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Thanks. Also some website/blog reviews I saw. Next time in the shop I'll leaf through the book (I'm a fast reader) and check...no time today. OTOH, I suspect that Dolphy bio material is really scarce, rendering a detailed biography a la Szwed (for instance) unlikely. By way of comparison, I sprang for Combs's Dameronia, which had the same shortcomings. Tadd was both secretive and prone to dissembling / dissimulation, so there wasn't much to go by. [Sadly, I never managed to get a hold of Ian MacDonald's Dameron book.]

I think that this is an incredible video. The power of music.

Yes - go Brewers!!

with Hank Jones, Monty Budwig, and Jeff Hamilton

Wall Street Journal too, as well as all the papers here in northeast Ohio, even the paper in the county I live in. CNN online has a nice area devoted to Ozzy as well. Yes, agree. first five albums, plus a six, Sabotage being my favorite: The birth of thrash metal can be heard here: Becomes clear, especially early Metallica that they wouln't have sounded the way they did, if it wasn't for this track. I believe Metallica played Symptom of the Universe at the Birmingham Black Sabbath festival. About Ozzy, agree Blizzard of Oz and Diary of a Madman (Bark at the Moon gets an honorable mention) sent Ozzy into the stratusphere.

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A review posted on Amazon seems to confirm your fears.

Great to see Ozzy's obituary on the front page of today's New York Times. The obituary continues inside the newspaper (it fills up an entire page inside the newspaper). Of course I bought a copy.

Anyone read the Grasse biography? I just saw it on a bookstore. Wavering on whether to buy, in the process of looking for reviews. Looks like it's a near exhaustive discussion of recordings, but not really a bio. In which case I'll likely pass and hope for interlibrary loan availability.

Well recorded in the first year, released in the second. . . .

That's a weird record...a lot less CTI-ish than I was expecting. More like a really good club band, One of the earliest CTIs though, right?

One of my most treasured BN releases. I paid about $30 for mine 16-17 years ago, which was a deal at the time.

Fats Theus “Black Out” CTI Supreme King Records Japan cd Bass – Chuck Rainey, Jimmy Lewis Drums – Idris Muhammad Guitar – Grant Green Organ – Clarence Palmer, Hilton Felton Saw – Eddie Moore Tenor Saxophone – Fats Theus Recorded at Van Gelder Studios. Recorded July 16, 22, 1970.

More Moravec & Chopin: - Barcarolle in F# Major, Opus 60 - Etude in C# Minor, Opus 25, No. 7 - Mazurka in C# Minor, Opus 50, No. 3 - Mazurka in C# Minor, Opus 63, No. 3 - Mazurka in A Minor, Opus 7, No. 2 - Mazurka in C Major, Opus 24, No. 2 - Mazurka in A Minor, Opus 17, No. 4 - Scherzo, No. 1 in B Minor, Opus 20

Now on my turntable: Chopin's Ballades performed by Ivan Moravec, as heard in this set: Exquisite. I've been on a Chopin kick lately. Sounds like I should track down that Cherkassky recording.

The American Jazz Institute presents Mark Masters Ensemble “Peggy’s Blue Skylight” Capri Records cd Arrangements (arguably “recompositions”) by Masters of Mingus and Mulligan material. A real showcase for the system–superb engineering.

Next up:

George Robert-Tom Harrell Quintet “Cape Verde” Mons Records cd Alto Saxophone - George Robert Bass – Reggie Johnson Drums – Byron Landham Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Tom Harrell Piano – Dado Moroni Recorded live in Rheinfelden, Switzerland on September 24-25, 1992

Now spinning:

Taormina is nice. You should have taken of the photo of the theater wall with the Etna in the background.