about. You have your standard and I have mine, with all due respect. "Again, I invoke the disco analogy. People who trashed disco couldn't dance." Where is your "full of crap" smiley? From Mike Fitzgerald: I think that someone somewhere has just overinflated things so that every model is a "supermodel" and every performance gets a standing ovation and if the average is now great, then the great must be "genius". My position, exactly. Thanks Mike.

The term genius is a term that should be used very judiciously. Like Mike implies, in the music marketplace, it's used to sell records and create hyberbole. Now for me, personally, there are few true geniuses. Being a Italian, there is a "Leonardo Standard" that gets in the way of useing the term lightly. For us/Myself, it means someone who does MANY diverse things greatly, effortlessly; a trailblazer. I DO rate Ellington as one. On the other hand, I don't rate Smmmy Davis Jr. as one though. ( Who I saw from the wings of Radio City ( he played with Buddy Rich for a week ) and he was fabulous and even truly emotional. Riveting on stage. Now I've seen Wonder twice. Both times in the early 70's including a show with the Stones where he made it very hard for them to follow him. Great entertainer. Like Sammy.

I have to say that I love Carmen doing Wonder's "Superwoman" on "Live at Bubba's". Have you hared that?

Some where I have a tape of Andrew White being interviewed on the radio late one night on WHAM when he was in town playing bass for The Fifth Dimension at a supper club. Andrew also played bass for Stevie Wonder. Now if you know Andrew's music and rep;( at the time his own label was putting out a lot of records ) he is no pansy. I have a tape of hime with the Elvin Jones band that also had Ari Brown in the front line with Woody Shaw sitting in. And Chuck, Mr. White came close to your descripton of "Great Music" that night at the Vanguard. This is starting to be a long story just to tell you that as Andrew was discussing his work ,in realtion to what he did to make money, he said " the gig is fine and Stevie treats me right but he's no genius, you know, like people say." Now he said that in a very nice, but matter of fact way.

Is the vocalist not Dionne Warwick?

I believe.....: "Portrait of Cannonball" JULIAN ADDERLEY alto sax BLUE MITCHELL trumpet SAM JONES bass PHILLY JOE JONES drums BILL EVANS piano NEW YORK ; July 1, 1958 SIDE 1 1. Minority (Gigi Gryce) 7:05 2. Straight Life (Julian Adderley) 5:25 3. Blue Funk (Sam Jones) 5:26 SIDE 2 1. A Little Taste (Julian Adderley) 4:34 2. People Will Say We're in Love (Rodgers & Hammerstein) 9:38 3. Nardis

Somewhere in my tapes I have a wonderful live version of that ( with a interview) from a British TV show. With the intro. of course! How could you not dig that?

One of my two all time favorites. SOUL + BRAINS.

The Queen Suite is both powerful and beautiful. Here's a quote: The "Queen's Suite," never released during Ellington's lifetime, is a major work: Strayhorn's "Northern Lights" is a dramatic piece influenced by early 20th Century classical music. "Sunset And The Mocking Bird" is a tender Hodges feature with a lush, luscious arrangement, while the spare "The Single Petal Of A Rose" - Ellington on piano accompanied only by bowed bass - is equally gorgeous. "Lightning Bugs And Frogs," while not as lighthearted as the title suggests, is full of amusing melodic leaps and is played with remarkable control by the orchestra.

I would bet they will be since Mr. Itoh, of both 88's and East Wind ( and God knows what else), was the lead excutive at Sony in charge of the SACD development and marketing. Itoh-san and Keezer-san photo:

There is a relationship between 441 and Avatar. Avatar's address is 441 53rd Street. 88's and Avatar are related to Sony and when the 88's recordings come out in the US, they are released on 441. To complicate things futher, many of the 441 and 88's artists perform at The Kitano Hotel, but that may just be a matter of convience and not business, but I wouldn't bet against it. All of this is very secretive and insular. Here is another photo taken at Avatar for a 88's session with Joe Locke and Geoffrey Keezer this last March. You may see this session, and a previous one from last year, come out on 441 this year.

Here are some of the more interesting dates to me: I own the Cedar Walton/Pitt Inn, a great, great record; Sam Jones/Seven Minds, with Bob Berg; The Great Jazz Trio/Direct From LA and The Vanguards; and the Cedar Walton/Pentagon, another really fine date with Clifford Jordan and Ray Mantilia on conga. EW ARTIST TITLE REC. 7009 / 8009 Cedar Walton Pit Inn 74 7010 Sam Jones Seven Minds 74 7012 / 8012 Art Farmer To Duke With Love 75 8014 Oliver Nelson Stolen Moments 75 8016 Terumasa Hino Live In Concert 75 8017 Andrew Hill Hommage 75 8018 Ronnie Mathews Trip To The Orient 75 8021 Hank Jones Hanky Panky 75 8023 Al Haig Chelsea Bridge 75 8025 Art Farmer Yesterday's Thoughts 75 8029 Andrew Hill Blue Black 75 8030 Reggie Lucas Survival Themes 75 8032 Andrew Hill Nefertiti 76 8042 Art Farmer At Boomers 76 8043 Masabumi Kikuchi Wishes / Kochi 76 8046 The Great Jazz Trio Love For Sale 76 8047 Art Farmer The Summer Knows 76 8052 Al Haig Duke 'n' Bird 76 8053 The Great Jazz Trio At The Village Vanguard Vol 1 77 8055 The Great Jazz Trio At The Village Vanguard Vol 2 77 8056 The Great Jazz Trio Kindness, Joy, Love & Happiness 77 8057 Jackie McLean New Wine, Old Bottles 78 8062 The Great Jazz Trio Milestones 78 8063 Laurindo Almeida Concierto de Aranjuez 78 8064 The Great Jazz Trio The Great Tokyo Meeting 8065 Terumasa Hino Live In Nemuro: Wheelstone 10002 Cedar Walton The Pentagon 76 10005 The Great Jazz Trio Direct From L.A. 77 Sorry about the late response! The East Wind was/is great. Buy the way, the sound of the vinyls that I have, are wonderful.

As I have told Chris A., I remember the PSB show he hosted from New Jersey. The one I remember the best is Jimmy Heath with Curtis Fuller. Maybe someday a grant will be written to scour the vaults of PBS stations for taped jazz shows. Chuck, I've seen the clip from that Route 66 show, and had it on tape, but it went the way of all of the many hours of Jazz that I taped. They went pffft!

All's well that ends well - I bagged a real copy of Paris a short while ago. Patience pays off. That IS a tough one, Ed. I don't have that one myself. One of my favorites is "The Christmas Concert". It's not what it seems. Kind of like "Trane Plays Xmas Favorites" from say the the "Live at Birdland" era. His "The Sound Of Love" cd is beautiful and romantic.

The summer after Dexter Gordon made his USA comeback, I went to the Vangusrd to see him and had a pleasent surprise in that Benny Bailey was playing trumpet with him. That was nice to hear. As a aside: only in New York could you go see Dexter Gordon with Benny Bailey at the Village Vanguard and sit at a table with Rahsaan Roland Kirk on one side of you and the actor Peter Boyle on the other.

Thanks for the review Chris. I was going to hear/read reviews before I bought it and I think now, I will. I've been a Mac user for three years now and would never, ever go back to a PC.

I have no idea.

A Tommy Smith sampler is yours for the asking, O'Wise One!

That's a nice one. Bluesmith ( with Scofield ) is great, also and Reminiscence is another. Both on Linn. Some of his most recent is with Joe Locke and 4 Walls Of Freedom ( Dear Life ). Re: the saxophone: The story is that Tommy was in NYC and went to his saxophone doctor who showed him a new horn to get his opinion ( Tommy is a aknowledged Master and his opinion is regarded as so ). Tommy said that when he tried the new horn it was liked being freed and he knew with this horn he would be able to get around like never before. A scary thought if you know him, you should hear is solo sax cd "Into Slience). So he bought the new one and put the old saw up for sale.

Jazz Kat.......wow, take a deep breath, kid! Re: the photo: The guy to the far left is Chet Catallo, form Rochester, who was fired from the band for being a general pain in the ass and not a team player. Fame went to his head. Nice player. The guy at the bottom is Beckenstein and the one in the rear with the '70's shirt is Tom Schuman, also from Rochester I believe. He played in a fried of mine's band here for a while. Chippewea (?) Street is very long but I would bet you a Rosario Giulani cd that they did not grow up there. Life is long,my friend, and you can't argue your way through it. Stick around and listen/read or you end up at a place near where Chippewa Street starts in Buffalo. The Erie County Correction Center! There you get to argue 24/7. My offer to send you some music in the pm I sent you stands. I'll even through in some Rosario Giuliani, who will make you forget ( or appreciate in a different light) Beckenstein.

Here's some trivia for our young Jazz Kat: Chippewa Street , in Buffalo, used to be famous for streetwalkers and other funky vices. I guess now ( I havn't been in the "Queen City" for many years, the last times was to see Wayne and Sonny ) that area has been gentrified. I'm sure those mayonnaise faced boys ( a Italo-American term meaning, roughly, suburban/white/rich ) of Spyro Gyra are referring to the later incarnation of the neighborhood?

Geez Jazz Kat, I thought Mr. Fitzgerald and myself gave respectful, honest and considerate replies. By the way I said "a bar band with light latin percussion" not "light bar band". You may want to listen to the Christian McBride band for a example of....but oh why am I wasting My time?

Quoting or when one takes an excerpt of one song, and inserts it in another.

They are from Buffalo and I not only used to hear them in the begining but their guitar player then, Chet Catallo was someone I knew from Rochester. The piano player Tom Shulman (?) is from here too. They are just really, a bar band with some light latin percussion. Don't believe Dave Samuels, that's a lot of, you know, crap. But you know if you can dig it; get out the wine cooler and the suntan lotion and be happy.

I know a little about this, being a builder. Long lasting light bulbs CAN be made, and were always made in the past. It isn't that expensive, all in all. I once had a client who had emigrated from Yugoslavia, that called me to her home because the "wiring must be wrong" in her house because some of the bulbs went out in less than a year. She was amazed that Americian companies couldn't make a bulb that last because her old family home in Yugoslavia had the same bulbs in it for her entire life! They came from a Tugsten factory in Romania ( I had to ask ). It has to do with the thinkness of the filament. That's it! Companies have been shaving the filament thinner and thinner every year. It isn't your imagination. If there is a good bulb I'd like to know. My company goes through boxes by the GROSS in our Model Homes because the lights are on for many hours a day. And you might be surprised to know that we have to TRAIN people to replace blown out bulbs in the lamps! Here is something I came across but have not tried, yet: Sunlan stocks industrial bulbs, which save time and money because of their low cost and long life. The Light bulb lady knows bulbs and can help you select the correct bulb for your needs. Sunlan Lighting, Inc. 3901 N. Mississippi Ave. Portland, OR 97227 503-281-0453