EKE BBB Posted April 13, 2004 Report Posted April 13, 2004 Listening to early Dexter Gordon in the Proper Box, I found this date: BEN WEBSTER NONET: Don Byas, Herbie Fields, Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster (ts) Stuff Smith (vln) Duke Ellington (p) unknown (g) Al Lucas ( b ) Eddie Nicholson (d) Broadcast from unknown club, NYC, August 20, 1945 Honeysuckle Rose Jazz Archives [F] JA 35 It´s a great performance with a pretty "decent" sound! Do you know if there were more tracks recorded on this date and if they´re currently available on CD? Thanks in advance! Quote
king ubu Posted April 13, 2004 Report Posted April 13, 2004 EKE, I don't know more on your question than you. Have that Proper set. Just thought this one here might be of interest for you: http://www.tcb.ch/tcb.cgi?list=style|artis...RDON+BADEN+1972 Ben & Dex only play together on two tunes, and each of them has two just with rhythm. Drew/Stief/Thigpen are a nice team. ubu Quote
EKE BBB Posted April 13, 2004 Author Report Posted April 13, 2004 Thanks for the hint, ubu! That Swiss Radio Days Jazz series have some very interesting stuff! Quote
king ubu Posted April 13, 2004 Report Posted April 13, 2004 Thanks for the hint, ubu! That Swiss Radio Days Jazz series have some very interesting stuff! Yes indeed! But they're a bit too costly... I only have the Hayes/Shaw, Jones/Lewis, Redman, Mulligan CJB, and the one above so far. ubu Quote
brownie Posted April 13, 2004 Report Posted April 13, 2004 EKE BBB, there's an additional tune 'The Romp' from that August 20, 1945 on the Jazz Archives album with the same musicians except for Dexter who was out of that one. Glad to see you back and posting again! Quote
Pete C Posted April 13, 2004 Report Posted April 13, 2004 The Baden 1972 disc is OK, but both played much better on many other occasions. They only appear together on 1 or 2 tunes. Quote
Tom in RI Posted April 13, 2004 Report Posted April 13, 2004 The liner notes to Jazz Archive 35 note that Don Byas cuts everyone on Honeysuckle Rose. Quote
John L Posted April 13, 2004 Report Posted April 13, 2004 The liner notes to Jazz Archive 35 note that Don Byas cuts everyone on Honeysuckle Rose. It wouldn't be the first time. Quote
EKE BBB Posted April 14, 2004 Author Report Posted April 14, 2004 EKE BBB, there's an additional tune 'The Romp' from that August 20, 1945 on the Jazz Archives album with the same musicians except for Dexter who was out of that one. Glad to see you back and posting again! Thanks, brownie! Dexter´s out: that´s why I couldn´t find any more tunes in some DG discographies. Quote
EKE BBB Posted April 14, 2004 Author Report Posted April 14, 2004 The liner notes to Jazz Archive 35 note that Don Byas cuts everyone on Honeysuckle Rose. That´s how it is. Byas could really blow! Quote
Tom Storer Posted April 17, 2004 Report Posted April 17, 2004 EKE, why does your subtitle to the thread say "with Dexter Gordon and EKE"? Are you the unknown guitarist? ;-) Or does EKE mean something I don't know? Quote
brownie Posted April 17, 2004 Report Posted April 17, 2004 EKE, why does your subtitle to the thread say "with Dexter Gordon and EKE"? Are you the unknown guitarist? ;-) Or does EKE mean something I don't know? Don't see EKE BBB around today, will answer for him. EKE stands for Edward Kennedy Ellington. Our Spanish friend is a huge fan of Duke, a&s a number of us are around here. BBB stands for Black Brown and Beige. That was our friend's explanation when queried a long time ago! Quote
mikeweil Posted April 18, 2004 Report Posted April 18, 2004 Bruyninckx lists these two tracks as being recorded at the Onyx Club in New York. He also lists Herbie Fields and Buster Bailey as playing clarinet on The Romp, and Byas and Webster on tenor, and no guitar at all. Bailey is out on Honeysuckle Rose, and Fields and Gordon on tenor. Gordon inherited Ben Webster's tenor sax and did some European recordings on it, BTW. Quote
Brad Posted April 19, 2004 Report Posted April 19, 2004 This may be slightly off topic, but are you familiar with the Dexter Ben Webster cd Tenor Titans on Storyville. You may want to get that one. Quote
EKE BBB Posted April 19, 2004 Author Report Posted April 19, 2004 This may be slightly off topic, but are you familiar with the Dexter Ben Webster cd Tenor Titans on Storyville. You may want to get that one. Thanks for the recommendation, Brad! Quote
EKE BBB Posted April 19, 2004 Author Report Posted April 19, 2004 EKE, why does your subtitle to the thread say "with Dexter Gordon and EKE"? Are you the unknown guitarist? ;-) Or does EKE mean something I don't know? brownie said it for me B) Actually I don´t use to write Duke Ellington as EKE (except for my screen name ), but the length of the title of this thread didn´t allow me to enter "Ellington" or even "Duke E." Quote
EKE BBB Posted April 19, 2004 Author Report Posted April 19, 2004 Bruyninckx lists these two tracks as being recorded at the Onyx Club in New York. He also lists Herbie Fields and Buster Bailey as playing clarinet on The Romp, and Byas and Webster on tenor, and no guitar at all. Bailey is out on Honeysuckle Rose, and Fields and Gordon on tenor. Gordon inherited Ben Webster's tenor sax and did some European recordings on it, BTW. Very useful information in your post, mike. Thanks a lot! Quote
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