Yeah Man...I Remember Stanley....I used to gig with him in the 1980's....What a perfect gentleman...And suprisedly agile on complex Jazz Standards... The next one up, Julie London, would loved to have played with her....not gigged, but 'played' with.... She was like every man's dream...Beautiful, talented, intelligent....Well I guess some guys don't need the 'intelligent' quotient; lol; But I understand she was very intelligent, disarmingly so, a quality unfortunately not usually expected along with beauty ...and in that respect...not totally unlike our very own Queen....
Stanley Turrentine wrote on the back of one of his albums...I believe "Live at Minton's, that when he toured he liked to do mainly originals because it cut down on people sitting-in...He said "You don't want people sitting in because you never know when you'll run into a Mickey Fields in Baltimore....Someone you never heard of but was sooo 'BAD' he could make the greatest horn player in the world sound like a child....." Curtis Fuller told me he was stationed in the Army Band with Cannonball and Nat Adderley in Baltimore...The first weekend off they went into town. He asked Cannon where's your horn? and Cannon just laughed. Some of the other cats said you don't want to bring your horn where we're going....Later that night he heard Mickey Fields and said Cannon walked up to him and said "See why I left my horn on the base?" I grew up playing with Mickey Fields in Baltimore....Here's a taste of some Ghetto-Bop...Now Mickey could play sooo smooth and I heard him waste Dexter Gordon, and he wasted Wynton Marsalis, so bad...running Giant Steps through every key,and then took him apart on trumpet....Johnny Griffen and Stitt were the only ones I know of who could hold their own...But truth be known, Mickey wasn't a competitive cat...He was am Angel, a real sweetheart. But here he's not playing smooth...This is some Ghetto-Tenor....and Oh Yeah, this is Groove Holmes on Organ: He also played Bass, Trombone, Flute, piano, Alto, and better Trumpet than me....lol
I know how that is, you wait for the station call and it fades just as it is announced. Sometimes you can still get some interesting things via SW.
Sadly, here is his obit in The Baltimore Sun. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-01-20/news/1995020066_1_jazz-musician-mickey-playing-the-sax BTW: He seems to be one of those who filled even the rests in the song with soul! Excellent version and Grooves was giving him ample background. Here is some more on Mickey Fields. http://talk.baltimoresun.com/showthread.php?t=154204 JFields posted a video of his Dad Mickey playing Harlem Nocturne.
That Harlem Nocture is funny...the Organ player definitly doesn't know it....See see Micky telling him some of the changes...and he has to end it soon with no solo.....But Mickey would rather do it that way than have a sheet of music on the bandstand...No Music on Mickey's bandstand...He said it's better to sound bad on the tune a few times, but once you know it you really know it. As opposed to just reading it and then you only know the one set of changes that were on the chart...At least that was the "Baltimore Way"...He called Coltranes "Moments Notice" on me the first time I played with him and I reached for a Real-Book and he said no music. So I went to sit down and he grabbed my shirt collar and wouldn't let me leave...I was petrified. Hard tune man...I sounded awful...But you can bet I KNEW it by tomorrow night
Ben Sidran - Gotta Serve Somebody Bob Dylan song gone ultra jazz cool! The address on YouTube carries you to a website and here is the writeup translated from French via Google Translate. http://www.chroniquemusicale.com/?s=ben sidran Gotta Serve Somebody - Ben SidranBenoit On January 10, 2011 · Leave a comment · JazzDifferent Dylan Live In Paris At The New Morning - Ben Sidran European QuintetOn had already presented the proposed Ben Sidran about Bob Dylan here. It was after a tour of jazz clubs around the world, he returns with a live album recorded at New Morning (Paris) on April 29, 2010 quintet (with it must be emphasized, the presence of Erik Truffaz on trumpet).This recording brings together more pieces of spontaneity, improvisation of the musicians present, interactions with the public, he offers us a wonderful introduction.For about 3 minutes at the beginning of the song Gotta Serve Somebody, Ben Sidran between slams and poetry, recounts an anecdote quite delicious on Bob Dylan and the reason for this project again (Dylan Different). It is extremely fine, intelligent, and fair.Following this line of the song continues, particularly through a great solo piano, motivated, undeniably delighted.Listen to following the break[...]Rate this song4.0 / 5 (3 votes)Tag (s): Ben Sidran • Good Music Something extra...
