JSngry Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Saw a used LP (has it ever made CD?) for cheap, might go back tomorrow, good lard whelping and the greek don't cry. Any good? Carisi's name always piques my curiosity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 I've never heard it. . . but I'd have been sorely tempted to snag it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Well, I was just "passing thru" the store in a bit of an unauthorized-stop-better-get-the-hell-home hurry, so I put it in a "safe spot". It'll be there tomorrow, trust me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 I've got a copy, and it's definitely worth a listen. Overtly commercial in one sense in an almost Enoch Light manner (there's a phrase in producer Teo Macero's notes that will curl your hair, something like don't be afraid of this jazz stuff, folks -- we took out all the parts you don't like), it has one main point of interest IMO: several "solos" that Carisi wrote out for the massed-guitar ensemble. Handsomely played, they're also nice instances of C's linear thinking at work, unencumbered by his limitations as a trumpeter (at least by this time in his career, though he does take a few tasty melody choruses). The other solos by Brookmeyer and Woods are nice examples of their work of the period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Thanks, Larry. At under $5, it sounds like a can't-miss deal. Teo actually wrote that? GEESH! You think he had a relapse on QUIET NIGHTS? (I know, better than generally acknowledged. But I takes 'em where I finds 'em...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 (edited) I recommend it, too. Carisi was such a good writer any assignment he did sounded good, even 'hack work'. The 'guitar choir' did a good job. Great players in there, including Barry Galbraith and Jimmy Raney (who got a couple of solos). And Woods played his ass off and really sang out those melodies. If you want to hear some great lesser-known writing by Johnny try a guitar-trumpet duet called "Counterpoise #1". He performed it on a now-defunct radio show, "Around New York" with James Chirillo on guitar in '89 and that airshot made it to Chirillo's CD Sultry Serenade (also a distinctive recording with very good writing and playing). Edited January 21, 2004 by fasstrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 That was a very nice album. Can't remember where I filed it. This was one of the leaderless date. Don't think it was ever reissued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjluke68 Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 If you like that version of Showboat, then I recommed an LP that came out on Warner Bros around 1959 with the Jim Timmens All-stars doing showboat. It has Jimmy Cleveland, Donald Byrd and some other greats that I can't recall right now. Another good one with Jim Timmens (arranger) is on WB - Stewart/Williams doing Porgy & Bess. This one has Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Hilton Jefferson, Ernie Royal, Urbie Green, Lawrence Brown and others! I put both LPs on 1 CD (with artwork)if anyone is interested in a trade... Thanks, TL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 Columbia in addition to that 'Showboat' in jazz LP also had a 'Swinging Guys and Dolls' LP by the Manhattan Jazz All Stars at around the same time (1959). A delightful album which turned out to be led by Teddy Charles and Teo Macero who shared the arrangements duties. The following musicians turned up for three sessions: - Teddy Charles, Nick Travis, Teo Macero, Dave McKenna, Jimmy Raney, Addison Farmer, Ed Shaughnessy, - Teddy Charles, Bob Brookmeyer, Phil Woods, Mose Allison, Aaron Bell, Shaughnessy, - Teddy Charles, Brookmeyer, Woods, Zoot Sims, Julius Watkins, Sir Charles Thompson, Farmer, Shaughnessy. Don't think that one has ever been reissued! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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