That audio from Buddy is only part of the story; we're missing the band's reaction: Once I saw a comic book / cartoon version of the "Bus Tapes." Buddy's rant transcribed with pictures. Priceless. http://jonmccaslinjazzdrummer.blogspot.com/2012/04/seinfeld-buddy-rich.html http://3.bp.blog...

The big $$ comes from royalties and mechanical rights. Session guys don't get either of those, generally. JR may have played on Thriller, but he doesn't get $.01 based on sales. I do not recall reading about needing to be in a band to qualify for the list, you just need to make $$. The way to do tha...

I also put together a DVD of Tony performances from the MT Fuji Jazz festival also at DIME: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=416852 http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii373/matthughen/Screenshot2012-08-17at41448PM.png Duration: 2:57:19 Data Size: 4.31 GB Bit Rate: 3.48 Mbps Video Tr...

So this Montreux 71 footage has always been some of the very poorest Tony Williams footage to exist and circulate. It is a GREAT show, so as a fan I have suffered through the bad video quality many times. Well, in the last few months a substantial video upgrade (still with poor audio) appeared and l...

^ I was just about to post that same video. That striped sweater is forever etched in my mind as I have seen that video so much. BET, in the mid late 80's, used to play Jazz concerts at night. They used to run this and Sonny Rollins with Jack at Montreal from the same year. I made VHS tapes of these...

Hey Fabio. Not much is known about the Carrboro gig. Carrboro is in North Carolina and most guesses have the venue as the college campus, University of North Carolina, but the exact venue is not known. The proper term for the method of filming would be "audience shot" with a "handheld...

Dennis ca. 1980 with Funkadelic playing Sonors. http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii373/matthughen/Screenshot2012-08-11at82337PM.png I got tired of the Brides of Funkenstein not haing their entire set on youtube . . . so here it is. It's ALL Dennis. Great guitar from Dwayne Blackbird McKnight of He...

^Thanks, Steve, for the great forum in which to do it!

It started with a question from Darius that led to me getting 8 clips from Efthimios. I put them together and now we have this! If you should look for upgrades one would come from somebody whose version does NOT have the "vinnie colaiuta" stamp at the bottom right. If somebody has a full l...

ROY!! Glad you are still checkin out the videos. Some of my Vinnie stuff came from you as I recall. Keep an eye out. I got something new coming up soon;)