Dan Gould

I have to say I disagree with the term "most" unless you are saying that the most common common general intent of jazz albums is to jam on a blues or two, a few originals and a standard or three.

To name a rock "concept" album-Tommy or Dark Side of the Moon. Something beyond, say "Ballads and Blues". Something that aspires to more than just a cohesive album-not sure that Lonely Town really qualifies, frankly. BTW, Bluesnik has been remastered in Japan. Would love to see it as a domestic RVG!

Funny, I thought he was in his "how many times can I play this note over and over again before anyone will notice?" mode. I'm just messin' with ya! Parenthetical story about this date-when I first discovered New York's Jazz Record Center, I was talking to the owner, Fred Cohen. This was the time when Toshiba was putting out LPs rather than CDs and I was happy to pay $25 or $30 for them. I asked him about these reissues and he complained specifically about Hootin and Tootin because he knew it was a title that collector's really really wanted but he was shocked and distressed that no one seemed to want to buy these Japanese repressings-they wanted the original only!

Can a non-musician give a comment about ballad playing? When I was living in Tallahassee, the jazz scene was nearly non-existent despite the presence of two strong jazz programs, and Marcus Roberts has lived there for many years. Herb Harris and Marcus Printup played a gig at a club-not sure if the club typically booked jazz; the clientele was heavily on the yuppie side, professionals who probably all worked in state government or in the capital building. So, the band hits, and they're very good (I think the rhtyhm section-or at least the pianist-played on Printup's Nocturnal Traces). They play a couple of uptempo tunes to start, and then they bring it down with a lovely ballad. And what happens? The room ERUPTS in conversation and I realized that these losers had no idea who they were listening to and didn't give a fuck about them. The band was no longer blasting at full strength and now you could talk to your neighbor, so damn near everyone started to do precisely that. Pissed me off and I swore I had to get the hell out of Tallahassee soon.

Thought about doing this as a poll but thought better of it. It came to mind now that I've picked up a copy of Benny Golson's Take a Number From One To Ten and been able to hear the three Octet, Nonet and Tentet tunes that Keepnews inexplicably lopped off the reissue. But this is a terrific "concept" album that really works well, as Golson's arranging, playing and composition talents (he wrote five of the last 6 tunes) really get a chance to shine. So what are your favorites and why?

I just picked up a used CD of McShann with the Robillard Band, and its topnotch. And I just love the discs-I think I have three of them so far-where there's an interview of Jay at the end. Usually interesting and entertaining, and he just comes across as a very warm and gracious gentleman.

Mike, I think you have not the earliest but a slightly later issue of this one. I think the earliest issue had a very weird looking cover in which the jacket opened up in the middle of the front (as in, both right and left sides were regular "spines". I just picked up a Japanese LP facsimile of this one in the Red Trumpet super duper sale ($12 instead of the original $35)

Landed another super rare Workshop Jazz album, The Right Side of Lefty Edwards and for a much cheaper price, I picked up something called Okeh Jazz which is a double lp comp of material from the label including the very first leader recordings of Little Johnny Griffin, early Arnett Cobb and Ahmad Jamal and some chick singer who had Dexter Gordon and Howard McGhee in her band.

Something Wildwith Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels was filmed in Tallahassee when I was a student at Florida State. It was very cool the first time the Tallahassee theater audience spotted the scenes that were filmed there, and I was quite shocked to recognize a Poli-Sci professor as an extra in the first few frames of the reunion scene.

Not sure if he's still active, but how's about the man who gave Bird his first profile gig, Jay McShann?

Well I'm glad I saw this as the presence of Jeff Hamilton and Red Holloway almost made me interested in this, but someone mentioned an AAJ review that compared the "singer" to Little Jimmy Scott and that was a major turnoff for me; knowing its Pesci .... I'll happily pass.,

I think that Dan meant to post the date for the Scott/Hope material as 1960. Hope's original version of "Tenderly" was released in 1950 on the Premium label and was a top 10 r&b hit. OOOPS! That'll teach me to check what I post after I click "add reply"! Yes, the Juicy CD lists 1960 as the year of recording.

Refresh my memory-didn't Tom say that there was a clip of Hank coming on stage in some outrageous canary yellow suit or something?

I checked the CD and Couw is partially right. It looks like the Scott/Hope material was recorded in 1950.

Cute double entendre, but in both sex and sax, it depends on who is working it.

"prematurely"? A lot of us are prematurely nostalgic, and we are neither mature nor did we live through the age in question!

I don't understand the complaints about Cadence, even though I have never actually subscribed. Its a great source to learn about small label recordings, and while I agree that it is difficult to scan through label listings rather than artist listings, I have no doubt that it has led me to explore labels I might otherwise not know or recordings on labels I do like that are led by artists I don't know. You know? What I'm saying is, the effort it takes to scan those listings can be easily repaid in expanding your horizons! Plus, Cadence has good prices on imports like Criss Cross, and everytime I order and they add on the $3 charge for non-subscribers, I remind myself that I need to bite the bullet and subscribe!

MWGA, I picked this one up a while back, and I am almost certain it is a comp. and not a more recent recording. Are you looking for the actual disc or do you just want that tune? Here's a link to a GEMM dealer who has it in stock: http://www.gemm.com/ddc/search.pl?sid=3603...no=GML547889748

Frank Morgan is still gigging.

Looks good but you might put up the news about Clearwater. Can't hurt to get the word out early!

Funny, that's the time that I want to tell "our waiter this evening, Brad" to shut the fuck up and go place the order.

Rooster, its definitely more in a hard bop vein than Something Personal is (which maybe you suspected from the lineup, but this is definitely the hard bop side Jackie Mac). Definitely a nice one, but definitely different.

TOFU? Yuch! I take back everything I said! And so does Ed Grimley!

I'm pretty sure it was issued as a TOCJ jewel box version. Though I'm sure Hans or someone will step in with the exact info. B)

12 Hour Malaria?