One of my faves. James on trumpet is just superb.CountBasi wrote:I really like Teddy Wilson (You're My Desire, ) .
The piano in swing
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In Basie's biography, he says only good things about Fletcher and his knowledge of the piano. Although it is true that he was a reluctant pianist. He only got into the music business because there were many barriers in front of a black chemistry student in the 20s. His brother Horace was also a good pianist.Eyeball wrote:Just a quick answer for now as the outdoors beckons -Haydn wrote: When I looked up Fletcher Henderson, most of what is written talks about his arranging and his bands; his piano playing is hardly mentioned. But I guess it is interesting to know which instruments people played as well, and I suppose it can help you discover more about their history and their music.
The above is because FH was not a sterling pianist. I can't think of any stand out FH solos, but his solo at the beginning of BG's "Stealin' Apples" is memorable in its dullness.
He was a "pen and ink" man, as the term went.
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Have you Henderson play?CafeSavoy wrote:In Basie's biography, he says only good things about Fletcher and his knowledge of the piano. Although it is true that he was a reluctant pianist. He only got into the music business because there were many barriers in front of a black chemistry student in the 20s. His brother Horace was also a good pianist.Eyeball wrote:Just a quick answer for now as the outdoors beckons -Haydn wrote: When I looked up Fletcher Henderson, most of what is written talks about his arranging and his bands; his piano playing is hardly mentioned. But I guess it is interesting to know which instruments people played as well, and I suppose it can help you discover more about their history and their music.
The above is because FH was not a sterling pianist. I can't think of any stand out FH solos, but his solo at the beginning of BG's "Stealin' Apples" is memorable in its dullness.
He was a "pen and ink" man, as the term went.
And as if Basie would discuss his personal opinion for public consumption, in the negative, of another pianist.
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No, he died before I was born.Eyeball wrote: Have you Henderson play?
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Well - your belated DOB also prevents you from hearing almost all the classic Jazz performers and recordings we talk about here. Pity.CafeSavoy wrote:No, he died before I was born.Eyeball wrote: Have you Henderson play?
Try this instead :
http://www.spicegirlsforever.com
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Check out the these Adrian Rollini cds in the amazing series from Retrieval:AlekseyKosygin wrote:Just an FYI, Rollini, although he could play piano was much better known for his bass saxophone playing and it was his playing on that instrument that really made him famous. Rollini along with Otto Hardwick really put the instrument on the map when it comes to Jazz music...
1934-1938
1937-1938
Also available on e-music (as are many of the excellent Retrieval discs).
Fave track: Tap Room Swing with Rollini on bass sax and Jack Russin on piano.
A problem with these two is that the track start times are slightly off so that the start of the next track will appear at the end of the previous track when ripped from CD. It can be fixed, but it takes some effort.
Ooops, wrong terminology. They are all commercial recordings, done for Vocalion, Decca, Victor, ...Eyeball wrote:But were they done for transcription discs intended for sale to radio stations or for commercially released records for the public?
"Studio takes" would only qualify them as non 'live' recordings.
They are with various units:Eyeball wrote:Interesting.
I looked up Vocalion first, then Decca, then Victor, then Brunswick, etc.
Ummmmmm....were these "Tap Room Gang" sides?
(*Still too early to think and I think we just had a small earthquake here.)
http://www.redhotjazz.com/rollini.html
Re: The piano in swing
Is that another glen miller site?Eyeball wrote:Well - your belated DOB also prevents you from hearing almost all the classic Jazz performers and recordings we talk about here. Pity.CafeSavoy wrote:No, he died before I was born.Eyeball wrote: Have you Henderson play?
Try this instead :
http://www.spicegirlsforever.com