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Anyone want to elaborate about the "fun" of 70s jazz? I stopped buying many contemporary records after Trane died and Miles went electric. Most of my purchases in the 70s were of records made before I was born (exceptions being new works by Mingus, Gil Evans and of course Ellington). So I'm curious as to what I missed out on.

I saw Loyd with Motian and Jarrett. Can't remember exactly when but it was at Convocation Hall at the University of Toronto. At one point Jarrett played soprano sax and Motian began beating on the floor with his sticks. Great concert. After a couple of decades I wasn't sure I remembered it correctly and that it must have been DeJohnett on drums. But I ran into Loyd here in Santa Barbara and he reassured me that he had indeed toured with Motian.

Those are all on the iTunes store (except the Desmond I think).

This morning the iTunes store offered a bunch of records from Universal labled as "originals". I think some of them have been o.o.p. They include Bill Evans Plays the VIPs... (I couldn't resist downloading The Man with the Golden Arm... ) and Pops' "New Orleans Nights" from Decca. Anyone know if these are available as cds?

I saw them around the time of Holland. Brian wasn't with them but they had a huge band including Ricky Fatar (sp?) and The Captain. It was at Massey Hall (yes, that Massey Hall)on a t summer night so hot they opened all the doors and the audience acted like they were at an outdoor concert. The show was terrific, though Mike Love seemed like an asshole. The crowd was so wound up that a friend of mine described the vibe as "sing Good Vibrations or we'll kill you".

I interviewed Willie the Lion many years ago when he was in Toronto to do a tv show playing duets with Don Ewell. I really didn't know much about him at the time but he told me about speaking Yiddish and being the Lion of Judah. It was done at a press party at which he held court and charmed everybody. Years later Billy Crystal regaled me with stories about Willie the Lion. BTW Crystal's production company is called Face Productions because The Lion nicknamed him Face.

Belated Happy B'day Berrigan. Thought of you when I saw the tornadoes on tv. Hope you're ok.

Didn't the original release(s) have a lot echo added to those 10 tracks?

I know what you mean--we're about to switch to archiving WFIU shows (including Night Lights) in MP3 format. Re: EYE, yeah, I got that same e-mail from FSM. How's that Bernstein score for HEAVY METAL? Huh!? To What are you referring? I was involved in that film and have a copy of the vinyl release of Elmer's score somewhere (hope I can find it). Have they released a cd of it?

Wasn't he Harry Belafonte's music director or something like that at the height of the singer's recoding career?

Huh!?? As long as your DVD is playing through your computer Wire Tap will capture the sound.

I agree about that session but I'm surprised by how much I like most of the cuts from their earlier sessions even the ones without Basie.

Wire Tap works on a Mac.

I use Wire Tap which captures whatever sounds are played through your computer, then just drop the results into iTunes. Worked great on the Van Morrison in Montreux Dvd. Because each song got its on chapter I did them one at a time and even got separate cuts for the cd. 1980 concert is wonderful btw.

In his book on Miles entitled "The Man in the Green Shirt", Richard Williams suggests that working on this score led Miles to see that he could work without standard chord changes or chorus structures thus leading to his modal compositions and Kind of Blue.

Don't know if the Mosaic has all the tracks, nor I have it, but my Columbia Jazz Masterpiece cds sound pretty awful, for sure the recent Mosaic remastering is light years' better. Yes it has all the tracks. (Vol 1 begins with a couple of Rex Stewart tunes that aren't on the Mosaic.)

Maybe because it's the first version I ever heard I've always been partial to the one by The Pee Wee Russell Quartet. I also like the cut titled Moten Swing on the RTE cd of a Gerry Mulligan Concert jazz Band performance. Unfortunately the song they're playng is actually "Broadway".

I grew up in a small town where I could get up at 8, shower, have a quick breakfast, and still be at school by 9. So I thought 8 was the norm. When I was studying and teaching at university I tried not to have any classes before 11 so I got up even later. When I moved to LA I discovered I had to get up by 7 just to get to work on time. (When I'm on a film it's more like 5:45 or earlier.) So now I usually wake up between 6:30 and 7 and get out of bed at 7 or a bit later, but that still seems early to me. I think our concept of norms is set when we're young. My kids had to be at school by 8 and sometimes earlier, though supposedly teenagers' natural rhythm is to get up later.

I love these shows. I don't think Dylan writes them though he's a good DJ. BTW they often use relevant but unidentified jazz as background music when he talking. E.g. When Classic Rock was the theme a lot of the songs were about rocks and stones and at one point they played Strayhorn's Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note.

1968 is a funny year to have chosen. Most people who only like his early stuff would have said '66. I think al he did between 66 and 68 was John Wesley Harding and the basement tapes. And surely you find some merit in Blood on the Tracks.

Try this one. Mine is on Fresh Sounds: I'll look for it. The one time I saw Pepper was at Donte's, but that was in the '80s when he was playing with George Cables. Really happy I got to see him perform.

There's a concert performance by Jack Teagarden where he introduces the song and says that he and Glenn Miller wrote the intro. Anyone know if this is true?

To get back on topic: What cds are most typical of the Trane influenced Pepper? I've seen it most on his Jazz Casual appearance but there aren't many cds from that era except with the Buddy rich band. The Trip, perhaps?

I think it's because Miles had already recorded a different tune called "Milestones". But I think (I'm not sure) that on the original Lp release it was called "milestones".

Happy B'Day and many more!!!