Chrome Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 Has anyone else ever gotten some kind of vicarious thrill out of discovering a certain recording was made on their birthday? You know, kind of like finding out someone famous was born on the same day as you were? For example, Unity by Larry Young was recorded 11/10/65 per the liner notes ... anyone here born on that date? I'm sure there's some easy way to look up this kind of thing on a data base, but that takes all the fun out of it. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 No BN dates were recorded on my birthday (March 18th, 1969), but I used to think it was moderately cool to have discovered that Jimi Hendrix recorded his studio version of The Star Spangled Banner on my actual date of birth. (Trouble is, however, that I don't particularly care for his studio version - with it's 5x overdubbed guitar parts. It's interesting, sure - but nowhere near as powerful as the Woodstock version.) I'd love to find out what other sessions (jazz, or rock) were recorded on my date of birth, however. Quote
Jim R Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 Part of Barney Kessel's "Vol. 1 / Easy Like" on Contemporary was recorded on my date of birth. I'm a very big fan of Kessel, and this LP was among my earliest jazz 10" LP finds. Quote
Peter Johnson Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 Rooster, do you have the disco? Can you see if anything was recorded on June 25, 1971? thanks! Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 Rooster, do you have the disco? Can you see if anything was recorded on June 25, 1971? Nothing. Closest matches are Grant Green's "Visions" from May 21st, 1971; to Bobby Hutcherson's "Head On" from July 1st, 1971. Actually, there is one other title in the middle of those two dates, but no specific date is given: Jimmy McGriff's "Black Pearl" just says "1971" with no month or day given, but it is listed in the discography right between the Green and Hutch titles I just mentioned. (Source: 2001 edition of the Complete BN Discograpy) Anybody else??? Quote
Chrome Posted December 1, 2003 Author Report Posted December 1, 2003 In case anyone's curious, the closest I could find for me was Destination Out by Jackie McLean, recorded 9/20/63 ... I'm 9/28/63. Quote
couw Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 not the same year, but my dbase lists several dates that took place on 25 june, among which are True Blue (1960) and Andrew!!! (1964). Quote
couw Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 In case anyone's curious, the closest I could find for me was Destination Out by Jackie McLean, recorded 9/20/63 ... I'm 9/28/63. FWIW, Mingus - Mingus (x5) was recorded 1963.09.23 Quote
Jim Dye Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 My birthday falls right between the end of Blue Note's "Golden Age" and the start of the Liberty Era. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 (edited) not the same year, but my dbase lists several dates.... Anything for March 18th, 1969?? PS: The closest BN dates for me are... Elvin Jones - "The Prime Element" (the date one with Lee Morgan) - March 14th 1969 Reuben Wilson - "Love Bug" - March 21st, 1969 Edited December 1, 2003 by Rooster_Ties Quote
Soulstation1 Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 most of the gigolo was recorded on june 25th Quote
GA Russell Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 I have a Paul Bley trio album recorded live in Haarlem which was done the day my nephew was born. I've thought about giving him a copy, but I'm not sure that he would like the music. On the day I was born, network radio's last attempt at a star-spangled variety show, called The Big Show, premiered. It stayed on the air for less than two years until they gave up the ghost. Quote
sidewinder Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 I got quite a thrill when I read that the first session on the Paul Desmond/Jim Hall Mosaic was recorded on the day of my birth. Quote
jazzbo Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 There are two sessions I've found recorded on the day I was born. One is the Hank Jones Trio on Savoy, wow, Hank, Wendell and Kenny playing in Hackensack the afternoon I was born! The other is a Chico Hamilton live date in California that is on the Mosaic set. Chico and Kenny both playing away and recorded on the day that I was born. I was born at the right time! Quote
Soulstation1 Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 (edited) chet baker's b-day and mine are the same dec. 23 also demon's dance was recorded dec. 22, 1967. the day before i was born, probably the closest to the 23th ss1 Edited December 1, 2003 by Soulstation1 Quote
Jim Dye Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 The week I was born, the number 1 R&B song in the USA was 'Cold Sweat'! Quote
Harmon Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 This happenend on my day: BINGIE-BINGIE SCOOTIE recorded July 24, 1941, New York by Slim Gaillard and His Flat Foot Floogie Boys: Slim Gaillard (g,vcl) Slam Stewart (B) Tommy Fulford (p) Forrest "chico" Hamilton (ds) Jürgen Quote
tonym Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 Anything for 30th Dec. 1970? Probably not as it lies between xmas and new year. There were some classic rock albums created this year though, such as Deja Vu (one of my favourites). Tonym. Quote
chuckyd4 Posted December 2, 2003 Report Posted December 2, 2003 Tommy Flanagan had the same birthday as me - March 16 - so I used to go see his birthday shows at the Village Vanguard to celebrate during his last few years. He also recorded one of those shows that was released on Blue Note. Of course we weren't born in the same year, nor did I attend that show the day I was born, so I don't know if this stuff counts. Anybody find anything for 3/16/80? Quote
davef Posted December 2, 2003 Report Posted December 2, 2003 Part of Wes Montgomery's Smokin' at the Half Note (the studio piece) was recorded the day I was born, September 22, 1965. The next day, Albert Ayler recorded Spirits Rejoice... now how's that for contrasting music? Quote
brownie Posted December 2, 2003 Report Posted December 2, 2003 Benny Goodman and his sextet - with Charlie Christian, Lionel Hampton, Fletcher Henderson, Artie Bernstein and Nick Fatool - took part in a Camel Caravan broadcast from New York Radio City Studios on October 28, 1939 while I was making a first appearance on the other side of the Atlantic. One track from the broadcast 'Rose Room' surfaced on the final album (volume 9) of the Masters of Jazz Charlie Christian series. Quote
couw Posted December 2, 2003 Report Posted December 2, 2003 Anything for March 18th, 1969?? PS: The closest BN dates for me are... Elvin Jones - "The Prime Element" (the date one with Lee Morgan) - March 14th 1969 Reuben Wilson - "Love Bug" - March 21st, 1969 again not the same year, but following sessions were held on 18 march 1961: Horace Parlan - On the Spur of the Moment 1966: Hank Mobley - A Slice of the Top 1963: Getz/Gilberto (probably a night session that ran into the 19th?) 1964: Freddie Roach - Brown Sugar (also ran into the 19th) Quote
couw Posted December 2, 2003 Report Posted December 2, 2003 Anything for 30th Dec. 1970? same date, different years: 1947 - Dizzy Gillespie records some stuff with his band. 1949 - Paul Smith cuts some sides for Savoy 1958 - Johnny Page and Chet Baker record several tracks of their album together 1960 - Coleman Hawkins - Night Hawk (Prestige) 1963 - Thelonious Monk - Big Band and Quartet in Concert Quote
couw Posted December 2, 2003 Report Posted December 2, 2003 Anybody find anything for 3/16/80? again different years: 1949 - Lennie Tristano records some tracks with Konitz/Marsh 1956 - Serge Chaloff - Blue Serge (3 tracks) also 1956 - Miles Davis/Sonny Rollins - three tracks issued on Collector's Items also 1956 - Zoot Sims records an album in Paris 1958 - Tina Brooks - Minor Move 1992 - Joe Henderson Big Band (Verve): 3 tracks Quote
kulu se mama Posted December 2, 2003 Report Posted December 2, 2003 "'bout soul" was recorded the day my wife was born, 9/8/67. the closest i can get is "sun ship" was recorded on 826/65, the day before i got here. Quote
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