Organfreak

I like Robert J's answer, but I also use those few moments of clapping to collect my own ideas, begin slowly exploring, and find my own groove. That window of time is a godsend. -OF

Me too, dood. I don't do many originals, but I have for years featured some incredible Jack McDuff head arrangements, and the audiences love them! They really respond to the built-in excitement and surprises of these arrangements. I still play a few standards that I feel adapt themselves well to organ, like "Yesterdays" for example, and then there is the world of jazz organ standards to draw on-- heads by JOS, McGriff, Holmes, etc. If asked to play "Blue Bossa" ever again, I would book a flight to a desert island real quick. -OF

Werd. -OF

Unacceptable! OTOH, there are some welcome additions. Thanks for doing all this work so we can compare at a glance. -OF

No Jeanine??? Useless! Actually, it looks like a bit more of a useful collection that the old one. And how could it not be a service to musicians, in that musicians write the tunes, and now, we hope, they will get paid. -OF

That's the one. Very high tempos in Db! Nice tune! I really appreciate that you play the pedals "right." Not only the taps, but the occasional doubling with your left hand, what I call "pedal bombs" and McDuff called "making a statement." Are you using chorus 2? If it's chorus 3 it's a bit weak, needs a different chorus resistor.... -OF P.S. I guess you must have HATED those Groove Holmes clips!

Glad you see it the way I do. Groove was a monster, which isn't readily apparent from listening to his records. Putting him and Dukes together had a symbiotic effect that made them both stronger. Man, I love vibes. How could anyone take offense at them? -OF

Hi, I'm very late to this party, but besides "The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson" and "Hip Cakewalk," my favorite Don Patterson albums are Sonny Stitt albums. The very best one is, IMO, "Shangri-La." Several Rhythm Changes tunes and blueses that swing just right; nothing too blisteringly fast. Also there is a relatively new release that has Stitt and DP live-- sorry I have no details, my copy is a copy of a copy. My problem with the later Patterson recordings is with the audio and the chorale used-- it's too phasey and mushy-sounding for me. -OF

I do use a C-3 with the back cut away. I have left the sides intact; even though I have been assured that it would still be strong if I cut the sides away, I'm chicken to do that. This is the organ that was used for many rentals: Both Smiths, McDuff, McGriff, Joey, etc. They love it! It's loud and clear and has honkin' bass, adjustable chorus and percussion, and Trek-II reverb. I'm kinda surprised nobody has commented on the rest of the Groove Holmes clips. Plenty of hits though. -OF

Happy to spread it, man! I maintain a site that's full of these recordings, although that one isn't on it right now. The actual site is NOT at organfreak.com, so don't bother looking for an index page there. It's at The Groove Holmes Clips After a certain number of downloads, it will shut down for the day-- try again. When I recorded this stuff, Groove was here for two separate two-week gigs! It was absolutely stunning, especially considering he had McDuff's old drummer, Joe Dukes, with him. I have never heard such music in my life, especially on any record. My jaw hit the floor and stayed there for two weeks. Yes, he brought his own organ, since it was customized (no Leslies!) and it was beat to hell. It rocked when he played, and he was so big he made it look like Schroeder playing his toy piano. While extremely bitter about his feeling that he had been denied the same opportunities as Jimmy Smith, Groove was one of the sweetest ppl who ever lived, and was totally generous in letting me record, no questions asked. -OF

Check out Groove Holmes' version that I posted, that is if you can play Real Owdio. He plays Gmaj7th. It's kinda like -OF

It doesn't, but the fact remains that Bb7 is the chord that everybody plays on "Oleo!" Do I HAFTA use these emoticons?! OK... -Scott "This is a recording" Organfreak

While I can't prove it, it has always been my understanding that such is true. I believe that is the key in the Real Book. And now, presenting the first two minutes of my private tape of Groove Holmes playing the tune (live in Seattle, 1981)! Once he starts soloing, you won't believe it! Unfortunately, all I have is an old Real Audio file. If you have Real Audio and it asks to d/l a codec to play the file, just allow it. (Ironic that it needs a new codec to play an old-style file!) This is low quality sound, but you can sure hear it. The funky bass you hear is part of an add-on to the organ; what's called a Nova Bass is hooked-up to the lower manual, plus an envelope follower stomp-box is inline with the lower manual. Clickolate your thang here! -OF

Hi there Bruce, Didn't you see my grin? I wasn't being very serious. Anyway, yeah, for me, this discussion has been going on much longer, since John brought it up on another list first! -OF

Theoretically speaking, this is correct. Are you saying that you have seen "Oleo" written down in Rollins' own hand? What everybody seems to be missing here is that "Oleo" is always played using Bb7. Anyone who did it any other way would be laughed off the band stand. I'm talking about professional practice, not theory. This is getting to be boring <g>. -OF