Chuck Nessa

Guess you had to be there at the time.

I liked the artwork as well.

I didn't know the stamp was being held, so I certainly didn't know it was released. Somewhere in Texas it seems. That figures.

Working on cd reissues and wanted to share this pic.

Ah.

Don Schlitten rarely mixed with others. Joe Fields felt the rest of us were dilettantes. Not aware of a Fields/Brightman connection.

Hmm. You may be right but I can't imagine Nancy, Bob's wife, running a coffee shop - maybe his daughter Beth.

All sport is now based on cheating.

thank god i'm not involved it this thread.

Whatever. I bought the Xanadu lp. Xanadu bought the tapes from Bob Andrews, the fellow recording the performance. All subsequent issues are stolen from Xanadu as far as I'm concerned. FWIW, I know/knew both Andrews and Don Schlitten.

Maybe we are trying to be polite. It seems we are trashed no matter.

I had no idea who Bernie Brightman was, but your post made me laugh so much I could not resist a quick search. And I see he was responsible for 'Reefer Songs'. A classic LP in many a young persons jazz journey I suspect. And he never paid royalties - alledgedly BTW I wish Bob Porter would post here. I have really enjoyed his recollections on many re-issue liner notes he has written. I remember reading he was going to write a book, but I suppose it never eventuated. I keep meaning to check out his radio show over the net, but keep forgetting. I think I met Bob Porter in the mid '70s - maybe earlier. He hated the music I recorded (really hated) and was not an admirer of Von Freeman (he later bragged to me about all the edits he made to the Willis Jackson/Von Freeman date issued on Muse). In spite of this we became friends and probably ate/drank together around 3 times a year for quite a while. I even stayed in his basement for a night or two. Bob is a great guy who believes Roscoe, Lester, Braxton and more of my friends are a sign of the end of the world. Bob has a large, resonant voice as you might be able to tell from his radio shows. At one of these indie conventions he saw me across the hotel lobby and shouted "Nessa! After recording all the shit you put out, how could you make the record of the year!! The Warne Marsh is a Mother Fucker!!" Bob also wrote the notes for my Lucky Thompson release. I wish we lived closer together so we could have an occasional beer or two.

No, it's a reflection in the glass. I have 2 or 3 other shots from then and no one is there.

OK. Gene Perla - PM, Richard Seidel - Schwann catalog, Contemporary, Verve/Universal, John Norris - Coda, Sackville, Bob Koester - Delmark, Bob Porter - Phoenix, Prestige, Savoy, etc, Nils Winther - SteepleChase, Bernie Brightman - Stash, Jass, etc, Bill Smith - Coda, Sackville, me, Marvin Goldberg - Jazz Archive, Susan and Jim Neumann - BeeHive, Bob Cummins - India Navigation. I neglected to say Paul Bley - IAI and Bernard Stollman - ESP were there but we couldn't find them at photo time. Thanks to my Ann for getting it all together. The next night I ran into Cecil in the hotel bar. He was in town visiting family.

Should I edit it and put label affiliations in?

Gene Perla, Richard Seidel, John Norris, Bob Koester, Bob Porter, Nils Winther, Bernie Brightman, Bill Smith, me, Marvin Goldberg, Susan and Jim Neumann, Bob Cummins.

I have had a concert recording with Lyons, Sirone and Cyrille scheduled for release since the late '70s. Things always seem to get in the way.

Mel Gibson.

With a gazilion hours of well recorded Cecil Taylor (I have more than I will ever listen too and I love Cecil and hope to issue a cd by him) are you intrigued by a boot?

Or check with Bobby Naughton - Otic is his label.

Yup.

I don't know whether to salute you or damn you. I had wondered how long it would take for someone to make the joke.

Agreed, and perhaps best experienced on this disc. The Classics Hawkins series contains 44 tracks from the European stay and Neatwork issued 21 alternates.

G'bye Ray.

More important stuff being ignored to our peril.