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  1. I just found this on the Smithsonian website re: Folkways (took some searching):

    "As a condition of the acquisition, the Smithsonian agreed that virtually all of the firm's 2,168 titles would remain "in print" forever--a condition that Smithsonian Folkways continues to honor through its custom order service. Whether it sells 8,000 copies each year or only one copy every five years, every Folkways title remains available for purchase."

    I'm not home to check whether the one I got was a CD-R but I see you can also download (even single tracks!) for about half the price of a cd.

    Wouldn't it be nice if every label had this policy.

  2. Getting back to the original post: I think that if you replace the term "hard bop" with "funk"-- a term that was used a lot at the time, you might have a different conversation. I do remember that after "Moanin" came out there seemed to be an attempt on the part of Blue Note to reproduce ti's success. (There were probably earlier examples of funk but I can't think if any right now.)

  3. My recollections were from about 1960

    Yeah, that would be about the right timescale for Harriott & co. at the Marquee. Would have loved to have seen that !

    Is it true that the band-room there had a pet rat?

    I saw the Harriot Quartet at the Marquee in the summer of '64.

  4. I have a copy of the Japanese CD reissue from a few years ago and the back of the booklet only contains a track listing plus details of personnel & solos. There's lots of other information in the booklet but, of course, it's all in Japanese! I suspect that the original LP cover only had what is shown on the back of my booklet.

    Information on soloists would have been nice. Does Mosaic ever post things like that?

  5. WTF????

    Well, perhaps I shouldn't be very surprised. Perhaps one of these days they'll come out with a corrected Such Sweet Thunder (but I'm not holding my breath.)

    Enlighten me.

    Well the liner notes spend a lot of time discussing a famous take of "Up and Down" that they left off the cd. It can be found on a cd celebrating Ralph Ellison.

  6. And given that some of the music on the Mosaic set is from the Great Depression, maybe the current tough times will assist in a greater appreciation of the music.

    Depends on when the Great Depression ended in one's perception; many would say 1939 with the beginning of the war economy of World War II. The earliest tracks on the Mosaic date from August 1939, just before the war started in Europe.

    I recently heard someone say that in the US it didn't really end until 1942 when they finally entered the war. (OK DEc 1941). I certainly don't have the knowledge to argue.

  7. Funny: Just last week I was trying to find a copy on-line of his song "Thoughts on a Rainy Afternoon". It's the one that goes (IIRC) "Oh Jesus, don't let Toronto take my song from me." I probably haven't heard it in 30 years but it's one of those songs that haunts me. (There are many such songs.)

  8. Just saw Haden and the Liberation Jazz Orchestra in Santa Barbara. Agree with the posting above, though I liked all the soloists. My only complaint is that the saxes weren't miked and couldn't compete with the brass. Small hall (600) only about 2/3 full but those who were there loved it. Me too. I was thinking of going without my wife (she's not a big jazz fan) but she came along and was knocked out.

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