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I played two hours of Cassandra last night on my radio program in Boston. Here is a link to the playlist: http://www.wgbh.org/playlists/playlist?pro...list_id=1830753 Here is another link to our on demand webcasts. The Cassandra show should be there in a few weeks. Keep checking: http://www.wgbh.org/webcasts/ Click on JazzFrom studio Four

Follow this link to my Hawkins playlist. I featured five hours of Bean on my show Friday night: http://www.wgbh.org/playlists/playlist?pro...list_id=1809801

Just noticed your post. "Radio F ree Rahsaan" were eight one-hour radio programs that Kirk recorded in 1973. They were finally distributed in 1984 by NPR. They were produced by Dorthaan Kirk and public radio producer Steve Robinson. Each of the shows were fleshed out to 90 minutes with a feature called "Memories of Rahsaan" where friends, admirers and colleagues talked about him and his music. I have a copy of the first one-hour show as well as program descriptions of the entire series. Let me know where to send it

I've been to the new RBar twice now. Once to see pianist Jean-Michel Pilc (solo). Fantastic and original takes on standards and Monk but only playing to a handful, 25-30, people. A shame. Conrad Herwig/Brian Lynch brought their "Latin Miles Kind of Blue" project in for three nights. I went Thursday and was blown away by the music. The band included Mario Rivera on baritone saxaphone and Edsel Gomez at the piano. Again, no more than 40-50 people in a club that holds over 200. I don't know how they did on Fri-Sat (there was a piece i The Boston Globe on Friday so things might have picked up. Either The Charles or The Blue Note has to do more (spend alittle money) to get the word out. Thursday nights ere always packed with music lovers, students, die-hard jazz fans avoiding the week-end date night crowd. Saw Danilo Perez at Real Deal.Great music. Not the best acoustics. Pretty good crowd. Uncomfortable folding plastic chairs. Side doors kept opening up for patrons and wait staff to enter and leave, breaking the mood. But we need to support all of these efforts. Boston is a jazz town. Ryles. Zeitgeist, etc Let's hope for the best!

Last night I featured 5 hours of Horace Silver's music on my radio show to belatedly celebrate his 76th birthday (b. 9/2/28) Follow this link to the playlist. A couple of hours of it should be available via on demand webcast in a few weeks. Keep checking back. http://www.wgbh.org/playlists/ Go to "Jazz from Studio Four" for September 10th

Jean-Michel is playing the Regattabar in Harvard Square, Cambridge tomorrow night. I'll be there. His new CD, solo piano (he whistles on one track) is very nice. It includes a awonderful rendition of St James Infirmary

Jimmy Cobb's "Mob" also recently recorded for Milestone in Janaury 2003. The CD, "Cobb's Groove" features Eric Alexander, Richard Wyands, Peter Bernstein and John Webber. Jimmy is also on the most recent Fathead Newman release on HighNote

Eddie and La Perfecta Dos played the Tanglewood Jazz Festival Friday night in Lenox, Massachusetts. WGBH and WBGO collaborated on a live broadcast (Eliane Elais was also on the broadcast) that was also heard on WFCR in Amherst, MA and WAMC in Albany NY. The program was co-hosted by myself and Rhonda Hamilton from 'BGO NPR recorded the evening's music and is uplinking it to over 100 NPR affiliate stations around the country. I don't have a carriage list but check your local stations to see if they are picking it up and when they are broadcasting it. It would be sometime this holiday Labor Day weekend. Enjoy!

Here is last night's playlist Friday, Aug 13, 7pm–midnight, WGBH 89.7 About this broadcast REMEMBERING EDDIE COSTA (b. 8/14/30) FUNDRAISING/PLEDGE DRIVE Listed by artist: selection, album (label) 7:00pm THEME: Horace Parlan: Wadin, Speakin My Piece (Blue Note) 7:05pm Thelonious Monk: Sweet And Lovely, Mulligan Meets Monk (Riverside) George Shearing: When Lights Are Low, Like Fine Wine (Mack Avenue) 7:25pm Eddie Costa: Get Happy, Eddie Costa Trio (Fresh Sounds) Eddie Costa: Blues Plus Eight, Quintet (Mode/VSOP) Eddie Costa: When I Fall In Love, House of Blue Lights (Dot Records) 7:50pm Ben Webster: Chelsea Bridge, Happy Birthday Newport (Columbia) Dinah Washington: Back Water Blues, Happy Birthday Newport (Columbia) Mark Murphy: My Ship, Bop For Miles (HighNote) 8:09pm TheBeBop Guitars: Freddie Freeloader, Live From Studio One (WGBH Recording Not Commercially available) Mark Greel: Stardust, Live From Studio One (WGBH Recording Not Commercially Available) Illinois Jacquet: Jumpin at The Woodsisde, Live At Lulu White's (WGBH Recording Not Commercially Available) 8:34pm Eddie Costa: Guys And Dolls, Guys And Dolls Love Vibes (Verve) Gigi Gryce: Caravan, Reminicin' (Mercury) Eddie Costa: Sweet And Lovely, Eddie Costa Trio (Fresh Sounds) 8:56pm Joe Lovano: Early Autumn, I'm All For You (Blue Note) Kenny Barron: Footprints, Images (Sunnyside) 9:18pm Frank Morgan: Georgia On My mind, City night (HighNote) Vincent Herring: You Leave Me Breathless, Mr Wizard (HighNote) 9:37pm Roseanna Vitro: In Search of My Heart, Tropical Postcards (A Records) McCoy Tyner: Angelina, Illuminations (Telarc) 10:06pm Maria Schneider: Pas de Deux, Concert in The Garden (Maria Schneider Music) 10:25pm Curtis Brothers: Sunday Morning, Live from Studio One (WGBH Recording Not Commercially Available) Art Farmer: Sad To Say, Live At The DeCordova Museum (WGBH Recording Not Commercially Available) Daniel Ian Smith: Blues in B Flat, Live from Studio One (WGBH Recording Not Commercially Available) 10:45pm Bobby Watson: Permanoon, Horizon Reassembled (Palmetto) John Stetch: Evidence, Exponentially Monk (Justin Time) 11:01pm Eddie Costa: House of Blue Lights, House of Blue Lights (Dot) Hal McKusick: Con Alma, Bird Feathers (Prestige) 11:22pm Tal Farlow: All The Things You Are, 1956 Private Recordings (Definitive Records) 11:33pm Bobby Jaspar: Flute Bass Blues, Flute Flight (Prestige) Betty Roche: Time After Time, Take The "A" Train (Bethleham) Eddie Costa: Pile Driver, Eddie Costa Trio (Fresh Sounds) 11:50pm Eddie Costa: What's To Ya, House of Blue Lights (Dot Records)

Ghost: I do not have the Mosaic set but I do have the Feurst and Second Sets on CD. Great extended improvisations by Tal and Eddie. Similar to the Verve studio dates but really stretching out on long takes. Do you know this material? Also have a nice copy of "House of Blue Lights" and a few out of print things. email me if you are listening: steve_schwartz@wgbh.org

Dear Ghost.. Thanks for noticing my Eddie Costa Special coming up. A few words of warning. We are in the middle of a Pledge Drive so Costa won't get on until 11pm and only for an hour, until midnight. But it will be a solid hour uninterrupted by fund raising. Tune in if you can

I celebrated Hank's 86th last night by playing five hours of his music on my radio program. Lots of mnice calls and lots of mnice music. Playlist follows: Friday, July 30, 7pm–midnight, WGBH 89.7 About this broadcast CELEBRATING HANK JONES 86th BIRTHDAY born JULY 31, 1918 Listed by artist: selection, album (label) 7:05pm Hank Jones: A Child Is Born, Live At Maybeck (Concord) Charlie Haden/Hank Jones: Go Down Moses, Steal Away (Verve) Hank Jones/The Great Jazz Trio: Six and Four, Autumn Leaves (441 Music) 7:26pm Elvin Jones: Ray-El, Elvin! (Riverside) Curtis Fuller: Vonce #5, New Trombone (Prestige) Coleman Hawkins: I Mean You, The JJ Johnson Memorial Album (Prestige) 7:49pm Abbey Lincoln/Hank Jones: The Nearness of You, When There is Love (Verve) Frank Morgan/Hank Jones: You Must Believe in Spring, You Must Believe in Spring (Antilles) Joe Lovano: Like Someone In Love, I'm All For You (Blue Note) 8:09pm Joe Lovano: I'm All For You, I'm All For You (Blue Note) Kenny Dorham: La Villa, Jazz Contrasts (Riverside) John Coltrane/Milt Jackson: Bags and Trane, Bags And Trane` (Atlantic) 8:35pm Hank Jones: Blues For Lady Day; Yesterdays; You're Blase; Tea for Two; The Blue Room, Urbanity (Verve) 8:53pm Jesse Davis: Portrait of Desiree, From Within (Concord) Curtis Lundy: Crossroads, Just Be Yourself (Evidence) Billy Pierce: Alone Together, Equilateral (Sunnyside) 9:15pm Johnny Hartman: Don't You Know I Care, I Just Dropped by To Say Hello (Impulse) Hank Jones: I Got It Bad, Favors (Verve) Shelly Manne: Take The "A" Train, 2/3/4 (Impulse) 9:36pm Hot Lips Page: The Lady in Bed; Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You, Hot Lips Page 1940-1944 (Classics) Stan Getz: Opus De Bop, Complete Savoy Recordings (Savoy) Lester Young: Deed I Do, President Volume 5 (Blue Moon) 9:50pm The Jones Brothers: Nice and Nasty, Keepin Up With The Jones (Metro Jazz/Verve) Hank Jones: The Summary, Upon Reflection (Verve) 10:07pm The Jones Brothers: Keepin Up With The Jones, Keepin Up With The Jones (Metro Jazz/Verve) Hank Jones: Upon Reflection, Upon Reflection (Verve) 10:27pm Art Pepper: Yesterdays, The Intimate Art Pepper (Galaxy) Warne Marsh: Star Highs, Star Highs (Criss Cross) Benny Carter: People Time, Legends (MusicMasters) 10:49pm Hank Jones: Thad's Pad; Things Are So Pretty in The Spring; Little Girl Blue; Odd Number, Urbanity (Verve) 11:04pm Cannonball Adderley/Miles Davis: One For Daddy-O, Somethin Else (Blue Note) Chet Baker: That Old Devil Called Love, Baker's Holiday (Emarcy) Art Farmer: By Myself, Portrait of Art (Contemporary) Roy Eldridge: Sunday, Little Jazz (Verve) 11:30pm Charlie Parker: Laird Baird, Bird's Best Bop (Verve) Dizzy Reece: Parker's Spiritus, Asia Minor (Prestige New Jazz) Hank Jones: Anthropology, MAster Class (32 Jazz) 11:45pm Hank Jones / The Great Jazz Trio: My Funny Valentine; Yesterdays, Autumn Leaves (441 Music) Hank Jones: Round Midnight, Master Class (32 Jazz)

The club you are thinking of was The Willow in Ball Square, Somerville. The bassist most likely was John Lockwood but it's been awhile. I know I was there also. Quite a few years ago I did a radio f eature on Strozier, got a copy to James for his listening pleasure. Everytime I saw him after that, and I saw him dozens and dozens of times, he never failed to thank me for doing a show on Frank and for giving him a copy. James was the sweetest and most soulful person. I'll miss him as we all will.

Shorty Petterstein was in reality one Henry "Sandy" Jacobs. The interviewer is Woodrow Leafer. Jacobs had something to do (by inheritance, I think) with the Alan Watts public radio zen meditation lectures, based in San Francisco. Leafer was an early radio staff announcer. These two were also responsible for "Interview with Dr. Shalom Stein" also on "Interviews of Our time"

A benefit for saxophonist John Stubblefield took place last night, Wednesday June 2nd at Sweet Rhythm in New York City and it had to be one of the most thrilling evenings of music I think I ever heard and for such a good cause. The spiritual content, the giving of the music, the friends and family gathered was awe inspiring. If you don't know, John has been in the hospital for a while, diagnosed with a very serious illness and this benefit was held to help him with his medical expenses. The jazz community was out in full force and it was a thing of beauty. Todd Barken was the Host. At 8:15 he introduced Sue Mingus who said a few words about John and why we were all gathered then she introduced The Mingus Dynasty. Craig Handy, alto; Seamus Blake, tenor; Kenny Rampson (?sp), trumpet; Conrad Herwig, tbone; Orrin Evans, piano; Boris Koslov, bass (Mingus' lion headed instrument) and Donald Evans, drums. Rousing versions of "Haitian Fight Song" "Sue's Changes" "Free Cell Block F" followed. Joe Lovano sat in for a reading of Mingus' "Moanin" He ripped the roof of the place. Seamus couldn't take his eyes off Joe during the entire solo and a big smile took over his entire face when it was over. By 9:20 the Kenny Barron Sextet has taken over the stage. Gary Bartz, alto; Eddie Henderson, tpt and flugelhorn; Howard Johnson, muted trumpet; David Williams, bass and Nasheet Waits, drums. I don't know the name of the first tune they played but it was smoking. During the next, Kenny's "Phantoms" Abraham Burton sat in and played strong tenor. Eric McPherson took over the drum chair and Lovano and Craig Handy came back to play Hank Mobley's "This I Dig of You" along with Burton and Henderson. With four horns in the front line one could see the bandstand being lifted off the floor. Unbelievable! Wendy Oxenhorn from the Jazz Musicians Fund (I'm not sure of the exact name of the organization she heads to help musicians in similar circumstances) was holding a portable cassette recorder in the air to capture the music and ambience and many of us talked into it, sending John our messages of love and support and that we were all there and pulling for him. It's 10:50 and Sonny Fortune takes the stage with George Cables, piano; David Williams held over on bass and Joe Chambers, drums. First up is John Coltrane's "Impressions" Burning! They kick off "A Night in Tunisia" and Andrew Cyrille has replaced Chambers. Andrew is wearing a white derby hat and during his solo played his FACE!! Literally, using his hands to slap his cheeks and open mouth for an incredible musical happening. Also on stage are Brian Lynch, trumpet along with Bill Saxton and Roland Alexander on tenors. Andy Bey comes out of nowhere and scats a few choruses before a round of eights then fours by the horns brought the house down. Before you know it, they're off and Charli Persip has seated himself behind the drums. Bassist Ogonna Okegwo takes over. Lynch and Saxton stay on stage and pianist David Budway launch in to "Bye Bye Blackbird" At five minutes before midnight Seamus Blake and Orrin Evans are back with Eric Revis, bass and Tain Watts to play a Monk piece. Good night! Guitarist Peter Leitch is in the audience as is Becca Pulliam (JazzSet); Judi Silvano, Russ Musto, Richie Seidel. The place is jammed. John's sister Joyce is in New York from her home down south to be with John while he's going through all of this. She was very moved by the show of support and by the music. She told us all that her brother is a fighter and he is determined to beat this illness. We should all have him in our thoughts If you would like, donations and kind wishes can be sent to: John Stubblefield 163 Ludlow Street Apt #4B New York City, NY 10002 As great as the evening was I hope we never have to do it again but if we do it was so gratifying to see such an outpouring of love and support for a valued member of our community. Always Know, Steve Schwartz Jazz from Studio Four Friday, 7p-midnight WGBH 89.7FM, Boston www.wgbh.org

Syd Smart is a Boston based drummer, percussionist, educator. He established the first John Coltrane Memorial concert with bassist Hayes Burnet, and saxophonist Leonard Brown. The first concert was held in Boston on Sunday evening, July 17, 1977 in the Friends of Great Black Music Loft, a performance space for creative arts established by percussionist Smart. I haven't seen Syd in a year or two. I believe he is more involved in education than performance these days although he does participate in the ongoing Coltrane Memorial every year.

I posted this on All About Jazz recently. I think johnny 's drinking days might be behind him: I had the opportunity to talk with Johnny by telephone two weeks ago. He's doing fine. I'm not sure what his health problems were but they seemed to have side tracked him for a couple of years. He just turned 76 on April 24th. He was traveling to Finland for a concert that included Kirk Lightsey. His health has kept him from traveling to the States recently but now that he's doing better, maybe we can look forward to seeing him here. He would usually come home in April to celebrate his birthday in Chicago and play a few gigs in Boston and New York and elsewhere. BTW, I featured Johnny's music for two hours on my radio show last Friday. It will be webcast in the near future. Check in at www.wgbh.org/jazz __________________ Steve Schwartz Jazz From Studio 4 Friday, 7pm-midnight WGBH, 89.7FM, Boston www.wgbh.org

It's possible that the name Schwarz-Bart might have you thinking of the writer Andre Schwarz-Bart. His novel, "The Last of The Just" is one of the definitive books about the Holocaust. A synopsis In every generation, according to Jewish tradition, thirty-six just men, the Lamed-waf, are born to take the burden of the world's suffering upon themselves. At York in 1185 the just man was Rabbi Yom Tov Levey, whose sacrifice so touched God that he gave his descendents one just man each generation, all the way down to Ernie Levey, the last of the just, killed at Auschwitz in 1943. This, then, is the story of Ernie Levey. Andre is Jacques's father

Thanks for your responses. I thought I had the vinyl but when I went looking for it I couldn't find it. I might have hastily sold it in anticipation of the CD reissue I saw being teeased on Jazzmatazz. It wasn't the Peter Frampton I was longing to hear again. It was Monk's tunes by Johnny Griffin, Gil Evans, Charlie Rouse, Barry Harris (playing tack piano), Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, etc. I'll be patient!

A while ago I was seeing references to this A&M tribute to Thelponious Monk being reissued. Now, I see nothing about it. It was a 2-LP set of Monk tunes by everyone from Steve Lacy, Barry Harris and Randy Weston to Peter Frampton. I think it was produced by Hal Wilner Has anyone heard about a reissue scheule for it. It was supposed to come out on Verve, keeper of the A&M label archives.

Russia Goes Jazz on United Artists features, collectively, Teddy Charles; Jimmy Giuffre; Jim Hall; Hank Jones; Pepper Adams; Zoot Sims; Jimmy Raney; Eric Dolphy; Teddy Kotick; Howard McGhee; Osie Johnson, Jerome richardson, others... The tunes are: Schherazade Blue (Korsakoff ) Lullaby of the Firebird (Stravinsky) Love of Three Oranges March (Prokofieff) Borodin Bossa Nova Dance Arabe (Tchaikowsky) Lullaby Russe (Khachaturian) Etude (Prokofieff) Princess Schherazade Also, don't overlook his Prestige dates from the 1950s, Coolin, new Directions, Collaboration West and Evolution. You'll find the likes of Idrees Sulieman, Mal Waldron, Jimmy Raney, Shorty Rogers, Jimmy Giuffre, Shelly Manne, JR Monterose. They're all available on Fantasy OJC Series Enjoy!

The French-Algerian pianist's name is pronounced: Mar-see-al So-lal. Definately not Marshall or Mar-tee-al. MAR-SEE-AL SO-LAL

I forgot to mention that some of my most favorite Jim Hall is on The ArtFarmer/Jim Hall Quartet recordings on Atlantic with the recently departed drummer, Walter Perkins

Jim Hall, a living Master indeed. From April 14-17 Harvard University will honor Jim Hall in a residency exploring his contributions to the music. There will be a discussion with Hall, free and open to the public. "The Muisic of Jim Hall" will be presented in a concert at Sanders Theatre on Saturday night at 8pm, April 17th. Bravo Harvard! Bravo Jim Hall! Steve Schwartz Jazz from Studio four Fridays, 7p-12a WGBH, 89.7, Boston www.wgbh.org

Barney's recording with Jacky Terrasson is called "Paris Moods" It was recorded in Paris in July of 1990 with Gillews Naturel, bass and Peter Gritz, drums. It came out on Alfa Jazz, Tokyo. It's one of Barney's best! Always know, Steve Schwartz Jazz From Studio Four Friday, 7p-12a WGBH, 89.7FM, Boston www.wgbh.org