Dmitry Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I've had this poster for years. This date isn't listed in Peter Losin's Miles Ahead database. Interesting bill - MD Quintet w/Mobley, Jimmy Smith, and Mark Murphy. The band stopped in Buffalo on the way from Chicago to NY, just a little over a week before going into the studio to record Someday My Prince Will Come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Benefitting the Buffalo Philharmonic, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gitin Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I attended this concert at Kleinhans and was able to go backstage! Thanks for giving me the specific date (I knew the month and year). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Just looked up Joe Rico. http://www.buffalobroadcasters.com/hof_2000.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gitin Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 The 'Cary Grant' voice of Joe Rico still rings in my ears! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I don't suppose you remember the music? SMPWC recording session was just over a week ahead. I wonder if they did a practice run in Buffalo that night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I wasn't in Buffalo at the time of this concert, but I did buy records at Audrey's Record Shop about five years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gitin Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Audrey's was THE place to buy jazz records. It 'saved' me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted O'Reilly Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Just looked up Joe Rico. http://www.buffalobroadcasters.com/hof_2000.asp Well, they're a bit wrong..."Port Of Rico" was an Illinois Jacquet composition, and was recorded under his name, with Basie sitting in on organ. As a St. Catharines, Ontario kid, hearing Buffalo people Joe and Carroll Hardy (mostly on WEBR as I recall), as well as Toronto people like Dick McDougall got me into jazz and radio. Thanks, guys. (I think ). In about 1959 I went to Offerman Stadium (with the lovely May Hill) for one of Joe's concerts. It was the first time I saw Dizzy Gillespie live. May couldn't get over Dizzy's cheeks, nor could I, though I wouldn't admit it -- wanted to be worldly in May's eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 I think that Mark Murphy was from Buffalo. Upstate New York for sure. Maybe he spent the night with his family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Mark Murphy is from Syracuse. The following Tuesday the 28th, they opened at the Vanguard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted January 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 I've alerted Peter Losin, and he added this concert to his discography. http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/Sessions.aspx?s=610307 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted O'Reilly Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Thanks for the lead... http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/Main.aspx is a great website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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