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The Blues and the Abstract Truth

Happy B'day!!

Well maybe not more than we want to know. Didn't Liberty buy Blue Note around '65? That's why EMI now owns BN. I don't think this article even mentions Blue Note.

The only one I have is the Pee Wee Russell which includes the Candid set with Coleman Hawkins. The sound is completely different with the bass pumped way up. (I gotta admit I sort of like it that way.) They're so sloppy that they repeat one song twice and leave out one they list in their completely inadequate notes.

Anyone got any? Does "We Free Kings" count?

This is a great set, though for some reason Basie's piano intro to Lady be good is missing. (It can be found on Vol 9 of the Masters of Jazz Charlie Christian series.) I've often wondered about the exact order of the performances. IIRC the discs don't completely jibe with the order described by Hammond in his autobiography.

And the "X" in Xmas. Merry, happy whatever you celebrate!!

As I'm sure you know the original cd release of the Lp was not taken from the Avakian tapes and offers alternate takes. Were they unedited?

The Jim Hall/Bill Frissell collaboration is now available from Artists Choice. I pre-ordered it as a download so I'd get it right away. Like it a lot. Sort of wish I'd been more patient and waited for the hard copy.

I just remembered: it's "Move".

On the number called "The Chase" they play a very familiar riff but I can't remember what it's from. Anyone know? (It's about 3:30 into the piece.) It's driving me nuts.

In the summer of 1964 I was hanging out at the Marquee club a lot ad I'm sure I was there for one 625 taping. But I've always remembered it as being with either Mose Allison or Jimmy Witherspoon. But neither of them is listed. I may have seen them at the Marquee Club but not being taped. It may have been Mark Murphy. I know I saw him a couple of times during that period and his show seems to have been while I was there.

I have a vague memory of seeing him perform with a violinist in the early '60s. (Many of my memories from the '60s are vague.) And it's interesting that John Handy made the announcement of his death, because I think Handy was at that gig too.

IIRC Evans' solo on All About Rosie made his early reputation. There are two issued takes. The originally issued one was on a compilation of specially commissioned avant-garde pieces by Russell, Mingus and others, the other on a cd of Evans odds and ends put out by Columbia. (Don't have the cds in front of me to confirm.)

I only got one wrong. (Abe Vigoda). Shows my mind is full of useless trivia.

got to get in a happy birthday before the day's over. And many more!!!!!!!

I think trying to be deep is a good thing. Agreed but they seem to think that all it requires is a series of aphorisms.

It's a duo recording with Armstrong on trumpet and Buck Washington on piano. April 5, 1930. New York City. Recorded for Okeh. And it is a lovely recording. I expect that's it. The applause was probably for the beginning of the next song which was IIRC "If I Could Be with You". The two were run together.

How long after re-construction were the Jim Crow laws passed? And how long was the reconstruction period? (We didn't learn that much about American history where I grew up in Canada. My US geography isn't very good either. Until this year I thought Colorado was on the Canadian border. )

WEll it's worth $12 or whatever it costs to see a movie where you live but is a bit long and tries a bit too much to be deep. Nevertheless it's fun and a bit moving.

Saw Benjamin Button last night. At one point the background music is Pops playing a lovely version of Dear Old Southland. Sounded like it was just him accompanied by a piano (but I could be wrong about that). It was a bit of a strange choice for background music because it was live with applause. Made it seem that Louis was playing somewhere nearby. I stayed through about 10 minutes of special effects credits at the end to get to the music credits. They only identified it as being courtesy of Columbia Records. Anyone know what record/concert this might be from?

Am I really the first to mention the Mingus?!!I'd add the Mulligan Concert Jazz band and the Ellington small groups.

Does this article mention that Cook took Sydney Bechet and (IIRC) Tommy Ladnier to Europe around 1919 where they received some acclaim? I read the article quickly and didn't notice any mention of Bechet. I may have missed it. .

I just discovered a free app you can download to your iPhone that allows you to listen to a 100 or so public radio station via the 3G network. So this morning I was listening to a Jazz station from Phoenix and when they went to local news and interviews I switched to KCRW in Santa Monica. (And I'm in Toronto right now!)

IIRC Mole also produced a few records. I had an Lp they released of the parts of the Gil Evans Royal Albert Hall Concert that were left out of the RCA Lp from the concert. I did manage to visit the store a few times when I was in the UK in 2000. Has anything in London replaced it and Dobell's (sp?) Is Ray's gone too?