Chuck Nessa

Rather than intrude on the other thread, I thought I'd start my own. Does this mean that we can get "deals" on Kobe beef?

After "All Music" by Warne Marsh, I'd like to see Roscoe Mitchell's "Nonaah" and Charles Tyler's "Saga of the Outlaws". Maybe after that, Wadada Leo Smith's "Spirit Catcher" an some Bobby Bradford/John Stevens collaborations. Unusual disclaimer: All kinds of commercial considerations.

I think it came from France. probably from the French capitol of Cleveland.

The Hill is the only one I don't have in some format.

The sound of the Clark is helped with a healthy treble boost. The Hawkins is a solid, but nonessential date. A good "snapshot" of Hawk at work.

I have/had all the Henze symphonies and he doesn't really move me. If there is something else I should know, please tell. I can't believe I forgot to mention a great, cheap Carter disc on the Arte Nova label. This disc combines his Concerto for Orchestra with the Piano Concerto, played by Ursula Oppens (Julius Hemphill's "partner").

Not easy music by any means, Elliott Carter is my favorite. You can ease into him via a couple Nonesuch discs, then move on to the string quartets and more recent stuff on DG.

Nothing more complicated than saying no. Money was not the issue.

Probably never been an issue on this board since it is your first posting here. After 5 years + selling to various people on various lists, I've never had a bad check. If you have had trouble, you must have sold a ton of stuff online.

Good for you and your wife Vajerzy. I admire your work and envy your emotions.

Hope Ashcroft isn't at work.

I see my last post was #1500 (viewers) for this thread. I think Jim deserves some sort of award.

All is good!

Consent is the yardstick.

How can I check your mental prostate? Where do I stick my finger?

Nice to see Shawn posting here AND I seem to have killed the thread by mentioning personal stuff. Please continue, and ask questions if interested. I've been living with the Bird material for around 5 years and some of my statements from memory are now suspect to me. I need to research my notes. I will find the exact dates of the 2 concerts, and confirm my suspicion that Bailey was the vocalist on both concerts (I think Ella was an early report later disproved). Two photos from the "other" Town Hall concert are reproduced in "Black Beauty, White Heat", a fantastic coffee table book. In these photos Diz, and Diz and Bird are shown playing with Curly Russell and Doc West and in the 2nd photo West and a different bass player. The pianinst is obscured in both photos. One word of warning for sound/continuity freaks: There are a couple of breaks where discs on the recorder had to be turned over/replaced. Seconds of music are missing.

Some of these folks have to be "teasing tiny".

If some of you did email Michael, no harm, no foul. I would like to know how many sent messages and what you said. Please contact me directly at cnessa@earthlink.net . Thanks.

I don't have the set, but you should be able to tell by the instrumentation.

AND....Cherry plays a valved instrument throughout.

Can anyone (Kevin??) mention these sides to Michael sometime, and just get his perspective on this. Maybe get him to brainstorm about how to somehow get them released?? Or Chuck, do you have any kind of rapport with Michael, enough that it would it be worth you contacting him somehow (e-mail, phone, whatever), to discuss/brainstorm it?? Maybe even play the tapes for Michael, even over the phone (hell, Miles played music over the phone to people all the time!! - or so I've read in every Miles biography ever written). Then (maybe?) Michael could maybe talk it up with the right people, or at least help make some of the bigger "behind the scenes" movers and shakers aware of the music, and the need for it to be released?? Or is there anybody besides Michael worth bringing into the discussion on this?? Normally Chuck would be the first person I would think of in these kind of situations, but Chuck's already on the case!! ===== By the way, on the Cherry sides – does he play trumpet / pocket trumpet / cornet on the whole thing, or are there any of his world music instruments?? (I don’t mean that disparagingly, although I am revealing my personal preferences (brass!) in Cherry’s choice of instruments.) Look I need to give some background and ask for some help here. Cuscuna and I are very good friends. I first met him in 1967 or 8 when he interviewed me. I think he was still in college at the time. I suggested he mine the BN vaults after he lost his job at Atlantic (while at Atlantic, he brought the Cherry/Lacy deal to me). I've stayed at his place in NYC while doing sessions there, etc. Get the picture? I hoped to resurrect the Cherry/Lacy deal and asked Michael for advise on my course of action. He is the one who said the deal "was too small for them to deal with". The last thing I need is people bugging him about these masters.

The Brookmeyer is still available at Graveyardmall. I had some success trying the "off the beaten path" websites like Walmart, SamGoody, etc. True Blue may still have some left too.

That track is the same personnel from another engagement. It will not be included.

If you don't have the 3 disc version of Konitz' Motion, there are 2 used copies at Odyssey on Las Vegas Blvd.

There were 2 concerts at Town Hall. The "review" covers the other one. John Levy is the bass player with Garner for the material we have.