Posted by lon [ 209.103.198.87 ] on June 11, 2005 at 16:12:02:
In Reply to: Re: Monty Alexander posted by manualblock on June 05, 2005 at 11:49:40:
I'm not acquainted with this series nor would I know how to get them.
BTW, not only Ann Bancroft recently passed. Also Oscar Brown Jr.
He is someone who is often overlooked in the period of the 60's
to the present. I can still recall airchecking some of his
songs from a table radio to reel to reel from a station in
New York. And I can remember the lyrics to a Brazilian melody
he did as I write this.
The classics are well-preserved. My concern is always those things
which may be forgotten and are only contained within memory.
That's the function of online archiving and point to point distribution.
Even acts that have long standing 'appreciation societies' as
they call them in England (or fan clubs as we know them) seem
to have a problem keeping the artists work available.
At this point I always think of the English band leader Ted Heath.
Not all of Ted Heath's work is memorable. It's mostly a dance band
and the fan club shows members in snooty settings in tuxedos. :-|
(At one time I got some sample newsletters from the group.)
But there was a Golden Age of this band in the early to mid 60's
that had (for me) the best arrangements and performances I had
ever heard. These became The Paladium Concerts. And the Paladium
Concerts are out of print and hard to find.
That Monty Alexander record called "Here Comes The Sun" was put out
by a German label called BASF-- prob'ly associated with the
tape manufacturer. There is no reason for them to hold such
things out of print. And so, if a file share can find these, I'd use it.
I'm rambling now. 
But writing about Germany, I heard a band
... a studio group under the direction of a fellow named Jiggs Whigham. Carmen McCrae has performed with that band as well as
Alan Farnharm.
In all this I wonder about all the things I haven't heard at all.
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