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This is even more intriguing, because Monk cleaned up by now. Sonny was still a bit of a mess.Think Sonny stole Monk's comp for money to fix, or that he thought he believed it was his own writing?

The Jimmy Smith Doubletime 2-CD set, "A New Sound... A New Star...", has also never been reissued since that release except on CD in Japan.

Well, I guess that I should have been a bit more precise in my comments. While some of this information may have been lost at Blue Note, it wouldn't seem to be a major issue. We have exact recording dates for almost all the classic Blue Note sessions, even if a lot of this information wasn't included on the back cover of original EP and LP releases. From about the 1970s until the end of the century, we not only had precise discographical information included on reissues of classic earlier records but established jazz labels would generally include all of this information on new releases as well. Now, the situation has significantly changed in that regard and, as I wrote above, I worry that a lot of discographical information is not being saved for posterity at all.

While I do appreciate having the recording dates for the same reasons as John, I am a bit confused by his comment that listing the recording date(s) was a common practice in the 20th century. None of the original Blue Note LPs listed the recording date(s). For some reason, I remember reading an interview with Cuscuna where he said that until he got Lion's log book in the mid-70's, that information was lost. So it seems like Blue Note's practice of listing the recording date(s) on their releases was a Cuscuna thing & not a Blue Note thing as they didn't start listing those dates until Cuscuna launched the LT series.

Kelley was writing a book about Thelonious Monk so obviously, he was going to get their take on it. I find it a bit sad that Monk's estate decided that there was no way that Clark could have written this tune and that maybe, just possibly, Monk liked it enough to write it down for him to play later. They just found the tune among Monk's pile of written out tunes and decided "Clark was a junkie and stole it". What bugs me the most though is that even if it was written by Monk, no one knows if Clark stole it or if Monk gave it to him. Add to the fact that Clark recorded this tune in 1961, more than 20 years before Monk died and that Monk never played it himself nor said anything about Clark's version being his & you have a situation where no one should jump to "Clark stole it".

Ts-find, Symphonies 5,7

Starting off a snowy morning with a cd that I used to play to death but have neglected for a few years. It’s the amazing 1960 band of Charles Mingus with Bud Powell sitting in for one piece. Hard to top the ensemble and the compositions really allow for the incredible stretched out performances. Charles Mingus “Mingus at Antibes” Atlantic cd Charles Mingus – bass, piano Ted Curson – trumpet Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, bass clarinet Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone Dannie Richmond – drums Bud Powell – piano “I’ll Remember April” Recorded 13 July 1960, Antibes, France

Ted Brown - Preservation (Steeplechase)

With Lucinda I'm re-watching Project Runway All Stars (season 2 currently, we'll re-watch them all). I'll have the house to myself for a spell today, hoping to watch the new Fantastic Four movie on Blu-ray.

Okay, from above, seems someone got to hear it and form an opionion...maybe that sombody could be kind and rewind and send it back to Blue Note....

ACE! Thinking of you!

Really missing this dude, brilliant guitarist, I hate how Kiss (i.e., Paul and Gene) turned Kiss into a business (I want to believe even Paul didn't agree to turning Peter and Ace into employees, I think it was always Gene's motive, fucking greedy bastard) in which Ace and Peter loss millions of dollars, they rightfully deserved. To Ace, imo the true talent behind Kiss. Cover art is a little...but a brilliant record...thank you Ace!!!

'Lost' could mean a lot of things, e.g. a tape being sent for evaluation and never returned out of absent-mindedness. Joel Dorn was known to misplace tapes, for example. I doubt they would send out the only copy, but you never know.

I've watched it last week - it is very good, illuminating background to how the scene evolved in Detroit and some good clips and interviews. I was amazed when I did the search to find it already on Prime in the UK. Having watched, I now need to delve back into Mark's fine book.

Not any worse than Dan Grissom with Jimmie Lunceford. And I don't think it is so much a matter of being a "purist". Even tearjerkers can be swung (in a way). But I guess they were part of the repertoire (dictated by popular tastes back then) of the big bands (Black ones included) that they did play at live dates but that otherwise never got recorded (waltzes, etc.).

I will watch it soon!

I agree, this has very often been the case, and the rule rather than the exception. There are countless reissues that reproduced the facsimiles of the front and back covers of the originals but often have a few lines with personnel and recording dates added somewhere (wherever there remained some free space) in the original layout of the back cover. And I do not even count the number of original (or very early rpressing) LPs where I've added the recording dates in pencil (so erasable ) on the back cover somewhere near the lineups. As for "new jazz", I cannot really comment because there is not much brand new jazz releases I am buying. But overall, among those I did buy (most often CDs) I'd say it's about 50% with and without recording dates. But indeed the recording studio always seems to be mentioned (and the recording dates - if indicated - buried somewhere nearby), as well as the lists of thanks to a milion people out there.

December 10 Franco Ambrosetti - 1941

In two consecutive days, we've lost two of the most important Spanish rock musicians, two icons, two excelent musicians, vocalists and composers, as well as probably our best representatives of "sex, drugs and rock'n'roll". May you rest in peace, motherfuckers! Jorge Martínez (70) from Ilegales Robe Iniesta (63) from Extremoduro

Sounds like Kelley should've consulted you. Meanwhile...