bertrand

Gun = not sexy

Someone with a connection to Blue Note should find out what they have in place to avoid this.

Could it have been another sign of ill health?

The photo on the Resonance cover shows a huge bump on his forehead. What could that be?

That may be true.

The lost 1963 sessions came from a copy that Coltrane took home. The copy was in Naima's possession, along with outtakes from the Johnny Hartman sessions etc. But there are also unissued sessions from 1967. Those may have been lost in the fire. But was Coltrane still taking tapes home at that point? Those would not have been in Naima's possession, of course. Alice would have had them. Was she as meticulous at keeping material as Naima was? I asked this question on Facebook and tagged Ravi, but nothing so far. He does not pop up a whole lot. Between this and the Atlantic fire, a lot of priceless items may have been lost. BUT there may be second generation copies of some of the material floating around. The existence of these for at least two of the Atlantic sessions has been discussed on this board, and at least one is about to come out. It behooves the Jazz community to put their thinking caps on and try to figure out what could still be salvaged. Some ideas to start: 1. How did those Atlantic tapes surface and could the same source(s) be in possession of other tapes? I have heard the argument 'they would have surfaced by now' but that is nonsense. Things surface every day, e.g. the Larry Young Paris tapes. I knew years before Feldman that tapes existed, but I never knew if they would ever surface. There are 7 billion people on earth, anyone of them could find a tape, in theory. 2. Was Coltrane the only one who took tapes home from the RVG studios? Did any other studios let artists take tapes home? Were ALL these tapes lost when the artists got divorced or died? Maybe some widows have tapes at home they never thought of telling anyone about. Take the Mingus Detroit sessions. Roy Brooks had them and his widow kept them. Yes, families are often clueless, but not always. 3. And then there can be some flukey situations. For example, very few people seem to be aware that Rutgers has copies of some Blue Note tapes. Despite my best efforts, I could never find out what they have. All I wanted to do was make an inventory. Are they copies of what is in the Capitol vaults, or tapes that exist nowhere else? Just some thoughts. Bertrand.

Thanks!

Realgone put out the twofer, right? We could start with them. If they find it and it is releasable and Denardo says yes, and it is long enough, tack on the single and you have a great CD. Maybe there is more in the vaults. Is Crisis the full concert? Jazzdisco.org does not show more songs. But what is the Stating The Case from early 1970s? Live or studio? Someone put it out. Has anyone heard it?

The issue was whether that was investigated at the time of the release. They also left off the Man on the Moon single... That's why I said 'could have been'. They were on a twofer CD 2-3 years ago. The audience can be heard on Ornette at 12.

So this Sun Suite could have been on the Ornette at 12/Crisis CD? That sucks.

Dee Dee Bridgewater's acceptance speech was a travesty. She complained that the $25K was not enough to pay for making her next CD...

I nominated Joe Chambers 5 years ago, they keep them in the pool 5 years. I would have to renominate him. Should I bother? I have a feeling it is all political, and he does not 'play the game'.

Does Grant Green get any solo space on the Dodo record? Any thoughts on Natural Illusions?

Jackie Mac pulled a knife on Mingus and even nicked him, per Priestly.

1. So the problem with the Hendrix tunes is Larry Lee singing? 2. I thought the Grateful Dead hated their Woodstock set and did not want it released?