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Coleman Hawkins sounded better than I recall from hearing this album on LP when first released. But though he only has a few solos, Barry Harris is excellent.

Thanks Holy Ghost, i hope to receive some answer about this "encounter", but in this moment I'm thinking about something: it's true that Neidlinger may not claim that Cherry played with Taylor, but if he attended all the rehearsals, what was his role as a mere 'spectator'? What was he invited to do? In short, I'm convinced that Cherry played. There may not be any recordings to prove it, but he played. My only regret is that, unfortunately, during the years I knew Cherry, I knew nothing about this matter and was unable to ask him for confirmation. I'm sure he would have answered me, and I think I know how. Anyway, I also want to know 'more', so I ask you: what questions do you have about him? What do you want to know about him? Perhaps by starting a discussion between us, we could enrich our knowledge about the work of this great musician of ours. Are you up for it?

Both excellent records I would not have known about without this board!

I guess we're lucky his other tune with a person's name made it clear - he went with the dude's nickname. That's a good point though it might have been a Thiel tracking decision - but the fact they were both recorded at the same date ...

Poems that Coltrane was writing, not reading (p. 247 in the Porter book). Regarding the Lonnie Johnson theory, the fact that the song is preceded by "Bessie's blues" on Crescent sure is some relevant context...

I wouldn't normally recommend a "Jazz 'Round Midnight" compilation (with such wonderful stock cover art 🤢), but...this particular comp is of some value. It collects eleven tracks from eleven different Mulligan albums, a number of which are not readily available digitally. Mulligan's Verve and Phillips years weren't represented all that well in the CD era (not sure about Spotify, et al), so this disc offers a peek into some of those albums. The digital transfer, for 1993, is excellent. Most importantly, the sequencing is really fine. A big 👍. The version of "La Plus Que Lente" is the alternate take, which I find much stronger than the master take. And "Lost In The Stars" contains one of Bob Brookmeyer's finest moments. A perfect ballad. If you own the CJB Mosaic, only three tracks are duplicated here.

I recollect seeing him a couple of times one week at the Iridium, and he was only the third best soloist in his own band, but that was because he had Geri Allen and James Spaulding in the band.

I agree that is a possibility. As someone named Lonson and most often called Lon but as a kid sometimes Lonnie, I have always been intrigued by derivations of this name, and Lonnie or Lonny is most often a nickname for Alozono. My guess is whoever is lamenting is properly named "Alonzo."

I strongly recommend these four volumes, among my favourite Tete discs:

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Dynamic Maximum Tension (Nonesuch)

My first exposure to Tim Berne. Actually, the first Soul Note title I ever purchased.

“The Complete Roulette Dinah Washington Recordings” Mosaic Records box set, disc 4

yes! also Jeff "Tain" Watts (b. 1960) and Tatsuya Nakatani (b. 1970).

I was always under the impression that the 'Lonnie' was Alonzo 'Lonnie' Levister, whose tune 'Slow Dance' Coltrane had recorded for Prestige.

January 20 Andy Sheppard - 1957

The Ideation of Kenny Drew

given to me by the author on 8/16/61 - I was 17.

Or a personal friend/relative as opposed to a known musician, though I can see the poetry angle.

Good one!