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Great player, and he's got style as well! Ack, I forgot about that. let me know when I can get my ears on it,I'm not a fan of window shopping. 😢

WTF Oakland?!?!

Scoop - Netflix

Ordered.

78s

Release date July 5: NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes certainly personifies the term "living history." Born in Detroit, Hayes packed up his drum set and caught a train east, arriving in New York City in 1956 to join the Horace Silver Quintet. In 1959 he joined the Cannonball Adderley band, finding himself, in his early 20s, at the nerve center of the jazz world. He would visit John Coltrane in his apartment and was to make several justly famous recordings with him. Over the next 60 years Hayes amassed an impressive body of work, playing and recording with Oscar Peterson, Dexter Gordon, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, Cedar Walton, Sonny Rollins, Woody Shaw and countless others. His latest recording on Savant, Artform Revisited, may fondly recall some of Hayes' old friends, but it also stands on the summit of today's post-bop sessions. Surrounded by his recording band of choice, Hayes' vibrant and colorful drumming supports a carefully chosen set list. Two new compositions by Hayes are featured along with some Charlie Parker tunes, the John Lewis version of "Milestones" and the beautiful but seldom-heard Bobby Troup ballad, "You're Looking at Me." Through it all, Hayes proves himself to not just a great drummer, but also a gifted and charismatic leader, inspiring his players to give their best and delivering performances born of his vast experience and exhibiting the mutual respect of all those concerned.

My sister sent me a clipping of a recent WSJ article by John Edward Hasse called "Duke Ellington's Singular Swing." He writes, "He led his ensemble through 10,000 recordings, an estimated 20,000 performances..." Does that sound right? His performances were only double his recordings? For every 12 songs he recorded, he performed only 24 times? 10,000 recordings divided by 12 would equal 833 albums. What do you think? 1,000 recordings?

Just saw "The Fall Guy." Fun movie.

Just listening to him this morning on Time For Tyner, where he is outstanding.

Back to reading Nat Hentoff's _Hear Me Talkin' To Ya_ again and the chapter on this guy. Thank goodness, as always, for John R. T. Davies!

L'il Miss Martha - Riders Up!!!

Half Man Half Biscuit With Margi Clarke – No Regrets ... UK 1991

Alex Egan – Phonica Friends & Family Mix Series 13 ... UK 2023

I would buy it.

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Still, Wood Notes / Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 John Jeter, Fort Smith Symphony (Naxos)

The LP set is RSD only so they’re not likely to get any in. However, RSD Market has several copies and I’m sure there are plenty on Discogs.

Then you're right: he probably did make a nice piece of change from the record. IIRC Russ Freeman made enough money to retire after Mariah Carey recorded her version of The Wind. (The retirement part isn't mentioned but here's a good story about it: https://jazzresearch.com/russ-freeman-the-wind/.)

There's an Emily Remler live bootleg set from the Four Queens (I think) that I WOULD LOVE someone to resurrect and clean up. I can't believe there hasn't been one reissue or, "find" of her live material. I suspect she would do well commercially.

Dark Angel – Darkness Descends (1986)

Foil Henniston - Crinklin'!!!

Liberty LRP 3380 (FSR reissue 1985) - Bob Florence " Here And Now" - rec. 1964 - Engineer: Bones Howe