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I didn't vote in the poll, because while I have this set and like it a lot, I'm not sure that it's an absolutely must buy. It gathers together all of the 1940's JATP stuff, including a fair amount of unreleased material. Musicians include Bird, Pres, Hawk, Dizzy, Buck Clayton, Willie Smith, Flip Phillips, and many more. Sound quality overall is very good, with a few exceptions. And the packaging is nice, with plenty of vintage artwork.
If one is a fan of the JATP format - all star jam sessions - then I would say this is a must have. For those who are somewhat indifferent to jazz presented in this manner, this is probably more than they would want.
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Since Live at the Great American Music Hall is OOP, this one is great Carmen McRae, as are all of the recordings done at Sugar Hill:
This is the LP that turned me on to Carmen 40+ years ago. I recently discovered that there are two more albums from the same session, both issued on Mainstream years later.
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I believe Hanna made two records for Choice - both are great!
One of my favorite Zoot Sims albums is on Choice - "Zoot Sims' Party."
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Got all 36 right.
The Betty Hutton pic was a shocker!!
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Another year has passed? Damn!
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I bought my copy of Hendersonia from Walter Allen's widow about 30 years ago. There was no dust jacket. It's essential for any Henderson fan - extremely well researched!
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Weren't the musicians heard on the soundtrack not the ones seen onscreen?
THe Hawkins band seen in the night club are the same as on the soundtrack. The members of the jazz band starring in the film are actors, and their parts are dubbed by studio musicians.
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I've got it on VHS, dubbed from a TV broadcast about 25 years ago. Not only do these musicians appear in the film, in a night club scene, but the entire film is about a jazz band that gets caught up in a murder mystery. The police detective is a jazz fan who identifies the trumpeter in the band from a recording!
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Stereo Jack's in Cambridge, MA. I still have dreams about their dollar bin, and sometimes dream of an imaginary back room where they have all this amazing stuff. I will be in Beantown in May 2009 and will show up with lots of spending money, God willing.
The back room is real, but the "amazing stuff" is imaginary!!
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One of my favorite obscure Nat Cole tunes is "Come In Out of the Rain", recorded in 1946. Originally had it on a 78, now have it on the Mosaic box.
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No way!
OTOH....
Who is this "Raven Screen" who wrote the waaaaay out-there liner notes? I smell David Himmelstein!
Original LP credits Richard Alderson as engineer. I know that Dan Morgenstern wrote some notes under pseudonyms during this period (when he was editor of Down Beat), but these notes don't sound like Dan.
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Kenny Burrell's "Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas" is one of my all time favorites.
For trad fans, Jim Cullum's "Tis the Season to be Jammin'" is an old favorite as well - don't know if it's ever made it to CD.
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I use lighter fluid to remove stickers and any kind of adhesive. It's much more effective than Goo Gone. Used to be that I could buy it in any drug store, but nowadays I have to buy it in a smoke shop. Ronsonol and Zippo are the two most common brands. This will definitely remove the adhesive. You pour a little directly onto the offending crud, and rub it in with your finger. Wipe clean with a dry paper towel.
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Art Tatum At the Crescendo
A pair of Gene Norman Presents LPs that overdubbed idential-sounding applause between each track, all of which were recorded elsewhere.
When I first heard these LP's in the 1970's, I thought it was odd that the applause was in stereo! It didn't take long to figure out that it had been dubbed in.
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I attended Woodstock with my brother and three of our friends. We heard about the event a couple of months in advance, when it was still scheduled to take place in Walkill, NY, as a 2-day event (Saturday & Sunday). The list of performers was staggering, and as music fans, we eagerly anticipated getting a chance to see a whole gang of great bands. We actually sent for tickets, and received them. I still have two of the tickets. Later the promoters added a 3rd day (Friday), and seeing the lineup was mostly folk acts on that day, we chose not to buy the additional tickets. A month or so before the event, the location was switched to a farm in Bethel, NY, and this is where it finally did happen.
On Friday afternoon five of us - me, my friends Dave and Bobby, my brother and his friend Wayne - piled into Dave's 1956 Ford and headed for upstate NY. We ranged in age from 19 - 24. We came prepared - brought our own food and drugs. I don't recall hitting any serious traffic on the way, but perhaps we had timed it right. We arrived around 9 or 10 in the evening, and parked the car and set up the tent we had brought about a half mile from the stage area. After getting settled in we decided to head over to the stage area to check things out, even though we didn't have tickets for Friday. We could hear the music from the tent. When we got to the stage area, it seemed that no one was taking tickets, and we were able to walk right in. Tim Hardin was on stage at that moment. We stayed and listened for a little while and headed back to the tent to crash.
The Saturday show was scheduled to start at 1:00 pm, so we headed over and even though we arrived relatively early, we had to sit pretty far back. A couple of us had brought binoculars, which came in handy later. There was an announcer addressing the crowd repeatedly, and this was when we became aware that this was now a free concert, and that attendance was way beyond what had been anticipated. They kept saying 300, 000 at the time, although that number seems to have grown to 500, 000 by now! I had never been in a crowd so large in my life, although I have to say that the vibes were pretty mellow. Most everybody, including all of us, was pretty stoned anyway. My memory of the actual sequence of acts is hazy today, although I'm sure that information is on line somewhere. We saw Country Joe McDonald, John Sebastian, Santana, Quill, Grateful Dead, Canned Heat, Incredible String Band, Creedence Clearwater, Janis Joplin, Sly & Family Stone, and a few more. After Sly's set we decided to head back to the tent to crash. It was probably already around 2:00 am and we were very tired. We heard the Who perform "Tommy" while we were walking back, and the Airplane were scheduled for next, but I crashed and never heard them.
The next morning we headed back to the stage area, determined to get better seats, and we did. Joe Cocker began the afternoon, and although I wasn't a fan, Bobby had brought a joint of something very special, and I have to say that Joe's rendition of "I Shall be Released" sounded very sweet. Right after his set the sky got dark, and it became obvious that we were about to be deluged! When it started, we huddled under a poncho, but this wasn't working, so we resigned ourselves to getting drenched. Talk about a buzz kill! The concert was suspended, and being soaked to the skin, we decided to head back to the tent to change and dry off. The rain did eventually stop, and the concert was resumed. The acts that played in the final hours included Crosby, Stills & Nash, Blood Sweat & Tears, and the Band - these are the only ones I can remember. On Sunday evening we crashed a little earlier - it was cold and wet after the rain, and we were tired. To this day, people chide me that I didn't see Hendrix! He came on Monday morning at dawn, and we were sawing wood a half mile away! If you see the film, you will see that the crowd was pretty thin for his set.
On Monday morning we headed back to Boston. It wasn't until afterward that we began to hear about the "cultural milestone" we had participated in.
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With all due respect, who gives a shit about a record by a guy who is 83(?)? and a guy who is 92(?)?
Both of these guys should quit or die and jazz will be better off.
And I say this as someone who thinks Moody is a great and wonderful fellow as is Hank.
Enough already!!!
Neither, once again with all due respect, will be remembered other than one had a hit record thanks to Eddie Jefferson and the other had famous brothers.
this is obviously somebody looking to get a reaction, for reasons inexplicable.
the best response is to ignore this uninformed and mean-spirited post.
Y'all have never seen a troll before???
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Never seen a photo of Harry Lim before. Looked him up after seeing it and found that, after Keynote, he was on the A&R side at Seeco. Was he producing jazz records there, or Latin material?
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Back in the 1960's, when it was hard to find many jazz LP's in Boston, my friends and I would venture down to Sam Goody's in New York to get the latest Prestiges, hard to find Verves, and the like. There was an Asian guy working there who was very helpful and extremely knowledgeable. Years later I found out it was Harry Lim!
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on a lesser note i got one of these SESSIONS lps i sometimes see....this one is Don Fagerquist, Dave Pell, and Al Viola
side one is dons side, 11=18-58 (maybe ill wait till tues to listen to it)
side 2 is dave pells side: 4-28-58
the back cover states the SESSIONS series is all unrelased material.....is this radio b'casts or another variety of source. they for some reason always remind me of a major label reissue the way the covers all look, but in fact its on Callipoe records, whatever that is. 1976.
any eleboration on any point i mentioned in this thread would be appricaited (sic)
The Sessions Live series on Calliope are are drawn from the TV series "Stars of Jazz", filmed in Los Angeles and hosted by Bobby Troup. Spoken portions have been edited out. This series ran into copyright problems almost immediately, and was withdrawn, although most of the albums are still easy to find. There is a lot of fine music available on this series, in good sound, even though discographical details are lacking. Also, some of the sessions are duplicated within the series. If I have time later, I will try to find a complete listing.
CALLIOPE (Sessions Live Series)
CAL 3001 Oscar Peterson w. Jane Fielding/Gerald Wiggins w. Terry Morel
CAL 3002 Cal Tjader w. Ernestine Anderson (1958)/Paul Togawa w. Chris Connor (1957)
CAL 3003 Red Mitchell Quartet w/ Toni Harper(1957)/Andre Previn Trio(1958)
CAL 3004 Jack Teagarden (1957)/Teddy Buckner (1956)
CAL 3005 Harry James w. Jilla Webb/Les Brown w. Laurie Johnson
CAL 3006 Connee Boswell w/ Red Nichols(1958)/Stuff Smith(1958)/Firehouse 5 + 2 w/ Jean Gayle (1958)
CAL 3007 Oscar Peterson w. Pat Healy/Leroy Vinnegar w. Jeri Southern
CAL 3008 Count Basie w/Joe Williams(1958)/A. Blakey(1957)/Tommy Gumina (1957)
CAL 3009 Buddy Collette(1957)/Abbey Lincoln (1958)/Les Thompson(1957)
CAL 3010 Terry Gibbs w. Pete Jolly, Bobbie Lynn, Steve Allen (1958)/Red Norvo (1958)
CAL 3011 C.Tjader Quintet(1957)/...?
CAL 3012 Herbie Mann w. Ella Mae Morse/Jimmy Giuffre w. Nellie Lutcher
CAL 3013 Max Roach(1958)/Mary Ann McCall(1958)/Bud Shank(1956)Josephine Premice(1956)
CAL 3014 C.Adderley(1956)/B.Collette (1956)/Annie Maloney(1956)/Sylvia Syms(1956)
CAL 3015 Buddy DeFranco w. Lucy Ann Polk(1957)/Art Pepper w. Pam Russell (1957)
CAL 3016 Stuff Smith w. Carmen McRae(1957)/Chamber Jazz Sextet w. Jeri Southern (1957)
CAL 3017 Firehouse 5 + 2 (1957-58) w/ Barbara Dane & Jean Gayle
CAL 3018 Paul Horn w. Al Viola, Ronnie Deauville(1958)/Paul Togawa w. Georgia Carr(1958)
CAL 3019 Don Fagerquist w. Doris Drew, Al Viola(1958)/Dave Pell w. Peggy King, Les Thompson (1958)
CAL 3020 Terry Gibbs w. Jo Reynolds(1957)/Benny Carter & Pete Jolly Trio (1957)
CAL 3021 Curtis Counce (1956)/Anita O’Day (1957)
CAL 3022 Jimmy Giuffre, Shorty Rogers, June Christy, Irene Kral
CAL 3023 Harry Babasin & The Jazzpickers(1958)/Barney Kessel Quartet(1956)/...?
CAL 3024 Sonny Criss w/ Terry Morel (1957)/Calvin Jackson w/ Rayna Clay (1956)
CAL 3025 Candoli Bros(1958)/M.Murphy(c1958)/L.Vinnegar Quartet(1957)
CAL 3026 Charlie Barnet w. Mel Torme/Pat Moran Quartet w. Bev Kelly
CAL 3027 MJQ, Herb Jeffries, Georgia Carr, Chico Hamilton
CAL 3028 Red Nichols, Firehouse Five + Two
CAL 3029 Rampart Street Jazz Band (1956)/Jack Teagarden (1956-57)
CAL 3030 Lighthouse All-Stars(1958) w/ Julie London(1958)/Bud Shank w/ Chris Connor (1956)
CAL 3031 Charlie Barnet w. Mary Lou Martin/Les Brown w. Stumpy Brown
CAL 3032 Pete Jolly w/ Billie Holiday (1956)/Leroy Vinnegar w/ Jeri Southern (1958)
CAL 3033 Teddy Buckner, Firehouse Five + Two
CAL 3034 Modern Jazz Quartet, Herb Jeffries (1958)/Chico Hamilton, Georgia Carr (1958)
CAL 3035 Lighthouse All Stars w/ June Christy (1958)/Jimmy Giuffre(1957)
CAL 3036 Art Blakey (1956-57) w/ Kitty White
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on a lesser note i got one of these SESSIONS lps i sometimes see....this one is Don Fagerquist, Dave Pell, and Al Viola
side one is dons side, 11=18-58 (maybe ill wait till tues to listen to it)
side 2 is dave pells side: 4-28-58
the back cover states the SESSIONS series is all unrelased material.....is this radio b'casts or another variety of source. they for some reason always remind me of a major label reissue the way the covers all look, but in fact its on Callipoe records, whatever that is. 1976.
any eleboration on any point i mentioned in this thread would be appricaited (sic)
The Sessions Live series on Calliope are are drawn from the TV series "Stars of Jazz", filmed in Los Angeles and hosted by Bobby Troup. Spoken portions have been edited out. This series ran into copyright problems almost immediately, and was withdrawn, although most of the albums are still easy to find. There is a lot of fine music available on this series, in good sound, even though discographical details are lacking. Also, some of the sessions are duplicated within the series. If I have time later, I will try to find a complete listing.
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The Bright Orange series were all recorded around 1959-1960, and were originally issued on the Crown label. The sessions were supervised by Maxwell Davis. While on the surface the records appear to be quickie tribute albums, the band does not ape the original arrangements, but provides interesting interpretations of material associated with the original bands, sometimes stretching out to provide extra solo space. In addition, a number of great musicians such as Ben Webster take part, some of them actual veterans of the original bands, others are Los Angeles session players. BB King even sings on the Ellington & Basie tributes. The whole series (Goodman, Basie, Shaw, Ellington, Kenton, and others) is well recorded in stereo, and all of the albums are worth checking out. The Bright Orange pressings came out in the 1970's.
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She probably meant well, but her obsession with feminism got in her way. Sorry to say this, but Rosetta was not a very nice person and we really could have done without her Rosetta label and, especially, the revisionist liner notes she wrote.
I send out my sympathy to Rosetta's family, especially her daughter, Rebecca, whom I got to know when she worked for Dave Chertok. Now here's aa case where the apple fell far from the tree.
Okay, Valerie, you can pound me into the ground now.
I met Rosetta at a jazz convention some years ago, just around the time she was launching the Rosetta label. She knew I had a store, and was giving me the hard sell, which really put me off. Her records contained a lot of fine music, even if the liner notes were over the top.
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Hey! How did it get onto the Billboard R&B chart on 2 May, if it was recorded on 1 June?
Hmmmm, obviously the date is wrong.
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Al Brown was a local Baltimore musician who had formed a jazz group known as the Tunetoppers in the late 50’s.
Was Big Al sears living in Baltimore at this time? Listening to this version, it sounds like a pick up group of top whack pro jazz musicians, not a bunch of local guys. The rhythm section in particular is so loose and groovy it just swings the hell out of the Bryant version, which is fairly strict tempo.
Maybe Brown DID form a band in Baltimore but it sounds like when they got to the New York studios, there were all these other guys who'd been assembled by a producer who knew what was what.
I did find a personnel listing for the Al Brown record:
June 1, 1960, NYC
Al Brown (vo), Rudy Powell (as), Al Sears (ts), Budd Johnson (bars), Bert Keyes (p), Everett Barksdale, George Barnes (g), unknown (b), Herbie Lovelle (d)
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He said, 'People are born so that they can learn how to live a good Life -- like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?' The Six-year-old continued, 'Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long.'
Out of the mouths of babes...
You got me, Dave!
So, what do you think??? Bunny Berigan or
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Vocalist is Elmer Feldkamp, not Bullock. Trumpet is inconclusive - simple statement of the melody. Btw, I checked "The Crooners" CD and this track isn't on it. Nor is it likely to be, as it was not cut for a Columbia-owned label.