Chuck Nessa

I think Paul Harvey has a recommendation. B-)

Correct. I don't remember the source but 30+ years ago I was told Clark Terry was a sub for the originally chosen Don Cherry.

Johnny Mendel and Min Leibrook.

FINALLY!!! Been waiting for this one for a long, long time... Yes! Bechet's growl on It Don't Mean a Thing is one of the great moments in music.

Yup, those are the ones.

To my knowledge, ECM used 3 pressing plants in the US at different times. The earliest ones were crappy. Later they used both Columbia and Wakefield. There might be other variants, but this is what I remember. The later pressings were fine, with a nod to the Wakefields. If you are worried, stick with the European/Polydor pressed records.

Has he stopped drowning kittens too?

I stopped drowning kittens a few years ago and have resisted hazing new "merchants" lately. What's next?

Sounds like a great evening. Thanks for sharing. Nothing like that around here tonight.

No, when I was head of the fest committee and Monk was alive, I planned a Monk program to do this (with Monk in the audience - since he was not in emotional shape to play) but TM died as did my plans - didn't want to seem to be "cashing in". A few years later Art Lange took over the project and the band. He consulted with Don Sickler and put together a dandy outfit. The band included Rouse, Phil Woods, Eddie Bert, Steve Lacy, Ben Riley, etc. I'll have to back to the tapes to get all the names.

After the catch, be sure to clean all the cheeze out of the stomach. If they are small enough deep frying is great. If they are larger you gotta get out the skillet. MMMMMMMMMMMMM. B-)

I think they are simply incompetent on any number of levels. No reason to risk a cent.

Sure I will forget a bunch but here goes - Ellington, Basie, Maynard, Herman, Kenton, Jacquet, Ra, Mulligan, Toshiko/Tabakin, Gil, George Russell, Hampton, AACM, Machito AND (bands we assembled for the Chicago fest) Benny Carter, Benny Goodman, Roy Eldridge, Earl Hines and a wonderful Monk BB with Mal Waldron on piano. Some of these I heard a number of times - Ellington around 20 times.

If you want to be really greedy, go to the home page and copy the promo code for $1 off each cd.

Runt owns Water along with a couple other labels. The link with BN is through Patrick Roques.

I think he got the "award" for his work "on the scene" together with his "trust fund baby" friend John. AND I think he repaid the debt by further works.

My current experience with the site is (using the above link) and (not logging in): It says 5.99 per disc, though I'm a 4.99 member and my "music queue" is correct AND the Miles box is listed at my (cheaper) price - 14.97. I don't need it, just wanted to check. Just a word to the wise.

the confusion is the result of the original designations of these lps: 1512 A New Sound - A New Star 1514 The Champ 1525 At the Organ Vol 3 A curious choice since all + was/were issued in a 1997 double.

The real answer is they don't think they can sell enough to make the time/money pay off. Real simple. It is a business when all is said and done.

How's Bird keep that beret on? Duct tape. If he ran out of that, he used something called smack.

You be correct. I think (hope) KB added 1 and 2 to come up with 3. Nice double.

Could it be Mr Eicher does not know about baking tapes? I did explain this to another label owner a few years ago to keep him from "trashing" a bunch of masters.

Has anyone compared the JRVG to the Mosaic mastering? I had the TOCJ and ditched it after I compared it to the Mosaic, but might be willing to purchase this fine session again if the mastering is that great. Never heard the Mosaic but the JRVG is very fine. It is playing now in the Nessa basement. Edit to return and say how FINE Elvin sounds on this.

Larry, I too think KV is a modest player but think he's a good (and active) organizer. This shows up in his performances/recordings where many worthy musicians are "showcased" in a way they would not be without his work.