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Yes, I would say that he follows the same approach with verbatim quotations, hence listing myriads of references in footnotes. I am also an anorak with regard to including proper references and giving due credit to your sources, but in this case it may be too much for a ca. 200-pages bio. Both bios are very valuable assets, being the first full-length bios of Byas and Hodges, but both also have their lights and shadows.

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Did Chapman go as overboard with his footnotes (often for no gain in information to the reader) in the Hodges bio as he did in the Byas bio?

Just finished Con Chapman's bio of Don Byas. And just started to revisit Chapman's bio of Johnny Hodges, at the same time I continue my journey through Mark Lehmstedt's bio of Art Tatum.

Bill Evans “Inner Spirit” Resonance Records 2 cd set, disc 2 200×200 56.4 KB This excellent 2 cd set is still 7.99 at Resonance, among other great Evans 2 cd set deals.

Each evening Monday through Friday, we feature an artist or recording in the first 20 minutes of each hour (except Wednesday at midnight edt which is given to "Out On Blue Lake"). Here is the list of "retrospective" features for this month. And, again, the program then streams the following day: March 2026 2 Miles Davis, Kind of Blue 3 Emmet Cohen, piano 4 Jan Garbarek, saxophones 5 Jeremy Pelt, trumpet 6 Ken Peplowski, clarinet/tenor saxophone 9 George Coleman, saxophones 10 Bix Beiderbecke, cornet 11 Adam O’Farrill, trumpet 12 Kenny Drew, piano 13 Branford Marsalis, saxophones 16 Tommy Flanagan, piano 17 Nat “King” Cole, piano/voice 18 Bill Frisell, guitar 19 Keith Jarrett, piano 20 Wynton Marsalis, trumpet 23 WFMT 24 WFMT 25 WFMT 26 WFMT 27 WFMT 30 Marilyn Crispell, piano 31 Joel Ross, vibes

The funeral mass:

Paul Desmond “Take Ten” RCA/Legacy cd from the Complete Albums box set.

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Beethoven - Op.18/1 and Op.18/5

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“Mel Lewis Sextet” Mode/Muzak Japan lp facsimile cd A great little bouncing tempo step up from those ballads. What a sextet! Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Mariano Bass – Buddy Clark Drums – Mel Lewis Piano – Marty Paich Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Bill Holman Trumpet – Jack Sheldon

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Riverside RS-3036 St - Wes Montgomery "March 6, 1925 - June 15, 1968 (compilation) - rec 1959 to 1961 - Engineer: Bob Arnold

I can't agree more, Lon! Excellent recording.

Melissa Aldana “Filin” Blue Note cd A beautiful recording to start a warm morning. This morning her treatment of these ballads makes me think of how Barney Wilen so thoughfully and emotionally presented French ballads. An excellent recording as well.