moonax Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 Many moons ago I heard a Ruby Braff recording with an " unHammond" like accompaniment. The thing keeps coming back to me in my dreams. Such a wonderful sound. Not a great Ruby fan, but that is my misfortune, no doubt, but wanna find this recording before I go mad. Any of you guys know what this is. Peace and Happiness Moonax Quote
Stereojack Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 Many moons ago I heard a Ruby Braff recording with an " unHammond" like accompaniment. The thing keeps coming back to me in my dreams. Such a wonderful sound. Not a great Ruby fan, but that is my misfortune, no doubt, but wanna find this recording before I go mad. Any of you guys know what this is. Peace and Happiness Moonax ← Ruby recorded two LP's with Dick Hyman playing the pipe organ: "Fats Waller's Heavenly Jive" (Chiaroscuro) "America the Beautiful" (Concord) Quote
Rosco Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 Didn't he do an album with Dick Hyman playing pipe organ? Could it be that? Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 Ah yes, Dick Hyman - a name at odds with itself. Quote
Rosco Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 Unlike Dick Wellstood... ... which seems like more of a boast... Quote
slide_advantage_redoux Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 Unlike Dick Wellstood... ... which seems like more of a boast... ← Quote
Rosco Posted July 29, 2005 Report Posted July 29, 2005 America the Beautiful (originally on Concord) has been reissued on Arbors with extra material. The cat no. is ARCD 19269 Quote
Kalo Posted July 29, 2005 Report Posted July 29, 2005 (edited) It must have been one of the Hyman collaborations. I have America the Beautiful on Concord LP. I pull it out every year around the 4th of July. It really is a beautiful record. Hyman can make that massive pipe organ swing like nobody since Fats Waller, not to mention his inventive "orchestrations." And then there's Braff with his unique, lyrical take on Armstrong. I agree that there is something almost dreamily perfect about this stuff. High-level Americana. (As a silent movie fan, I am interested in the old theater organs, usually Wurlitzers, that were commonly used to accompany films back then. Occasionally I fantasize about what it must have been like to hear Fats Waller accompany films, as he apparently did, with a young Bill Basie spelling him during breaks!) I'll have to get that Chiaroscuro disc. And maybe check out the Arbors reissue of the Concord, too. Edited July 29, 2005 by Kalo Quote
clinthopson Posted July 29, 2005 Report Posted July 29, 2005 I've been a Ruby Braff fan since he played with Benny Goodman. "The Essential Vic Dickenson" is one of my all time favorites with Ruby, Eddie Hall, Sir Charles Thompson, Steve Jordan, Walter Page and Les Erskine. You can't go wrong with Braff. Quote
Kalo Posted July 29, 2005 Report Posted July 29, 2005 Ruby and Vic together is a fine combination! Quote
montg Posted July 30, 2005 Report Posted July 30, 2005 "The Essential Vic Dickenson" is one of my all time favorites with Ruby, Eddie Hall, Sir Charles Thompson, Steve Jordan, Walter Page and Les Erskine. I'll certainly second this recommendation. One of my all time favorites. discussed earlier essential vic dickenson Quote
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