jazmaan

I don't know of a discography, but Itunes and Amazon have a pretty good sampling of his work sprinkled across 3 or 4 CDs including some of his harder to find tunes like "Hee Haw".

Yes, this is also one of my faves. It's the featured attraction on the "Bird's Perch" lp that's been discussed recently in another thread. Its also available on the "Charlie Parker at Cafe Society" CD on the "Rare Live Recordings" label.

This was truly a great find for Wardell fans. I got my copy autographed by Gerald Wilson! (I work with his young nephew who was thrilled to see such a cool photo of his uncle on the cover.) Wardell is my favorite tenor man. Seems like my collection is now pretty much complete. It was also great to see the videos of him with Count Basie up on YouTube.

I just looked into that book. Available used on Amazon for around $55. Available at the University of Riverside library but I don't think I'll be visiting that campus anytime soon. Oh well. I have been reading more about Boris Rose archives. Posts here on Organissimo in a Mingus thread talked about some university getting them, but that thread seems to have dried up years ago. Independently of that thread, I did get those Mingus Birdland recordings off the net about a month ago. Had no idea they originated with Rose. I sure would love to read a list of all the artists in his collection.

Funny you should mention the "Bird in Time" box. I just learned about it today when I was browsing Ebay listings and I bought one! Should have it in hand soon. I listen to Phil Schapp's "Bird Flight" about once a week (Phil Schapp daily is just too much for me to handle!) so I think I've already heard most of the earlier stuff on that box, but it will be quite nice to have it all collected without Schapp's pedantic narration. That Fran Staterna "Tribute from Sweden" is still the only place I know to hear those particular Goodman/Gray airchecks. I've bought all the CD's featuring Goodman/Gray/Hasselgard but none of those Rose recordings are on them. And none sound as good as the Rose recordings. The Charlie Christian side is nice too but not quite as unique as the Wardell Gray side. As far as I can tell, all the Bird Royal Roost recordings originated with Boris Rose too? Apparently they're not truly airchecks because Rose may have bought off the house technicians to give him Pre-broadcast copies? As I recall, on the New Year's Eve broadcast Symphony Sid does say "And now we take you an hour earlier down to the Royal Roost" as if maybe there was an hour delay between the performance and the broadcast, so maybe they were cutting records there at the Roost to be broadcast an hour later? And somehow Boris Rose got ahold of the transcription discs? I always wanted to know where were all the OTHER Royal Roost broadcasts that didn't feature Bird? I know a few have survived featuring Miles and Prez. Any others?

But even though the liner notes may be a tissue of lies, I happen to LOVE those Rose boots like Fran Staterna "Tribute from Sweden" lp and all my other Rose boots including "Bird's Perch". That long jam on "Lover Come Back to Me" is superb and very difficult to find anywhere else. I'm very sorry I didn't buy the "Bird Box" when I saw it at Tower Records for $50, but back then that was too much money for me to afford! Now I scour the Ebay listings for items like that or the "Bird's Eyes" series, but without much success. I wish there was a complete list somewhere of all the Boris Rose boots. I'd buy every one of them. Just today I saw one listed on Ebay that I'd never seen before - a live Charlie Ventura lp that claims to feature a guest appearance by Bird? Anybody here know anything about that? -Jazmaan