AllenLowe Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Eddie Lang died while getting a tonsillectomy - as did Eddie Moten - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Pretty sure that you meant to write Bennie Moten instead of Eddie Moten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdanddizzy Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Billy Bean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank m Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Two items. Hal McKusick is well known to a friend of mine. I don't know about antiques, but he is an expert horologist. (Down,boy. It means clockmaker/repairer) and he does live on Eastern Long Island. My other contribution is to list Jeri Southern as someone who quit while very popular, not to mention that so did Lee Wiley. Wiley did come back mjuch later in life to a Carnegie Hall concert and a record date, but she was clearly past her prime then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 yes - Bennie Moten - I was thinking about Eddie Durham, who wrote Moten Swing - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Stan Levey Mel Powell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Stan Levey Mel Powell Powell just "shifted" his attention to "classical" composition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 (edited) Stan Levey Mel Powell Powell just "shifted" his attention to "classical" composition. He didn't quit music, but did quit jazz, so I figured he counted for the purposes of this thread. I can't say I'm a huge fan, but he was a talented man. Gunther Schuller rates him highly as an arranger for Goodman's orchestra. Edited March 16, 2006 by Kalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 (edited) Powell was an interesting guy - there's actually a recording he did for Commodore in the 1940s with a large group that is quite advanced and "avant garde", especially for jazz at the time - can't remember the name of the tune - Balliett did a good interview with him - he made a brief jazz comeback that was recorded on a jazz cruise, but his playing sounds quite terrible on it - and he is now dead - I love his jazz playing from the 1940s and 1950s - old style rhythm, very modern harmonically Edited March 15, 2006 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Dave Bailey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 I hope to retire at the bottom - as Groucho said, I've gone from nothing to a state of extreme poverty - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 I like Mel Powell a lot, just for the stuff he did with Goodman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Powell was an interesting guy - there's actually a recording he did for Commodore in the 1940s with a large group that is quite advanced and "avant garde", especially for jazz at the time - I love his jazz playing from the 1940s and 1950s - old style rhythm, very modern harmonically As Allen says, "old style rhythm, very modern harmonically," which is exactly what I have found to be intriguing about Powell, myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coda Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 What has Drew Gress been up to lately? His web site is down and Wikipedia shows 2017 as his last recording.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 (edited) I saw him last week at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam in Sylvie Courvoisier's band and - in an age where the comparative fitness of American senior citizens is a politically charged topic - he seemed totally up to the task  even though the somewhat older bandmate Wadada Leo Smith impressed me more. That show was in support of Courvoisier's Chimaera album, a fine record, but if you look at discogs, you'll find plenty of more recent recordings as well... Edited July 22 by Niko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coda Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 Thanks Niko! I'm glad to hear he's still active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 3 hours ago, Coda said: What has Drew Gress been up to lately? His web site is down and Wikipedia shows 2017 as his last recording.  As per Discogs, he is on close to 40 albums released since 2017: https://www.discogs.com/artist/316511-Drew-Gress?superFilter=Instruments+%26+Performance  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 Cassandra Wilson .... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 Jutta Hipp ... then working on a sewing machine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted July 23 Report Share Posted July 23 Nick DiGeronimo ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted July 23 Report Share Posted July 23 Allen Eager ? Don Lamphere ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhatta Posted July 23 Report Share Posted July 23 Gigi Gryce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted July 23 Report Share Posted July 23 16 hours ago, soulpope said: Cassandra Wilson .... ? She is not retired. She's playing in Dallas on September 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 23 Report Share Posted July 23 17 minutes ago, kh1958 said: She is not retired. She's playing in Dallas on September 1. That's good to know. Hoping for a new recording and a visit to London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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