johnblitweiler

Paul, we agree about private recordings and artists' personal archives. I'm not advocating for anyone to sneak the Savory collection onto the market. But when record companies delete recordings that they (not the artists) own, reissue should be open to negotiation with the artists.

Angela Davis Davis Grubb Carl Grubbs

Least influential great artist: Herbie Nichols

Financial constraints and artist availability probably have a lot to do with who appears at the Vision fest. I'm surprised that some of the regulars - Wm. Parker quintet, Roscoe Mitchell, Alvin Fielder, Joe McPhee, Reg. Workman, for ex. - are missing this year.

Harvey Pekar shot some welcome blasts of reality into Letterman's show-biz fantasy world.

Armstrong and Ornette should be at the top - they initiated the two most extensive revolutions in jazz. I'd then say Parker, Ellington, Young, Davis, Coltrane, Hawkins, Coltrane. Hines or Tatum? Roach? Fletcher H.? Blanton? It's probably true that a head count of pianists would now show more Bill Evans-influenced players than Cecil Taylor-influenced players, maybe even more than Bud Powell-influenced players.

Very tempting. I might be there.

Sid Vidious singing one of everybody's lest favorite stgandards:

Alfred, Lord Tennyson Lord Buckley Laird Baird

a Chuck Nessa stamp

Thanks, Steve. To me the way Route 66 paid advance royalties and reissued is a good model. If a work of art (book, recording) has been off the market for a long time - maybe 20 years - you should have the right to reissue it on your label and pay royalties. One wrong thing: Book publishers keep books officially "in print" for years after they cease distribution of those books - print-on-demand. No reason record companies can't keep music "in release" for years - burn-on-demand. The Basie-Evans-Pres-Dicky Wells music in the Savory collection is priceless, joyous, and very revealing about the ways these artists performed together. Better (at least partly because more extensive) than the air-shots albums over the years. Major works of art.

Re the destruction of the leased Warne Marsh tape: That's theft.

I read the newspaper story about this 11th inning. Leury Garcia bunted a single on an 0-2 count, got to 2nd when Dunn walked, got to 3d on a wild pitch, scofred on another wild pitch. All this after we came from behind to tie in the 9th. Oh boy.

Again today our White Sox best our nemeses the Twins on a wild pitch in the 11th. Now that's a promising start.

Jonathon, you've already done such valuable work that we'll trust your judgment and your widespread experience. In other words, surprise us again.

WilsonTucker Darius Rucker Daffy Duck

A few oldies that still restore and heal: Oliver 1923 New Orleans Wanderers / Bootblacks Morton Peppers Armstrong Hot 5 and 7 Basie w/Prez; Lady w/Prez; other young Prez Some revival recordings (Waters, Dallwitz, Morel) and other tracks (esp. one of the various Ellington versions of "Rockabye River"); Schubert 9th - Furtwangler; Sibelius Tapiola; Little Walter

As Annie Ross demonstrated, Wardell Gray solos are perfect songs. Now how about Sainkho Namtchylak singing Peter Brotzmann solos?

Dicky Do Ooh Poo Pa Do Winnie the Pooh

That was an inspired concert. Reed made a clever irritant for Roscoe.

That is sure lovely Prysock singing. Don't know what it has to do with Evans or Crouch or Bird, and please don't tell me.

Danny Boy Boyd Raeburn Raeburn Flerlage

Monty Wooley Wooly Bully Vladimir Putin

Charles Brown said he began by playing classical music, as a youngster, and only later came to play blues. A very fine pianist, too, more "sophisticated" than most other blues pianists, but his style was not like Nat King Cole's.

Major Hoople Charles Major Minor Hall