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(yet another Jazz Detective production that I acquired recently... )

That should be him, if you search this board for "math rock", you find some instances of Larry discussing his son, apparently his former band as a guitar player was Crush Kill Destroy

According to Facebook, his son's name is Jacob. Unfortunately, his son does not have a Facebook page himself. If his son Jacob is a musician, this is his bandcamp page: https://bandcamp.com/jacobkart

“Miucha & Antonio Carlos Jobim” RCA Japan cd I wanted to hear some flute, and Jobim’s flute sounds lovely here.

It’s warm but the cold returns tomorrow and hangs out. Spring! Statring off a quiet morning with the Rudy Vang Gelder Remasters version of Kenny Burrell with Coleman Hawkins “Bluesy Burrell” Moodsville/OJC cd.

My first exposure to Bird was the Savoy/Arista LP box set, picked up whilst on a visit to Sydney in the mid 80s. Not long after I found the Dial/Spotlite LP box set here in Brisbane second hand. Still have them both but they have been superseded (for listening) by the Savoy/Dial Atlantic set & Dial Mosaic. Sublime music!!

FWIW, I just wrote to Spotify in the Support chat and mentioned some of these examples (as well as others that I found). I mentioned that these "artists", while not listed under the profiles of the real artists, have been assigned misleading "names". A couple of hours later I got this email from Spotify: "Thanks for informing us about this. We’ve checked it out and see what you mean, so we’ve passed it on to the Content team for review. Hopefully they’ll have this sorted for you soon. Please be aware this could take several weeks to be reflected in the app".

Good point, Mike! I am revisiting Max Harrison's 'A Jazz Retrospect', and the first article is 'Charlie Parker's Savoy Recordings', written as early as 1959. Interesting analysis on Bird's improvisations. Harrison concludes that, in most of the recording sessions, and contrary to the statement of Ross Russell and others that Bird usually developed his best solos in the first take, Parker managed to make his improvisations evolve take after take, including new ideas and assembling them more coherently.

March 26 Lew Tabackin - 1940

Haven't listened to this for years. Enjoying it!

John Doe - solo

I will tell you a weird story - years ago I was on my way to a club in Midtown Manhattan. I was walking (I was about 19, so this might have been 1973) and who did I see ahead of me but Budd Johnson. I was thrilled; I walked up and introduced myself, and Johnson said "I want you to meet my friend, Big Al Sears (who was standing next to him)." I was very excited about this, wish I'd had a camera.

last I spoke to him he was diagnosed with early-onset dementia. I had been talking to him for a while since his wife stuck him in a facility without telling him what she was doing, and while he was still very cognizant. At that point he got a lawyer and was sent back home. He had started to fade, and when I did last call, a caregiver came on the phone and said he was doing ok. That's the last contact I had. I imagine he is in some kind of care facility and probably totally out of it by now. He does have a son but I cannot remember his first name, so I know of no way to reach him, sadly enough.

“Charlie Parker on Dial Completed” Spotlite/TOCJ Japan 4 cd set, disc 1 Bird on the West Coast.

After seeing it mentioned here I pulled out my Japanese copy of the 4 disc Charlie Parker on Dial Completed. It really sounds great. As does the last edition of this music I listened to, the Mosaic Dial box set. I usually tend to gravitate to Savoy sides for Bird, but the Dial have a lot to enjoy.

Bird was a player who really improvised, conceived very different solos in each take. In that respect he was largely superior to his sidemen who often had to learn the tunes during the session. So all alternates merit listening, although he sometimes lost interest while the other were still finding their way through the tunes. I for one like both approaches to listening, just for Bird's incredible creativity, but listening to the music as the jazz world first got to hear it is hard to beat.

Al Sears is here.

Those Ludos look quite similar to the old Apple wired. They always fell out of my ears as well.

And he was right, but I would have bought them.