Chuck Nessa

Numerous postings on Facebook report the death of Paul Smoker - trumpeter and school chum from Iowa City, 1962.

Last time I saw him was with Sun Ra in Chicago.

You walked upon birth????

18 days earlier this band, minus Rouse, accompanied Jackie McLean on A Fickle Sonance.

Change 'em? Why?

I know it was Alvin's label - I used to distribute it in the midwest.

He was a sweet gentleman. I met him a few times in Chicago at Andy's and at the Enterprise Lounge, Listening to his old friends Von Freeman, Eddie Johnson and John Young. John's Delight is wonderful. IIRC, he had an lp on Nilva in the '80s.

It's about damn time!

I have resisted as long as I could:

More attention should be paid to Raney!

This is the front room of the Delmark building - not much room, no real parking, bus transport only. Don't expect too much, though depending on the hours of operation, a trip there and then to Constellation would work for tourists.

All that and more. I consider myself blessed.

nice to see u again,

I have 2 "Klemperer Legacy" discs from 1998. Don't know anything of more recent issues.

Larry, the 2 Klemperer discs are the ones I reach for most often.

Just decided to junk 500 pressings of Air Time. I made an error passing the test pressings and now I need to start over - $1300 in the hole.

Glad I kept my classic.

Reykjavik from the church tower. Harpa, the concert hall is the black building to the right.

Still unwinding from the trip. After catching up on sleep we took a walk along the main shopping drag to get a feel for the town. Ann found a couple of yarn shops and I spotted a copy of Roscoe's Celebrating Fred Anderson in a shop window! I went in and left a card with the guy on duty. I was later contacted by a partner in the store and sold him a bunch of cds. Wednesday night there was a scheduled jam session with Icelandic musicians at a performance space called Mengi - 6 or 7 different groupings of local musicians in short sets. Roscoe played alto with 2 of them. Thursday night Roscoe had a solo recital back at Harpa (the great symphony/arts hall - google it) and delivered as expected. I was able to attend two orchestral rehearsals with Roscoe and this was fascinating. Ilan Volkov was the conductor and is an interesting fellow. The symphony concert went very well but Roscoe's saxophone sound was projected better at the rehearsals. I imagine the tapes sound better. After my brain clears a bit, I might have more.

Reports of death by AIDS complicated by his religion.

Early copies of the HMV Kulu Se Mama contained Om, which had not been released yet! ABC sent the wrong master.

John Jackson?

Whitehall on the left, Montague on the right, White Lake in the middle, White River at the bottom, and Lake Michigan at the top! What a beautiful area to visit and, as someone reminded me, a great place to grow up!!

I hope you have the first Neumann symphony set from the '70s which is more lively than the digital remakes.