We had about fifteen hours without snow! The. snow started back up about an hour ago, and should last through the afternoon and then though we’ll have very cold days we should get a respite for a spell from precipitation. Got to watch and listen thorugh the downstairs audio/visual system for a while and now I’m in front of the main system upstairs and listeneing to “Pictures of Heath” on Toshiba Super Bit Jazz Classic lp facsimile cd.  

Nonsense! No reason at all to avoid the subject here or to be reticent about it . It all connects up at some point. Militant purism is toxic, fuck that.

I have my doubts about Henry McDode being a pseudonym for Hampton Hawes. If Hawes couldn't be credited for contractual reasons, what sense would it make to credit him for one session? The Lord Disco shows McDoide on a total of four sessions (I can't access it at this moment). One is from 1949: https://www.discogs.com/release/9147738-Big-John-And-His-Orchestra-Too-Late-Blues-Shindig 

I was just recently was him reminiscing the ECM albums he made. Some fascinating stories there: