WFMU RADIO: Give The Drummer Some 12/30/14

Listener comments!

5:53pm Gary:

What time is it?

5:53pm Doug Schulkind:

Par-tay time.

5:54pm Gary:

I believe it's spelled Par-TAY

5:55pm Doug Schulkind:

I defer to you, gaRY.

5:57pm ndbob:

evening Doug, Gary, everyone!

5:58pm Doug Schulkind:

Hello, ndbob!

🥁

5:59pm listener james from westwood:

Howdy, Doug and all!

5:59pm Doug Schulkind:

Hidey hidey hidey ho, Listener James!

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6:06pm listener james from westwood:

Ooh, you remind me of one of my favorite New Year's Eve parties, featuring among other things "The Blues Brothers" and lots of piña coladas.

6:07pm Doug Schulkind:

What could go wrong, amirite, Listener James?!

6:07pm ndbob:

Heya James!

6:08pm Doug Schulkind:

I once talked on the phone with Slide Hampton. An elegant gentleman. An impeccable stylist. (And that was just his phone manners. He was a helluva trombonist, too.)

6:12pm Doug Schulkind:

This is one of the most recorded songs in human history. It's crazy that Thelonious Monk was essentially cheated out 2/3 of the royalties.

6:18pm Doug Schulkind:

The late, great Raphe Malik on trumpet here. This was recorded at Sam Rivers' loft Studio Rivbea in '72.

6:21pm Gary:

Wow, just read the Wikipedia page for the song. I didn't know most of it, but I especially didn't know about the "versions" that Emanuele Arciuli commissioned.

6:22pm Doug Schulkind:

Like Malik, Jimmy Lyons died young. The both passed in their mid-50s. Bru tal.

I looked long and hard for the Frederic Rzewski version, Gary.

6:24pm davex:

Hey, it is indeed around midnight around here.

🥁

6:24pm listener james from westwood:

I'm of half a mind to shift my new year's celebration to my birthday, which is almost smack dab in the middle of the year. It's more meaningful to me than an artificial calendar and the weather's a lot less depressing. (The Southern Hemisphere really won the coin toss on 12/31 weather.)

6:24pm Holly in NC:

How-DY from Hol-LY!

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6:25pm listener james from westwood:

Hello, ndbob, Gary, davex, and Holly!

6:26pm Doug Schulkind:

davex! Holly in NC! So glad you could come!

6:27pm davex:

Hey Doug, Holly, James, Gary....

6:31pm ndbob:

Heya Holly and Dave!

6:33pm Richard from Venezuela:

Happy New Year to Doug and listeners.

6:33pm Doug Schulkind:

Richard!! How have you been?!

6:34pm Richard from Venezuela:

Good. Chillin' with this amazing set.

6:35pm Doug Schulkind:

@Gary
FYI, there is a video on YouTube of Emanuele Arciuli performing George Crumb's version.

6:35pm northguineahills:

Howdy Doody!

6:35pm Doug Schulkind:

Enn Gee Aiche!

6:38pm Doug Schulkind:

George Russell's arrangement here is so fantastic. Of course, anything with Eric Dolphy could be described as such.

6:38pm Holly in NC:

I used to have a hard time reconciling Baden Powell with Sir. Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts. Seriously confused ;-)

6:40pm Doug Schulkind:

One was a repressed homosexual, the other wasn't. Do I even need to go further?

6:40pm doca:

Hey guys, happy new year to all! I'm checking in late today

6:41pm Doug Schulkind:

Happy old year, doca!

6:41pm doca:

Oh I'm missing some Round About Midnight tunes

6:42pm Doug Schulkind:

We're going a bit long this evening. There's no Kaminsky Kamoutsky toes to step on, at least.

6:43pm doca:

@Holly: Baden Powell's father put this name on him because he was a fan of Sir. Robert Baden-Powell.
@Doug: Really? I was going to say you could do a show well over one hour of only Round About Midnight versions

6:43pm northguineahills:

@Holly: As an Eagle Scout, I always had the same problem.

6:45pm Carmichael:

Is it too late to give the drummer some?? I have been out doing constructive thongs, like getting drunk on my week off.

6:45pm Carmichael:

Ha ha, "things" ....

6:47pm doca:

docaca

6:48pm northguineahills:

jaja, doca!

6:49pm Doug Schulkind:

@Carmichael
Constructive Thongs is rated XXX, I believe.

6:50pm Gary:

Hey, wait -- I think I bought a CD by this guy at the WFMU record fair

6:51pm Doug Schulkind:

@Gary
For a long while, he was giving his stuff away online. Then he started selling it. Now some is even "out of print."

6:52pm doca:

The boy's a merchandising wonder

6:56pm ndbob:

I need to get going - excellent show Doug!

6:56pm davex:

Thanks for rounding out my day, Doug! And good night everyone...

6:57pm Doug Schulkind:

I could have filled six hours with version of this song and only been getting started. No self-respecting improvisor from the 1950s to the present day hasn't played 'Round Midnight at some point.

@davex
You square!

6:57pm Holly in NC:

@ngh - Gold Award holdin' Girl Scout here ;-) (Eagle equivalent)
I remember watching a "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" contestant blow their chances by not knowing that that Juliette Low founded the US Girl Scouts in Savannah Georgia, and crying in frustration.

@doca - Seriously?! That's amazing!

6:58pm northguineahills:

Super awesome happy New Year, y'all!

I knew it was founded in Savannah, but forgot the founder's name.

6:59pm doca:

@Holly: Yeah it's not like they accidentally have the same name.

6:59pm Carmichael:

Happy New Year was founded in Savannah?!?

7:00pm doca:

@Doug: That Jimmy Lyons box set was released by Ayler in 1972 or recorded in 1972 and later released by Ayler?

7:00pm Doug Schulkind:

So long, ndbob. Have a wonderful tomorrow!

7:00pm Doug Schulkind:

Let's get microtonal.

7:01pm Doug Schulkind:

@doca
The Jimmy Lyons performance from 1972 was never released until Ayler included it on their 5-CD boxed set a few years ago.

7:03pm doca:

@Doug: Yeah stupid question, I was just thinking about the date over there. That Ayler box set is amazing.

7:04pm Doug Schulkind:

@doca
If you hunt around a bit, the Jimmy Lyons box set is downloadable...

7:05pm doca:

Yeah I got it on soulseek a few years ago, then my external HD crashed and I lost all the jazz I've got (I have almost always to rely on illegal ways of getting music. Sorry)

7:05pm Gary:

This is so beautiful

7:06pm Doug Schulkind:

No apologies necessary in this corner of the Internet, doca.

7:06pm doca:

@Doug: Do you remember or stumbled upon a blog called moneydown that put online whole discographies of free jazz musicians to download a few years ago?

7:07pm Gary:

Thanks for another great evening Doug!

🥁

7:07pm listener james from westwood:

Love these single-song surveys. Thanks, Doug!! Happy New Year to anyone I don't happen to see tomorrow!

7:07pm doca:

I love them too. Thanks, Doug

7:09pm Doug Schulkind:

As always, my deepest pleasure!

7:10pm Holly in NC:

Happy New Year all!

7:11pm Doug Schulkind:

See you next year, everyone!

Cootie Williams & His Orchestra	'Round Midnight	b/w Somebody's Gotta Go (Hit 1944)
Slide Hampton Octet	'Round About Midnight	Live at Birdland (unreleased 1961)
Chris Connor	'Round Midnight	Chris in Person (Atlantic 1959)
Jimmy Lyons Quartet	'Round Midnight	The Box Set (Ayler 1972)

Dokaka	'Round Midnight
Kazutoki Umezu & Mal Waldron	'Round Midnight	Another Step (Union Jazz 1982)
Newband with Dean Drummond	"Round Midnight	Live at Merkin Hall (unreleased 1995)

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Benny Carter & His Strings	'Round Midnight	Alone Together (Norgran 1956)
Bob Cooper	'Round Midnight	Group Activity (Affinity 1955)
Baden Powell	Round About Midnight	Jazz Meets the World (MPS 1968)
George Russell	'Round Midnight	Ezz-thetics (Riverside 1961)