[rollei_list] Re: Verichrome OT
- From: Jon <jon.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:16:13 -0700
I love stories like that... Bix supposedly would lose track of a horn and have
to borrow one for a gig/session. When he was with Whiteman the band was under
contract to play Holton... Bix preferred his Bach... I picked up a Martin
Committee trumpet from a former big band player... I traded it in on a Schilke
w/o knowing that Schilke designed the Committee and that it was the preferred
horn of Miles, Clifford and possibly Chet
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On Jun 6, 2011, at 14:55, Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sanders, that wasn't just any student Sax, but one of the very famous
> Grafton saxes. From Wikipedia:
>
> "The most notable player of a Grafton saxophone was Charlie Parker.
> While in Toronto, Charlie Parker and “the quintet” were scheduled to
> perform at Massey Hall, but Parker had pawned his saxophone - some
> sources say to buy heroin. A sales representative for Grafton (or the
> owner of the company, depending upon from whom one receives the story)
> asked Parker to use a Grafton for a Massey Hall gig in May 1953.
> Although Parker was under exclusive contract to use only one type of
> saxophone whilst gigging in the United States, outside the U.S.A. he
> was free to use any sax he wished, including this Grafton. The
> recording of Parker (credited as Charlie Chan due to contract issues)
> can be heard on the CD "Jazz at Massey Hall" with Bud Powell, Dizzy
> Gillespie, Charles Mingus and Max Roach. The Grafton saxophone that
> Parker used (serial number 10265) was sold at the Christie's auction
> house in London in September 1994 for £93,500 sterling, though this
> was because of its association with a famous jazz musician rather than
> the instrument itself having any special merit. The buyer was the
> American Jazz Museum, located in Parker's home town of Kansas City,
> Missouri."
>
> I love that record, too. I had in on vinyl, but I loaned it out and
> never got it back...
>
>
> Eric Goldstein
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 4:02 PM, <sanders@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Eric, thanks for the kind words. One of my favorite jazz LPs was called
>> Jazz at Massey Hall -- it was out of print for ages but can be found now.
>> A Canadian jazz society had voted Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Mingus,
>> Bud Powell and Dizzy Gillespie the greatest jazz musicians of the day,
>> and arranged for a concert starring all five in Toronto. Parker (who is
>> credited on the LP as "Charlie Chan" because his record label forbade
>> his appearance) forgot his horn and showed up with a white plastic
>> student alto sax.
>>
>> http://pics.livejournal.com/chillldren/pic/000200s3
>>
>> Listen to the disc, and try to say how Bird's performance would have
>> been improved by a "better" horn.
>>
>>
>> From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 08:30:39 -0400
>> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Verichrome
>>
>> My father shot this very same camera and Verichrome Pan when I was a kid,
>> and he did so with similar talent and effect. I am grateful to have learned
>> the lesson early in my life that the camera is not what counts...
>> accordingly I always spent modestly on hardware but did try to shoot as much
>> film as I could afford.
>> I think a large part of what my father and Sanders are able to do is build
>> comfort, trust and a relationship with the subjects they shoot, and it shows
>> in the images. Of course, I am not just referring to Melanie, Sanders ;-)
>>
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