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"Ebullient" was how he was often described in the jazz press - apparently had a vaudeville family background. Lennie Tristano was pianist in "The Chubby Jackson Quartet" when he (Lennie) arrived from Chicago in 1946, but there were personality problems, as you might imagine. I always thought he was the guy who shouted out "Here comes Charlie Parker!" on that "Your Father's Moustache" track by the Harris-Jackson Herd broadcast from Birdland in '53 but on checking (Losin) it seems it was drummer Morey Feld . Anyway, wild band, wild track and great Bird ...

It's not perfect, but It's a pick-up group in the early days of TV. We're lucky to have it! You're getting a bit mean in your old age, Gheorghe .

Wasn't it Lester and Bird? I seem to remember doing that ...

I thought I was the only one ...

Thanks for that, Mark - hours of enjoyment ahead.

RIP Barry - thanks for the beautiful, meaningful, swinging jazz ....

Right! No "underwater" playing from Haig here (Tristano) - he's on fire! Diz is great too!

I received the cds a couple of weeks ago and feel it’s a worthwhile package. Essentially it’s an historical document of Bird's various visits to the West Coast - there is greater Bird available, so primarily it’s for completest Bird fans – I’m one of them so the sound (not great/ not too bad/ heard and enjoyed much worse) is not a problem for me. Beef is too much Harry the Hipster, included for the scene, I guess. Highlights for me are the opening “How High the Moon” with Diz, Cherokee with Nat Cole (which I had from long ago), and the session with Miles and Albany. All the Bird is interesting. The slightly stoned sound of the ranch party adds to the stoned atmosphere.

Amazon Japan says release 11/24 (￥3960).

OK - checked it out - some mixed reports but it would seem not cousins as in family - maybe bass cousins

Agree with that - weren't he and Paul Chambers cousins? There is some (family) resemblance in their playing ... both playing / pushing right on top of the beat ...

The site has just added audio clips ...

Sounds like a lot of fun. I presume it lives up to its title?

What this album really needed was for Clifford to take solo choruses - his playing, exquisite as it is, is limited to "melody and embellishment", yet he was one of the great improvisors! More Clifford would certainly have relieved the "tedium" of Hefti's charts. Seems like a lost opportunity to me ...

Dot Time also put out a CD "Lennie Tristano - The Duo Sessions" a year or so ago - previously unreleased tracks of Lennie with Lennie Popkin, Connie Crothers and Roger Mancuso. Carol Tristano wrote the liners and Lennie Popkin was also involved in the production. So there's a connection ...

There was a story about this that I can't quite recall. James Harrod will probably know ...

Don't we all.

Chewy probably has a copy, too ...

Murakami has a short story on Bird, which is not really sci-fi, but then again, maybe it is. Anyway it’s great, and you can read the whole thing here – it’s short, naturally. Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova: Haruki Murakami https://penangholiaw.blogspot.com/2020/06/charlie-parker-plays-bossa-nova-by.html

Opinions may vary ...

I caught Freddie in Hawaii 1978 with a local group including Gabe Balthazar on alto. Be-bop and standards. Great night ...

Beautiful - Mulligan, Zoot, Al Cohn, Lee, Allen Eager + Freddie Green (!), Henry Grimes, Dave Bailey play Mulligan arranged by Bill Holman. Allen's short, dark alto solo on 'Revelation' always kills me ....

Recorded at the Midway Lounge, Pittsburgh 1957

RIP Phil.