Chuck Nessa

Oh, that context. B-)

I think I'd have to know your context for "incredibly important" and "major and important talent" to agree. They were very fine musicians but these words carry a weight I'm not willing to throw around so carelessly.

Just leave this loser alone. Let him die on the vine.

Red seems to be a fine musician in the shadow of others (as judged by his peers). Since he lived longer and "prospered" he is denigrated. There are positive and negative things to say, BUT as I said he was a fine musician and gave a bunch of (even better) guys gigs. No question he prospered by the death of Bix, but that wasn't his fault. The real "crime" is this disagreement ignores Louis and Jabbo and Bubber (not to mention the Henderson section guys). The "unspoken" deal is still looking for "white guys".

We'll decide.

Limiting myself to a single disc, I'd pick one of these depending on my whim (?) of the moment. They'd have to be compilations by the strict definition of the word.

If it's really that cheap they are not paying artist royalties (like all Euro PD labels) or music publishing royalties (as they should by EU standards). Nomatter the rules, these boys be stealin'.

Gimme some of what he's smokin' and tell everyone to ignore what I post!

Been trying for a few hours. How 'bout you?

Didn't vote 'cause of my obvious "conflict". If he had been listed, I might have voted for George Mitchell (for historical reasons).

1. The listings on the EMI issue are in error. No extra music available. Notice they list 3 Proverbes as well, but there are only 2. 2. The Universal Sound disc does predate the current EMI disc but an earlier French EMI disc in the "Jazztime" series was the first cd version. All 3 of these dubbed "Sophie" from vinyl. 3. I assume EMI has lost the tapes. Now to confuse things further, Lester Bowie told me they recorded "a bunch more Proverbes" which were not issued. I mentioned this to Michael Cuscuna years ago and he said a search turned up no surviving tapes.

Well, as they say, you can't polish a curd. So is this the famous curd in the punk bowel?

Whay jazz artists? Do you mean whey jazz artists? They are kinda' cheezy. What do you mean?

It might be the only copy in Chattanooga! If that's the way it's spelled.

Interesting about the editing issue on the current cd. I don't have the Columbia 10" issue, but will check my 12" Columbia (CL 848) against my French cd (COL 469409 2) to see if they match.

Y'ain't gettin' the confirmation from me. I think they just arrived at the point where they had to "reprint" some boxes, did quantity/price calculations and decided the wisest path was a new format for reprintings. They'd have had a firestorm of complaints if they abandoned the metal spines before the series was finished.

The first 3 Contemporary lps are all I own by Kessel. Remember liking all of them but have not played any of them in a while.

Seven Steps is indeed metal.

If you can't find a "real" copy of Little Jazz, it's available as a download from Verve on iTunes.

If you want "classic" sides and can deal with (good) '30s/40s sound, get the GRP/Decca cd called After You've Gone. The Hawk/Roy cd mentioned is a great one too. Too bad my favorites from Verve (the first 2 discs on the Mosaic set) are not available as single discs. The Verve compilation called Little Jazz is a decent anthology of the '50s stuff. Once you get hooked you will need to seek the big band sides with Henderson, Krupa and Shaw. Roy was a favorite.

A fella's gotta eat. B-)

My "best guess" is the goods will be delivered here in a couple of weeks. It will take some more time to get them to distributors and then to stores.

Very unlikely. Not even sure the family would read it.