Jimmy Raney - The Master (1983)

[wintermoon]

"The same thing, by the way, was true of the great New Orleans drummer who gave so many guys their start in jazz, Art Blakey"

Pittsburgh PA, IIRC

[Greentone]

Doh! (Greentone, as Homer). Of course, what a goofus (as the late Les Paul would say). New Orleans slipped out because of some of the guys who came through his organization. Blakey, though, was most assuredly a Pittsburgh, PA, musician, as are the great jazz guitarists, George Benson and Joe Negri (Handyman Negri on "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood). Again...DOH!

[Greentone]

Wait: D'OH! (click looper) D'OH! ... D'OH! I just accompanied myself in self-deprecation.

[wintermoon]

others off the top of my head, Ahmad Jamal, Earl Hines, Stanley and Tommy Turrentine, Gene Ludwig, Billy Eckstine, Roger Humphries, Ray Crawford, Mary Lou Williams, Jimmy Ponder, Eric Kloss.

I think even Ray Brown and Paul Chambers as well...

[silverfoxx]

Hi Navdeep,
It is gratifying to see such praise of Jimmy Raney, he was
my introduction to Jazz, (Bebop), in similar fashion to Greentone
here ,I heard him on vinyl too, whilst at school ,I was a fan of
Jimmy & Stan Getz & later Gerry Mulligan. Their music was so
far removed from anything else available at that time in the UK.
Pop music in that era was utter rubbish & I became a convert
overnight

If a may borrow a quote from Larry Graves' Artist friend.......

" God save us from ordinary people"

BTW looking through some old threads I picked up on Garrison
Fewell , a revelation, I have just received his two books which
look extremely interesting and will get to work on them.


Silverfoxx

[Encinitastubes]

I relistened to this album today. Loved it. The Master and Wisperia have a different guitar sound than But Beautiful, which is roughly from the same era. But Beautiful seems to have a bit more of a hi-fi, clearer sound. Was he playing the same guitar during this entire period? Perhaps a different amp in the studio? Any insight or guesses?