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Back to "great finds made" ... Here's a great music find not in the grooves but between the pages … The other day I met up with a high school classmate from our “Class of 79” who had told me she had started selling off the jazz record collection of her deceased father and wondered if I was interested. Purchases from that collection will be on the back burner for me for the time being, but in her dad’s jazz book corner the below item caught my eye …   So I offered her 50 Euros outright for this book, which she was pleased to accept (in fact she had intimated earlier that she did not expect to make much money from disposing of her father’s books – jazz books included). As a bonus, a free copy of the “Eddie Condon Treasury of Jazz” (1st edition of 1956) came my way too.  The Bird book is in NM condition (no scuffing to speak of, no splits of the box, no loose pages - which I understand can happen with this book), just some very minor fading of the box spine. I’ve now placed an order with a specialist shop for a premium cardboard archiving box of the right size to hold the book and maintain it in its current condition on my bookshelf for the rest of my days. Needless to say, I was (and am) pleased with this find – even if the vinyl part of my inspection of that collection should come to nought.

I have long wondered what is so awful about the 1964 Live At Pep's session that it was rejected.

The NYT obit was pretty eye-opening for me. I didn't know a lot about her early life. She was definitely a survivor! I was fortunate to see her in 2019 at SFJAZZ in their small Joe Henderson Lab space with Cameron Brown. A wonderful show. Sheila Jordan, Fearless Vocal Improviser, Is Dead at 96

Great front line. Will definitely stream it, and if it's as good as it appears to be will probably by the CD, too.

When Zev released this announcement on FB today I asked him if there would be corresponding CDs for this project. His response: "... this is an analog LP series. As of now exclusive to vinyl. Thanks for your support." Fortunately I have a number of Muse albums on CD - including some of the ugly 32 Jazz releases and Woody Shaw's Muse Mosaic box. Still have some good vinyl too, but my LPs are in storage.