Chuck Nessa

This is not a string section as such - all solo voices. Joseph Livoisi - violin David Uchitel - viola William Eder - cello Clyde Lombardi - bass

During that week a the Showcase I spent a lot of time with Art and Laurie. We were putting together a group of "Art Pepper All Stars" for the Chicago Jazz Festival. I had Russ Freeman, Jack Sheldon and Shelly Manne booked. We had not finalized the bass player, so that was left unsettled. I will never forget driving around the city one night looking for food at 4 am. We wound up at a Golden Nugget on Lincoln ave.

If he has "Politics/Religion" blocked, would his search find it?

It would be nice to see the contents. Unless something is "really special" I will stick with my original Contact lp ordered by mail a thousand years ago.

Kalaparusha has an incredible sound on tenor.

Jerry Van Dyke?

Me too.

True. What an amazing musician - and in a way, he didn't have a clue.

And a very tidy lawn it is Mr. O'Reilly.

I think in the initial post Paul was looking beyond "chops".

Not cool.

Let it be IMO.

The first NRG record (ncd-21) and the last of the Art Ensemble box (ncd-29) will be released together sometime before the end of the year. That's all I know right now. It depends on how quickly things fall into place.

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.