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I'm devastated. First the guy gets cancer at an early age, overcomes it, and then dies of a heart attack at 66? I played on two albums with him, and used to drive him to gigs, because he didn't have a car back then. I idolized the guy, and when he walked up to me and told me that he liked the way I play during one gig, I was on cloud nine. Most guys that double don't master BOTH instruments, but he was frightening on BOTH clarinet and sax. As jazzbo said, he was a true 'keeper of the flame' as he showed on his many albums for Concord. What a great loss for jazz. RIP, Kenny...

I'm not familiar with the Berklee controversy. But the venue only holds 100 people, and he did 2 shows. I went to the second show and it was nearly full, for whatever that's worth.

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How was the attendance? I know he stopped touring for a while due to the Berklee controversy. It will be interesting to see if he tours the Boston area again.

You can definitely hear the Jimmy Scott influence here, splendidly so.

👌 Agreed on all accounts. (I've listened to the McIntyre but don't own it.) It's a great sub-series.

Red's debut, which many members here likely have. Wynton Kelly's playing is especially beautiful on this record. The liner notes state that Red's full name is: Junior Sylvester Kyner.

Cal Tjader “Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1962-1967” Jazz Detective 2 cd set, disc 2

Mine was due yesterday, looks as if it coming tomorrow instead.

15 records that yield a total of 30 to 60 tunes (i.e. 2 to 4 per disc), that makes sense indeed. So 40 to 60 tunes would make "about 2.5 on average" to 4 per disc. A possible total too.

Here is the quote in question. I think it is likely Janak meant the 15 records or 30 sides all together had 40-60 tunes.

Wasn't 16" the typical diameter of transcription discs for radio use?

Which ones were 16" then? I mistakenly thought all V-Discs were that size.

SIXTY tunes on ONE disc? That cannot have been the actual discs. I am no expert on these at all but AFAIK most often the V-Discs had 4 tunes per record (sometimes only 2, sometimes 3). That's what the discographies say, and that's what is on the handful of original V-Discs that I have. They all play at 78 rpm.

A few more CDs on my shelves with Sonny Red. Still more CDs on my shelves with Sonny Red.

💗 Yes a great LP - love it!👍 💗 Yep! its this one (also here as 12"Japan)

I believe he had some type of malignancy that went into remission with treatment. Ironic that he then succumbs to a cardiac problem at his relatively young age.

I may have been at one of the concerts these were selected from:

Looking forward to the Oliver Lake volume finally hitting these shores, and can't wait to see what else they pull out of the vaults. All of the first 3 releases are phenomenal, maybe the Blythe most of all.

Got mine yesterday via USPS. Started reading the booklet which has a long quote from Tony Janak in which he explains that the recordings were sent out on 12 inch discs with as many as 60 tunes on a double sided disc. Does anyone know what the playback speed was?

Back perhaps a couple of years ago Ken was diagnosed with an illness, and had to cancel some appearances. After a period of time he returned and seemed to be doing well. I have seen Ken play in person more than a dozen times over the past (roughly) 20 years. He was not only a fine clarinet and saxophone player, but was also a very funny guy who usually made humorous comments at his gigs. He will be missed. R.I.P.