Chuck Nessa

There was a CT site but I fear it is gone.

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Cecil is worthy of any honor coming his way. Thank you Mr. Taylor.

Best of luck. It is a wonderful session recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's.

Me too.

These were the original covers? I guess these sessions were the ones in the vaults then? Yup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-4U3623nbQ

Shame to see a founder dissed. That is only one of the bad things about corporate america.

Both.

I don't think there's much lost on Lennox Avenue Breakdown and Illusions. LAB sounds 'very' organic to me. Can you also elaborate perhaps? "Production", mostly. Felt to me more like the music was being "presented" than "happening". Nothing wrong with that, it just seemed different to me at the time. Probably unavoidable. True from my perspective, Kept the Adelphi and none of the Columbias.

Not sure of the "search" problems but the Hankster has been discussed on this board as much as any artist.

All the best for the following years.

Thanks Chuck. I totally agree with your take on the Columbia and later Muse material. I do like the ENJA album and th posthumous live material on HighNote quite a bit, and am a big fan of 'Blackstone Legacy' on Contemporary. I was also intrigued by your admiration of him as a person, and would love to hear more of that, as it is counter to the sense I have picked up about him from reading through the years. I certainly trust your judgement above my own received sense in that area. Don't know what you picked up "through the years". My personal contacts with him were limited to a few club gigs and a couple of times in his wife's office, but always positive. I do remember him showing me the proofs of the cover shot for Woody III and his love for his son. Not meaning to rewrite history.

Holy crap... Now, and pedestrian by comparison: Louis Moholo/Larry Stabbins/Keith Tippett - Tern - (SAJ) I'm pretty sure ol' sidewinder has Homefromtheforest nearly beat on the rarities front (or at least they're neck-and-neck). as usual, Cliffie confuses scarcity with value.

I have resisted as much as possible: As a bonus you get gates.

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Lots of stuff out there but I am compelled to mention:

The pre-Columbia dates are all interesting or better. The Columbia recordings were not my favorites (they seemed contrived to prove Woody's stature) and the post Columbia material is ok in a retro way. Woody unfortunately arrived at the end of one stylistic era and could not completely move on. He was great when he was great but floundered later. I knew him a little bit and really admired him as a person and musician.

I do not care.

http://legacy.suntimes.com/obituaries/chicagosuntimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=165083215#fbLoggedOut Wayne was one of the first musicians I met when I moved to Chicago. His music was a few decades behind me but I always respected his opinions and enjoyed his performances. So long Wayne. If his wit was drier it would be dust.

Joe McPhee and Peter Brotzmann along with a Joshua Abrams group at Hallwalls in Buffalo.

Hal Russell "The Hal Russell Story".

Have you considered butt implants?

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