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Steven, The inventory at the back of the book mentions that the source for some of the titles is the Library of Congress. Were you able to consult actual lead sheets at the Library, or did you consult copyright.gov?

I have quite a backlog of new stuff and am just getting around to this one. Listened to the first disk yesterday. I like it more than I expected to. Pretty swinging stuff. Bob Zurke! Sound is good.

It's good - I like the first Lookout Farm album even more. It goes for three figures on CD, but is available as an Amazon download.

The cover of the actual Tone Poet is much darker than the image I copied from the Blue Note site. Disappointing that they couldn't recreate the original which really popped. Regardless, a classic session.

I love it too. I purchased it in 1978 when I first saw Max Roach live. If I remember right, this was the only Max Roach LP they had in the record store then. It was a pleasant surprise for me to have Clifford Jordan on it, he is very strong, as is Eddie Khan on bass. But then, it was on another label, it was the French "America" Label, which had mostly Mingus records from the sixties. Roach when I saw him first, performed with Cecil Bridgewater, Billy Harper and Reggie Workman.

I heard Sue´s Changes live, but it was one year later, and I think Adams and Pullen were replaced by Ricky Ford and first Danny Mixon and I think I had heard Sue´s Changes with Dannie Mixon on piano. During his solo spot he got into a medium tempo stride and the audience loved it. I saw Mingus one year later but I think he had skipped Sue´s Changes from the set list, they played his new opus "Cumbia&Jazz Fusion"..... as far as I can remember after almost 50 years.

I first heard him on Liebman´s Drum Ode, which was a favourite of mine then when it came out and still is.

Same here.

RIP. I'd heard he was seriously ill, so it's inevitable, but it's still sad. While Richie Beirach is famous for his ECM recordings, I'd also recommend checking out his lesser-known albums produced in Japan. On the Trio label, albums like Sunday Song (a duo with Frank Tusa), Omerta (a duo with Dave Liebman), and Maracaibo Cornpone (where he appears as a sideman for George Otsuka) showcase a powerful side of Beirach quite different from his more decadent ECM music, and I really enjoy them.

High Potential

No word from Mosaic on my order yet.

I got to see him play one time. He was a sideman with Frank Morgan's Quartet.

Helluva cover, there.

A trombone, bass, bass and bat quartet.

After a quick comparison this is the enlarged 1944 version of the dictionary again. Makes sense as this must be the most comprehensive one. And a nice opener photo of that legendary 1939 party photo session intended for a LIFE magazine story (that never ran, unfortunately). In addition to the musicians named in the caption, Hot Lips Page, Max Kaminsky, bassist Clyde Newcomb, J.C. Higginbotham, Chu Berry, Cozy Cole, Eddie Condon, Rex Stewart and Johnny Hodges are in the pic. (And there were more at that party, including Juan Tizol, Billie Holiday, Bud Freeman, Dave Tough, Cootie Williams, pianist Dave Bowman and Brad Gowans). Who wouldn't have liked to listen in to THAT?

At the Big Ears Festival this year, Isaiah Collier is doing a Coltrane tribute (Collier Plays Coltrane). At the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival this year: Terrence Blanchard and Ravi Coltrane are doing a Coltrane and Miles Davis Centennial tribute. The New Orleans based big band Trumpet Mafia is doing a Miles Davis tribute with guest Keyon Harold. Maurice Brown is also usually the co-leader, along with Ashlin Parker. New Orleans based saxophonists Ricardo Pascal (Jason Marsalis trio/Mahmoud Chouki New World Ensemble), Trevarri Huffboone (Dirty Dozen Brass Band) and Derek Douget (Ellis Marsalis Quintet/ Herlin Riley Quartet/ Jason Marsalis Quintet) present Love is Supreme, A tribute to John Coltrane.

I believe Emmet Cohen with a group is as well.

https://flashbak.com/cab-calloways-hepsters-dictionary-a-guide-to-the-language-of-jive-1938-378657/

Brand-new song from the Boss: https://youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w

They say Mingus calls her, around 1957 apparently, when she and Leonard Feather no longer get along, and they play together briefly then. The excerpt of Mingus comparing her with Toshiko Akiyoshi is also shown. No indication of last gigs. But probably not many by 1958. 1959 with the deaths of Lester Young and Billie Holiday is said to be a turning point, she “decides to live”, quits alcohol and gets her new job.