What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[paul secor]

Maxine Sullivan: Tribute to Andy Razaf (Period/DCC)

The presence of Charlie Shavers on a record sometimes sends up a red flag for me, but he's just fine here. Good record, and hearing her sing the verses on a number of the tunes is another plus.

Edited October 4, 2017 by paul secor

[mjazzg]

Jack Wilson - Song For My Daughter [Blue Note]

[Kevin Bresnahan]

 

On 10/2/2017 at 5:41 PM, paul secor said:

"Invincible Bird" - The Passion of Charlie Parker

Boris Rose Airchecks

Baritone sax?? What's up with that?

Edited October 5, 2017 by Kevin Bresnahan

[paul secor]

4 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

 

Baritone sax?? What's up with that?

If Boris were still around, you could ask him.

[paul secor]

Walt Dickerson Quartet: To My Queen Revisited

Liner notes by Don DeMichael, former Down Beat editor.  He and Pete Welding, also at Down Beat, helped get me started listening to the music in the early 60's.

Edited October 5, 2017 by paul secor

[paul secor]

Fats Waller: Piano Solos 1929 - 1941

[Chuck Nessa]

6 hours ago, paul secor said:

Walt Dickerson Quartet: To My Queen Revisited

Liner notes by Don DeMichael, former Down Beat editor.  He and Pete Welding, also at Down Beat, helped get me started listening to the music in the early 60's.

Don DeMichael was a great inspiration, friend and supporter when I arrived in Chicago. I miss his warm friendship.

[paul secor]

On ‎9‎/‎27‎/‎2017 at 1:09 PM, mjazzg said:

Discographical info here

http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/FrancisAl-ldr.php

the only picture of the cover I can find is here

 

you can also Al Francis on this Don Ellis album, which is where I first heard him. I'm not aware of any other appearances of his

Sent an email to a friend yesterday, and mentioned Don Ellis and Al Francis. Received the following today:

Your comments about D. Ellis got me wondering what ever became of Al Francis. The one time I met and played with him (and I think he was playing drums, not vibes) was 31 years ago--don't know if he's still around. A Google search turns up nothing but references to records he's on, which leads me to think he may no longer be around, or, if he is, no longer active in music.  No, wait--after I wrote this I tried Al Francis, vibes instead of vibraphone, and found this, from his LinkedIn page, writing about himself in the third person, apparently:

 

Dr. Alan Francis received his doctorate from Harvard University in 1976. His thesis, Picaresca, Decadencia, Historia, was published by Gredos in Spain. He was a student of Julio Rodríguez-Puértolas and Raimundo Lida, both considered to be the most distinguished Hispanists of our time. Al Francis, the jazz musician, was a student of Chas. Smith, BSO, and Jaki Byard, one the great pianists and arrangers in jazz. Alan Francis worked as a teacher in NYC public schools for 17 yrs., 8 mos., 6 days, before he retired on April Fools Day, 2005, to protest the Bloomberg holocaust of teachers and racist destablization of the public schools there. He is currently working on a book, The Upside Down Schools of capitalist education.

 

So it seems as if Al Francis may still be with us.

Edited October 5, 2017 by paul secor

[paul secor]

Johnny Dyani Quartet: Song for Biko

[mjazzg]

7 hours ago, paul secor said:

Johnny Dyani Quartet: Song for Biko

that's a great album

8 hours ago, paul secor said:

Sent an email to a friend yesterday, and mentioned Don Ellis and Al Francis. Received the following today:

Your comments about D. Ellis got me wondering what ever became of Al Francis. The one time I met and played with him (and I think he was playing drums, not vibes) was 31 years ago--don't know if he's still around. A Google search turns up nothing but references to records he's on, which leads me to think he may no longer be around, or, if he is, no longer active in music.  No, wait--after I wrote this I tried Al Francis, vibes instead of vibraphone, and found this, from his LinkedIn page, writing about himself in the third person, apparently:

 

Dr. Alan Francis received his doctorate from Harvard University in 1976. His thesis, Picaresca, Decadencia, Historia, was published by Gredos in Spain. He was a student of Julio Rodríguez-Puértolas and Raimundo Lida, both considered to be the most distinguished Hispanists of our time. Al Francis, the jazz musician, was a student of Chas. Smith, BSO, and Jaki Byard, one the great pianists and arrangers in jazz. Alan Francis worked as a teacher in NYC public schools for 17 yrs., 8 mos., 6 days, before he retired on April Fools Day, 2005, to protest the Bloomberg holocaust of teachers and racist destablization of the public schools there. He is currently working on a book, The Upside Down Schools of capitalist education.

 

So it seems as if Al Francis may still be with us.

Interesting, thanks for posting this

[clifford_thornton]

Can't find the linkedin profile -- would love to contact him if possible.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

2 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

Can't find the linkedin profile -- would love to contact him if possible.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-francis-068b866a/

 

[soulpope]

17 hours ago, paul secor said:

Johnny Dyani Quartet: Song for Biko

!!!

[sidewinder]

A bit of a test after a rack and cable reconfig.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

 

 

and before that

 

[JohnS]

[sidewinder]

2 hours ago, JohnS said:

Time to dig out my UK London of that one !

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, JohnS said:

So good ....

[sidewinder]

East Wind direct cut. Lovely !

[sidewinder]

[Dmitry]

4 hours ago, sidewinder said:

East Wind direct cut. Lovely !

Like the cover!

[mjazzg]

On 05/10/2017 at 0:00 PM, mjazzg said:

Jack Wilson - Song For My Daughter [Blue Note]

This again. Can't stop playing it.

Picked it up cheap, on a whim.It didn't look too healthy but a couple of cleans later and it's sounding really nice.  It seems that the strings sometimes work in harness with the trio and at others almost against them but in both cases the results are very listenable

[paul secor]

The New Wave in Jazz

[kh1958]

The Modern Jazz Quartet, Concorde (Prestige)

[sidewinder]