Ken Dryden

An unmarked box that no one investigated...

A Love Supreme is not among my favorite John Coltrane albums. I look forward to this discovery.

I also have had issues with quality control on some of these high priced LP only issues. The pressings tend be noisy in quieter passages and one set had a chip out of the disc, which neither the vendor nor the label was willing to make good, since I didn't open it promptly. Frankly, it was damaged before it was put into the gatefold sleeve, because there was no evidence of damage to the album jacket. Lessen learned, open LPs promptly or just avoid recently pressed LPs.

I bought Teachout's bio of Ellington and never got around to reading it. I'm of the opinion his name will be long forgotten within a few years, while Duke Ellington will live on. Ellington obviously wasn't perfect and had his share of quirks (as do we all), but the voluminous amount of music that he composed, arranged and recorded over his long career speaks for itself.

I remember seeing Phil Woods twice during IAJE (2007?) in NYC and he appeared to be gasping for breath when he wasn't playing. He wasn't yet hooked up to a tube, but I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't get some oxygen once offstage.

You're obviously correct about track 7. I can't get enough Mary Lou Williams. I never got to see her perform, but I have an extensive collection of her work. Track 12 is indeed Philip Johnston. Johnston moved to Australia a few years ago, though he has returned to the US on occasion for gigs with the Microscopic Septet and leading various small groups. I saw him in Chattanooga probably 15 years ago playing with a local avant-garde band called The Shaking Ray Levis. He is well represented in my collection, though I'm not sure that I've tracked down all of his dates as a leader.

1. Correct song, but it isn't Bobby Hutcherson. 3. It is not George Tucker, nor is Yusef Lateef present. 13. It is Just Friends and Terry Gibbs plays the opening melody on vibes, but not the first (or last) vibes solo. 15. You nailed it. The reason I included this track is that it is the original, unedited take, not the edited version butchered by Richard Bock's post-production insanity that greatly reduced the solos of Mitchell and Perkins.

I lost track of how many different versions I bought of this release to get the complete" session. I think that they found at least one more unissued alternate take after the Mosaic box was released.

Not Don Byas on track 3, not Charlie Byrd on track 8.

Red Norvo is not present, but Lou Levy is the pianist.

Correct on all counts. Any guesses about the other musicians?

My initial Blindfold Test (171) can is now available for download. I look forward to your responses. It was a lot of fun to put together and I hope that many of you will discover some music you just haven't had the opportunity to hear. http://thomkeith.net/index.php/blindfold-tests/

Disc 1 of this new arrival.

I own Greek Cooking. Not a landmark album by any means, but fun in an odd sort of way.

There are a vast amount of live broadcasts that have been recorded for radio or satellite broadcast and many of them deserve consideration for release. Imagine a boxed set produced from the Chicago Jazz Festival or Monterey Jazz Festival archives, not to mention Carnegie Hall, the Village Vanguard, etc. The trick is to find performances that will sell in sufficient quantities and making the numbers work. Some of these lawyers who block releases or ask for outrageous figures need to remember that keeping music locked up and inaccessible for sale all too often eventually leads to unauthorized European releases which pay nothing at all.

My copy arrived today. It is always funny when you feel like you are one of the first buyers of a newly issued set, yet my limited edition is numbered in the 2400 range. I guess Mosaic randomly pulls stock, as I doubt the they sold 2400+ copies that quickly.

Now if someone can convince a lot of young musicians fresh out of college that 75 minutes of their originals is all too often a bit too much.

I was already moving away from listening to much rock by the time Springsteen's star rose. I'm not bashing anyone who likes him, but his music is of no interest at all. I only got to see George Adams in concert once and he seemed under the weather. I think he died within a year or so.

As did I!

My review of Andrea Brachfeld's new CD will be in the June issue of The New York City Jazz Record.

Buster is playing tonight with Denny Zeitlin at Mezzrow if you have access to the webcast. I watched last night's sets.

Wasn't it Martha Glaser who kept blocking all of the reissues and historical releases? There is still a lot of Columbia Erroll Garner that hasn't been reissued in the US, but some of it has appeared in Japan.

Much like the attorney for the Paul Desmond estate who keeps blocking releases of historic material. Wait a few years and they'll end up on an Andorran label and their will be no royalties at all.