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Makes sense, thanks. If someone writes an equivalent high-quality "spiritual jazz" book, I'm all in even at a crazy price.

Andrew Cyrille, Wadada Leo Smith, Bill Frisell, Lebroba (ECM)

Timely stuff, thanks. BTW, his 'Land of Hope & Dreams' EP from last year is magnificent.

I've been doing a concentrated Jessica Williams listen the last few days. Glorious stuff.

I like this one. Not released until 1995, these 1957 recordings really draw me “into” the music. A trio with Chet’s trumpet and vocals, guitar and bass.

I should have been more specific in my citation. I used the Library of Congress "Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3, Musical Compositions," which is only a listing and doesn't include lead sheets. (Wouldn't that be great, though?) As an example, here's a link to the 1931 book - https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig263libr/page/n3/mode/2up . Attached is a page from the 1944 catalog that shows the entry for "'Round Midnight."

Just began reading my paperback copy yesterday morning. The beginning gives a nice summary of early independent jazz labels, the start of Prestige/New Jazz, and Bob Weinstock's early life. I expect to continue reading this book a few chapters at a time so as to try to listen to some of the recordings mentioned along the way.

My set "departed FedEx hub" in Memphis, TN today at 5:28. Hope to have it in Italy into the next week. I can't wait.

My review should be on line at hothousejazz.com in the next day or two, unless it ends up in the digital paid subscriber edition.

No shipping notice from UPS or Mosaic's expediter.

43 years ago, at The Widder Bar in Zurich, The Oliver Jackson Trio featuring Percy France performed "Liza" in honor of Swiss jazz researcher/writer/promoter Johnny Simmen's wife, Liza (this was the only known time the group played the tune). They are pictured here on January 29, 1983, with Leonard Gaskin and Oliver Jackson. Simmen was friends with many American jazz stars and also worked for Swiss Air, including programming their Jazz channel on international flights.

January 29 Remembering Jeanne Lee - 1939 (- 2000) I often saw her as a citizen of Göttingen with Gunter Hampel and their children Cavana and Ruomi.

It's really good. Not in my top 5, but really good. “Miles in India” Times Square 2 cd set, disc 2 A very interesting release that I am having a good time re-visiting.

COLD. But again, no snow overnight, happy about that Starting off with a new arrival, Anaïs Reno “Lovesome Thing - Anais Reno Sings Ellington & Strayhorn” Harbinger cd Nice backing and I love this material so much. 632×632 123 KB Bass – Russell Hall Drums – Kyle Poole Liner Notes – Will Friedwald Piano, Leader – Emmet Cohen Saxophone – Tivon Pennicott Violin – Juliet Kurtzman Recorded August 11-12, 2020 at Samuri Hotel Recording Studio, New York City.

Digging up this thread again now, another 12 years later: Among the records very recently bought from the estate of a deceased collector I also took home another copy of the Esquire 4-CD box set (ESQ100-4), but alas it also has only 22 tracks on CD 4. So this slipup seems to have been a fairly widespread problem. Since Sidewinder was not totally sure in 2013 which tunes exactly had been omitted (see his post of Dec. 1, 2013 above), I am wondering now: Did anyone ever do a closer comparison of the contents of this CD with other releases of each of the tunes supposed to be on this CD to find out which tunes EXACTLY were omitted and which is which now among the Tito Burns and Norman Burns tracks on the 22-track version? At any rate, its still a great set and a backup copy can do no harm.

I didn't know much about him until I got that box. And it quickly became one of my top Mosaic boxes. On FIRE! Great album! A Top 5 BN, for sure!

The Highwomen: Highwoman

Steven, The inventory at the back of the book mentions that the source for some of the titles is the Library of Congress. Were you able to consult actual lead sheets at the Library, or did you consult copyright.gov?