Chuck Nessa

yup

No, this was a drummer Smith was using on the West Coast. We started with Blakey, Jimmy wanted Grady Tate and wound up bringing his "local guy" for the gig of his life.

More Threadgill is only good for us. Have not seen him in years (have talked on the phone) but always miss his gigs somehow.

As I think about the subject I am digging through my memories for bands assembled for the Chicago Jazz Festival. First is my grouping of Randy Weston, Johnny Griffin, Richard Davis and Art Blakey. Second might be a Jimmy Smith jam session with Bill Hardman, Junior Cook, Lou Donaldson and Ray Crawford - we tried for Blakey again but Jimmy wound up bringing Kenny Dixon. Maybe more later.

The issues I remember were drawn from the Black Lion/Freedom catalog.

Didn't Pops say he thought PP meant pound plenty?

Wrong thread.

Fine recording. edit to ask about the player giving you doubts.

I was looking for bboks. Am I out of luck? I am only missing 3.

Nice to see you active again.

Larry, I expected you to mention the Konitz, Atlas, Campbell gig.

Fascinating but not great: Andrew Hill, Roscoe Mitchell, Wilbur Ware and Thurman Barker.

That band recorded for Delmark.

I have no way to calculate the number.

I am now feeling so battered by both professional and college teams I am about to swear off sports as part of my "entertainment package". Been going to Cubs and Bears games for years and it might be hard to decouple. Really difficult to leave when both teams have new management - oh, I might have heard that before.

Dow has lots of baggage. I just like the commercial.

Thanks.

My link

As usual, invite her to your place after the bar closes.

The RCA Lacy material always sounded hard/digital as recordings to me.

Thanks again.

I always thought the Terry/Brookmeyer combination was too cute X 2.

Many thanks.

Met Jack Somer back in the day. Middle weight corporate record company guy with jazz as an interest IIRC. There were a bunch of those - they thought the "interest in jazz" would impress the suits above. As far as I know he did no harm and did some good.