Chuck Nessa

This was posted on Jazz Corner. I received this second hand earlier today. I do not know it's source but I do trust who sent it to me: I'm sad to report that pianist Gil Coggins passed at noon today in New York. Gil had been in the hospital with complications from an automobile accident earlier this year. Many of your know Gilly as pianist with Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, and Jackie McClean. He had an uncanny sense of the beautiful in his playing, and his trademark behind-the-beat phrasing was the perfect ballad complement. We heard too little of him. Always Know, Steve Schwartz Jazz From Studio 4 Friday, 7p-12a WGBH, 89.7FM, Boston www.wgbh.org

From what I've heard, I will take Sangrey and Chuck Burdelik over all named so far.

Not sure how much better the Monk can sound since the original masters and the subsequent lp masters are long gone.

I just spoke to Ira Gitler on the phone and asked him about the "missing instrument". He denied saying this and asked me to tell him where he said it and I got the book out. Best I can find is "..., but with one horn there is no chance for the texture of the usual Dameron ensemble to come through........" Did I miss a page, or do you have another edition of the book?

Fantasy does not own the Brown titles, they were licensed. Look for Vogue or BMG reissues for this material.

Joe, I hope all goes well with your wife. See you on the 22nd.

All the best Rooster. I've stayed away because of bad memories, but want to encourage you and your family.

Geez! Another thread to avoid for my blood pressure. I do not want to get nasty.

Well, I have never felt comfortable there since the "rude welcome" last year. I read the posts before BNBB ended and since, but rarely post myself. This new "tempest" just added to my discomfort.

I decided to spend most of the afternoon chipping the packed snow and ice from the driveway and missed the earlier opportunity. Ann went down to MCC for her regular pottery night and I could have ridden along. My beloved Nissan is too sick to risk the drive to Muskegon. I hope James Moody kicks ass.

Damn! I can't use the ticket/s. Thanks for thinking of me.

Received nothing Dan. System must still have bugs. Emai me at cnessa@earthlink.net. Thanks.

The point is Dan's comments in context reflect on the whole board and we do not need this crap - deserved or not. Dan may be "one of our guys", but we do not need the negative feedback. He may be MY "fucking right wing idiot" and "musically myopic", but he's one of us and his rants reflect badly on Jim's board.

"Blow" screwed up a bunch of ears - musicians, producers and engineers at that time. Their highs went away. Microphone choices, piano tunings and equalizations while recording and mastering came into play. Easy to tell the "pop" influence here. Edit to add producers to the first sentence.

I disagree. I think Dan posted in a "fit of anger" and that was fair, but I would hope he would go back and delete the messages.

I tried emailing and got an error message. So I repeat, I have a Wailing With Lou to offer.

For other reasons - I've had my Phil. IMHO he is a self-serving phoney. He's more interested in himself than the music fan/collector. Chris has his number!

Good goin' Dan. I'd hoped it would go well.

I suggest you use one of the recent electrical ones.

I used Chris for an Ira Sullivan/Red Rodney set at the Chicago Jazz Festival in around '80. He is really severely disabled, but a warm guy He has leader dates on Vee-Jay (w/Bill Lee and Art Taylor - 1960), Jazzland (w/Bill Lee, Walter Perkins & PJJ - 1961), Jazz Heritage (solo - 1987), DIW (w/Ray Drummond & Billy Higgins) and Alsut (solo) as well as the discs mentioned

Garden I and II are supposed to be reissued as a double this year.

Tough one to nail down there. So far all I come up with is Mike Fitzgerald's Jazztet discography, which states simply that "Curtis Fuller and Art Farmer play on parts of this Benny Golson album." Time for you to buy a real discography. Enough getting by with the kindness of others.

The previous release had the 5 bonus tracks as well.

Lin was a very fine musician and good tenor player. I heard him many times in the '70s and '80s. He had a large substance problem and was relatively weak some times. Health problems just compounded over the years. I understand he had a chance to make a date for Riverside, with KD as a sideman, but it was scrubbed after some faltering takes. One night in '93 I dropped by Delmark's studio to find Ira Sullivan, Jodie Christian, Larry Gray and Robert Barry sitting around waiting for Lin to show. Lin never materialized and Ira took charge, left spaces for tenor solos and proceeded. I understand Lin came in a number of times to record his solos again, and again. The record, "Where or When", is as good example of late Halliday. FYI, the first Delmark record was called "Delayed Exposure" - that's my title. You might also want to check out the 2 tenor date with Eric Alexander called "Stablemates". Here's the edit - a big and important afterthought: Bob Koester, owner of Delmark, deserves all praise for championing "lost causes". Bob has spent a bunch of money and part of his reputation giving guys like Lin a chance. No way he will ever be rewarded by the public for this.

Geez, I never saw those records but it helps explain something Keepnews said to me about 25 years ago. I had just thanked him for making the Ernie Henry records and he said something like " Oh yeah? I thought he was just another lost cause like Johnny Lytle".