Chuck Nessa

Atlantic recordings were not usually "state of the art". They did what they did and I won't pay for "upgrades" either. Much of the music is great. edit for typo

Don Joseph "One of a Kind".

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I'd issue them in a New York minute. The Cherry date is wonderful and the Lacy is FINE!

That's why I enjoy him. That's also why I enjoy you. The Clem "persona" is "smarter than you". The Chewy "persona" is "dumber than you". Hard to imagine both of you in the same world, but then I say "yup".

More than most, I await the release of this book with great anticipation. Early on, George said he needed to interview me and it never happened - we had talked about those times though. At the funeral of Malachi Favors he brushed off my concerns. A few of my friends have read the manuscript and say it is very interesting.

From the incomplete listing on Amazon (disc 10 is ignored), disc 2 through disc 9 track 12 are the complete master takes from Nov 22, 1935 through Sept 16, 1941. Disc one and the rest of the disc 9 tracks are Musicraft titles from 1944 and 1945. The Musicrafts seem to be incomplete and out of order. I can only hope the listing is in error.

Ooo - that looks good. Amazon says it doesn't have everything, but I've found a track list and will compare. Thanks very much. MG Where is that track list? Never mind. I found it on the German Amazon site.

Snoop Dog Foots Thomas Tommy Dorsey

Is it possible James could finally be buried with Anna Nicole Smith?

And that way Lennie's family gets some money. You got a problem with that?

Back to the Drew recording - I'll never forget the day Ann came home from a garage sale (1974) with NM copies of Undercurrent, Parlan's Speakin' My Piece and Monk's Brilliant Corners. IIRC, the total price was under $6.

and you can find thos discs at....................................

I have the Classics reissues (12-14 discs, don't remember) and Neatwork picks up the rest. Pay attentionf folks.

The Beatles? "The Beatles" is just kind of a lame pun. But "The Police" is the polar opposite of what rock is supposedly all about. I mean, if they'd called themselves "The Hall Monitors," or "The Crossing Guards," then that would have been kind of funny. But "The Police"? So......it's the obvious name for a band looking for "teen" support. Marketing 101. Examine the target, examine yourself.

I wish someone would issue the '30/'40 material without the Holiday material - I already have that stuff about 4 ways. English and Canadian CBS issued a fine 2 lp set (copied but adapted by US Columbia) of some of the rest called Teddy Wilson & His All-Stars. Great stuff. I had the lps and now have a cd of the first record (found in a Canadian "used" store). Why do the Spanish thieves concentrate on the '50s?

Nice story. Thanks Don.

I've probably said this before - In 1994 I helped Lazaro Vega and the late Gordon Darrah with a listener's guide to jazz recordings for WBLV. In the last part of the booklet the contributors were asked to list 10 recordings not fitting the "historical" perspective of the main text. In that section I mentioned "Face to Face" with this message: My choice for best organ/tenor record of all time. A serious jam party. This is why God allowed Mr. Hammond to desecrate the organ.

I was irritated by the way the documentation for the Columbia 2fer was presented so I made the following listing: Ornette Coleman Columbia Sessions Sorting out The Complete Science Fiction Sessions original issue Mr. Coleman appears on all tracks. Sept. 9, 1971 Redman, Cherry, Bradford, Haden, Higgins, Blackwell CO 112012 Happy House Broken Shadows A1 CO 112013 Broken Shadows Broken Shadows B2 CO 112014 Written Word new CO 112015 Elizabeth Broken Shadows A2 Cherry, Haden, Higgins CO 112016 Civilization Day Science Fiction A2 CO 112016 Civilization Day (clean mix) new CO 112017 Country Town Blues Broken Shadows B1 CO 112018 Street Woman Science Fiction A3 CO 112018 Street Woman (alt) new Redman, Bradford, Haden, Blackwell CO 112019 School Work Broken Shadows A3 CO 112020 The Jungle Is a Skyscraper Science Fiction B4 CO 112021 Law Years Science Fiction B3 Sept. 10, 1971 Henderson, Redman, Cherry, Bradford, Haden, Higgins, Blackwell CO 112024 Science Fiction Science Fiction A4 Sept. 13, 1971 Puthli, Fornarotto, Schwarz, Redman, Haden, Blackwell, Higgins CO 111482 What Reason Could I Give Science Fiction A1 CO 111483 All My Life Science Fiction B2 Redman, Haden, Blackwell CO 111484 Rock the Clock Science Fiction B1 Sept. 7, 1972 Redman, Haden, Blackwell CO 112663 Rubber Gloves Broken Shadows B3 Sept. 8, 1972 Armstrong, Redman, Walton, Hall, Haden, Blackwell, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, french horn CO 112664 Good Girl Blues Broken Shadows B4 CO 112665 Is It Forever Broken Shadows B5 Well, my formatting was screwed up - the original issue info should be too the right, not next to the song titles.

My dad lives in St. Joseph, MI, and was supposed to meet me in Chicago this evening for an event at the CSO. The sheriff of the county where he lives sent out a warning to everyone to stay off of 90 because there had been dozens of accidents and conditions were hazardous. Luckily, the majority of the snow is just south of Chicago. We've only gotten about 3 or 4 inches over the past few days. The cold and wind are nasty, though. Why's you dad in touch with the sheriff?

The wind blows forward, the wind blows back but Lester BLOWS.

Same here. Glad to see it back in print.

But you got all them damn insects.

I've been trying to find an "opening" to make the trek to Chicago for some studio work. Just cancelled for the rest of the week based on predictions. It's a bitch getting around Lake Michigan this time of year.

If you are saying that if Duke hadn't hired him, he wouldn't have accomplished much and might have died alone in PA, well, that's impossible to dispute. Obviously no one would know him if Duke hadn't hired him. The bigger question is, what would the Ellington-Strayhorn songs sound like if Duke hadn't hired him? Obviously we would still celebrate Duke - but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't celebrate Strayhorn as well. Strayhorn is fine and I celebrate him. Ellington's reputation was established earlier. But its not as if Ellington's reputation iis based solely on that pre-collaboration period. It was for me.