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Minutes of the January 21, 2001 Meeting of the Atlanta Audio Society and Eddie Carter's CD Jazz Playlist

This meeting featured a Jazz Appreciation presentation by Eddie Carter. Eddie played 12 specific jazz selections, describing the history and musicians behind each piece. It was truly a great listening event for all. Specific information on the selections, and the information about each,may be seen just below.

Our host for the day was AAS member Mike Mastzal. We met in his home, which includes a listening demo room used in his audio retail business, Sounds Right Audio. Meeting programs here are always a pleasure and there was an overflow crowd in the family room. Again honoring us was Pascal Ravach, who is president of Mutine, Inc. The sound was first rate and quite engaging as usual with the primarily French gear, including allot of tubes in the chain.

Keeping these notes brief, we successfully conducted the election of 2001 Audio Society officers. There was only one announced candidate per office, and all won by acclamation. We are especially pleased to welcome Denny Meeker as our new President. A complete listing of officers may be found on the main web page.

The Society thanks Eddie, Pascal, and Mike for yet another great program of great recordings and audio!

Respectively submitted,

Thomas Horner, Secretary.

Edward Carter and All That Jazz!
Hidden Treasures No Longer
Jan 2001


LEROY VINNEGAR-WESTERN CIVILIZATION BLUES
BOSS OF THE WALKING BASS (2000)
JAZZ FOCUS RECORDS JFCD036
JESSICA WILLIAMS-PIANO; LEROY VINNEGAR-ACOUSTIC BASS; MEL BROWN-DRUMS.
RECORDED LIVE AT ATWATER'S-PORTLAND, OREGON

DAVE D'ANGELO AND SECTION 8-FANCY FREE
IN A MINUTE (2000)
DOUBLE-TIME RECORDS DTRCD-160
DAVE D'ANGELO, ANDY FUSCO-ALTO SAX; WALT WEISKOPF, STEVE MARCUS-TENOR SAX;
JACK STUCKEY-BARITONE SAX; JOEL WEISKOPF, TARDO HAMMER-PIANO; PHIL
PALOMBI-ACOUSTIC BASS; STEVE DAVIS-DRUMS.

ITHAMARA KOORAX-MAS QUE NADA
SERENADE IN BLUE (1999)
JAZZ STATION RECORDS/MILESTONE MCD-9301-2
ITHAMARA KOORAX-VOCALS; GONZALO RUBALCABA-ACOUSTIC PIANO; JOSÈ ROBERTO
BERTRAMI-ELECTRIC PIANO; ALEX MALHEIROS-ELECTRIC BASS; IVAN CONTI-DRUMS;
DOM
UM RAMÀO, LAUDIR DE OLIVEIRA-PERCUSSION.

JANE MONHEIT-NEVER LET ME GO
NEVER NEVER LAND (2000)
N-CODED MUSIC NC-407-2
JANE MONHEIT-VOCALS; DAVID "FATHEAD" NEWMAN-TENOR SAX; KENNY BARRON-PIANO;
RON CARTER-ACOUSTIC BASS; LEWIS NASH-DRUMS.

MJT + 3-OLD IMAGES (ALT. TAKE)
MESSAGE FROM WALTON STREET (2000)
KOCH JAZZ KOC-CD-8858
WILLIE THOMAS-TRUMPET; FRANK STROZIER-ALTO SAX; HAROLD MABERN-PIANO; BOB
CRANSHAW-BASS; WALTER PERKINS-DRUMS.

SIMON PHILLIPS/JEFF BABKO-DOUBLETAKE
VANTAGE POINT (2000)
JAZZLINE JL 1159-2
WALT FOWLER-TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN; BRANDON FIELDS-TENOR SAX; JEFF
BABKO-PIANO;
DAVE CARPENTER-ACOUSTIC BASS; SIMON PHILLIPS-DRUMS.

NNENNA FREELON-BETTER THAN ANYTHING
SOULCALL (2000)
CONCORD JAZZ CCD-4896
NNENNA FREELON-VOCALS; JAMES SANDON-TENOR SAX; TAKANA MIYAMOTO-PIANO;
WAYNE
BACHELOR-BASS; WOODY WILLIAMS-DRUMS.

NNENNA FREELON-STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT
SOULCALL (2000)
NNENNA FREELON-VOCALS; TAKE 6-BACKGROUND VOCALS.

LOUIS ARMSTRONG-STAR DUST
THE BEST OF KEN BURNS' "JAZZ" (2000)
COLUMBIA/LEGACY CK 61439
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN (1994)
COLUMBIA/LEGACY C4K 57176
LOUIS ARMSTRONG-TRUMPET, VOCALS; ZILNER RANDOLPH-TRUMPET; PRESTON
JACKSON-TROMBONE; LESTER BOONE, GEORGE JAMES-ALTO SAX; ALBERT
WASHINGTON-TENOR SAX; CHARLIE ALEXANDER-PIANO; MIKE MCKENDRICK-BANJO,
GUITAR; JOHN LINDSAY-BASS; TUBBY HALL-DRUMS.

BENNY GOODMAN-KING PORTER STOMP
THE BEST OF KENS BURNS' "JAZZ" (2000)
COLUMBIA/LEGACY CK 61439
SING, SING, SING (1988)
RCA/BLUEBIRD 5630-2-RB
PURE GOLD (1992)
RCA/BLUEBIRD 50973-2
BUNNY BERIGAN, NATE KAZEBIER, RALPH MUZZILLO-TRUMPET; RED BALLARD, JACK
LACEY-TROMBONE; BENNY GOODMAN-CLARINET; TOOTS MONDELLO, HYMIE
SCHETZER-ALTO
SAX; DICK CLARK, ART ROLLINI-TENOR SAX;
FRANK FROEBA-PIANO; GEORGE VAN EPS-GUITAR; HARRY GOODMAN-BASS; GENE
KRUPA-DRUMS.

ARTIE SHAW-BEGIN THE BEGUINE
THE BEST OF KEN BURNS' "JAZZ" (2000)
COLUMBIA/LEGACY CK 61439
BEGIN THE BEGUINE (1988)
RCA/BLUEBIRD 6274-2-RB
JOHN BEST, CLAUDE BOWEN, CHUCK PEARSON-TRUMPET; GEORGE ARUS, HARRY ROGERS,
TED VESELY-TROMBONE; ARTIE SHAW-CLARINET; HANK FREEMAN, LES ROBINSON-ALTO
SAX; TONY PASTOR, RONNIE PERRY-TENOR SAX; LES
BURNESS-PIANO; AL AVOLA-GUITAR; SID WEISS-BASS; CLIFF LEEMAN-DRUMS.

SIMON RATTLE/CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA-TAKE THE "A" TRAIN
CLASSIC ELLINGTON-BLUE NOTE/EMI CLASSICS 72435-57014-2 (2000)
SOLOS: CLARK TERRY-TRUMPET; BOBBY WATSON-ALTO SAX; JOSHUA REDMAN, JOE
LOVANO-TENOR SAX; REGINA CARTER-VIOLIN; RHYTHM SECTION: GERI ALLEN-PIANO;
PETER WASHINGTON-BASS; LEWIS NASH-DRUMS

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