ghost of miles Posted July 23, 2004 Report Posted July 23, 2004 Hello all, Does anyone have a decent-sounding copy of George Russell's KANSAS CITY album, recorded for Decca circa 1960, that they could make a CD-R of for me? More than willing to send a CD-R of something OOP in exchange... I'm trying to put together a program built around Brookmeyer's KC REVISITED and the Russell LP. PM me if you prefer... Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted July 23, 2004 Report Posted July 23, 2004 But.....the Brookmeyer record actually has something to do with Kansas City. The Russell record has nothing to do with Kansas City, except for the fact that the sextet had a gig there at the Blue Room. Despite the implications of the title "George Russell Sextet In K.C." it wasn't recorded there, nor was it live. Here's one Russell quote: "We found that the people of K.C. still love the blues, so Sandu was right in their groove." Were I programming the show (and I'm not), I might go with the Shorty Rogers Courts The Count record as another example of revisiting the Basie stuff. Even some tunes duplicated on the Brookmeyer. I don't have ANY problem with getting any of this stuff on the airwaves, but it just seems like a stretch to make it a "thematic" set. Mike Quote
ghost of miles Posted July 23, 2004 Author Report Posted July 23, 2004 Hmmm... well, thanks for that info, Mike. I was under the mistaken impression (having never seen the album's tracklist) that it was another Basie/KC tribute. In that case, I may have some re-thinking to do--except that I still want to feature the Russell/Baker group, and am still looking for the CD-R. May be better to match it up with the Five Spot and yoke the Brookmeyer with Rogers, as you suggested. August is the Basie centennial, of course, but Baker is also leading the Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Orchestra in concert on Saturday, Aug. 14, and my program will be airing right around the time it lets out. Perhaps I could do Russell on Aug. 14 and Brookmeyer/Rogers on either Aug. 7 or Aug. 28 (21st will probably be a Parker show). Enough of my thinking out loud--thanks for the tip! Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted July 23, 2004 Report Posted July 23, 2004 For details of the Sextet in KC album, check the Joe Hunt discography on my website. Mike Quote
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