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Jim and Harold have hit the nail on the head. I grew up hearing a lot of organ groups; both on record and live. I own more than a few records by many of the organists that are always mentioned in this forum. For the most part, I have to REALLY be in mood to listen to a whole cd ( the one other great tink about a LP is you only had on side to play at a time ) unless it is harmonicaly interesting. It has to MOVE. I used to only be able to listen to Groove Holmes and Larry Young for any length of time because a lot of organ records are, in fact when you get down to it, pretty boring unless your'e partying!

This one with Pepper and Romano:

That is the one with my homeboy, Joe Romano, playing tenor with Pepper. Donte's not Dante's.

This is a article from Macon, Georgia: Posted on Fri, Mar. 25, 2005 Catch the legendary jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd Thursday at the Douglass By Maggie Large Telegraph Staff Writer Jazz trumpet legend Donald Byrd probably has more degrees than any other jazz musician working today. Of course, at age 72, he's had several decades to dedicate to the pursuit of knowledge. But when you add up a bachelor's, master's, law degree and doctorate, you find a man who is fully committed to teaching generations about the genesis and revelations of jazz. He's scheduled to play at the Douglass Theatre March 31, and he will give a master class to students during the day. Interested students may call the Douglass box office for more details at 742-2000. "I will be doing an interesting program called M plus M equals A," Byrd said via telephone. "It's teaching mathematics through music and music through mathematics." Byrd is still maintaining an active schedule and is based in Dover, Del., where he has taught at Delaware State University. In recent days he's been working on a tribute concert to celebrate band leader Count Basie's 100th birthday. Google can be a wonderful tool; if you use it.

This information is from the jazzproglist: From: Matt Snyder <msnyder@NYPL.ORG> Larry Appelbaum at Library of Congress made this announcement the other day on another list I'm on, but people here may be interested as well:

#1. This is a great record #2. If you are listening to Higgins from a cd, it may be the increase in the "treble' in his cymbal sound; a major problem with cd remasters/transfers. #3. That said, "basher" could never be the correct adjective for Higgins!

Joe is a born drummer; dangerous on and off the stage!

This cd can bear repeated listenings! JOE LOCKE QUARTET Moment to Moment Milestone MCD-9243-2 Slow Hot Wind, Moon River, Moment to Moment, Whistling Away the Dark, Charade, Loss of Love, The Days of Wine and Roses, Two for the Road, Dreamsville with Billy Childs, Eddie Gomez, Gene Jackson Recorded November 20-21, 1994.

Just one man's opinion.

I'm not sure about "Atlantis"; I'll listen to that later on line and compare. Here are the track times: 1．SKAGLY - 9:56 (Hubbard) 2．FINGER PAINTING - 6:44 (Hancock) 3．MUTANTS ON THE BEACH - 11:04 (Williams) 4．CIRCE - 4:30 (Shorter)

I have a Japanese pressing of "Five Stars" (1979 Sony/CBS ). It's short but sweet. 1．SKAGLY 2．FINGER PAINTING 3．MUTANTS ON THE BEACH 4．CIRCE 1979年作品 ●Sony Records/Columbia/SRCS-7046 ●Musicians● P.Herbie Hancock B.Ron Carter Ds.Tony Williams Ts.Ss.Wayne Shorter Tp.Flh.Freddie Hubbard

Try a figure more like 3 or 4 dollars. And anyway, let the guy make a extra dollar or two if he can, for christsakes!

Then there is this one on vinyl again but now, they are all available on CD; insn't everything? PMR-004 "Live" © 1975 John Coltrane Memorial Concert Recorded September 12, 1971 at Town Hall, New York City Elvin Jones Drums Frank Foster Tenor and soprano saxophones Chick Corea Piano Gene Perla Bass Joe Farrell Tenor saxphone & Flute Shinjitu (Keiko Jones) 22:00 Simone (Frank Foster) 23:53

There is also: Elvin Jones - "On the Mountian" with Gene Perla and Jan Hammer, that I have on vinyl. Very good contemporary Elvin. Elvin Jones, drums; Jan Hammer, piano, Fender Rhodes, Moog; Gene Perla, acoustic bass, electric bass Tracklist: 1. Thorn of a White Rose — 5:07 2. Namuh — 7:47 3. On the Mountain — 4:37 4. Smoke in the Sun — 4:00 5. London Air — 5:29 6. Destiny — 7:28

I had the pleasure of knowing Mr. Wilder some when I was in college in Rochester. I was a bellman at the hotel he called home in Rochester ( where he spent a lot of time as it was his home town; his other "home was the Algonquin in NYC ) and I also spent quite a bit of time with his best friend, photographer Louis Ouzer. Lou's studio and the Eastman School (where his classmates were Mitch Miller and Goddard Liberson of Columbia ), and the hotel were within yards of each so I saw and talked with him for a good part of two years in the early '70's. If I didn't work or was at class I was at the Ouzer Studio (I went to school for photography at R.I.T.) working for Lou and watching him work. Mr. Wilder would spend hours at the studio, reading and talking to Mr. and Mrs.Ouzer who were his best friend. It was a place where he didn't have his armour up. Besides the popular songs that he CRAFTED, Wilder wrote many, many modern chamber pieces for different ensembles and respected soloists."Suite for Flute, Clarinet and Piano", "Grandma Moses Suite", "Nonet for Brass" ,and for tuba, "Effie Suite", are performed often. His "popular" material is also performed regularly: Recordings of "I'll Be Around" include: Eddie Higgins Quintet, Moonlight Becomes You [Venus] Randy Porter Trio, Brio [Heavywood] Jackie Allen, Love Is Blue [A440 Music Group] Tierney Sutton, Dancing in the Dark [Telarc] George Shearing includes "Who Can I Turn To?" on his new CD Like Fine Wine [Mack Avenue]. Cologne [Fuzzy Music] by pianist Bill Dobbins includes three Wilder songs: "While We're Young," "The Winter of My Discontent," and "Moon and Sand." This is just I could find without trying hard! His radio show that he did with Loonis McGlohon, "American Popular Song" was a real treat that brought this very intelligent mind together with the best singers alive. Overrated? I don't think so.

Rooster: I have the Norman Connors - Dark Of Light, on vinyl, and I've got to say: it sucked then and I can guess it sucks now, also. It has all of the usual suspects on it. There are some good moments; but just that; moments. Norman Connors : drums Herbie Hancock : electric piano, acoustic piano Eddie Henderson : trumpet Carlos Garnett : tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone Gary Bartz : alto saxophone Art Webb : flute Cecil McBee : bass Buster Williams : bass (on 1) Stanley Clarke : bass (on 3) Onaje Allan Gumbs : acoustic piano (on 4) Lawrence Killian : congas Warren Smith : percussion Ted Dunber : acoustic and electric guitar (on 1) Elmer Gibson : electric piano (on 3) Henry Palmer : percussion (on 3) Gerald Roberts : percussion (on 3) Alfred Williams : alto flute, bassoon (on 3) chorus : Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ellen DeLeston, Michael Brown strings : Gail Dixon, Pat Dixon, Jerry Litte TRACKS (total time 35:16) : P.S. Mine has a different cover than this:

I hear what you're trying to say Larry; but this is just the point of her individuality; her art. What was facinating about what I heard was not just the ensembles but the way she pairs solists within the pieces and then moved on ( or rather forward) with her orchestrations. Her music is not so obvious or thematic to the ear, for sure, and dosn't conclude in conventional ( and themes don't always return ) systems. She's different, for sure. Now I just read Mike's post and once again, he says it better that I !

A thanks from me also, Mike. It seems that all of the shows were sell outs. A well deserved sucess for Maria and the Orchestra. There was some subsituting and additions during the three sets I heard, also. Vocalist Luciana Souza sang on Sunday ( but not Saturday) on one song, Steve Wilson played alto and flute on two of the three sets and then was spelled by Tim Ries. Here is a photo of Scott Robinson with one of his shirts!

Now THIS is the kind of tribute that Allen Lowe would love! In this regard, I see his point.

THIS is a antidote to THAT! Frank Kimbrough / Joe Locke Duo - The Willow FRANK KIMBROUGH / JOE LOCKE DUO: THE WILLOW OmniTone (12201) Frank Kimbrough - Piano Joe Locke - Vibraphone, Marimba with Tim Ries - Saxophones Jeff Ballard - Drums and Percussion If that's your Sunday morning, what is your Saturday night like!

Do you mean this? Date: 1971-07-21 Venue: Nice, France Herbie Hancock Eddie Henderson Julian Priester Bennie Maupin Buster Williams Billy Hart You’ll Know when you get there Toys Ostinato (suite for Angela) Here is another: Date: 1972-02-20 Venue: Detroit, Stata Gallery Herbie Hancock Sextet Eddie Henderson : trumpet Julian Priester : trombone Bennie Maupin : tenor & soprano saxophone, flute, bass clarinet Buster Williams : electric bass, acoustic bass Billy Hart : drums. Check this link HERE

Re: Tour; from Frank Kimbrough's website: June 2005 21 – w/ Maria Schneider Orchestra – World Financial Center, NYC 24 – w/ Maria Schneider Orchestra – Great Barrington, MA November 4 – 19 European Tour w/ Maria Schneider Orchestra 2006 January 20 – w/ Maria Schneider Orchestra – Burlington, VT 21 – w/ Maria Schneider Orchestra – Hanover, NH 22 – w/ Maria Schneider Orchestra – Portsmouth, NH 27 – w/ Maria Schneider Orchestra – Penn State U. 28 – w/ Maria Schneider Orchestra – Erie, PA 29 – w/ Maria Schneider Orchestra – Buffalo, NY February 3 – 8 – w/ Maria Schneider Orchestra Tour 8 – w/ Maria Schneider Orchestra – Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA 24 - 28 – w/ Maria Schnieder Orchestra tour: dates to be announced in Austin, TX; Windom, MN; Minneapolis, MN; Columbia, MO March 11 – w/ Maria Schneider Orchestra – U Mass Amherst April 6 - 9 – w/ Maria Schneider Orchestra – Pittsburgh, PA 22 – w/ Maria Schnieder Orchestra – Greeley, CO 28 – w/ Maria Schneider Orchestra – Reno, NV Frank Kimbrough's web link

I heard Matia Scheider's Orch. this last Thursday and Friday at the Jazz Standard. The band was really wonderful to hear live with that beautiful music and great soloists. Many of the themes that I heard were of a spanish influence of many parts and time changes; most building to a great cresendo before ending. Most memorable were: a chorus for chorus exchange between Gary Versace on accordian and Frank Kimbrough, great flowing, trumpet solos by Greg Gisbert, the driving tenor of Donny McCaskin, "the seventh wonder of the world" ( Maria's words) Scott Robinson on baritone, a firery Ingred Jensen, and Jay Anderson (on bass) and Clarence Penn ( on Drums) holding the arraingements together and moving them along. FRank Kimbrough told me afterwards: "It's not a orhcestra; it's a ORGANISM!"

If Elvin's the one giving the cymbal overdose, I'll take it. Guy

I better get my ears cleaned! Are the Paris recordings the same?