Chuck Nessa

A very white program. What is going on.

I have a soft spot for Alonzo Levister's "Slow Dance".

Can't be any good. Bunch of white guys nobody's ever heard of. That must be why I'm "pushing" it. AND pay no attention to the next recording I did with them. The addition of Charles Tyler was a crass commercial step by a desperate record producer. I'm sure it is just a coincidence ECM picked 'em up after me. Let me see... ECM records Bowie, AEC, Leo, Roscoe, Hal after I do - might there be a pattern here? Seriously, Hal's subsequent death was a big blow for lots of fans and friends.

It is my understanding most of the Revenant is from the Ayler tree cds.

No mention of Green Acres.

I think it comes from Byas.

Nils Winther, owner/producer of SteepleChase is a VERY canny marketer. I would not put it past him to list the wrong takes on purpose, to screw up the cd burners. On the other hand, he's a sloppy producer, and they may be "real" errors.

Go with the box.

Strata East was basically a "vanity label". If you had the bucks to pay for a session, they would issue it. A bunch of friends of Tolliver and Cowell bit. The label "style" was dictated by the sessions issued, but it was really the same as a public access channel.

Black Lion issued a dandy lp called It Don't Mean a Thing (etc) with Gonzalves, Earl Hines, Al Hall and Jo Jones. You should hear them negotiate Over the Rainbow.

A quick check of Rust indicates the Boswells are on the last two titles only.

and it is spelled Thelonious.

Do writer's searches on the web sites of ASCAP, BMI and SESAC. If you don't find what you want, contact me.

Probably my favorite show only aired for one season - Tim Reid's "Frank's Place". Tim's previous gig, "WKRP" wasn't bad either.

As far as I know, New Jazz was a subsidiary of Prestige and most/many of their records were reissued on Prestige. But, hellyeah: don't forget it, they had some great stuff (like Dolphy, Waldron, Carter, etc. etc.) ubu Not only was New Jazz part of Prestige, it preceeded it. From the first session on Jan 11, 1949 (Konitz/Tristano), through November '49 (Wardell), all issues were on New Jazz. The Prestige label was introduced for the Stitt/Bud Powell sides of Dec. 11, 1949.

I know Randy dislikes Destry. He was bummed when it was partially reissued before.

Paul's best stuff is with Duke, he knew how to present him. Favorites are the Fantasy date called "DE and his Orchestra featuring PG". This must be an OJC. Another great performance is on an old Columbia lp called "All American in Jazz". This was on cd from France some time ago and includes a PG feature titled "I've Just Seen Her" which is any price you have to pay.

Graf preceded Wardell Gray in the Basie octet ('48-50), then joined Woody Herman for a couple of years. In the early '50s he lived in California playing with the Lighthouse All Stars and recording with the Chet Baker Big Band in '56. He moved back to KC around '57 and for a while led a group with GG and Sam Lazar. He died in '81. Most of this info comes from the liners to a scrappy Graf date on Delmark.

Yes, it is Bob Graf. The year is probably '58 ot '59.

I got it from Amazon France. Lon is correct, it is coupled with Concert on the Virgin Islands on a single disc.

Yup, the box is on the "dash to the end". We are in the 2000s now, of 2500 copies of the edition.

IIRC, it was a sub of Audio Fidelity and some, if not all sessions were produced by Tom Wilson.

DIBS ON ONE OF THOSE CONCERT POSTERS!! Thanks Chuck. Sorta thought I might save 'em for my (potential, future) grandkids who could sell them on Ebay and the last 2 surviving jazz fans might bid them up to $50,000.

Do you know who the real Lazlo Toth was?

Well, the record store was Discount Records at 658 State St. I was the store manager. I set up the concert and arranged for the housing for the band. Malachi stayed at our house. A few small corrections - the concert was May 12, Moye joined the band in the summer of 1970, Roscoe still lived in Chicago, and Cecil had left two years earlier, followed by Bill Dixon, who in turn was followed by Jimmy Cheatham. I recently discovered a half dozen of those concert posters in my basement.