Chuck Nessa

Wrong again.

Thank your gods for Bob Weinstock. Let the demons pass.

A good album, indeed, but I prefer the original title: "My Son, the Drummer." The title was "My Son, the Jazz Drummer".

Wadada is in a very good place right now, both personally and musically. Everyone should check him out.

I first got the lp in the '60s, bought a Japanese lp in the '80s and have the cd now. Never noticed the squeak. I hope you haven't ruined a favorite for me.

If the music is good the costume doesn't matter unless it is used as a way to get the audience into the music. Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't. Everything else is ephemera.

Monk Hazell Hazel Scott Scott Tissue

For some reason every time I see this name I read "spin lips" and have a silly image in my head.

The world is full of annoying buts (or is it butts). Both, I guess.

Much better than Jackie saying "You should talk to my wife Dolly".

This reminds me of a story from my Jazz Record Mart/Delmark days. I'm in the store playing the New Tristano, the phone rings and the caller identifies himself as Leon Sash. He asks who's playing in the background and I say Lennie Tristano. He says "I didn't know Lennie was in town". After I explain it's a record he says "you should talk to my wife, Lee Morgan". I probably did laundry that night.

Wadada called this afternoon. He said he's sending me some recent cds - maybe this is one of them.

Should be very interestng. Best wishes for the entire project.

I was so "almost there".

Late, lamented store in Grand Rapids, MI - Vinyl Solution.

They contacted me late last year for permission to use 3 of our covers. I have not seen the book yet but copy in on the way.

Been to all those. No time to recollect all the musicians.

I knew him fairly well back in the day and he was always called "Phillip". Never heard anyone address him as Phil.

Can I scrub in?

Sorry to hear this. Many memories including his playing with Cecil, Jimmy and Andrew - a CT favorite quartet.

A 3CD box set called Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions - Complete was issued on the Knitting Factory label back in 2000. It featured full versions of some tracks that were edited for the original vinyl releases. As the owner of the original vinyl I'm intruiged that the KF issue included unedited tracks. Can anyone say which tracks these are? Nothing new. The editing is the same.

The Windhurst was reissued on lp by Jazzology. No cd to date.