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  1. Tatum/Webster Quartet

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    BTW, the Pablo CD says "Stereo" but to my ears, it sounds mono. If it's stereo, it's not panned very much. Was Granz experimenting with stereo in 1956?

    It's not stereo. If the individual disc is mono, that would be an improvement over the box, which is rechanneled stereo, perpetrated by Pablo in the 1970's, and carried over by Fantasy when they issued the CD version. :(

  2. Alvin Robinson Was GOD!

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    There's different types of greatness, to be sure, but by the standards of at least a few of them, Alvin Robinson must be considered GREAT.

    I agree completely. It's the Ray Charles-esque testifying vocals and the funky New Orleans feel that makes him so special! And he can play some git-tar too. :bwallace:

  6. Alvin Robinson Was GOD!

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    Thanks for the link. I saw Alvin Robinson with Dr John back in the 1970's, and have managed to gather many of the singles he put out on various labels over the years. One of the best unknown New Orleans guys!

    Charly released a nice LP of his Tiger/Red Bird/Blue Cat stuff back in the 1980's - "Shine On" (Charly 1181). Don't know if it ever made it to CD.

  9. 'JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY

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    Nothing like replying more than a year and a half later, right? The Horace Silver Quintet at Newport in 1958 included Louis Smith on trumpet, Junior Cook on tenor saxophone, Eugene Taylor on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums, and apparently you can see footage or buy a recording or whatever these things are from a Swedish company, as follows:

    Tippin' Phontastic (Swd) PHONT NCD 8813

    Various Artists - Newport Jazz Festival 1958, Vol. I: Mostly Miles (Phontastic (Swd) PHONT NCD 8813).

    The above is a compilation CD that contains one track (Tippin') by Horace's group. This is the only recording of the lineup with Louis Smith - would love to get the whole set some day!

  16. ebay madness re: vinyl

    in The Vinyl Frontier

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    There is also an obscure Dizzy Gillespie recording

    of Groovin' High, Guild 1001 featuring Dexter Gordon

    instead of Charlie Parker. Found this on an Indigo CD of

    the same title, and also on a Smithsonian 2 LP set I

    got on eBay for $20.

    Is someone really gonna bid on this?

    The track was not known to exist and was not listed in discographies until one turned up in the 1970's and was issued on a Phoenix LP. I believe that there were very few copies pressed. I've had 20-30 copies of the Guild 78 pass through my hands over the years, and it's always the common (Parker) take. Of course, once something is issued, then it can be dubbed and reissued to death, but the original is still rare.

  22. The Vault is about to be opened...

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    also from the vault.....

    This was fun! Back in the mid-60's, I remember reading an article about Horace, probably in Down Beat, in which he mentioned that he had done a Tab commercial. I only saw the ad one time, but Horace's music was unmistakeable. Would love to see it again. I guess his Coca-Cola connection resulted in more than one gig, although this spot was obviously much more recent.

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