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I love it when you stumble onto a real treasure. On a whim I bought this at a market & was completely blown away.
Never heard Cal Collins before. There's some really burning tracks on this "Softly, as in a morning sunrise" is one & the ballads are gorgeous.
I believe he plays a Gretsch... Which is great to hear in this context as the notes have a real snap & punchy attack which is great to hear in Jazz.
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01-25-2021 02:51 AM
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A few months later I stumbled onto another one in a bargain bin?? Absolute bargain I reckon.
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Great player. I caught him live at Bechet's, a club in NYC.
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I still have the LP Cross Country.
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Here's a nice extended interview with Cal:
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Love that album and love Cal. He should be more widely known within the tiny jazz guitar community.
Originally Posted by gratay
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I took a lesson with Cal many years ago. Great player and a really nice person.
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I bought that same album--"Blues on My Mind"--about 40 years ago and it has long been a favorite. Found it in a used record store in Berkeley. Still have it!
I was stunned too! Why is Cal not better known?
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Originally Posted by Flat
Younger people may not be aware of Collins since there was a dispute with Concord and those albums were not released as CDs. I.e. sadly some of Cal's best recording are hard to come by. I had a friend convert all of my albums to a digital format, pops and all.
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My playlist may be nice to have for anyone that wants to listen. I get on Cal spells where he’s all I listen to for weeks on end...bout 43 tunes and some with Cal and Poole
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?l...IWsiL3U-A83wtPLast edited by BFrench; 01-25-2021 at 09:03 PM.
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This one is great, I don’t know if it ever made it to CD but someone has put the LP on youtube:
Track list:
00:00 By Myself
02:34 Where Are You
05:30 What Is This Thing Called Love
09:10 Stairway To The Stars
13:33 No Moon At All
16:30 PS I Love You
19:14 Sunrise, Sunset
23:27 The Gypsy
26:08 All The Things You Are
30:11 The Nearness of you
33:33 Route 66
36:18 Jackson County Blues
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Originally Posted by sgcim
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Originally Posted by D'Aquisto Fan
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Originally Posted by BickertRules
Surprising when some slip through the net unnoticed... Ed Bickert is another one who should have been more widely known
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Just checked my LP closet...I guess I liked it so much I bought it twice!! Wore the first one out!
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Cal and Jimmy:
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A piano player I used to play with who knew him, said he was known as a string player. He could play any instrument with strings-banjo, mandolin, violin etc... bluegrass.
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Wish I could find this whole album...
Last edited by BFrench; 01-26-2021 at 01:45 AM.
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Originally Posted by BFrench
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