thomastreichler Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 (edited) I am listening to "Don Ewell Solo Piano 1969 - 1973", a Chiaroscuro twofer, combining three previously released lp's ("Jazz On A Sunday Afternoon", "Take It In Stride" and "A Jazz Portrait Of The Artist" as well as three previously unissued tracks from 1967). This is pure stride piano, strongly influenced by Fats Waller, James P. Johnson and Willie 'The Lion' Smith, superbly executed. Highly enjoyable! Edited August 20, 2008 by Tommy T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted September 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 This has been recently published by Delmark: Willie The Lion Smith & Don Ewell - Stride Piano Duets. Live in Toronto, 1966 This is not a reissue of the Grand Piano disc on Sackville, but completely new and fresh material. The music comes from tapes made during a gig shared by the Lion and Don Ewell in a Yonge Street Toronto hostelry -- the Golden Nugget -- in 1966. The tapes were owned by Don Ewell's widow, Mary, and have been taken over by Delmark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted September 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 (edited) Also, there's is a new 2008 Ralph Sutton/Dave McKenna release (2 CDs) on Victoria records, called "To Sunnie With Love". From JazzByMail website Edited September 14, 2008 by EKE BBB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 every time this thread re-appears I think of my days as a rehearsal pianist at San Quentin - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat5 Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 What were you rehearsing for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 The stride that dare not speak its name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted February 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Some stride talk at Mule Walk & Jazz Talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 My favorite of the "classic" stride pianists has got to be Fats Waller. He knocks my socks off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 (edited) My favorite of the "classic" stride pianists has got to be Fats Waller. He knocks my socks off. I have been going to jazz concerts at the Folly Theater in Kansas City since it was restored in 1982. For several years, much of the audience was advanced in age. Unfortunately, not that many of them still attend. In the late 1980s, the Count Basie band led by Frank Foster played at the Folly. Foster commented from the stage, "it looks like most of you heard the original Basie band before it left Kansas City." That was probably true of the audience back then. The reason for this discussion--at the intermission the guy sitting behind me said to his friends, "I never thought much of Basie, when I would see him live here in the 1930s. Basie just wasn't that good. Fats Waller now, he was great. Fats Waller was THE man." Edited February 20, 2009 by Hot Ptah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted March 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 New Fats Waller DVD: "This Joint Is Jumpin'" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastreichler Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Also, there's is a new 2008 Ralph Sutton/Dave McKenna release (2 CDs) on Victoria records, called "To Sunnie With Love". From JazzByMail website How would you rate this one, Augustin? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted March 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Also, there's is a new 2008 Ralph Sutton/Dave McKenna release (2 CDs) on Victoria records, called "To Sunnie With Love". From JazzByMail website How would you rate this one, Augustin? Thanks in advance. Hi, Thomas! It's been on my radar for a while, but still haven't pulled the trigger! Regards, A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted April 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 A few more stride-related entries on Mule Walk & Jazz Talk The Lion, The Lamb & Eubie Blake at Newport '60 Bicephalous stride monster Louis Mazetier & Rossano Sportiello video Willie The Lion Smith transcriptions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastreichler Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Also, there's is a new 2008 Ralph Sutton/Dave McKenna release (2 CDs) on Victoria records, called "To Sunnie With Love". From JazzByMail website How would you rate this one, Augustin? Thanks in advance. Hi, Thomas! It's been on my radar for a while, but still haven't pulled the trigger! Regards, A I finally pulled the trigger and did not regret it. This is a highly enjoyable album. Ralph and Dave complement each other admirably. Both are players with a strong left hand, so you get to hear a lot of piano. The rhythm section, consisting of Gray Sargent, Jack Lesberg and Joe Ascione, swings like hell and they are getting some solo space as well. Each of the two piano players has a couple of features. Every fan of Ralph Sutton and/or Dave McKenna as well as of stride/swing/mainstream piano in general will enjoy this two disc set. One minor complaint: the liner notes are lacking any information on the recording date; I assume that it was recorded sometime in the mid 90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted August 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Some more entries on stride piano at Mule Walk & Jazz Talk Battling the Jersey Rocket James P. Johnson transcriptions Fats Waller interview (1943) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Wonderful thread. I'm just now getting into some stride, primarily through Fats Waller's Proper box set. The man could do some amazing things on the piano. Have James P. Johnson's Smithsonian / Folkways release on the way. I'm very much looking forward to that. Also attempting to sort out where best to begin with Willie 'The Lion' Smith. The Chronological Classics seem a bit out of reach price-wise. Then again, just about everything he has listed at amazon is pretty pricey. We'll see. Great thread though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Find the Commodore solos and the Good Time Jazz session The Lion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Find the Commodore solos and the Good Time Jazz session The Lion. Thanks Chuck. Grabbed the Commodore solos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 (edited) Have had James P., Fats, Willie The Lion, now Tatum playing much of the day today. Spurred me to snag the somewhat pricey Lambert Storyville disc, and a second disc by a player not in the stride camp, but nonetheless: Jimmy Yancey -- Complete Vol. 1, 1939 - 1940 (Document) Edited July 6, 2010 by papsrus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 How is the Donald Lambert? eMusic has it for 12 credits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 How is the Donald Lambert? eMusic has it for 12 credits. I just have it on order as of today. Not yet arrived. By all accounts above, though, it's the one to get. It apparently covers most of the much rarer Pumpkin album (all but four tunes, I guess) plus additional material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cih Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 (edited) Have had James P., Fats, Willie The Lion, now Tatum playing much of the day today. Spurred me to snag the somewhat pricey Lambert Storyville disc, and a second disc by a player not in the stride camp, but nonetheless: Jimmy Yancey -- Complete Vol. 1, 1939 - 1940 (Document) I really need to get more into stride when funds allow - love the stuff. Also Jimmy Yancey (vol 1's my fave but vol 3 essential too - for 'At The Window' - a lesson in restraint. The photo of him with Charlie Spand always makes me think, shame they never recorded Spand around the time the pic was taken - seeing as he's at the piano and all... Edited July 6, 2010 by cih Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Any thoughts on this? eMusic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 (edited) not too good, if it's the one I remember, though it does have what's-his-name on clarinet (drawing a blank, wrote an excellent autobiography and also played bassoon) - for good Lucky, get the session from the late '30s early 40s (jazz-ology?) and the half LP with Willie the Lion. the original Lambert LPs, by the way, have great, great liner notes by Mike Wellstood. Those notes are a must. Edited July 14, 2010 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 The reed player would be Garvin Bushell. And Mike Wellstood is a slip for Dick W. There was another stride scholar (maybe also a pianist, maybe not) named Mike -- Mike Lipskin who I believe was tight with Eubie Blake. Speaking of stride albums with clarinet, I love Eubie's "The Marches I Played on My Ragtime Piano" (20th Century Fox), with Buster Bailey, bass, drums, and Kenny Burrell playing rhythm guitar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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