Comments on: A Blues Walk & A Visit to A Shrine

By: don-lucky

don-lucky — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:10:40 +0000

Thanks CeeDee, Pat really cooked on the B3 that night! I seriously could have stayed at the Vanguard all that week… Check out this great bio I found about Rudy on-line, it really adds another dimension to the legend, and his legacy:
http://jazzstudiesonline.org/files/RudyVanGelder.pdf

By: ceedee

ceedee — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:26:59 +0000

Nice writeup,Don.Pat Bianchi is a favorite of mine. I’m glad to see him getting some overdue exposure with Papa Lou! As for “Ready Rudy”,he may be like a lot of the musicians he’s recorded over the decades-content to carry the music in his head and his heart. Those of us who missed it the first time can debate which pressing sounds “better”,the New York or the 47w.,the mono or the stereo. I’m grateful he was there then.since his talent enables me to join him in the studio each and every night-an experience as close as my turntable or cd player.

By: don-lucky

don-lucky — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:44:22 +0000

…Just in case anyone was wondering, Rudy seems to prefer ‘STEREO’ pressings. (Then again, maybe that’s all they sent him, who knows !)