DukeCity

Did some Googling, but this was the only book I found that has it. Looks like it is a piano arrangement rather than a lead sheet, but it might be of some use. Description: 16 jazz classics from the '50s and '60s, including: Airegin (Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis) • The Champ (Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith) • Giant Steps (John Coltrane, Tommy Flanagan) • I Remember Clifford (Lee Morgan, Dizzy Gillespie) • Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Cannonball Adderley, Joe Zawinul) • Song for My Father (Kenny Burrell, Horace Silver) • This Here (Bobby Timmons, Cannonball Adderly) • and more.

What Mobley book? 'Workout - The Music Of Hank Mobley' by Derek Ansell (Northway Books). Just out in the shops here in the UK, still working my way through it ! I just pre-ordered at Amazon. Shows a release date of May 15, 2008.

Complete Verve Master Takes 3-disc set in a metal box.

Thanks for posting those. Dig the Wurlitzer electric piano on Green Onions! Are those clips from a TV series? I remember seeing some other videos several years ago of the Lionel Hampton band and Duke's band, and it looks like they're all filmed on the same set.

Yeah, THAT'S it, I'm just interested in the "horn section writing". Why, I'm not even a FAN of that bum Scofield! Did I mention I'm dating Morgan Fairchild? Yeah, THAT'S the ticket! Oh, don't get me wrong. I like me some Sco. I'm even a fan of the Lo (and the Fo is nice, but the Ho...)

Oh! I completely misunderstood. Thought this might be an ex-wives thread.

Sounds like your local B&N has a little better selection than mine. I did replace a couple of Art Blakey titles with RVG's, picked up the new Maceo Parker double disc (the one with the WDR big band ) and a John Scofield side "This Meets That" (interested in checking out the horn section writing).

Well, he said "Never Again" and then here he is playing some alto with Jimmy Smith and Grady Tate. For those who might want to bypass the Jon Faddis solo, Moody starts blowing at 3:04.

Indeed! And after he gives you the kisses, you're the second best smelling man in jazz. (the "essence" does linger...)

Happy Birthday, Moody! The first time I met Moody was when I was in college in the early '80s. He was a guest artist at the school and I was his driver for a couple of days. At one point we were talking about the (at the time) new phenomenon of MTV and music videos. Moody was dubious about all the "dancing girls" and the production values in the videos used to cover the less-than-stellar music. Moody: "It's like they got you standing over a turd, and they're trying to take your attention away from it!"

That is a fantastic image! The fact that you've dealt with enough three-day-old falafel stand smells to have that as a reference point is a little troubling, though.

This idea was mentioned (again by JSngry in the recent discussion of Hank Mobley, re: availability or lack of the '50s Blue Note sessions). Interesting idea. I started buying jazz records in the early '80s, and there was TONS of unavailable stuff that I couldn't get my hands on/ ears around. Pretty different situation today...

"Hankenstein"???? But yes, the Mobley box is one of my favorite Mosaics without a doubt. OK, I'm no longer on the fence. I just ordered the Mosaic box.

I've really been enjoying checking out your scans. Thanks for doing/posting them! And feel free to do some more, if you get the urge...

Paul? Beer? Not a chance. We had Chicken/Corn Chowder, Cornbread and a Tomato Cucumber salad. For dessert: IT'S GIRL SCOUT COOKIE TIME!!! (peanut butter patties)

Thanks, Dan. Damn, I was going to use the $33 price tag of a "Slice of the Top" CD as my excuse for buying the Mobley Mosaic box. Then I realized the box is just the '50s sessions and SOTT is from the '60s. This is gonna cost me...

Mobley talks in the article about a couple of (at the time) unissued sessions he did for Blue Note: He says he "wrote a whole movie in Paris. It was about the French-Algerian war," The personnel he mentions is almost like the lineup for the "A Caddy for Daddy" session, (he mentions Cedar, but McCoy is on the "ACFD" session). Is "A Caddy For Daddy" the music he wrote for the movie, or is there some other stuff? Then he talks about a "brass ensemble" record with two tpts, two bones, horn, euphonium and tuba, and James Spaulding on alto. A quick scroll through jazzdisco.org shows a March '66 session for "A Slice of the Top" with an octet, but there's only one trumpet and no trombones. Is that the session Mobley is talking about, or are there others? Inquiring minds want to know...

Still intriguing and horrifying at the same time. Discussed previously here.

Seriously, how does that continue for two years!?! "Hey Bill, how come Jenny's not here for Thanksgiving?" "Uh, she's in the bathroom." "Hey Bill, is Jenny coming with you at Christmas?" "Uh, no. She's still in the bathroom." "Bill, you and Jenny have big plans for Valentine's Day?" "Not really. She's in the bathroom." ... ... ... ... "Hey Bill, remember last Thanksgiving when Jenny was in the bathroom? She'll be here this year, right?" "Uh....."

I'm a fan. I was at a charity event last year, and he was the featured entertainment. He did about 45 minutes and, like the monologues on his show, no matter how well scripted the stories/jokes may be, he has a delivery that makes it all seem very spontaneous/stream-of-consciousness. He was KILLING!

When I joined the band in '88 MF had been touring for a few years with a small, electric fusion band and this tour marked a "return" to playing with a big band behind him. It definitely enrgized him to have a bunch of fellow horn players on stage with him. And yeah, the vibe was almost always very cool. For better or worse (depending on your perspective) MF openly admitted that his thing was as much about "entertainment" as it was about "THE music". He appreciated good jazz playing, and I heard him DO some great jazz playing, but he often talked about his affinity for entertainers, whether it was the 1950's Hollywood variety or even Vaudeville. So the onstage schtick was a pretty conscious part of the whole package. Loose and fun. Maynard was clean of illicit substances by the time I knew him, but clearly there were lasting effects. And in addition to following his Indian guru, and doing his yoga/meditation thing, he did use more than a fair amount of wine/champagne throughout the day to...uh...enhance his bliss.

Nick Brignola recorded some on soprano. Ron Blake plays mainly tenor, but I see him playing mostly bari on Saturday Night Live.

I've never thought of Woody's playing as being "fettered".

Christopher Walken telling young Butch the story of his father's watch.