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A third rainy day seems ahead. Memphis not happy about it. Lots of falling leaves. Starting off with Dave Brubeck “Jackpot” Sony cd. Not essential perhaps due to a less than stellar piano and instrumental balance that could have beeb better, but tunes not usually played.

Ts find

He in no way says its a digital master. One track was somehow missing from the reels and a digital transfer was used. What would be nice is to know what tune was sourced from a digital transfer so that others could make their own judgements. What this really does is call into question is what else was lost on the misplaced reel because its pretty rare that a single tune is all that was recorded. It sounds like Mr. Wilkie did his own mix tapes from the recordings he preserved of these broadcasts.

yes, nice and mellow !

In advance of the November 4 concert in Madrid...

October 24 Odean Pope - 1938

Michael James [M.J.]: No.85 Bud Shank New Groove. In:Modern Jazz. The essential records. A critical selection by Hax Harrison, Alun Morgan, Ronald Atkins, Michael James, Jack Cooke. London 1978, p. 55

Beastie Boys' heavy sampling of Steig in "Sure Shot"

Never seen this before, looks fascinating, esp. Karl Berger there. Is this, this?

Hope it was a great show!

Ts find

It would be Bird and it has yet to be assembled. Plenty of studio boxes, but live Bird is a whole nother thing. But there is that bootleg Rollins/Village Gate box that is pretty damn...intense.

and Australia!! still looking for a few Rutherfords to plug the gaps

Episode 48 https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/track/straight-life-episode-forty-eight-3 ***** Episode 49 https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/track/straight-life-episode-forty-nine-2

Berliner Jazztage is my single favorite Woody Shaw album too!! — and absolutely in my top-25 overall (in all of jazz). Trouble is, my top-25 could be any of 100 different albums on any given day — but it’s a phenomenal album, for the quality of the soloists, and the arranging too. Absolute top-drawer.

with good reason...

My all-time favorite jazz album:

never owned that one, but would certainly grab the LP if I ran into it. Great band.

The Kent Carters are excellent indeed. yeah, there's still some gaps to fill I see... too bad they don't ship to the US!

Not an actual box set per se... But the vast amount of live Woody Shaw (leader and co-leader dates) might as well be a box set (of sorts). Six (6) discs on Highnote alone (if you include the two with Louis Hayes). Then a bunch further on other labels, some from essentially the exact same sorts of sources as the Highnote material (or at least that one from the "International Trumpet Guild" sure the heck seems like Vol 5 in the Highnote series, in all but name). Anyway, we've gotten a TON of live Shaw over the last 25 years (the first live Highnote came out in 2000). And -- though released separately -- collectively it all seems like a live box set of sorts (and not just the Highnotes either -- but all the more recent ones too). Not every track is a 10/10, but I'd argue the great majority is (at worst) a 7/10, and often better An embarrassment of riches for Shaw fans -- what is it, a dozen hours? Closer to 15?