Michael Fitzgerald

Here's something to think about: The *inaction* of a label could very well be a sales strategy as well. Make something unavailable and people will hunger for it and when you finally DO reissue it the sales are increased. Absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that. So, although it *seems* like something being out of print isn't in the best interest of the label, maybe it really is. And I guess it's the right of the label to determine what their approach should be. And yes, I would love to have everything available all the time. But I'm not fronting the money to record, press, package, and warehouse this stuff. Mike

Michael Cuscuna recently told me: "In most cases, it is very difficult to clear this stuff, lots of lawyers, managers and record companies to deal with for proper clearances. For the most part it is out of our league." This was referring to Mosaic. Now, one of the big - what are we down to: three? four? - could throw enough money around to make something happen. This is why Columbia and Blue Note can issue "new" Miles Davis stuff. The problem (OK, *a* problem) is that the big labels don't care so it's unlikely that we fanatics will see legit issues of 99.44% of this stuff. Mike

Of course - just about anything between 1955 and 1985 or thereabouts was available on vinyl. The G-ster's first five albums definitely were. I think the first CD-only album by the dreaded one was "Live" (more accurately "undead" perhaps) from 1989. Mike

Wait - doesn't this require PLAYING said albums post-cleaning? Mike

"Safe" ? EMI still holds the copyright of this recording. LP, CD, whatever. Even in the 50-year world, this is not out of copyright. It's been out on CD - twice, at least. You can find it right now on amazon (mistitled "Rituals") - as low as $4.56! Why should this be considered "safe"?? Mike

Chuck - I think we are speaking of the same book. But this is only the "Birdland" book (incl. Royal Roost, and later things like Half Note) - there are many many other broadcasts not included. I will have to investigate further, but I'm pretty sure I have seen a book about the size of a telephone directory with additional things, and I think that was only partial. Another interesting thing is that there are Birdland broadcasts that are known (some issued even) that are NOT listed in Rose's Birdland book. Mike

The Boris Rose collection is now held by a university - I forget which. The respected sound engineer Doug Pomeroy has been contracted to assist: http://www.smokebox.net/archives/rootcella...otpomeroy2.html I have info on a lot of the recordings, but *definitely* not all. I am in the process of getting this info into my database. Rose's notes do not give all needed information - dates (usually accurate), locations, leader, many titles (but not all - and there are misspellings to watch for), approximate timings, but rarely sidemen. Mike

Doesn't Cadence sell t-shirts for such a purpose - or will the Cadence socks work? Mike

Like, dig, I'm in step When it was hip to be hep, I was hep I don't blow but I'm a fan Look at me swing - ring a ding ding I even call my girlfriend "man" 'cause I'm hip Mike

Thank you - that's what I would have liked to have linked to but I didn't find it. The "we respond to Fantasy" letter is very important, and not just for addressing that situation, but in setting down discographical intent, history, and practices. Mike

All three of those tunes were issued on the Pablo boxed set "Live Trane" - where Fantasy claimed they were from Hamburg, Germany 11/25/61. See http://home.att.net/~dawild/jcdisc62.htm#620209 When the error was brought to Fantasy's attention, they refused to acknowledge it. Mike

Carla Bley is a wonderful writer - I agree that the Liberation Music Orchestra arrangements are sublime, rising above much of her other large ensemble projects. It might be the all-star soloists who add so much personality, plus the "concepts" that Haden brings to the table. EOTH is a masterpiece of twentieth century music, something that I keep going back to again and again. I still don't understand everything in it, but I will continue trying. Bley created a new approach to the large ensemble in the free jazz environment (not the only approach, but one). I do hear Ellington and Mingus in there but there are plenty of things that I hear as Carla Bley. I've studied some of her scores and transcribed other things - a beautiful writer. "Fleur Carnivore" is a nice record from 1988 - not a full big band, more LMO size. Mike

OK - now, why does Fantasy have the complete 1957 Newport Jazz Festival tapes? It was officially recorded by Verve - and Norman Granz sold all the Verve stuff in 1960. So, shouldn't Universal have this stuff, at least what was issued by Verve at the time? I know that Pablo has since put out Adderley and Shearing sets that were never issued before. Mike

Herbie is a great talker. I wish all his music sounded as good as this interview. For me he's very inconsistent, even within the projects that allow for more creative stretching. When he is on, he's very very good; but when he is off, he is boring.... BTW, that Miles warmup thing makes me think of - is it Autumn Leaves on Miles In Europe? Mike

McKie's Disc Jockey Lounge? Mike

We heard it was Love Day. Mike

And just think, since 1956 + 50 years is rapidly approaching, this is Sony's last chance..... Mike

You know, this REALLY steams me - Could we issue the stuff separately? Could we? No - let's SCREW those folks who spend BIG money on "Complete Miles & Coltrane" boxed sets. (Who already bought that material several times anyway.) We could sell a single live CD to them - no, don't be ridiculous, package it with a popular studio album. Make that studio album now twice as expensive as it needs to be. Mike

Indeed, TALT appears on the DS album Pearls. Kenny Barron appears on that and one other selection. Mike Wow - until this second I missed the post from Sangrey at 8:14 PM while I was sending my own post. I agree completely - Sanborn can be a great interpreter. Problems involve: bad material not worthy of interpretation and responsibilities that go past interpretation.

How about this: "Photos: I Don't Make 'Em, I Just Take 'Em" Mike

Yes, indeed that is a good one, though a bit non-jazz (but that is its forum, after all). BTW, this is surely NOT the Steve Schwartz we know here from Boston. Though I heartily disagree with the scorn that Bernard Shaw (and apparently Mr. Schwartz) have for the use of musical notation when writing about music. At the appropriate time, nothing could be clearer. And the exceptions to the jazz book pigeonholes, Wilder's American Popular Song and Schuller's The Swing Era - both make good use of notation. They deal with "the music itself" - and rightfully use notation to do so. And it was interesting that the name of Bill Evans did not even come up in this review. Mike

I thought it was going to be "Steal This Book"

Or did you just imagine writing the book?

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Yet you keep talking.