JSngry Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 I think he was already doing it...didn't he play on a lot of the Sesame Street music? I figure a lot of guys picked up electric in the late 60s in order to cover/get studio gigs. Hell, even Ron Carter did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 I wish he had stopped. There's a couple of things I really like on the new Sonny Rollins release but I would have liked them more with an acoustic bass and no bongos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 actually, from what I was told, he switched to electric because of back problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Nah, Bob is very fit, even now in his mid seventies. He just got used to the electric bass, wanted to be better heard with Sonny and got tired of carrying around the acoustic. I asked him because Joe Locke wanted him to play acoustic on the "Rev-elation" cd and tours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six string Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 I found a copy of that Billy Taylor album a while back and though I am a fan of his music, I didn't risk it based on the cover. It sounds like I made the right choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nelson Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 'OK, Billy' is just that ... OK. It's a TV studio band performing workmanlike charts. Nothing blazing here. When it came in as a promo, I found one or two passable tracks to spin on my FM jazz show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Just got a copy from DG, and what Dan failed to mention that might be of interest to some is that four of the eight arrangements are by John Carisi! One' s by Frank Wess, & three are by Garnett Brown. I guess one's by Taylor himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfricaBrass Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 I wish my dad would have had some jazz albums... but I was happy that he had some Kraftwerk lps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Mine had a lot of classical but also show tunes like Pajama Game and West Side Story, not to mention George M. Cohan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) That's nice but I posted this in the Vinyl Frontier. Its not a discussion of what members have found or inherited from their fathers. IMHO a discussion of what members have found or inherited from their fathers would be very interesting!! Maybe i will start that thread. In any event - my Dad owned this one: Edited February 28, 2012 by Bright Moments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slide_advantage_redoux Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) My dad's LP collection was all over the map genre wise. Lots of C&W Mystic Mood sides (as a kid I fell asleep countless times listening to those schlocky orchestral arrangements with either thunderstorms or trains in the background!) But then he had tons of hipper shit: Joe Bushkin sides Leadbelly Louis Jordan/Tympani 5 Louis Armstrong (that was my first exposure to Teagarden!) Several JATP sides Keely Smith Tons of Benny Goodman small group things, along with a pretty big assortment of the standard "big band era" stuff, incl. those Readers Digest compendiums. (he used to drill me on what songs were the theme songs of various big bands) The most modern thing I ever found in his collection was Cannonball's Mercy Mercy Mercy. Whenever I would try and discuss bebop, he'd always mention how he couldn't stand watching Dizzy puff up like he did. Try as I might, I couldn't get him to just shut his eyes and dig on what he was playing! Edited March 5, 2012 by slide_advantage_redoux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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