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'Talk of the Town' here strikes me as one of the great ballads on disc. Diz is superb - Getz is sublime (and I'm not even a Getz fan)!

Bird: Just Friends Lee Konitz: Don't Blame Me (Jimmy Rowles etc.1956)

J.R. Monterose Gigi Gryce Jay McShann

Donation sent 4/13 via Paypal to b3groover@hotmail.com.

Good news Allen - all the best!

Warne Marsh, Joe Albany, Bob Whitlock 1957

He's right about that damned Fender and rock beat!

Oscar seems to be smoking as he plays ... I have been in plenty of clubs, but can't actually recall seeing a bass player smoking and playing at the same time ... that would seem to present real difficulties, particularly up-tempo ...

Concord Bicycle will be devastated ...

That is a one great interview. Panken prods and Lou tells it as he saw it - great insight into the scene.

Right. I read what Chamberlain had to say and being an admirer of Warne's playing I was a little hesitant about going to hear him at a local concert with just bass and drums. I didn't need to worry - he and the group were on fire! Great musician!

Nice List - thanks for that. I have one up to CDr 82 that I got from somewhere - I can't recall - but it's an un-formatted mess ...

Paolo also had these interviews of musicians who worked with Bird on cdrs, which I regret not following up and have never seen/ heard anywhere. (The Al Haig interviews on 80 & 82 may be duplicates). BIRD'S EYES 63 apparently contains a tape of Bird's 'Blindfold Test' with Leonard Feather BIRD'S EYES VOL. 78 RAY BROWN INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD September 20,1989 44' RED RODNEY INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD April 22, 1982 4' DIZZY GILLESPIE INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD June 15, 1984 10' BIRD'S EYES VOL. 79 HOWARD MC GHEE INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD 61' WIELERT DOODLEY INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD 3' (W.D. worked for King Sax Company and repaired Bird's Sax) BIRD'S EYES VOL. 80 AL HAIG INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD August 1973 41'' DUKE JORDAN INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD August 19 37' BIRD'S EYES VOL. 81 MAX ROACH INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD September 1989 39' BARRY ULANOV INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD August 1973 27' BIRD'S EYES VOL. 82 AL HAIG INTERVIEW ABOUT BIRD 08.73 / 41 MIN 27

I see founder/ owner Paolo Piangiarelli died Jan 2 2022. The label was probably best known for its Bird's Eyes series (well over 100 rare/ historical releases, a Lester series, and numerous recordings of Konitz, Phil Woods, Chet Baker and various European musicians etc. RIP

. I think most of us appreciate Chambers as one of the great bass players - however, to these ears, there are times where he overdid it with the bow. Long arco solos, often poorly recorded on noisy band stands, can be seriously anti-climactic...

Imagine if he'd been bowing ...

"Dee's Dilemma" from "Live at the Moonlight" (1985), Macerata, Italy - Michel Grallier (piano), Massimo Moriconi (bass)

Sorry to hear that - incredible what he put out! A lot of love went into that catalogue! RIP.

Interesting that you went back to Bird, Bud, Fats, Dameron etc. Many don't.

Thanks folks. Listening to Lennie's changes behind the bass solo, I hear "You Can Depend on Me" (Wow) - but I can't hear that through the line. And I can't hear "It's You or No One" either ... or, as yet... Time will tell... amazing.

Enjoying disk V (duos/ trios with Sonny Dallas). Would anybody know the changes for "Forever Lines" (track 4)? I can't quite place them and it's driving me nuts. Often there is a hint in the title but if so, it eludes me.

Audio CD is here (+ 4 tracks of Tristano / Marsh quartet at Half Note 1958)