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Originally Posted by sgcim
When Bass Line came out Milt did a masterclass, he was a great guy, I got to talk with him for awhile afterwards and he graciously signed a few posters of his photography, I gave a couple to friends but kept the famous shot of Billie Holiday in studio holding the jar of vodka listening to the playback of her last lp (and my favorite) Lady In Satin. It's been framed on my wall since then.
There's a cool shot of Barry in the book w/one of his Strombergs, iirc he doesn't say much about him other than they used to go to baseball games, he liked to wear flannel shirts, and he smoked too much. I wonder where those guitars ended up, maybe Stromberg expert Jim Speros knows if he's still around.
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02-05-2021 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
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That one used to be on Apple Music - beautiful playing - seems to be gone now...
Originally Posted by sgcim
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Originally Posted by jmgalich
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
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Originally Posted by sgcim
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not barry...but bucky...with zoot sims, milt hinton and buddy rich...
nirvana...nice later period date
og lp cover was-
cheers
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same album?
If not, that's a GREAT album with Barry Galbraith as well. Great compin' too
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Originally Posted by PickingMyEars
cheers
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I was just listening to the Fresh Sound re-issue (probably illegal, like most of their re-issues, and some of them are needle drops!) of "The Music of John Carisi- Israel", and Galbraith is the featured soloist on Carisi's, "Barry's Tune", a great feature for guitar and big band that I'd love to play some day. There are TWO different versions of the tune!
The first one was done by John Carisi's Jazz Workshop group, and it doesn't have any pianist, so BG gets a lot of space to blow and comp on the tune. He really plays very fluently on this version, although it's a needle drop, so the sound isn't as good as it could be. The players are okay, but other than Urbie Green, BG is the best improviser in the group. This was recorded back in the mid 50s, so the sound is a little rough, but Barry is playing with a lot of drive on his solos.There's no piano, and you get to hear Barry comp like a pianist in the big band, as opposed to playing 4/4 rhythm on all the other tunes recorded by this group.
The second version on this record is the one I'm familiar with, that was recorded on the album "Into the Hot" presented by Gil Evans (but he doesn't have anything to do with the music), and it uses a larger band, filled with the NYC jazz heavyweights of the time, Phil Woods, Gene Quill,
Clark Terry, Brookmeyer etc..
This was not a needle drop, and has much better sound, but Barry doesn't sound as fluent as he did on the first version, and they give him a more treble sound.
The version is one minute longer than the first version, because Carisi adds a latin section that features a short but great Phil Woods solo. Barry's typical solo techniques are there, double-picked notes and long lines, but he doesn't sound as comfortable as the earlier version.
Still, both versions feature great music that is rarely heard these days.
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good stuff s...tho i'd imagine those "needle drops" are as much about lost masters and ancient methods of recording, as actual licensing legalities.... fs has made available much great stuff that might otherwise be even more totally forgotten!
here's the first version ...barry g features prominently...(tho intonation between players is real loose!!)
cheers
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Originally Posted by neatomic
The players are not the caliber of studio jazz players as the Into the Hot session, but Barry kills on this version.
As for legality, speak to survivors of the original artists, such as Jon Raney- he ain't gettin' a cent.Last edited by sgcim; 02-10-2021 at 05:09 PM.
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Here's the equally great later version on "Into the Hot". The ensemble playing is at a much more in tune/higher level. Barry doesn't tear into it like the first version, but he's got a lot of noce melodic ideas on it. He uses his double note picking technique nicely on one idea.
That could be either Phil or Quill on the alto sax solo, because they sounded very similar back then.
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Originally Posted by sgcim
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
In the recently published Phil Woods autobiography, Phil tells the story about how Quill was playing in Mulligan's Concert Band, and he turned his head around too fast, and his reed went right into his eye!
They called Phil to sub for him, and Mulligan fired him the first night, telling him, "You crazy Irish MFs are all the same."
Then he re-hired him the next day!
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Originally Posted by sgcim
This is a great thread, thanks to all contributors!
Haven't seen a mention of Galbraith's work on Coleman Hawkins "The Hawk Flies High"...
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Originally Posted by PhillyNash
It's always been a dream of mine to release an album with a picture of myself on the cover dressed in a suit and tie standing next to a music stand, and get credit for it without writing or playing a note!
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"Haven't seen a mention of Galbraith's work on Coleman Hawkins "The Hawk Flies High"..."
Not in this thread but recently mentioned somewhere else on the forum
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Originally Posted by sgcim
I read in the liner notes of "into the hot" that they had to convince a balking-Barry to play that tune as he felt he hadn't been doing much "real jazz" as of late. I'd like to hear the other version you mention as well.
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Barry is my fav so I'm always looking for his recordings. I like the album by Willie Rodriguez called "Flatjacks". Some good B.G. content on there.
I just love the intro and chord solo he does on "Serenata". Flatjacks by Willie Rodriguez on Apple Music
Also, his work on Coleman Hawkins' Desafinado is great, next to Howie Collins. His solo on Desafinado just gets me, for whatever reason. Just love it.
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Actually - this is one of the cooler off the beaten path ones. Straight blues - John Lee Hooker "It Serves You Right to Suffer"
- John Lee Hooker - vocals, guitar
- Barry Galbraith - guitar
- Milt Hinton - bass
- Panama Francis - drums
- William Wells - trombone on "Money"
https://open.spotify.com/album/7Fizh...QZGM7-y5QwXO7A
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Just discovered a good Barry album yesterday while listening to jazz radio in the car with a friend.
Anita O'Day "All The Sad Young Men"
Nice sounding record from R.V.G.'s Englewood Cliffs place. Lot's of good Barry stuff. Intro on "You Came A Long Way From St. Louis" and "The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men"
Great stuff. What touch and playing.
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