Existential Filing Quandry

[JSngry]

File under one (which?) or both?

[couw]

I put them all under the "I" of Ibrahim.

[J.A.W.]

I'd file 'em under "both"

[Rooster_Ties]

Depends on which one ya got more of --- I'd file all of it under that one!!

[RDK]

If I were so organized that I actually had my jazz CDs and LPs filed alphabetically... I'd put them under "I"

[jazzbo]

To me. . .he was Dollar Brand first and I always think of him that way. . . .

[Chuck Nessa]

Since this is an "Existential Filing Quandry" I'd file it under "neath".

[charlesp]

Would your file a video of an early Mohammad Ali fight under Cassius Clay ?......I didn't think so. File the LPs/cds under Abdullah Ibrahim.

[Bill Nelson]

Otherwise, the quandary would extend to "Brand, Dollar".

(But there's always the Dewey Decimal System!)

[JSngry]

(But there's always the Dewey Decimal System!)

I'll file them under Dewey Redman!

[dsgtrane]

Another vote for I

[JSngry]

Would your file a video of an early Mohammad Ali fight under Cassius Clay ?......I didn't think so. File the LPs/cds under Abdullah Ibrahim.

Good point, and almost convincing (might be yet), except...

Does anybody talk about the "Ali-Liston fight"? "Ali-Foreman", sure. But it's still "Clay-Liston" whenever I hear about it.

I've always filed Brand/Ibrahim's work under whatever name the album was issued under (not unlike Clay's/Ali's fights), but I'm beginning to accumulate enough of his work that I'm not sure if I can remember which album came out under which name. Of course, the "if it's not here, it must be there" rule is too simple, and is totally ungeekworthy.

I'll probably put them all under Ibrahim eventually, but a crisis of this geektitude deserves careful consideration, no?

[RDK]

As an R.E.M. album once stated: File Under Water

[Rooster_Ties]

Hey Jim, where in the alphabet do you file Sonny Blount's recordings???

"B", "S", or "R"???

[BeBop]

I file under $.

[king ubu]

"I" - although he was Dollar Brand for me too, when I got to know him.

[Rooster_Ties]

Hey Jim, where in the alphabet do you file Sonny Blount's recordings???

"B", "S", or "R"??? 

And Jim, where did/do you file 's recordings??

Still waiting on the Sonny Blount question too.

[king ubu]

Still waiting on the Sonny Blount question too.

S here.

[JSngry]

Geez, can't a man get a good night's sleep while he's on vacation?

"S" - there are no records that I have by "Sonny Blount", and "Sun Ra" is more a "title" than it is a name. Like if I had any records by The Chambers Brothers, I'd file them under C insteadd of B. Same thing with Chairman of the Board - C.

[paul secor]

I think of the Clay/Ali thing every time I see my Brand/Ibrahim recordings. I've got them filed under B, because that's where the first (Brand) ones were filed, and it's too confusing to have them in two places.

Basically, I just said screw it. If I ever met Mr. Ibrahim, I'd call him by the name he prefers, but who cares (other than me) where my records are filed?

[Alexander]

Here's another one: Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf?

Strangely enough, I file Muddy under "W" for Waters since I consider "Muddy Waters" to be McKinley Morganfeld's stage name rather than a "nick name." So the first name is Muddy and the last name is Waters. Wolf, however, I file under "H" for Howlin'.

[ejp626]

How about the Pillar of Flame? I'm leaning toward F myself.

[tonym]

Still waiting on the Sonny Blount question too.

File under 'H'.

[Chuck Nessa]

This reminds me of something from the olden days. Cuscuna laughed out loud when he discovered I filed my Sonny Red lps under K.

[J.A.W.]

This reminds me of something from the olden days. Cuscuna laughed out loud when he discovered I filed my Sonny Red lps under K.

Wasn't there a discography that also listed Sonny Red under his actual name?