Anyone know what the numbers stamped on the top edge of the headstock might mean? #314 is stamped along the top edge of mine above the "G" of the Gibson name....
http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=69532 Celebration of the Jazz Guitar: Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian Rose Theater NY, NY US ...
Thanks for the reminder of what a great show that was-didn't even miss Bireli after the 1st couple tunes. I still haven't heard his excuse for the no show this...
FYI... I am posting this because of someone's comments that mention CC; what you read below is reproduced from a bittorrent site. Whatever happened to Jerry...
... <dsadowski@...> wrote: Far more interesting is the Minton's track where, it is claimed, CC is playing bass! ... that ... still ... New ... quite ... tuned ...
... wrote: Far more interesting is the Minton's track where, it is claimed, CC is playing bass! With Lester Young playing tenor, Thelonious Monk on piano and...
Considering how important the Jerry Newman recordings are to jazz history, I was surprised at how little information there is about the man on the Internet. I...
... the ... radio ... remote. ... of ... Not so! Esoteric was part of Bernard Solomon's Everest Records, 10904 Wilshire Blvd. LA. The Topsy/Savoy acetate was...
... Perhaps you'd better wait for the third edition. Problem is the stuff on wikipedia and the internet is generally written by folk that don't know!...
Although one of the Minton's/Monroe's acetates says owned by Jerry Newman, under license to Esoteric Records, there are numerous references to him being the...
What Jerry Newman told people may not have been the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Where we have a written contract that lays out his relationship with...
The Internet is another source of information, just as newspapers, books, magazines, films, TV and radio are sources of information. It is a conduit for...
As I said, I have a copy of a contract written on the Topsy/Savoy inner sleeve and that convinces me of the facts of the matter. I read and understand what...
I'm reading Dizzy: The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie by Donald L. Magin. (Don't worry, Peter, I'm ordering your book and will read it soon.) One of...
... will read it soon.) What can I say? Except see below; two items. As I said the internet has much to answer for! ... peak. ... create ... the ... would ... ...
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While there is no question that Monk and CC played together at Minton's and/or Monroe's, it is less certain that there is a definitve recording we can point...
... wrote: I guess he did not particularly like Parker's playing, and he turned off the recorder before the tune (Cherokee) was finished. This recording is...
I finally got around to reading Peter's book and it's magnificent. I can give it my highest recommendation. Anyone who is interested in CC should have a...
2-3-40: Rave review of Death Letter Blues by Ida Cox, mentions CC as playing on it an "all-star band reading like the blue book of swing." 6-1-40: Reports on...
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Francois BOUTON ... Charlie Christian: Solo Flight - The Seminal Electric Guitarist (Paperback) by Peter Broadbent (Author) I...
Really interesting ! I remember talking with Teddy Wilson in 1982 at the Hague festival about Charlie. He told me he recorded with him and a singer he did...
Teddy Wilson and CC played together on a 1940 session for singer Eddy Howard. Cc also did a session with Ida Cox, but the pianists listed for those recordings...
... <dsadowski@...> wrote: I finally got around to reading Peter's book and it's magnificent. I can give it my highest recommendation. Anyone who is...
Hi folks: A few years ago my original service provider was bought out by a bigger national service provider. Fortunately, the new provider continued to...
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