tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.comments2023-10-25T11:15:07.927+01:00Easy does itFernando Ortiz de Urbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09630700849177588445noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-49551479888956649642023-08-31T04:12:21.688+01:002023-08-31T04:12:21.688+01:00Wonderful article Fernando! So glad you included t...Wonderful article Fernando! So glad you included the information about Billy Byers writing a lot of the Sinatra and Basie at the Sands arrangements. He was a friend of mine and I was his private student. One of the reasons he did so much ghost writing (besides for Quincy Jones) is that all the successful arrangers knew he could mimic their style so they could put their name on the chart and everyone would think they wrote it! He was also an incredible trombonist and one of the nicest people you could ever meet!<br /><br />Jim Waller<br />Jim Wallerhttp://jimwallerbigband.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-36294764803468566472023-08-29T08:42:37.588+01:002023-08-29T08:42:37.588+01:00Very NiceVery NiceHasnainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16117580161234080398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-70976266215085651982023-05-15T15:28:40.349+01:002023-05-15T15:28:40.349+01:00I never saw this until now, but I think your corre...I never saw this until now, but I think your correspondent Jon is correct in pointing the finger at Bill Coss’s liner-note for the first 12” LP issue. (Did the 10” LPs appear with no notes in the US?) <br />This reminds me that the UK liner-notes (on Vogue) were written by the usually reliable Alun Morgan, and he alleged without any evidence that the quintet version of All The Things You Are must have been done at the same (studio) session where Mingus re-recorded Bass-ically Speaking (for the Powell album Massey Hall Vol.2) and that it must be Billy Taylor on piano instead of the wayward Bud Powell.<br />When the UK release was reviewed in Jazz Monthly (can’t access the date at this time) Mingus sent a reader’s letter to the editor, stating that it was indeed Bud and (despite Mingus’s work with him at Birdland) suggesting that Bud’s getting lost on that tune was because he had “just been released from Creedmoor”.<br />Brian Priestleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-55090486066809998252023-03-20T12:40:57.944+00:002023-03-20T12:40:57.944+00:00SUPERB ARTICLE FERNADO, Thank You! (Red).SUPERB ARTICLE FERNADO, Thank You! (Red).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-54758908004261437482022-11-16T21:56:40.063+00:002022-11-16T21:56:40.063+00:00Thanks for the info.
The composer wasn't the...Thanks for the info. <br /><br />The composer wasn't the only beeficiary of the new tune. Often the producer, label owner, or manager would make sure to get in on the action by being the tune's publisher, thereby owning 50% of the composition. Often, the publisher did not have to split his share with other companies, whereas the composer would split his portion with any co-writers. holycownychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219205992431281163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-22344553798599086312022-10-31T11:08:49.863+00:002022-10-31T11:08:49.863+00:00Fair point, Tom, thanks. I was thinking of African...Fair point, Tom, thanks. I was thinking of African-American musicians, pre-NYC days, in Oklahoma/Kansas City, so I'll have to refine that.<br /><br />Everybody else, don't miss Tom's website, https://jazzhistoryonline.com/.Fernando Ortiz de Urbinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630700849177588445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-66155627831756636312022-10-30T04:52:22.541+00:002022-10-30T04:52:22.541+00:00Goodman was also a midwesterner, as he was born an...Goodman was also a midwesterner, as he was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Also by 1940, all of the musicians on this sessions lived and worked in New York. Tom Cunniffehttps://www.jazzhistoryonline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-71347548146856190412022-07-11T09:02:29.603+01:002022-07-11T09:02:29.603+01:00On the subject of Sinatra and the number of takes ...On the subject of Sinatra and the number of takes he would do, he was a real perfectionist in the studio when recording. This would lead him to regularly do more than one take as he felt necessary. In contrast, with his acting he felt he was best on the first take because he believed he was an instinctive actor. So we’re left with the one-take actor and the singer who regularly did several takes to reach perfection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-78583022843659345192021-12-22T03:16:41.157+00:002021-12-22T03:16:41.157+00:00Thanks for that, Leif Bo!Thanks for that, Leif Bo!Fernando Ortiz de Urbinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630700849177588445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-55980826658236700982021-11-22T19:43:23.923+00:002021-11-22T19:43:23.923+00:00The location is Royal Victoria Theatre, Victoria, ...The location is Royal Victoria Theatre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.<br />Ad in Victoria Daily Times, December 7, 1945, 19.Leif Bo Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07636205304308884221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-71672868566861789322021-10-23T12:18:29.637+01:002021-10-23T12:18:29.637+01:002021.10.23 - Update:
Added "Live in Seattle...2021.10.23 - Update: <br /><br />Added "Live in Seattle" and "A Love Supreme/Live in Seattle".<br /><br />FFernando Ortiz de Urbinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630700849177588445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-36925230369935580182021-07-01T12:12:29.195+01:002021-07-01T12:12:29.195+01:00To Anonymous onJuly 1, 2021: thanks for that.
On...To Anonymous onJuly 1, 2021: thanks for that. <br /><br />One thing, though: Antônio W. is listed on the 1965 LP, but I assume he is also the "Wanderley" listed on "O Trio" from 1968. Sounds like the same pianist to me and Walter W. was already living in the US.Fernando Ortiz de Urbinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630700849177588445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-27901480826904597112021-07-01T00:56:35.388+01:002021-07-01T00:56:35.388+01:00The person playing the piano on this album is not ...The person playing the piano on this album is not Walter Wanderley. It is Antônio Wanderley, a completely different person. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-61248449183586992722021-05-10T17:57:55.277+01:002021-05-10T17:57:55.277+01:00Thank you for this post as it was a very interesti...Thank you for this post as it was a very interesting read. Well done music notation excerpts.<br /> Peter Roginehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320825564955882108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-58127480799746268482021-04-07T10:02:16.698+01:002021-04-07T10:02:16.698+01:00Thanks for the comments. I still have to find the ...Thanks for the comments. I still have to find the reference for that return engagement at the Sands. <br /><br />As for whether Sinatra was a one-take singer, off the cuff (that is, having read Friedwald, Clarke and others) I have the distinct impression that even with famous exceptions such as the original "... Under My Skin", Sinatra would do as few takes as possible. Did he do more regularly?<br /><br />FFernando Ortiz de Urbinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630700849177588445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-11295881135510233432021-04-07T03:46:54.241+01:002021-04-07T03:46:54.241+01:00Sinatra was a never a one-take man in the studio. ...Sinatra was a never a one-take man in the studio. He was a one-take actor, not singer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-24558672119980647462021-02-23T20:31:11.146+00:002021-02-23T20:31:11.146+00:00I would say one of the main reasons for the storie...I would say one of the main reasons for the stories about conflicts among the musicians stemmed from the original liner notes for the album, written by Bill Coss, who was the editor of the old jazz magazine, Metronome.<br /><br />Coss wrote a tone poem on the back of the album. He referred to Bird "blowing Bud off his back on 'Things'," etc. Lots of drama throughout Coss' liner notes---some of it about bebop was quite real.<br /><br />The music that night dispels any notion that the musicians were unprepared or disinterested or too out of it to play. On the quintet tracks---I've never heard Bud better. The whole musical atmosphere conjured up by the quintet was uniquely electric. Every solo on every track belongs in some kind of hall of fame... jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12679557918787777498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-44277008242970067492021-02-20T14:05:07.275+00:002021-02-20T14:05:07.275+00:00Hi, I'm doing an academic transcription projec...Hi, I'm doing an academic transcription project on the whole of this album. I was wondering if you could share where the comments from Per Husby are from? I'd love to learn more about the origins of this recording.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02736139726363001693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-15090635205470417782021-02-03T16:46:09.363+00:002021-02-03T16:46:09.363+00:00It's about 150 printed pages, although only av...It's about 150 printed pages, although only available in electronic format in this edition. Most is music transcription and analysis, but the bio runs to about 20 printed pages.<br /><br />Hope you enjoy it, and by all means leave a review.John Lyonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-16440123105259879162021-02-03T16:28:49.234+00:002021-02-03T16:28:49.234+00:00Thanks, John. The link you posted does work, I tho...Thanks, John. The link you posted does work, I thought you were working on a longer text. Will certainly get it.Fernando Ortiz de Urbinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630700849177588445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-58209751755086678452021-02-03T15:14:09.355+00:002021-02-03T15:14:09.355+00:00Thank you Fernando. In fact, the book has been ava...Thank you Fernando. In fact, the book has been available for a few years and is now in its second edition. I thought the UBL would appear alongside my name on my last comment but since it has not, perhaps you will allow me to advertise it here:<br /><br />UBL: https://books2read.com/u/mVgrZ2<br /><br />Also I'm reading what I wrote yesterday with disbelief. Stella had eight children in all with three fathers. One girl did not survive childhood and, therefore, I think she went into the partnership with Al Levitt with seven children by three fathers. They were together until his death in, I think, 1997. (It's in the book!)<br />John Lyonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-3692535934990935742021-02-03T15:00:33.324+00:002021-02-03T15:00:33.324+00:00Oh, wow, John, thanks for that. Much appreciated. ...Oh, wow, John, thanks for that. Much appreciated. And I do hope you can publish your manuscript. Do let me know if you need a hand with sources in Spanish.Fernando Ortiz de Urbinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630700849177588445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-55070559596736868222021-02-02T11:21:59.797+00:002021-02-02T11:21:59.797+00:00Many thanks for your reply. It's a very well r...Many thanks for your reply. It's a very well researched article, and you've got couple of things I didn't find. I'm going to have to bring my manuscript up to date, but meanwhile if anyone is interested, the universal book link is included here.<br /><br />A couple of corrections:<br /><br />- the gypsy connection is hotly disputed by surviving members of Sean's family, and he was known to elaborate the truth for effect, but, if there was such a connection, it was probably via his Mexican mother Stella Aguilar and almost certainly not through his Irish father, George O'Rourke.<br /><br />- Stella and Al Levitt were never married but she did take his name and they had a long life together. They had no children between them, though she brought with her six children by two fathers, one being George whose son Sean was.<br />John Lyonhttps://books2read.com/u/mVgrZ2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-44387094309895593942021-02-02T10:30:57.499+00:002021-02-02T10:30:57.499+00:00I'm afraid I don't have anything more than...I'm afraid I don't have anything more than that on Levitt and Möör. Given Levitt's story, it may well have been a chance meeting through Wilen, but I really don't know. Even though he only passed away in 2002, tracing Levitt's trail is quite the endeavour. I asked around on Facebook and a friend met (and had him sleep at his place) in Dublin, Ireland.Fernando Ortiz de Urbinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630700849177588445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111788345564582878.post-23164361468711990712021-01-10T15:21:47.051+00:002021-01-10T15:21:47.051+00:00when I heard his name I thought it was a joke too ...when I heard his name I thought it was a joke too :~)) maybe it was, nobody has really explained itultracathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13089778520193803498noreply@blogger.com