Roche was Sligo fiddler James Morrison's ace pupil; that's Jackie pictured with James and Paddy Sweeney on the cover of the Milestone at the Garden CD. Morrison is quoted in the liner notes thus: "I can teach Roche how to play but I cannot play myself as well." Jackie was indeed an excellent fiddler, having picked up many of Morrison's characteristic bowing and fingering tricks, but leaving his own stamp on what he played.
The jazzy guitar backing is interesting too, much like the accompaniment Estwood Davidson played behind Cape Breton fiddler Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald on his LPs, cut around the same time.
I'll post a few more of the LPs Jackie made with his various ensembles, most notably the "Kerry Dances" LP, which, I believe, was the first commercial recording of slides.
It does say 1958. This was release #6 from Avoca, assuming the serial numbers were used in chronological order. Anne Grehy, author of the liner notes, was also backed up on a couple of these LPs by the Jackie Roche Trio - another of their albums has her as one of the featured singers. The Avoca discography: http://www.oldmusicproject.com/Dalton-Avoca/Avoca-TXT-10-28-03.txt
Yuck - I don't like the playing. I guess other people must agree because
you don't hear much about this fella. He sounds like some American
New England fiddlers who aren't quite classical, Scottish, Irish or
anything in particular.
Upload - Jackie Roche, Irish Violin LP
Upload - Jackie Roche, Irish Violin LP
My first entry in the session.org upload sweepstakes. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?fncwuhq5ynx
Avoca 33-AV-106. It's been cataloged here: http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/2956
Roche was Sligo fiddler James Morrison's ace pupil; that's Jackie pictured with James and Paddy Sweeney on the cover of the Milestone at the Garden CD. Morrison is quoted in the liner notes thus: "I can teach Roche how to play but I cannot play myself as well." Jackie was indeed an excellent fiddler, having picked up many of Morrison's characteristic bowing and fingering tricks, but leaving his own stamp on what he played.
The jazzy guitar backing is interesting too, much like the accompaniment Estwood Davidson played behind Cape Breton fiddler Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald on his LPs, cut around the same time.
I'll post a few more of the LPs Jackie made with his various ensembles, most notably the "Kerry Dances" LP, which, I believe, was the first commercial recording of slides.
# Posted on August 19th 2009 by KLR
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Kevin - thanks for this. I'mlooking forward to giving it a listen.
# Posted on August 19th 2009 by nigelg
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Thanks Kevin. (I've downloaded it but not managed to play the file yet.)
# Posted on August 19th 2009 by sashiko calico
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Thank you so much Kevin! The scans of the album cover are great, too -- I can make them into my CD cover.
# Posted on August 19th 2009 by fidkid
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what do you use to open the RAR file? my realplayer says it can't play them. thanks, Don
# Posted on August 19th 2009 by Dont
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Thanks Kevin, much aprpreciated.
Dont, you need to download Winrar or similar programme. Just google it.
# Posted on August 19th 2009 by Dragut Reis
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Nice one, Kevin!
I thought I still had the Jackie Roche/Timmy Cronin album, but it seems to have wandered off with the Leitrim pixies.
Anyone interested in the Avoca label would be well advised to check Frank Dalton's page - http://www.oldmusicproject.com/daltonpage.html.
# Posted on August 19th 2009 by MacCruiskeen
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Good of you - thanks very much.
# Posted on August 19th 2009 by Martin_BC
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Very kind of you thanks
# Posted on August 19th 2009 by gam
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Frank sent me a dub of the Roche/Cronin disc, which I'll put up here at some point.
# Posted on August 19th 2009 by KLR
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Thanks Kevin. Thanks for sharing this.
# Posted on August 19th 2009 by bigyabby
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Can't quite read the date on the image of the cover. Is it 1958?
# Posted on August 19th 2009 by bigyabby
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Only had time to play one track so far but it sounds good. Thank you!
# Posted on August 19th 2009 by All Moldy
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Super!!!
# Posted on August 20th 2009 by bikejen
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It does say 1958. This was release #6 from Avoca, assuming the serial numbers were used in chronological order. Anne Grehy, author of the liner notes, was also backed up on a couple of these LPs by the Jackie Roche Trio - another of their albums has her as one of the featured singers. The Avoca discography: http://www.oldmusicproject.com/Dalton-Avoca/Avoca-TXT-10-28-03.txt
# Posted on August 20th 2009 by KLR
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Listening to it now - great stuff. Thanks a million, Kevin!
# Posted on August 20th 2009 by fuzzygreen
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Thanks Kevin!
# Posted on August 20th 2009 by airport
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this is lovely. thanks!!
# Posted on August 20th 2009 by sarahc
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Thanks. Liked that. I started off really enjoying the backing but by the end had decided that 'interesting' was a good word for it.
# Posted on August 20th 2009 by David50
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Yuck - I don't like the playing. I guess other people must agree because
you don't hear much about this fella. He sounds like some American
New England fiddlers who aren't quite classical, Scottish, Irish or
anything in particular.
# Posted on August 24th 2009 by Hup