Chuck Nessa

In graphic design circles Reid Miles was famous for mixing fonts. He called it something like "the liberation of type".

Dexter Gordon on "Something Different".

Finding the rightful heirs is not easy if they don't contact potential payees. I am in a quandry about royalties to more than one item in my small catalog.

98% of the time I'll take an artist photo on the cover. I find the happy/laughing photo of LY entirely compatible with the music on the disc. "More adventurous" music is in no way somber. As a BN "student" since the '50s, I think the cover is a dandy. I don't dislike the LT covers, but they were a product of the time.

Sorry but I have a huge problem getting past what I hear as a really ugly tone. Ellis's name is usually an "exit sign" for me. Sidemen override this sometimes, and I've met him (he's an amazingly nice guy). I just hate his tone.

Just get it. It may or may not be the best RCA, but it is very, very fine.

The previous domestic cd was black.

Screw the label, is the cover the original brown?

This made me remember an evening in our apartment in 1967 or 8. Lester Bowie and Roscoe Mitchell were visiting, playing records, drinking, bull shitting, etc - Lester went into a 10 minute animated lecture on the supreme qualities of the current JBs. "They are BAD Jack!".

I have sweaters older than you. I'm sure I have lots of other things older than you, but I can't remember.

Yes, I deeply regret your tour coincided with our trip out west. I wish we had been in the area. I echo Jims sentiments, please join in.

It should be a great year for you. Enjoy!

KD's showing Alfred how much Scotch to pour in his glass.

Obviously inspired by Delightfulee.

More men do this, more women do that. More women feel this way, more men feel that way. Why do we search for "correctives" to this? Is it inherently wrong?

Funny, I guess I always thought Duke used Hibbler for his sound the way he used his instumentalists. Every Ellington/Hibbler track I can think of could be Carney or a trombonist. I have not thought this through, but Duke may have chosen all his singers for sound. This may explain Duke's relative failure with "band vocalists".

Message from an old fart. Jim, please understand this: Our children are 33 and 29. I now frequently wake up at night (to go to the bathroom) and have trouble getting back to sleep. I always find something to worry about. Main worry is the kids' welfare. They are living their lives, but I keep fretting. I don't pass my concerns on to them, but is an ongoing process. You be in for interesting times.

Yeah, but he does like the sunrise.

All the best for the 3 of you.

I heard Criss play 3 or 4 times during the Prestige era. He was a pain in the ass in person. His negative vibes about anything was a tip. Sad guy, great player. Thank your god for the beauty of the remnants.

I'm not sure Brenda is ready for our return!

Russell Procope's soprano solo is enough to justify ANYTHING. By the way, when I saw the thread title I thought someone was in my mailbox. Yesterday I received cdrs of unissued JR Monterose (2 discs), Jaki Byard - 1948, Carl Fontana and Frank Rosolino, and unissued Fentone masters.

This is a combination of 2 early Columbia lps - CL 848 (Liberian Suite and Harlem) and CL 830 (the rest of it). I have it all on cd, sounding dandy, as well as the lps.

The ultimate problem is not downloads of jazz titles, but the massive downloads of pop "crap". That crap is what currently supports the paradigm the jazz recording business has lived in since 1917. I'm not saying this world is great, but if this system dies, there will be massive losses to all music fans for a long time. Delmark's loss of (maybe) 10% is nothing compared to the system's destruction and the loss of labels like that.

I think the amnesty is crap, but I have corresponded with people who have downloaded my stuff from somewhere. That is what makes me believe the Koester claim. What percentage would I hear from?