Comments on: And, On Rhythm Guitar . . . .

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 06 May 2020 23:47:08 +0000

Great story. It’s always interesting to hear about people who met/studied with Billy.

You and other readers may be interested in the master’s thesis I wrote on Billy in 2014. I interviewed many folks including: Billy’s son and daughter, Lee Konitz, Bucky Pizzarelli, and two former students. The thesis also includes discography, bibliography, two of my transcriptions of Bauer solos, and a lot of pics and rare docs from Billy’s private papers. PLUS many details about Billy’s genealogy. There’s even a picture of me playing Billy’s D’Angelico (which his son Bill still owned at the time).

Persistent url is below, but also including it here: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/43730/

I hope whoever reads it enjoys it and gets something out of it.

Steve Beck

By: Art Klempner

Art Klempner — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:46:06 +0000

I hope everyone is doing well…
Here is the rub. Throughout my years of reading this wonderful blog I have NOT seen you Blue Noter’s go ga ga for any of the original 3 sounds L.P.s ? They have the credentials for being 1st. pressings but…. I for one believe these guys swing super hard and always perform top notch. With sound from Ruddy what am I missing ?

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 20:44:53 +0000

Finally getting around to listening to these cuts — great fun! Thanks for posting these. I agree with what John says above.

By: John

John — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 00:36:05 +0000

Hi Al
This is my favorite post on JC since I started reading around five years ago.
Hearing you and Dan go at is lovely and explains the whole site really. All the things you are. Thank you

By: Al

Al — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 21:58:29 +0000

And thanks too for taking the time to listen. 🙂

By: Al

Al — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 21:57:39 +0000

JVK — thanks!

By: Art Klempner

Art Klempner — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 21:01:20 +0000

If you are interested , Billy did record an album called Plectrist for Norgram in 1956. It is quite excellent. It ain’t no Blue Note…

By: JVK

JVK — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:13:03 +0000

More musicality in those two clips than any band in which I ever played!

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:06:12 +0000

A wonderful story. Thank you Al for sharint your memories. And Dan is a privileged man to have been a student with Billy Bauer. I just listened to Billy’s intro to Kary’s Trance on Lee Konitz’ Atlantic album. What a gifted artist he was!

By: Dan Axelrod

Dan Axelrod — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 20:31:14 +0000

Yeah…….I guess if I truly was gonna get with the program, I would’ve left out Rudy’s & Springfield. But names are funny things. When Carol gets the “Al” ball rolling, not to confuse the issue, I’ll often say “Put Al on the phone”. And reading “Danny” makes me aware that when I hear that, I know it’s someone from way back. Once in a cinnamon grove in a small village in Sri Lanka, I heard someone yelling “Hey Danny…Danny”…….and I started looking around, seeing if I could spot Nuts, or Chops, or Gary Bandiero…..till I realized I was in FUCKING SRI LANKA! The yell had nothing to do with me.