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From: saul+@pitt.edu (Alan B Saul)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: Re: last Dolphy sessions, confused
Date: 17 Dec 92 10:40:41 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Dec14.181455.3756@telesciences.com> jbulyk@telesciences.com (Jerry E. Bulyk) writes:
>
>On my last visit to Tower, I noticed a veritable plethora of Dolphy discs,
>all seemingly closely related in some way. All are supposedly late dates,
>on off-labels. Now, I know that MEMORIAL ALBUM has appeared in at least
>three different guises on lp, but the ones I am soliciting comments on are:
>
>	LAST DATE
>	CONVERSATIONS
>	IRON MAN (on two labels!)
>
>Btw, for anyone who has not yet picked-up OTHER ASPECTS, do so immediately!
>It contains unreleased recording made by Dolphy that were brought/found by
>his parents and granted permission for release. Issued by Blue Note in 1987.
>Probably unlike any Dolphy recording; unless I'm missing a link to the ones 
>mentioned above?
>
>Can someone clarify the confusion with the current flood of pressing?
>Any must haves? (or repackages/exploitations to be avoided?)
>
>
>	- jerry
>
>
>Jerry E. Bulyk
>TeleSciences C.O. Systems, Inc
>
>INTERNET:        jbulyk@telesciences.com

The Douglas sessions from late May to early June 1963 included Eric as a
leader in various settings recording Burning Spear, Music Matador, 
Jitterbug Waltz, Iron man, Mandrake, Alone Together, Come Sunday, Ode to
C.P., and Love Me. 
All of this is wonderful. I'm particulary partial to Love Me, which is
unaccompanied, on alto. I second other people's comments on the duet
of Come Sunday. This is a great tune to play.

Anyway, I wanted to point out that these recordings are by no means
Eric's last sessions, as some people might think by titles. He recorded
through the fall of 63 and into 64 with Mingus, Gil Evans, Trane, John Lewis,
Gunther Schuller , Andrew Hill, etc. and recorded Out To Lunch in February.
There is of course the monstrous output from the Mingus tour, and then
the several dates he made as a leader in Europe. The last recordings
were presumably those he made with Donald Byrd and Nathan Davis with whom
he led a band at Le Chat Qui Peche in Paris until his final trip to Berlin.
Some of these have recently come out on West Wind, for instance
"Unrealized Tapes", West Wind 016.
The Hilversum session that came out as Last Date was recorded 9 days 
earlier in fact.

Finally, it was interesting to hear the comments about Improvisations and
Tukras. Are you being an authenticist, Sandeep? Not knowing the roots, I'm
less offended by the vocals and tabla. I do agree with you about Jim Crow,
an extraordinary composition.

Alan Saul
saul@unixd.cis.pitt.edu

Jitterbug Waltz, Iron Man, Mad

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From: jab@cs.rit.edu (John A Biles)
Subject: Re: Booker Little on TCB
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 20:14:23 GMT

In article <872@blue.cis.pitt.edu> saul+@pitt.edu (Alan B Saul) writes:
>Does anybody have any discographical information about these mystery tcb Booker
>Little records?
>
>tcb 1003: booker little/booker ervin
>sounds of inner city
>Souchie, Cycles, Stardust, The Confined Few, Blues de Tambour, Witch Fire
>
>tcb 1004: Donald Byrd/Booker Little, with Curtis Fuller, Bill Evans, Paul
>Chambers, Armando Perazo, Philly Joe Jones, Willie Rodriguez
>The Third World
>Chasing the Bird, Prophecy, Ping Pong, Construction, Quiet Temple, November
>Afternoon, Call to Arms, Wee Tina
>
My recollection is that these were issued originally on the Warwick label
out of Philadelphia in the late 50's/early 60's.  I believe that there
were six issues in the TCB series (1001-1006), but I have no idea what
percentage of the Warwick catalog that represents.  Booker Little was
featured on at least two of the albums.  I also seem to remember that
the Warwick album titles differed from the TCB titles.  If you really
want to do some digging, look for record reviews in downbeat in the
59-63 range.  I found unearthed these reviews about 15 years ago when
I found the TCB records in a cutout rack.  All I remember of the reviews
is that the records received *** to ****.

                  - Al Biles    (jab@cs.rit.edu)
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From: wjh@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (william.j.hery)
Subject: Re: Roy Haynes info
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 04:13:29 GMT

prich@monk (Paul Richardson) writes:
>I have a friend who is trying to do some research on Roy Haynes.
>She is looking for any and all info available.
>
>A Discography of dates, or a Biliography of interviews and the like,
>or any other info on him would be appreciated

A discography of Roy Haynes would be a major job--maybe she should wait
unitl Tom Lord gets up to the H's in his compehensive discography :-)

A quick look at the Bielfelder Katalog show 128 entries for Roy--and those
are only the albums/CDs that are still in print in Europe. I wouldn't
be surprised if there were 300-400 actual albums that he's on--he's been
recording for around 40 years. To give you an idea of the range of artists
he has recorded with, here are some of the sax players he's listed as a
sideman with: Lester Young, Wardell Grey, Charlie Parker, Oliver Nelson,
Johnny Griffin, Stan Getz, Barney Wilen, Sonny Rollins, Art Pepper,
Roland Kirk, Eric Dolphy, Joe Henderson, John Klemmer, John Coltrane,
Billy Pierce, Archie Shepp, Steve Lacy, Pharoah Sanders, and David Murray.
The man gets around!

I don't know off hand of any interviews, but I'm sure there have been. YOu
might try looking through the annual percussion issues of downbeat and
Jazz Times.

I also remember from some old liner notes (don't ask which album!) that
Haynes was voted one of Playboy Magazine's "Best Dressed Men" way back
(probably the 60s).

Bill Hery
AT&T Bell Labs
201-386-2362
hery@att.COM
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From: dcovell@hfglobe.intel.com (David Covell)
Subject: "Jazzy" blues??
Organization: Intel Corporation
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:34:30 GMT


As a guitarist, I'm trying to increase my exposure to blues, both classic
and modern. My problem is that I'm very fussy about guitar tone, and the
cheesy (IMHO) tone of most classic blues, coupled with some of the trite
and overworked licks (again IMHO) really turn me off. I listen to a local
radio station that plays lots of blues, and they occasionally play some
with a distinct jazz flavor, which is much more to my taste. It's great to
hear the feel and mood of blues coupled with better tones, more pass
chords, and more interesting lead lines.
So, I'd appreciate pointers to artists/albums in this style. The few albums
I've seen in the stores that appear to contain jazzy blues look like they
might be big-band type stuff, which isn't what I'm looking for. I'd prefer
something with guitar, keyboards, and not an overabundance of sax and horns.
Thanks in advance.
From: bad@pismo.sw.stratus.com (Bruce Dumes)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: records for sale (and yes I do mean vinyl)
Date: 16 Dec 1992 16:29:31 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering
Distribution: world
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Vinyl for sale --------------------------------------------

All records NM condition unless otherwise marked.

Fleetwood Mac   Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (Original US VG++)  $10
Fleetwood Mac   Black Magic Woman (2lp reissue of 1st 2 albums) $10
Moody Blues	In Search Of The Lost Chords (original US VG+) $12
John Lewis	A Milanese Story - Soundtrack (original Black Atlantic) $20
Eagles		Hotel California MFSL $30
Pete Rugolo	Brass in HI-FI Mercury MG 20261 (VG+) $8
Duane Eddy	Have "Twangy" guitar will travel (Early US issue VG+) $35
Gerry Mulligan	California Concerts (World Pacific) $35
Zappa		Sheik Yerbouti $12
Peter And The Wolf Manfred Mann/Gary Brooker/Gary Moore/Eno (UK) w/booklet $20
The Band        Music From Big Pink MFSL $30
ELP             Pictures From An Exhibition MFSL $30


-- 
Bruce Dumes			| "Bruce is too obsessed with the Beatles"   |
Stratus Computer, Inc.		|   --comment on report card from Spring '64 |
bad@sw.stratus.com              
508-460-2816
From: rshapiro@bbn.com (Richard Shapiro)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: Re: Konitz on [in] Company
Date: 16 Dec 92 12:03:45
Organization: BBN, Cambridge MA
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In-reply-to: jbulyk@telesciences.com's message of Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:24:14 GMT

Just a minor addition: Incus has released a cd by this particular
Company, called "Once". Konitz doesn't come off all that well here,
imho, but I applaud his adventurousness nonetheless. He must be the
only person to have recorded with Miles Davis, LaMonte Young *and*
Derek Bailey (but not all at once :-)
From: ia0n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ignatios Alexander)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: Re: Questions about Booker Little records
Date: 18 Dec 92 16:29:08 GMT
Organization: University Libraries - Administration, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

>From: saul+@pitt.edu (Alan B Saul):

>Does anybody have any discographical information about these mystery
tcb Booker
>Little records?
> 
>tcb 1003: booker little/booker ervin
>sounds of inner city
>Souchie, Cycles, Stardust, The Confined Few, Blues de Tambour, Witch Fire

Alan,

I have the Booker Little/Booker Ervin tcb 1003 at home, but I'll have to look 
in the pocket to check for the exact personnel.  I recall that it was a
concert at a NYC museum (maybe the Museum of Modern Art) around 1960-61.
Booker Little died in 1961.  I think the original release was on the Warwick
label.  The vibist could be Teddy Charles, who recorded with Mingus in the
50s.  Black Saint/Soul Note recently released a live date by Charles.

Booker Little's solos, like Lee Morgan's, sounded so mature for his age.

Good music, period.

Sorry, I can't help you with tcb 1004.

---Ignatios
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
From: rardin@binah.cc.brandeis.edu (R. Lynn Rardin)
Subject: Re: 1993 David Murray releases
Reply-To: rardin@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 18:25:02 GMT

In article <Bz4C69.762.1@cs.cmu.edu>, tygar+@cs.cmu.edu (Doug Tygar) writes:
>In article <1992Dec11.013907.20442@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> wjh@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (william.j.hery) writes:
>>Apparantly, the Sony/DIW deal is for only a small number of the DIW 
releases...
>
>A record store owner claimed that the Sony/DIW deal was exclusive; that is,
>the previous methods of distributing Japanese DIW releases in the US
>have been cancelled.  I don't know if this is true or not, but I do notice
>that Cadence is not distributing new DIW releases, and they are closing
>out their stock on the old DIW releases. I haven't seen any new non-Sony
>DIW releases in places such as Tower in quite some time.

I've heard the same sort of thing from people at Tower.  They said that it's 
next to impossible to get ahold of DIW CDs since the Sony/DIW deal went 
through.

-Lynn  (rardin@auriga.rose.brandeis.edu)
From: zlsiimw@info.mcc.ac.uk (Mark Whidby)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: Re: Penguin Guide
Date: 11 Dec 92 09:37:24 GMT
Reply-To: M.Whidby@mcc.ac.uk
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre

In article <Bz036L.KJB@world.std.com>, gwl@world.std.com (Glenn W Lea) writes:
|> "The Wire" recently reviewed a new "Penguin Guide to Jazz on Record",
|> a 1200-page book of reviews by Richard Cook and Brian Morton.  
|> Can anyone comment on it?  Can anyone tell me how to get a copy in the
|> US (it's apparently UK-only)?

I've had quick glances at it - it claims to cover everything that is
currently available. I don't know if this is true but it is extremely
comprehensive and incredibly up to date; it had a review of Keith Jarrett's
'Vienna Concert' even before I knew it had been released! I haven't bought
a copy yet though I did try to win one in the Wire's competition but failed.
I don't know how you could get a copy in the US; presumably you could get it
by mail order from the UK but the postage on it might be rather high.
-- 
_____________________________________________________________
Mark Whidby, Distributed Systems, Manchester Computing Centre
From: bweiner@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Benjamin Weiner)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: Re: Niels-Henning Orsted-Pedersen (NHOP)
Date: 18 Dec 92 03:09:38 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

People mentioned the disc "Looking at Bird" a few weeks back in another
thread ... this is duets of Archie Shepp (ts,ss) and NHOP, playing
songs written by Bird or associated with him (eg How deep is the ocean? -
a particularly good version of a song I love) and is very fine, highly
recommended.  I think the duet gives both Shepp and NHOP a lot of space -
room to stretch (musically, there are no overlong solos), and to play 
leisurely - there's lots of room to listen to NHOP which you might not
find on a record where he backs somebody.  It's on Steeplechase, I
believe.

-Ben
><><><><><><><><
"I play music out of an overwhelming need to play; to make the
rains come; to abolish wars."          ---- Archie Shepp, 1967
                                             liner notes!
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From: mikel@networx.com (Mike Lempriere)
Subject: Re: seattle blues
Organization: NetWorx
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1992 22:56:32 GMT

Rich Hinrichsen (hinrich@cqs.washington.edu) wrote:
[stuff deleted]
: Also from Portland are the Arnold Brothers and the Lucky Dogs. I look forward to
: hearing the Paul Delay band. Do they play at the Dandelion?

The real problem with seeing the Paul Delay band, is that he's in jail!
Got 3 to 5 for possesion.  The closest I've come to religion is praying
he's still got it when he gets out, he is aa very good performer.
Currently you can see the band (obviously minus Paul) on Thursdays (I
think it's Thursdays, better call ahead) at Chicagos resteraunt next to
the Seattle Center Coliseum -- they go by the name "The No Delay Band".
The woman they have doing vocals (believe it or not, her name is Paulette
something-or-other) is pretty dang good too.  Well worth a few beers in
the bar (no cover charge) and the deep dish pizza's damn fine too!

Where's the Dandelion?
Xref: sparky rec.music.bluenote:9347 rec.music.misc:29195
From: gtaylor@vme.heurikon.com (Gregory Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote,rec.music.misc
Subject: "Meet de Boys on the Battlefront"
Date: 11 Dec 92 19:42:35 GMT
Reply-To: gtaylor@vme.heurikon.com (Gregory Taylor)
Organization: Heurikon Corporation, Madison, WI

malcolm@wrs.com (Malcolm Humes) writes:
>Meet De Boys On The Battlefront (repeats 3x)      \ this chorus
>where the Wild Tchoupitouls gonna stomp some rump  \ repeats as MTB 
>                                                    \ below
.....
>I'm an indian ruler from the thirty more
>third sifahuna of all before
>I walk through fire and I smell through mud  
>snagged the feathers from an eagle draped pants of blood
....

Take that, Mr. N "smarty pants" Peart; here's some *real* Objectivist
doctrine. Note that Jon Anderson must have stolen the intonation 
pattern for the non-lame lyrics on "Tales from Topographic Oceans"
from this *very* piece of ass-shakin', hand-wavin' oratory. Hey
pockey way, as they say.

And isn't the proper N'awlins spelling "jockomo phyleaux?" And what of
the rumours that Liz from the Cocteau Twins covered some of the Tchoupitoula
catalog in the Twins' middle period (no *wonder* we couldn't make sense
of it. It was her *accent.*)?

Laugh 3x and fade....
Gregory (sitting in his Trabant with boekje's official netgod satellite
uplink modem plugged into the "Victory over Consumerism" cigarette
(or do you say "seeg-rat"?) lighter, waiting for the dang engine thing to 
heat up so I can plow).

--
The law moves quickly in the rain/and chokes the world with memorials./The
courts accept the lowest superstition/into evidence. And we embrace quickly in
the rain,/conceiving a hale infant with hands to wrinkle/the bedsheets toward
it, wave by trough by wave./Gregory Taylor/Heurikon /Madison, WI/608-828-3385
From: exubma@exu.ericsson.se (Bassam Madi)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: Niels-Henning Orsted-Pedersen (NHOP)
Date: 17 Dec 92 06:46:15 GMT
Reply-To: exubma@exu.ericsson.se (Bassam Madi)
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems
X-Disclaimer: This article was posted by a user at Ericsson.
              Any opinions expressed are strictly those of the
              user and not necessarily those of Ericsson.

Hi all,

I don't think anybody would argue that NHOP is one of the best
bass players alive (if not the best). I have a few albums on which
he appears and I would appreciate any comments on other albums featuring
this fine musician. A discography (even if partial) would be great. I have the
following albums:

Kenny Drew Trio (Timeless) .. This 1989 recording, if U can get it, is simply
                              outstanding. NHOP's playing on Gentle Rain is
                              truly amazing.

Spanish Nights (Enja)..       With Philip Catherine (Guitar).

Freddie Hubbard's Face to Face (Pablo, I think)

He played with Dex Gordon, but I cannot remember on which records.

Regards,
Bassam
--
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From: bweiner@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Benjamin Weiner)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: Re: On liner notes
Date: 18 Dec 92 03:24:43 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


I'd be happy to type in some of my favorite liner notes, but I
don't have my records at work (good thing!) so here is:

My *favorite* liner note excerpt:

"Critics, they sing, dance, and play most of the oral instruments."




- Charles Mingus, notes to "Black Saint and the Sinner Lady"
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From: vek@spacsun.rice.edu (Vincent E. Kargatis)
Subject: Re: Gust William Tsilis
Organization: Rice University
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 08:02:16 GMT

jb@buddha.ncc.umn.edu (James Barnett) writes:
> Does anyone have any info. on the vibraphonist Gust William Tsilis?  He's on 

He's lead several albums for Enja. (Not surprising, since he works for Enja
- may be the US main dude). He either also has some albums on Ken Records,
or at least appeared as a sideman often (I think both). He manages several
artists, including bassist Michael Formanek (I can't remember the some of
the others, dammit :( ). Don't know much more, except that his albums are
consistently good, though not mind-blowing or anything.

Hopefully somebody else can fill in discographical info.

> this Lindsey Horner CD I'm listening to ("Never So More" on Open Minds 2401).  
Pretty album, huh? I like.
-- 
| Vincent Kargatis		     |	Dept. of Space Physics & Astronomy |
| vek@spacsun.rice.edu		     |	Rice University, Houston, TX       |
| "[Christ's] birthday mighta been the time to be on the beach at Galilee, |
|   watching him turn water into beer" - Brave Combo, "Christmas In July"  |
From: exubma@exu.ericsson.se (Bassam Madi)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: Timeless/Steeplechase
Date: 17 Dec 92 06:48:57 GMT
Reply-To: exubma@exu.ericsson.se (Bassam Madi)
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems
X-Disclaimer: This article was posted by a user at Ericsson.
              Any opinions expressed are strictly those of the
              user and not necessarily those of Ericsson.

Hi,
Can anybody recommend a good source for the Timeless and Steeplechase
labels (in the US). A lot of fine musicians recorded some great music
on thes labels (Kenny Drew, NHOP, Kenny Barron,...)

Thanx,
Bassam

--
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Xref: sparky rec.music.folk:8682 rec.music.misc:29561
From: lanih@herald.Berkeley.EDU (J. Lani Herrmann)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk,rec.music.misc
Subject: Re: Modes; was: Re: Reading music - book sought.
Date: 19 Dec 1992 20:04:02 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: herald.berkeley.edu
Summary: Untangling Modal Confusion I

Permit me to try to untangle some of the confusion that surrounds use
of the term "modal." The same term seems to be used to describe at least
three distinguishable phenomena:
	1. The relatively sparse, simple sounds made by simple instruments
such as lap dulcimers (contrasted with the rich, full, chordal sounds made
by guitars, pianos, organs, ...).
	2. The unchanging fundamental drone sound of a lap dulcimer or 
bagpipe (contrasted with the shifting harmonies of "chord" instruments --
guitar, piano, ...).
	3. The archaic-sounding, uncommon (to modern sophisticated ears)
"chord" progressions, such as 
	a) the parallel movement of voices at an interval of a fifth or 
fourth, with or without intervention of other voices to "fill in" a chord;
	b) the "subtonic juncture" or "Celtic shift" supposed to be charac-
teristic of Irish or Scottish music (such as the C major chord to the D 
major, or the reverse);
	c) the use of "empty" chords lacking one or another note -- there
are a lot of supposedly modal tunes that can't seem to make up their
minds whether to be "major" or "minor"; in fact (not their fault), they 
simply lack (or avoid) the distinguishing major or minor third. 
(Sorry about the anthropomorphic language.)
	There's a lot to think about here, so I'll stop for now. -- Lani
From: sandell@chowning.CNMAT.Berkeley.EDU (Gregory J. Sandell)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: Where to buy a Bohdran (bay area)?
Date: 14 Dec 1992 18:22:51 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: ba
NNTP-Posting-Host: chowning.cnmat.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Dec14.174852.12817@leland.Stanford.EDU>  
kelleher@leland.Stanford.EDU (Michael Joseph Kelleher) writes:
> In article <1gdkk5INN37h@agate.berkeley.edu> spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu  
(Steve Pope) writes:
> >Where's a good place to shop for a bohdran (sp?)
> >in or near Berkeley or SF?
> 
> There's an Irish goods store on Geary and Taylor in downtown SF.  I  
can't

Reading this reminded me that there is a music store in the Haight Ashbury  
area that might carry bohdrans.  They had a rainmaker for sale there, and  
if they have instruments that obscure, they may have a bohdran.  Sorry I  
don't know the name, but it's clearly the largest music store in the  
Haight.
--
Greg Sandell
Research Fellow, Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT)
sandell@cnmat.cnmat.berkeley.edu
From: stegner_g@cubldr.colorado.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Woke up, it was a Chelsea (Clinton) Morning...
Date: 15 Dec 92 05:46:06 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder

In article <2B2D3A1C.15777@ics.uci.edu>, jimmys@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw) writes:
> I would like to thank all the people who took the time to reply
> to my message.  I've ordered a copy of the CD from a local Music
> store, and it should be in this week.
> 
> Thank you for your kindness, and Chelsea and I both thank you.
> 
> Jimmy
> jimmys@ics.uci.edu
> 

Hey, I've got an idea -- all fans of the President Elect's daughter should play
this song on the morning of January 20th!!

Glen.
From: spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Steve Pope)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: Stephen Foster
Date: 16 Dec 1992 07:19:07 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley -- ERL
NNTP-Posting-Host: zion.berkeley.edu

gusky@hamlet.phyast.pitt.edu (Norton Gusky) writes:

>I'm trying to put together a feature for WYEP's Calliope Edition that
>would include contemporary renditions of Foster tunes.  Hard Times, for
>example, has been recorded by the Red Clay Ramblers, Bob Dylan (most
>recently) and others.  
>What are other tunes and artists that I could use?

By far the most important recorded version of a Stephen Foster
song in the last decade is Mary Black's version of Hard Times,
on DARA-CD-010 (Mary Black Collected).

Steve
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