Chuck Nessa

When Revenant licensed the material the masters they received were dubs from vinyl. They were unhappy about this and used Japanese cds issued by Tokuma as source material. The Japanese cds had the extra material. Revenant had already printed the packages and elected to use them rather than take a loss on the printing.

My best deal was coming home in 1973. Ann, my wife had been to a garage sale and presented me with near mint originals of Kenny Drew's Undercurrent and Horace Parlan's Speakin' My Piece. She paid fifty cents for them.

Chris wins, hands down. No contest. If it is "take b", he can endow the list.

I'm a bit shocked by the few responses to this disc. In the early '60s, while in college, this record was owned and played often by almost everyone I knew - it was huge. I thought the front line alone would attract attention. This is the last Waldron recording of his "first career". Booker and Dolphy are in perfect settings to show their best qualities (but why didn't Esmond Edwards ask for more takes of Warm Canto?). All the compositions are interesting and Rudy did a fine job recording the band. Even Mal's cigarette smoke (on the cover) intrigued me. I guess you had to be there. ANYWAY, I've nominated Catesta for the next AOTW. Maybe he'll have better luck. Oh yeah, I forgot to say Mal has Ron Carter on cello, where he can't hurt anyone.

The Colpix stuff is an EMI/BN effort.

I believe he also had a place, at least a phone number, in Seattle.

He was living, and teaching, in Cathlamet, Washington. In the late '70s or early '80s he toured with Earl Hines. I remember them appearing in Chicago.

Again, I bought it cheaply as a Barnes and Noble close out. A fine collection.

I believe these are the work of Rudy.

It should be pointed out to a few on this list Mr. Newton was a Communist. His beautiful tone, invention and swing might bring indigestion to them.

Bunch of silly boys. Helmut on.

Somehow you missed my favorite - their 2nd record called simply The Band. I fell in love with it as a new vinyl release, and play the cd at least once a year.

Thanks for the info. We bought the Nokia at Wal-Mart for fifty (20 free minutes) and a card of 150 minutes for another forty. This will cover our road trip, and (if we want) can return the phone for a refund before 30 days is up. Sorry to sound so stupid in these matters, and a hundred thanks.

I haven't heard it yet, so I don't know. My understand is it's an "audience tape". Ben was looking for a semi-pro tape from the board. Don DeMichael, then editor of DB, always regretted they didn't roll tape. My most vivid memory of that set was George Wein trying to get the band to stop - they played beyond the alloted time. The photo of Shepp on the cover of the Delmark New York Contemporary Five lp was taken by Bill Abernathy at that performance.

We only want the service for the 3 weeks of our vacation.

Ann and I are leaving on a 2 week road trip out west. We decided we need an phone, after resisting cell phones since inception. We are looking at TracFone. Can anyone give us advice? TIA

My youngest child (so far ) was 22 over 7 years ago.

Thanks to all for the orders (a few days left) and some info for Okka fans. I ran out of the Brotzmann 3 disc set, re-ordered from them and Bruno called to tell me the set is out of print. I suggest anyone interested search for it and get it now. Bruno said he still had 300 covers and might someday repress it "if he could".

Have a Great Day!

Couple of things. Memory fades, but I'm not sure the "2 takes" of "Crab" are really different. Next - the new Uptown Eager cd starts with a set at the Hi-Hat with about 20 minutes of fine performances with Allen and the Twardzik trio.

About 3 years ago, Ben Young (then employed by Universal) called to ask about the possibility of Coltrane tapes from the Down Beat fest of 1965 (quartet + Archie). I had attended the performance, and assured him no tapes exist. The Russell "5 Spot" disc had just been reissued and I asked him about the "KC" date. He said they decided to issue the "5 Spot" disc because of name recognition. He also said there was a bunch of unissued material (no mention of extra tunes or alternates) from the "KC" dates. Lest anyone is fooled, all the aforementioned material is from studio sessions in NYC.

After all that, I'm getting dizzy.

Drive to Vegas on the 5th and I'll buy you a couple of drinks after my son's wedding.

Now I see they are together a bit on the Shank set. I'm bummed to see "Ivory Hunters" is missing from the BB box.

I thought you meant together and it gave me "the willies"!