[TPIN] Mike Vax's comments regarding liner notes

[Leon Merian]

I knew Roy well Richard and what he meant was he liked to hear a note
SIZZLE.
Need I say  more.......................Leon  Merian
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> In a message dated 2/3/07 5:11:02 PM, tpin-request at tpin.okcu.edu writes:
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> Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:29:15 -0500
> From: William Ash <wdmash at optonline.net>
> Subject: Re: [TPIN] Mike Vax's comments regarding liner notes
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> Here's my liner note anecdote.
>
> I got my first Roy Eldridge album (vinyl LP) when I was in high school. In
> the liner notes, Roy was quoted as saying, "I love to hear a note
cracking."
>
> Well, cool, I thought, Roy knows that sometimes you try for a note and
> don't quite get it, but he appreciates that you're trying and pushing
> yourself. For years -- decades -- I remembered this quote and relied on it
> for moral support whenever I needed it after a particularly heinous crack.
>
> Fast forward about 25 years, to a few years ago. I pulled out that Roy
> Eldridge LP and played it again, and read the liner notes again. It
> actually says "I love to hear a note CRACKLING" (emphasis added). Roy was
> not defending any imprecise attacks, he just likes some sizzle in the
> sound! And all those years, I thought it was OK to crack because Roy said
> so....
>
> (Possibly in my defense, I will add that I just looked at the LP again and
> "crackling" was hyphenated and split over two lines like this:
>
> I love to hear a note crack-
> ling
>
> which might have made it easier to miss the L. Maybe.)
>
> Oh well. Gotta go practice my attacks now.
>
>
> Bill Ash >>
>
> Hahahahahaha!!!!!   That's excellent.  Thank you for the
> much needed laugh.
>
> It is important to realize that young players who do NOT
> experience the same "total picture" that coma with LP's
> (all their artwork and liner notes) will not know that
> added pleasure, and will NOT know that something more
> could accompany their listening and learning enjoyment.
> Whipped Cream and Other Delights - need I say more?
>
> Richard Waddell
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