Stereojack

I was an active participant at rec.music.bluenote (under my real name Jack Woker) from around 1995. Saw it slowly fade away in the early 2000's, partially from the influence of some idiotic trolls who hung out there, and mostly due to the demise of Usenet, whuch my server stopped offering a few years ago. I've enjoyed my time on this board, but I have to confess that I'm not as active as I used to be.

She still turns up at Jazz Corner occasionally.

Soleil Moon Frye? Had to Google to find out who she is. Having done that, I'm still clueless. Sometimes I'm ashamed of the useless information that clogs up my brain.

Soleil Moon Frye?

A great musician - one of the last of a dying breed of booting tenor players. RIP

A wonderful musician. Sad news.

The pleasure is all mine!

I am usually in on Saturdays. Also, Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. Plenty of trad jazz for the old geezers :-) www.stereojacks.com

Isn't that Etta Jones?

Interesting that many of the obits characterize him as a blues and boogie woogie player. He displayed a harmonic sophistication in some of his work that was more akin to jazz. A very fine musician!

Forgot about that thread, and yeah, Jack's word is good enough for me, although that he "used to show up in the audience for jazz gigs"...that's still rather nebulous, to put it mildly. Has anybody ever heard of anybody who actually heard him play? In person? It's like the guy's not even a "local legend", which is really weird... Not saying that he didn't exist, just that the proof as it exists is not exactly overwhelmingly positive... I distinctly remember his being pointed out to me in the audience at a jazz gig I attended in the early 1980's. He looked a lot like an older version of the guy pictured on his only LP. I had no reason to doubt the ID, although I can't say I went up to him and asked him who he was!

First heard him with Turk Murphy in the early 1960's. A fine player.

My first exposure to Leggio was on Maynard's "Frame For the Blues". Eventually I became a big fan.

A magnificent musician and a true original.

My list has Bing Crosby at the top, followed by Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and Mel Torme.

This only tells us about you and your preferences, not about the music. It's all subjective, anyway.

We can differ on the relative meaning of words such as "good" and "great". This is just splitting hairs. While I don't lean in the direction of Kenton's world very often these days, I still hold him in pretty high regard for the enjoyment his music provided me in my formative years. I still think that "New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm" and "Contemporary Concepts", to name two, are GREAT albums. The disciplines of musicianship that he stressed are still important today, and should always be, in my opinion. As much as "third stream" music may be out of fashion these days, Kenton can be cited as one of its founding fathers, and the idea that written music in the jazz idiom is valid still holds true for me.

Just to be clear, I agree with the above. My sidebar point, prompted by Hajdu's piece, was that to some Kenton apparently still is worth kicking at for musical and socio-political reasons. I agree with both of the above. To completely denigrate (!) his music is to not understand it. It's a big body of work - at times pompous, overblown, pretentious - and much of the time of great musical value. Was he a saint? Probably not.

This one really hurts. Brookmeyer was a true original - a brilliant player and composer.

If this is in fact an original scroll label, it certainly has value if it in good shape, The green label is a 1940's reissue. Hoffman is right, although typically, many late 20's Victors have a high pitched squeal, something to do with the cutting ptocess, I suspect. At my age I can't really hear it anymore, but many insist it is there.

Although Brown was an original stylist in his early years, he's in pretty rough shape on this set, and brings the whole thing down a bit. In one of (photographer) Burt Goldblatt's books, there's a picture of Burt's young daughter sitting on Pete Brown's lap. It's a priceless photo, and was probably taken the same day that the record was recorded.

Amen. I am totally addicted to TCM - the DVR is constantly bulging with movies I've recorded, and I'm always in danger of losing some if I don't keep up! Osborne is a genial and knowledgeable host, although I agree that the guest hosts have done a fine job in the five months he was gone. Not a big fan of the "Essentials" series, however. What do I care what Alec Baldwin, Cher and others think? This is TCM's bid to bring in celebrities as a promotional gimmick, nothing more.

This came to mind first. Roy & Hawk are blistering on this session. (Actually it's two sessions, as the mono and stereo versions are from different nights). Also love his playing on "Coleman Hawkins and Confreres" (Verve)

I was a freshman at Boston University. On that Friday morning my friend Gary and I had a couple of hours off between classes, and we got in his car and went for a drive. When we got back in time for an afternoon class, we were laughing and joking as we got out of the car. I remember that we got some strange looks from passers-by, but thought nothing of it. As we entered the student lounge, we heard the news. I remember looking around the room a saw a somber group of people. One girl who I knew as an upbeat cheerful type was sitting at the table sobbing. Classes were cancelled for the rest of that day. I also remember seeing the Oswald shooting on TV two days later. It was all very surreal, although I didn't realize just how surreal it was at the time.