Getting back to my series on old record advertisements from vintage jazz magazines, here's a new installment. Clef magazine (April to July 1946) is the source and labels are West Coast Recordings, Excelsior and Cadet.
WHATEVER “THAT WAY” IS, PLEASE DON’T BE IT: DAN BARRETT, JOE WILDER, HARRY
ALLEN, DAVE McKENNA, JAMES CHIRILLO, BOB HAGGART, BOB COUSINS (Conneaut
Lake Jazz Festival, Friday, August 26, 1994)
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I wish someone had interviewed saxophonist-composer-arranger Edgar Sampson
to ask him precisely what he meant by the suggestion or entreaty, DON’T BE
THAT ...
Hace 3 horas
From Donald Clarke:
ResponderEliminar"Interesting. Mingus had 78s on Excelsior too, I think."
Yes, Donald. The Mingus Sextet (1945) and Mingus & his Orchestra (1946) sessions, both included in the Uptown CD "Charles Baron Mingus - West Coast 1945-1949".
ResponderEliminarFrom Donald Clarke:
ResponderEliminar"That Uptown release was very exciting; I remember Chuck Nessa showing me the booklet before the CD came out. We were at the Chicago Jazz Festival, must have been 2000. I thought the booklet alone was almost worth the price!"