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  1. Correct. Any one who wants to play Herbie Nichols music with others has to produce some sheet music. I doubt even Lady Sings The Blues/Serenade is one people can play off the top of their heads. This is going down another rabbit hole, but there is a certain stigma attached to playing a whole program of music by a specific composer. It often gets dismissed as a tribute or gimmick, which is simple-minded. No one has such qualms in the classical realm. This was the concept I had when I started curating the Take 5 concert series at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2012. I encouraged artists to present entire programs of lesser-celebrated composers (Booker Little, Herbie Nichols, Grachan Moncur III, Cal Massey, Dewey Redman) but of course Shorter, Monk, Coltrane were in the mix also. This began as a Take 5 concert, the video is from three days later: Most guys got it and put together amazing programs. They really worked hard to explore music they were not always familiar with. A couple of guys grumbled and pulled out originals instead, something they could do on any other gig. If you are confident enough in your compositional skills... A complete artist for me is one who can present both compelling originals and perform music in a respectful way by some of the great composers in jazz history. They do NOT have to try to sound just like the record. Jim, please elaborate on your comment about Cal Massey.
  2. Fundraiser by Katey St John : Now Hear This - The Duke Pearson Story (gofundme.com) I have been providing some background information to the filmmaker. Bertrand.
  3. I am looking for her record with Kenny Dorham. UPDATE: Scored a copy at discogs! I did not even know it had been on CD.
  4. I am friends with Barbara Burton on Facebook. One day I will get the nerve to ask her about the session, and her brief stint with Weather Report.
  5. Why did Frank Wright decline?
  6. Yes, absolutely! This one hits really hard. Glad to have been able to hang with him and hear him play one last time in Baltimore in November 2019.
  7. bertrand

    Joe Chambers

    Joe will be performing at the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival in Wilmington, Delaware on 6/15. Bertrand.
  8. Isn't Tyrone Washington's Roots also part of this series? There was some speculation these might be needle drops since supposedly the tapes were missing. Did anyone ever find out more? I have the old version of the Larry Young and never had any reason to think that it might be.
  9. Thanks, just ordered! Glad the tape was not actually lost!
  10. Some of the previous batch of Candid CDs were CDrs. I assume these are not? Also, my CD of We Insist was a needle drop. Is this not the case with this new one? If so, I will get it.
  11. Randissimo is the drummer on Heart Of The Forest! Forrest Fire has Larry Young, so that is my favorite.
  12. The opening solo portion of Summertime is actually thr first movement of the Thinking of Home Suite. It works really well in that Algerian war film soundtrack
  13. These Cellar Live releases are all glass-mastered 'real' CDs, not CDrs, correct? I plan to buy my friend Aaron Seeber's new record.
  14. Of course not, but it is annoying that they mixed it down. Anyway, I now have the MP3, I am good.
  15. I have heard it since I have the LP I got at a yard sale for $4. That is how I knew that something was missing when I got the CD. In this case, I believe Blue Note sold me a defective product, and getting an MP3 of the proper track is just compensation. I will not buy another CD. It is like the Monk Palo Alto deal. Do it right the first time.
  16. Do you mean the private messenger here on Organissimo or Facebook Messenger? I use both.
  17. Can someone hook me up with an MP3 of the track with the saw solo audible?
  18. There were no edits for time purposes. The saw solo is there, just mixed way down and mostly what you hear is rather monotonous comping on the electric piano. It is obvious now that this was Belden's decision and a bad one at that, pity he did not ask for a second opinion. He had a tendency to overstep his role as a reissue producer, especially when it came to Miles Davis and Teo Macero. The most egregious example was his declaring there were no alternates of interest for Bitches' Brew. Later, an alternate of the song John McLaughlin surfaced with Miles and Wayne, who laid out on the issued take. How is that not 'of interest'?
  19. How would Belden have known whether Lee liked it or not? If it was Belden who is responsible, it was his decision and his alone.
  20. Is the CD limited edition or do I have a few weeks?
  21. How much are they and did we establish it is NOT a needle drop?
  22. Excellent question. We would need to establish a chronology of Andrew's gigs, something like the Art Blakey chronology at jazzmf.com. The Hill discography at jazzdiscography.com can help, but there are probably not a whole lot of gigs from the 60s listed. Ideally, one would need access to a database of jazz journals such as ripmjazz.com but you need some institutional affiliation. Alternatively, a person with a collection of downbeats from the 60s could look up all the gig listings.
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