Chuck Nessa

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Not sure about the Mosaic/Candid comparison - the Candids have 26 selections.

AND the Contemporary date was produced by Nat Hentoff but not included!

Yup.

Spoke with Joseph briefly this afternoon. He sounds a little weak, but better than I expected.

U shud sip yo hand in yo pants and dreem.

He's a rhythm guitar player.

Jeff - wish I'd known you'd be in Chicago. I'd have made the trip to meet you in person. I might have bought lunch.

Organic Farming.

Back then the standard mastering tape was the U-Matic video tape. Average length of them was somewhere in the upper 70s range. Different manufacturers had slightly different lengths. In addition, the process required 2 minutes of tape before the signal could start. For this reason general practice in the industry was a limit of 75 minutes of content.

Also included in the 2nd Chronological Classics disc (1939-41).

Blue Note never released the Lewis disc.

I am sure you will remind us in a couple of months.

Guess you never took a marketing class.

You can take a pill for that.

Musically Norvo was one of the weirdest guys out there. From my limited experience he was also one of the real gentlemen of jazz. Go Red!

Impossibly high?

Let me modify/clarify my statement. If he didn't receive royalties there are 4 possibilities - 1) No royalty deal, 2) No royalties due, 3) Universal is willfully screwing him, Universal did not have a current address for him. The "artists fair share" is only a portion of the argument.

If he had a royalty deal (not likely) with Verve, Universal would be on the hook for the royalties, not Mosaic.

The label was sold to Liberty because Alfred was having health (heart) problems and needed to retire.

I was asked to describe the flaws.

Record companies do pay the mechanicals.

Don't remember that. Too late now - 2 versions currently available.

What Jeff said.

Not what is being discussed.