Mike Weil's discographies - general remarks

[mikeweil]

The next discography is online:

Pony Poindexter Discography

[Teasing the Korean]

Will the Tito Puente thread be bumped anytime soon, or has RCA's confusing treatment of the discography rendered it a lost cause?

[mikeweil]

I'm about to type the data into BRIAN. HutchFan located a copy of the Yambeque CD for me (millions of thanks to him). I think I will start with the RCA sessions and then add the Tico sessions later, then some of the later, as time allows. It's a mountain of work. Incomplete or conttadictory data on various RCA CD reissues. It's a real mess.

[Teasing the Korean]

1 hour ago, mikeweil said:

I'm about to type the data into BRIAN. HutchFan located a copy of the Yambeque CD for me (millions of thanks to him). I think I will start with the RCA sessions and then add the Tico sessions later, then some of the later, as time allows. It's a mountain of work. Incomplete or conttadictory data on various RCA CD reissues. It's a real mess.

Do you agree that the short outtake version of "Four Beat Cha-Cha" sounds like it was intended as a tag to spliced onto the end of the released version?

I wonder why RCA did such a shoddy job of documenting this stuff.  

[mikeweil]

The CD is on its way to me .....

[mikeweil]

My latest discography on organist Paul Bryant, whom most may know from his recordings with Curtis Amy, is now online:

https://jazzdiscography.com/paul-bryant-discography/

[Dan Gould]

1 hour ago, mikeweil said:

My latest discography on organist Paul Bryant, whom most may know from his recordings with Curtis Amy, is now online:

https://jazzdiscography.com/paul-bryant-discography/

Nicely done. I had not noticed anything about the TV appearance, would be great if tape/film survives, to see both Bryant and Curtis Amy.

What do people think of the two Fantasy LPs if they have heard them? I like them but not as much as the earlier ones.  Plas definitely helps on the later one.

[mikeweil]

I will open a thread about Paul Bryant in the artists forum.

[mikeweil]

I had some unexpected days off this week, so I had time to finish the next project:

Lloyd McNeill Discography

[EKE BBB]

You’re doing excellent discographical research projects, Mike. Keep up the good work! 

[mikeweil]

Thanks for the nice words. I sure will! As long as I can listen and type, that is .....

[mikeweil]

Two new leader discographies I have finished:

Ronald Muldrow: (Leader dates) https://jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/muldrowdisco.php

Al McKibbon: (Leader dates) https://jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/mckibbon.php

[mikeweil]

Forgot to post the news here about the Tjader Discography:

Cal Tjader: https://jazzdiscography.com/cal-tjader-discography/

[mikeweil]

My latest finished project is a discography of bassist Sam Jones' dates as a leader: https://jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/sam-jones-discography.php

[Teasing the Korean]

On the home page, the thread title display on this browser reads "Mike Weil's Disco."  

[mikeweil]

If you wanna dance to it, go ahead.

 

Edited February 11, 2023 by mikeweil

[Gheorghe]

I just saw there is an Al McKibbon discography too. I had not known that Al McKibbon recorded under his own name. That´s really a rarety among the classic jazz bassists of the 40´s (Mc Kibbon, Tommy Potter, Curley Russel and Gene Ramey I think were the most recorded bassists then.
I only once found to my astonishment a disc of Tommy Potter under his own name (hard funk in sweden). 

They all were strong bassists, better known for their sidemen roles than for own soloing. 
McKibbon had a strong tone and can be heard very very well on the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, I think he also recorded "One Bass Hit" as a solo feature with the band. 

I also like his strong, boppish sound on "Giants of Jazz" and his solo on Tin Tin Deo (I think it´s only a Dizzy-McKibbon duet). 

[Teasing the Korean]

16 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

McKibbon had a strong tone and can be heard very very well on the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, I think he also recorded "One Bass Hit" as a solo feature with the band. 

McKibbon was one of the first US jazz bassists who understood Latin bass patterns.