Kari S Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 I know he wasn't really a jazz guy, but at least he (kinda) had his own style. Like him or not? What do you recommend from his own releases or from his various sideman gigs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Like him a lot. Flayva. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 I'm always annoyed at how Richard Tee rhymes with Tappan Zee... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 The original Stuff LPs await proper CD reissue, but this compilation will do in a pinch: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari S Posted April 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 I'm always annoyed at how Richard Tee rhymes with Tappan Zee... Hmmm... Do I take it that this isn't your favorite then? How is it by the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 That's a good album. Tee always sounded great to me. He used to do this thing live where he would break it down and just groove with the drums. It was espescially effective when he was playing an acoustic piano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Good Richard Tee on this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 I wouldn't put Richard Tee among the greats but his name on an album is not one to cause you to turn your nose up. I'm not so sure about Stuff, though. I have three of their albums and they aren't nearly as good as they ought to be with the personnel they have. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 I wouldn't put Richard Tee among the greats but his name on an album is not one to cause you to turn your nose up. I'm not so sure about Stuff, though. I have three of their albums and they aren't nearly as good as they ought to be with the personnel they have. MG Stuff was an odd case. Their recordings don't do them justice. It's odd to be saying that about a bunch of studio guys, but it's the truth. They used to be at Mikell's at 97th and Columbus for years and I saw them countless times. It was always smokin'. They generated a lot of exitement live. In the earlier days before their albums the repetorire was Soul Classics and they were killin'. King Curtis' band was the same way. So much better live than any of the records reveal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Don't have much Richard Tee or Stuff in my collection- only the Carla Bley Dinner Music LP - but I ran into Richard Tee once, strictly by accident, and he seemed like a truly nice guy. I remember he told me that he had moved to Cold Spring, N.Y. (in my general area) because he had had attended a wedding in Cold Spring, and liked the town well enough to make his home there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 I wouldn't put Richard Tee among the greats but his name on an album is not one to cause you to turn your nose up. I'm not so sure about Stuff, though. I have three of their albums and they aren't nearly as good as they ought to be with the personnel they have. MG Stuff was an odd case. Their recordings don't do them justice. It's odd to be saying that about a bunch of studio guys, but it's the truth. They used to be at Mikell's at 97th and Columbus for years and I saw them countless times. It was always smokin'. They generated a lot of exitement live. In the earlier days before their albums the repetorire was Soul Classics and they were killin'. King Curtis' band was the same way. So much better live than any of the records reveal. I can well believe it. Pity they didn't come through on disc. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Richard Tee! Stuff! Me likee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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