[78-L] Ezzard Charles bass player

Sat Nov 28 16:52:40 PST 2015

Yes, former heavyweight champion.

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>   1.  Ed McCurdy - recording with Peter Weldon (Thomas Stern)
>   2. Re:  Ezzard Charles (Bud)
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> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 16:35:16 -0500
> From: Thomas Stern <sternth at attglobal.net.invalid>
> Subject: [78-L] Ed McCurdy - recording with Peter Weldon
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>  There are 2 McCurdy LPs issued by FOLK-ART (Mount Vernon Music) in 1964,
> which credit McCurdy vocals and guitar, Weldon on banjo. Peter Weldon
> remembers a session done in Canada in the late 50's with Ed, but is unaware
> it was released.
> There is a Canadian LP on the CAPRI label (circa 1956) which credits  only
> Ed McCurdy. However, ALL the songs on that LP are also among the songs on
> the 2 FOLK-ART discs. I have not been able to listen to the CAPRI album. If
> anyone has it, please let me know if any of the selections have banjo
> accompaniment, or if you have a source which indicates the CAPRI and FOLK
> ART recordings are the same recordings. THANKS!
>  Below I've listed the known details of the 3 albums.
>  Does anyone know of any other album which has the selections on the
> FOLK-ART releases which were NOT on the CAPRI album ???
> THANKS!
> Best wishes, Thomas.
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> CAPRI (Canada) C 507 LET'S SING OUT       LP c.1956   
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> [stampers ARC-CAPRI 507 S1/S2] 
> Ed McCurdy
> A1 Let me fly
> A2 Drawdad song [Crawdad Song]
> A3 If I get lost
> A4 Old zip Coon
> A5 Henry Martin
> A6 The keeper
> B1 Buffalo gals
> B2 Pay day at Coal Creek
> B3 Ezekiel
> B4 Kings highway
> B5 Pick a bale of cotton
> B6 Careless love
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> all the above songs are on the following FOLK-ART albums, marked with *.
> 
> FOLK ART FLP 5001 SONGS I LEARNED COMIN' THRU THE GREAT SMOKIES
> LP 1964 Billboard Aug 15, 1964 new releases
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> Ed McCurdy, guitar ; Peter Weldon, banjo
> 
> [stampers show BD-6-63 date, A-0060-1/2, P-5003-1/2, FLP 5001-1/2]
> Produced and liner notes by George Alpert
> *A1 The Keeper
> *A2 Ezekiel
> *A3 Pick a Bale of Cotton
> A4 I Can't Feel At Home in this World Anymore
> A5 Wrangle Tangle Gypsies
> A6 Jacob's Ladder
> B1 Blame Me Not for Weeping
> B2 Poor Little Jesus
> B3 Hullabaloo Belay
> B4 Jack O'Diamonds
> B5 I'm Sad and I'm Lonely
> B6 I Will Give My Love an Apple
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> FOLK ART FLP 5006 SYMBOLS OF THE TIME       LP 1965
> 
> Ed McCurdy, guitar 
> Peter Weldon, banjo
> Produced and liner notes by George Alpert
> *A1 Let Me Fly
> *A2 Crawdad Song
> *A3 If I Get Lost
> *A4 Old Zip Coon
> *A5 Henry Martin
> *A6 Buffalo Gals
> *B1 Pay Day AT GOLD CREEK
> *B2 King's Highway
> *B3 Careless Love
> B4 Durant Jail
> B5 Barnyard Song
> B6 Venezuela
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> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:25:18 -0500
> From: Bud <banjobud at cfl.rr.com.invalid>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Ezzard Charles
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> Is this the former heavyweight champion?
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>> On Nov 27, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Dennis Flannigan <dennis.flannigan at gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
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>> Charles was also a respected double bass
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bass>player who played with some of
>> the jazz greats in the 1940s and 1950s at such notable places as Birdland
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdland_(jazz_club)> (jazz composer George
>> Russell <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Russell_(composer)> wrote the
>> famous tune "Ezz-Thetic" in his honor).
>> 
>> Dennis Flannigan
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