tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4135368868814715362.post5986471951226737657..comments2023-12-13T12:11:58.062-05:00Comments on Hook's Gems: Artie Shaw and The Gramercy 5 - the last recordingsHookfingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06816245202450112095noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4135368868814715362.post-33374292006398327822009-12-20T01:22:43.435-05:002009-12-20T01:22:43.435-05:00Sounds like a wonderful recording and an invitatio...Sounds like a wonderful recording and an invitation to search for more David Stone Martin - beautiful touch in the brushwork, bold graphic sense in the treatment of the individual forms and the caligraphic title is as wonderfully sloppy as the contemporary Ed Fella. What a discovery. Many thanks.Andrew52https://www.blogger.com/profile/09944628391064012402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4135368868814715362.post-27083501991652285462009-12-18T20:33:38.019-05:002009-12-18T20:33:38.019-05:00Great stuff, as were the earlier Gramercy 5 record...Great stuff, as were the earlier Gramercy 5 recordings! I believe ALL of these late sessions are available on 4 cds in Artie Shaw: The Last Recordings, Vol. 1: 1954 (recently reissued on Nimbus) & "More Last Recordings (on Music Masters Jazz & OOP, but check Amaz. mktplc.). Well worth these!Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12381826503326404624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4135368868814715362.post-48069830453985500292009-12-15T02:09:29.368-05:002009-12-15T02:09:29.368-05:00Thanks for this one. The personnel for this 1954 s...Thanks for this one. The personnel for this 1954 session (about 10 years after the last of the more famous Gramercy 5 sessions) was<br />Shaw<br />Joe Roland vibes<br />Hank Jones piano<br />Tal Farlow guitar<br />Tommy Potter bass<br />Irv Kluger drums<br />Not a bad line-up !Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826327765316181308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4135368868814715362.post-48660318920743626632009-12-12T08:37:29.491-05:002009-12-12T08:37:29.491-05:00First heard the Gramercy 5 on a compilation album ...First heard the Gramercy 5 on a compilation album and was hooked! Looking forward to this. And, yes, who could resist a David Stone Martin cover?neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675829691958622769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4135368868814715362.post-92172687428617407352009-12-12T02:31:30.399-05:002009-12-12T02:31:30.399-05:00Great story behind the album / tape / disc -- I ca...Great story behind the album / tape / disc -- I can't wait to hear the actual music!<br /><br />Thanks a bunch.bluenotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09909814763448219040noreply@blogger.com