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A good article on Andrew White is available here. I have a few of his records but would like to pick up more of them (any DC folks with his contact info - it would be much appreciated).

Andrew's Music

4830 South Dakota Avenue, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20017

(202) 526-3666

As of a year and a half ago, the only albums that he had released on cd on his own label are the 4 discs of the Gigtime 2000 series. Each one is dedicated to the various facets of his musical persona. The series was recorded during one marathon gig at the One Step Down club. He does have other cd's available that were released on other labels, and his label's back catalog is available on tape and vinyl. I'd love to see him reissue the second JFK Quintet album or issue the unreleased third JFK Quintet album.

Thanks for the article.

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A good article on Andrew White is available here. I have a few of his records but would like to pick up more of them (any DC folks with his contact info - it would be much appreciated).

Andrew's Music

4830 South Dakota Avenue, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20017

(202) 526-3666

As of a year and a half ago, the only albums that he had released on cd on his own label are the 4 discs of the Gigtime 2000 series. Each one is dedicated to the various facets of his musical persona. The series was recorded during one marathon gig at the One Step Down club. He does have other cd's available that were released on other labels, and his label's back catalog is available on tape and vinyl. I'd love to see him reissue the second JFK Quintet album or issue the unreleased third JFK Quintet album.

Thanks for the article.

I remember writing Andrew White, perhaps 15 years ago, inquiring about the possibility of him releasing JFK material that Fantasy/OJC was sitting on. He wrote back that Fantasy was holding it with the possibility of reissue some day. That never happened, with the exception of the first JFK album and, with Concord now holding the rights, it will never happen, at least not legally.

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A good article on Andrew White is available here. I have a few of his records but would like to pick up more of them (any DC folks with his contact info - it would be much appreciated).

Andrew's Music

4830 South Dakota Avenue, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20017

(202) 526-3666

As of a year and a half ago, the only albums that he had released on cd on his own label are the 4 discs of the Gigtime 2000 series. Each one is dedicated to the various facets of his musical persona. The series was recorded during one marathon gig at the One Step Down club. He does have other cd's available that were released on other labels, and his label's back catalog is available on tape and vinyl. I'd love to see him reissue the second JFK Quintet album or issue the unreleased third JFK Quintet album.

Thanks for the article.

I remember writing Andrew White, perhaps 15 years ago, inquiring about the possibility of him releasing JFK material that Fantasy/OJC was sitting on. He wrote back that Fantasy was holding it with the possibility of reissue some day. That never happened, with the exception of the first JFK album and, with Concord now holding the rights, it will never happen, at least not legally.

Young Ideas, the second album, turns 50 next year, so maybe our European friends will do the world a favor. At least Verve has the Verve Vault. Why can't Concord release OOP albums digitally? If paying to remaster it is the issue, why not let Andrew White take care of the remastering and let Concord take care of the digital distribution, with some revenue sharing between the two sides? Concord wins by profiting from a dormant album that it won't touch otherwise. White wins by taking full advantage of the digital format and distribution. The fans win by finally being able to hear it. Just as composers can regain the rights to their compositions, maybe musicians should be able to regain the rights to their recordings when the recordings languish out of print.

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Anyone know of any guides (on-line or otherwise) to his output? This is the best I've yet found (which does give some personnel and/or track-listings for perhaps 30% of the total of his self-produced output). I'm seeing in this Wikipeda article that he has 'over 48' self-produced recordings, which all seem to still be available (on LP) from White himself (according to the article this thread originally posted to).

Any idea how much he charges per LP? Only a tiny handful are mentioned on the AMG, and virtually none of them have actual reviews.

Could be interesting to look him up when I get to DC in a couple months. If folks here can recommend him (and his LP prices aren't too sky high), I could easily see picking up a good half dozen LP's from him (perhaps to start with).

Edit: Here's a 2001 article on White from JazzTimes. The first couple paragraphs are a hoot...

"These are titties!"

Andrew White is reveling in the all-natural glories that have long decorated the office-basement of his Northeast Washington, D.C., home. Magazine photos of women with mountainous breasts hang off every inch of wall in the cramped room, which has served as the headquarters for Andrew’s Music for the past 30 years. As White talks about his backachingly chesty "girls," he does so with deep affection, though there is a touch of sorrow in his voice as he laments the state of the au naturel porn industry.

"The market now has shifted toward the artificial breast, so I can’t get the material to rotate as much as I used to"” he says. The tall, handsome White’s elbows are poking out of holes in his too-small herringbone suit-coat, his knee-high socks exposed under his trademark, Lee Morgan-inspired flood pants. "But most of these chicks, because I’m in love with so many of them, I wouldn’t take them down. Like this chick here, shhhhh. She’s been up here since ’82."

Sounds like a real character. :crazy:

More on him here (this is Part 2, I can't seem to find a Part 1)

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The only LP I have is this one:

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But I have a killin' tape that I made back in the day the him playing with Elvin Jones at the Vanguard.

I bought a bunch of these about 10 years ago, including the one above. (I'd love to hear that tape though marcello!)

They were pretty reasonably priced if memory serves and that was posted to the UK. I bought mainly on the tunes I thought I'd like to hear ('trane stuff mostly). I'll dig them out and listen and post some thoughts. I'm sure I have a listing too in one of the LPs, though no scanner but I'll see what I can do.

Generally they sounded fine if not exceptionally well recorded and that goes for the one CD of the Gigtime set that I have. Drop him a line though since he wrote back quickly with more info than I expected.

He could do with a website...

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