Michael Fitzgerald

Scott, like Lem, is from Wilmington, Del. He's a drummer and he's got some good contacts in the area. He told me that Matthew Shipp's father was a cop there at the same time as Lem. I look forward to learning more about LW and his scene. From what I can tell, Scott is a good candidate for this task. Mike

See last paragraph of first article posted. Mike

Walmart.com has this for $59 - that's less than 75 cents per year. Anyone get it yet? Mike

The blind one and the deaf one.

According to Dodgion, he never *played* with Bird (never mind recording with him). He was just in the audience. I misremembered his story of that jam session. Mike

I managed to find this: http://www.wirz.de/music/blvilfrm.htm which seems to show what is actually listed on the A & B LP sides, from which I infer that: - Connections = Gettin' 'Long All Right - I'm Free - Please Don't Go - Hello Little Boy - Person To Person - Cool Kind Of Poppa (BMI lists Cool Kind Of Papa) - Kidney Stew - I Didn't Have A Chance But where's Ebb Tide? Here's what Lord CDROM 5.0 shows: Person to person: Mildred Anderson (vcl) acc by Eddie Davis (ts) Shirley Scott (org) George Duvivier (b) Arthur Edgehill (d) Hackensack, N.J., January 20, 1960 1986 Good kind daddy Bluesville BVLP1004 1987 Person to person - 1988 Kidney stew - 1989 Connections - 1990 I'm free - 1991 Please don't go - 1992 Hello little boy - 1993 I didn't have a chance - 1994 Ebb tide - which is NINE tracks, not eight. Very puzzling. I would still very much like to hear any explanation for these changes. Mike

I had forgotten that Dodgion never actually played. Oh well, take him off the list. Mike

Here's another bizarre thing - Can someone explain the differences between discography entries and what is listed by Fantasy for the album "Person To Person" by Mildred Anderson (album with Lockjaw, Shirley Scott, et al.)? Fantasy shows: I'm Gettin' Long Alright I'm Free Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go) Hello Little Boy Person to Person Cool Kind of Poppa Kidney Stew Blues I Didn't Have a Chance while the discographies (Raben, Jepsen, Bruyninckx, Lord) show: Good King Day [or Good Kind Daddy] Person To Person Kidney Stew Connections I'm Free Please Don't Go Hello Little Boy I Didn't Have A Chance Ebb Tide showing all as being issued on Bluesville BVLP 1004. Some are obvious, but some aren't. What gives? Mike

Just recalled that Jerry Dodgion tells a story of jamming with Bird in California on his birthday. Make that *their* birthday. Hear it here: http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/RT071504.html Mike

There's a pretty well-known photo of Coltrane sitting in the saxophone section of the Jimmy Heath big band looking up at Bird who is soloing out front. Tootie is much younger (b. 1935) but it's still possible. Mike

"Leonard Graham" didn't have the necessary zing to it?

I'll pass on the time machine to the Morocco for a chance to attend the Club Afro-Disiac in Jamaica, Queens, October 25, 1969: Tina Brooks, Junior Cook, Frank Foster, Jimmy Heath, Sam Rivers, Harold Vick, George Coleman, Booker Ervin, Billy Harper, Billy Mitchell, Charlie Rouse, Frank Wess. Mike

Hmmmm - the other sources list 1948 as "M-Squad Theme" - so, if there was no recording of this from December 11, 1959 - is the version of that tune which was issued on PR 7859 really the trio version from April 17, 1959 (master number 1754)? I note that there is confusion as to whether it's a trio or quartet performance. Mike

Am I missing something here? Fantasy has an issue titled "Gentle Jaws" (Prestige 24160) which includes most of the December 11, 1959 Prestige session when Lockjaw played with the Red Garland trio for four tunes (four more by RG trio alone). But Fantasy already issued the album that came from this session in its Moodsville entirety (as OJC 360) so there are at least seven tracks duplicated between the two CDs. This *seems* like utter stupidity, but I've seen worse, so maybe it's possible. However, the listing for 24160 shows "Untitled Blues" - including Davis which is not on the Moodsville album and is not mentioned in Raben, Bruyninckx, Lord, Jepsen. Is this somehow the same as what has been listed as "M Squad Theme" (issued on the Garland "Satin Doll" album PR 7859)? Thanks for any clarification. Mike

I assume because any contracts that *do* make European radio recordings legit over there have stipulations that these issues are NOT for distribution in the U.S. (because of the existing contract with Columbia). And the bootlegs, well - they're bootlegs. Of course, what we could hope for is what Universal/Verve/Impulse did with the Live Love Supreme recorded at Antibes - a legit issue on the US contract label. But Sony seems intent on dragging these things out since they haven't taken advantage of appropriate projects - like the Miles in Tokyo stuff - there's additional concerts they could have included, but they didn't. Mike

Not only that, they're *legendary* jazz giants. Mike

Touring acts often had separate agreements with European radio stations for broadcasts (and sometimes subsequent issues). I believe the Dragon issues are legit, the Trema....not sure, and many others are definitely bootlegs. Mike

This is the idea of a "Bird Number" - analogous to the "Erdös Number" for mathematicians who published papers with Paul Erdös - see here: http://www.oakland.edu/enp/ You can get a decent start on researching Bird Numbers by going here: http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdQuery.aspx and looking at the drop-down list for Musicians. This is (theoretically) all the people who recorded alongside Bird. If someone on that list is living, they've got a Bird Number of 1 (Bird himself would be 0). Mike

Does this help? http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-minor...agues-and-teams Mike

And besides, he's a Knight of Malta. I look at this crap as folks trying to co-opt what isn't theirs. What have they ever done for jazz anyway? For whatever it's worth, the rock people got the funding and publicity and their hall of fame is - well, it is what it is. The jazz people haven't gotten their act together so there are probably a dozen halls of fame around and unfortunately, the Lincoln Center one is going to come in and be the 8,000 lb gorilla. Mike

"The inclusion this year of trumpet giant Davis suggests a broadening of scope by the hall, which has paid little attention to jazz." Well, duh. I suggest they broaden their scope and pay some attention to baseball, sculpture, and Thai cuisine. Mike

Repeats every 59 minutes? Does that mean everything starts earlier and earlier as it loops? 1:00; 1:59; 2:58; 3:57.... Mike

Foot note - I get it. Now *there's* some imagery! As for D. T. Suzuki - I'll have to wonder what his writing sounds like. Jack - I totally agree about this kind of piece. This is what happens when people who don't know music write about music. Mike

Hmmm - I find several things to disagree with in that article: "the music he made was meditative and tuneful, between Suzuki and Snow White." OK, I get the Snow White (Someday), but is there some Suzuki other than Shinichi Suzuki? Because he's the string education guy and it's absolutely stupid to use his name in this context. He's not some famous Japanese composer. Sounds like alliteration got the better of him. As for the Schubert/Nat Cole thing - we can find many earlier examples of musicians fluent in jazz and classical music - Benny Goodman? Art Tatum? Saying that Bill Evans "discovered" Scott LaFaro isn't accurate. I believe the credit goes to Tony Scott for introducing them. Mike

Excellent - thanks for the confirmation. Mike