Chuck Nessa

with Coleman Hawkins and Dickie Wells.

Ellington at Grinnell. About 6 years later I heard the Dizzy Gillespie quintet in the same hall.

Removed from the shelf for weekend listening. it has been a long time since.... I had most of this on lp in the early '70s.

Disc 6

It prompted me to pull out -

It is all so sad. I remember when Ira Sabin owned the mag - I went to a JT Convention around 1980 and spent time with Shirley Horn, Buck Hill and Bruce Lundvall. I had dinner with Bob Porter and Red Rodney. Those were the days.

Over 20 years ago I received a call from Dick Collins' grandson. I was still doing production work for Uptown and Charles "Baron" Mingus West Coast 1945-49 was a recent release. He was calling to inform me his grandfather was one of the unidentified trumpet players on the Rex Hollywood session. He said his grandfather often mentioned the date and was proud to have participated.

Disc 1

Davis also plays on Hines' Once Upon a Time (Impulse) and Here Comes Earl "Fatha" Hines (Contact). Elvin plays drums on both. Now this -

It's been a while -

I was at the Munch museum in Oslo last July and thought it was striking.

Shame.

I have that on a CSO issued cd - part of a set titled "The First 100 Years". I only have discs 1, 4, 7, 8 & 11.

Frayed knot.

Pulled this one out in an attempt to identify a track heard on an episode of Lincoln Lawyer we watched tonight.