JSngry Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 1 Deed I Do 2 Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You? 3 I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me 4 I Want a Little Girl 5 The Red Door [instrumental] 6 Goin' to Chicago Basie, Rushing 7 I Cried for You Arnheim, Freed, Lyman 8 Everyday I Have the Blues Chatman 9 It's Noteworthy [instrumental] 10 Good Morning Blues Color me interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 I don't have my LPs in front of me, but this looks a lot like one of two I have. One was on Montage, but there was also a bootleg of some sort, with a mimeographed cover. The sound on the latter was pretty hollow, but still a fun listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Further thought: at least one of my LPs must be different (if I recall correctly) because it has Richie Kamuca. Wish I had them things with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 This looks like it might be from around the same time as The You And Me That Ued To Be, which I really didn't care for all that much, but this is a club date w/o the particular "thematic" conceit of that album, so hey... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Great picture. John Beal's a great player, we've worked together a fair amount. I'd love to hear this. Y'all should check out Who was it Sang that Song by Rushing, too. excellent recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 The You and Me that Used to Be is the Victor date produced by Don Schlitten, and though Jim and I never disagree (???????) I think it is the best thing Rushing ever recorded - includes Ray Nance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 I just don't think the repertoire brings out the Rushingness of Rushing, not a whole albums worth. That and it sounds like it was recorded in a padded room with no air. As far as best-ever, you gotta go a long way to beat Rushing Lullabies, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Storer Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Listening to "The Scene" as I type. Sounds good so far! It's on eMusic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 This appears to be the same material as the Montage LP, except there are one or two tracks by Richie Kamuca on the Montage. Haven't played it in a long while but, as I remember, the Montage stuff was good - not great - Rushing. I'll have to listen again and report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Listened to a side of the Montage. Good Rushing & the added attraction is some nice blowing by Al & Zoot. Sound on the Montage is below average, but listenable - the High Note may have a better source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 The You and Me that Used to Be is the Victor date produced by Don Schlitten, and though Jim and I never disagree (???????) I think it is the best thing Rushing ever recorded - includes Ray Nance! I'm with Allen on this one. I just love this album--not that I don't love all the others too. I never miss a chance to pick up something recorded by Mr. Five by Five. (What a *great* singer he was!) Zoot does some nice work on this one as well. greg mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 This appears to be the same material as the Montage LP, except there are one or two tracks by Richie Kamuca on the Montage. Haven't played it in a long while but, as I remember, the Montage stuff was good - not great - Rushing. I'll have to listen again and report back. Thanks. I feel a little better about my fading memory (re: Kamuca) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 This appears to be the same material as the Montage LP, except there are one or two tracks by Richie Kamuca on the Montage. Haven't played it in a long while but, as I remember, the Montage stuff was good - not great - Rushing. I'll have to listen again and report back. Thanks. I feel a little better about my fading memory (re: Kamuca) My memory faded too. For some reason I remembered a Richie Kamuca track or two on this, but the final two tracks are Ellington piano solos. (I think that Montage was a Boris Rose label & he just filled out the LP with a couple of extra Ellington tracks he had laying around.) Richie Kamuca was evidently sitting in with Al & Zoot, tho the notes make little mention of anything about the music on the LP. Thought I detected him on "I Can't Believe...", but I'll have to listen more. Perhaps the notes on the High Note will clear some of this up, including the date of recording - the Montage notes do say mid sixties. Anyway, some very good Rushing - he sounded better to me the more I listened - and the band's blowing makes a very nice addition to the vocals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 (edited) I guess everyone's heard the recording with Brubeck/Paul Desmond. Can't remember the name, and it's morphing in my decaying memory into The Jazz Ambassadors with Pops, Carmen McCrae, and Brubeck, who also wrote the music. I know it's a whole different animal, so someone please straighten me out. I was amazed when I first heard about this, couldn't imagine it, those guys together, how it would work and lay. It's terrific, though, as I remember. They all sound great together. Edited April 10, 2009 by fasstrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enterprise Server Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 Looks interesting but I love the sessions with Basie...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 The You and Me that Used to Be is the Victor date produced by Don Schlitten, and though Jim and I never disagree (???????) I think it is the best thing Rushing ever recorded - includes Ray Nance! I think that Rushing was losing something in his voice by the time of that album, but that it has a unique charm. "All God's Children Got Rhythm" is a particularly rousing track, sung in a way that no one else could hope to duplicate, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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