Chuck Nessa

John Ludy

Thanks for the kind comments from everyone. I did remix the 24 track masters for the cd issue (insuring a financial loss) and I do prefer the cd to the "leader centric" view taken back in the early '80s. Shortly after the first session Eddie, Paul Serrano, John Young and I were part of a planeload of Chicago musicians going to NYC for a Chicago Night at Carnegie Hall as part of the Newport In New York festivities. When we got to the hotel we were greeted by Joe Williams and everything halted so Joe could listen to the session cassette in my walkman. I will never forget the smile on his face. I should repeat this grouping was originally created by Eddie to accompany Joe at an engagement at the Holiday Inn Lakeshore. I hope I have written about this concert and the preparations elsewhere - if not, please remind me later.

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Actually just saw a scene I had not seen before - bodies after the shots into Michael's bedroom.

Going through the Godfather saga again on AMC. Seems to never get old for Americans.

Thanks for the nice comments. Eddie was a special person, as I hope the booklet notes reveal. I still have some difficulty speaking/typing about this kind man.

LOL!

You are much more "pure" than I am.

Please elucidate.

Thanks for the opportunity Ubu. Looking at your list, I had professional and personal dealings with Bud Freeman, Art Hodes, Lorez, Bill Henderson and too much more to list. Chicago is a wonderful place for music of varied styles.

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The catalog is in a sort of disarray at the moment. Titles I look for are cdrs on Amazon and expensive otherwise. The Camjazz site offers a few titles I want for 8.76 euro. Does anyone know if these are real cds or the same as Amazon. Edit to say back in Sept 2009 I ordered a bunch of Black Saints from Cadence and one of them (Muhal's Rejoicing With the Light) was a cdr. Cadence said they did not know of this.

Or borrow one from a library.

You do know the answer.

Maybe when McDonalds started using it.

I am really tired of the "road to rock" crap. The blues is much better and more important than that.

I was about to mention the Delta Four session with a disclaimer for some NOLA recordings.

Probably true and the music will be lost in the corporate underbelly. If you want the music, it's not available from the owner, then you have some permission to download from GOD.

Those of us issuing new lps by new bands resented these issues. Why buy a new Lester Bowie lp for $5 when you can get a 2 disc Miles Davis reissue for $7?

I remember when this lp series was being assembled by my friend Bob Porter. We met in a hotel lobby and he shouted (as usual when addressing me) "Put these headphones on Nessa and listen to some Prez no one else has heard". God I miss not seeing Bob regularly.

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Some say Bud wasn't "together" in the '50s, let alone together with his brother.

I will live with the earlier issues.

Great and good for you and the kids. We are in Buffalo about every other month. Might we hook up some time?