sgcim Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 A friend emailed me this this morning, he said it was very good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 Fascinating stuff! 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasimado Posted February 21, 2023 Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 Beautiful - thanks for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted February 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 Anyone recognize who the guitarist was in the picture of Bill with the Teddy Charles Trio? It was a big guy so it definitely wasn't Raney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted February 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 My sources say it was a guitarist named Don Roberts. They made an album together called Teddy Cohen and His Trio. They were trying to do a copy of the Red Norvo Trio sound, but the arrangements were poor, and Roberts was no Tal Farlow. TC plays nice on a few straight ahead cuts The album is re-issued under the name "New Directions", with some other material with Jimmy Raney and Hall Overton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 FWIW, Gene Lees was a big "fan" of Bill Crow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 1 hour ago, jlhoots said: FWIW, Gene Lees was a big "fan" of Bill Crow. Gene Lees was an interesting piece of work. Met him a couple of times, and he was always happy to be met. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 10 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said: Gene Lees was an interesting piece of work. Met him a couple of times, and he was always happy to be met. Crow documentary is a delight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 6 hours ago, Larry Kart said: Crow documentary is a delight. It sure is. Now I have to go hunt down those Jazz Anecdote books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted February 25, 2023 Report Share Posted February 25, 2023 8 hours ago, gmonahan said: It sure is. Now I have to go hunt down those Jazz Anecdote books! Not to forget his account of the 1962 Benny Goodman tour of Russia. 😉 https://www.billcrowbass.com/to-russia-without-love.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 25, 2023 Report Share Posted February 25, 2023 Wish somebody had done something like this with George Duvivier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted February 26, 2023 Report Share Posted February 26, 2023 On 2/24/2023 at 11:07 PM, Big Beat Steve said: Not to forget his account of the 1962 Benny Goodman tour of Russia. 😉 https://www.billcrowbass.com/to-russia-without-love.html Oh yeah, that one is a classic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balladeer Posted April 8, 2023 Report Share Posted April 8, 2023 I heartily recommend Bill Crow´s gorgeous memoir book "From Birdland to Broadway - Scenes from a Jazz Life" If I had to chose only one book about jazz - I´d promptly pick this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 Ouch ... You're making my music bookshelf in my music room overflow and burst apart at the seams at last ... I just ordered a copy online - so thanks for the recommendation ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balladeer Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 You´re welcome, Big Beat Steve. Great reading, you´ll encounter all those Greats we love from this time, Stan Getz, Tristano, Pee Wee Russell and so many more. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romualdo Posted May 31, 2023 Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 That was beautiful - what a gorgeous, gracious & humble multi-talented person Bill is He reminded me of another contemporaneous bass player Peter Ind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted May 31, 2023 Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 Am about to finish his book "From birdland to broadway". A great read indeed. And VERY refreshing to see a jazz musician who is also very articulate with WRITTEN WORDS (not that I would have doubted it - given his account of the 1962 BG tour of the Soviet Union) and can do his memoirs without having to be ghosted (to a greater or lesser extent). After all that's about as "straight from the horse's mouth" as things can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted May 31, 2023 Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 Bill Crow has long been a talented writer. His long essay “To Russia Without Love” should be required reading, if you haven’t read it, you can find it posted on his website. I hope he gets another book published, I am sure he has enough stories for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted May 31, 2023 Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 3 hours ago, Ken Dryden said: Bill Crow has long been a talented writer. His long essay “To Russia Without Love” should be required reading, if you haven’t read it, you can find it posted on his website. I hope he gets another book published, I am sure he has enough stories for one. That's what I meant to refer to with my above comment - "not that I would have doubted it - given his account of the 1962 BG tour of the Soviet Union". I've downloaded this essay several years ago and immediately printed and filed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted May 31, 2023 Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 Two musicians I’ve interviewed had nothing but good things to say about Benny Goodman: Ken Peplowski and Bucky Puzzarelli. Of course, I didn’t discuss Goodman with every former sideman whom I interviewed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted May 31, 2023 Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 Could it be that they had musical dealings with him primarily in his later years when he may have mellowed with age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted May 31, 2023 Report Share Posted May 31, 2023 On 4/8/2023 at 1:19 PM, Balladeer said: I heartily recommend Bill Crow´s gorgeous memoir book "From Birdland to Broadway - Scenes from a Jazz Life" If I had to chose only one book about jazz - I´d promptly pick this one! Just ordered a copy - thanks for the recommendation, shelving problems aside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted June 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2023 On 5/31/2023 at 11:57 AM, Big Beat Steve said: Could it be that they had musical dealings with him primarily in his later years when he may have mellowed with age? That is the only possible answer I could imagine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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