Michael Weiss

I'll be at the Tokyo Billboard Live October 30 - November 1 with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Happy to comp if I can. Send me a PM if interested.

Did this tune really gain that much notoriety based on the "Day In Copenhagen" recording alone? YES

Where's the piano?

I have a tape of us playing Countdown from 1991 that is mind boggling in its virtuosity - physical and mental. He plays a long solo that's so free and liberated in his phrasing all the while not missing one chord change. Imagine Bird playing on Countdown like he did on Move on the Birdland 1950.

American citizenship or residence didn't seem a factor when selecting Toots Thielemans in 2009.

I wanna hear the Roy Haynes Quartet with Wayne Shorter.

It was hilarious until he slapped him. That took it to a whole other place... Didn't have to go there.

Detroit pianist Will Davis Made one date as a leader for the Sue label: Have Mood Will Call Trio with Will Austin and Oliver Jackson THIS IS A GREAT RECORD!!!! The Japanese reissued it on CD.

Just copped. EUREKA!!!

What a tease!

Live at the Blue Bird Bloomington, IN July, 1977 Two three-hour sets

A fellow musician quipped that Joe has a tie on his pajamas.

Of course one can't forget "Jackie McLean Pizza." Earlier thread here:

Ed Berger's just-released biography is excellent. "Joe Wilder and the Breaking of Barriers in American Music - Softly With Feeling." Temple University Press 2014 ISBN 978-1-4399-1127-3

This sure is some lousy news to wake up to. I'll always cherish my time playing with and conversing with Joe.

I believe he had a "viennese" gig billed as Bill Hardman-Junior Cook 5tet in 1987, me believe taking place at "TU Wien"......memories...... I toured with the Bill Hardman/Junior Cook Quintet through Europe in the fall of 1986. We played Jazzland in Vienna October 7-9. The rest of the group was Walter Booker and Leroy Williams.

Went to the Museo Nacional del Prado yesterday. 'nuff said. Actually, as if everything else wasn't enough, seeing the Garden of Earthly Delights in person was a special treat.

Courtesy of Jimmy Wormworth:

See the Al Harewood thread for a great pic of Lou, Horace Parlan and Al Harewood ca. 1960-61.

This was taken by Jimmy Wormworth in Detroit ca. 1960-1961 shortly after he left Lou for Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.

Lou spoke at Al's funeral yesterday and said something funny: At the time Lou was touring with Horace Parlan, George Tucker and Al Harewood, club owners expected that by the end of the week's engagement, bands would typically run up a high bar tab such that they only ended up having to pay out about half of the contracted fee. But because Lou's entire quartet lived clean - no booze, no "vitamins," etc. - Lou had to fight with club owners to pay up.

I have it like this: Live at the Pic. (The Picadilly, Newark) September 14, 1953 Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver, Jimmy Schenk, Lloyd Turner You go To My Head Hackensack Things We Did last Summer I'll Remember April Lou's Blues Lloyd Buchanan replaces Jimmy Schenk Billie's Bounce and The Way You Look tonight Lou tells me this was his gig.

http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/documents/oral_histories/Donaldson_Lou_Interview_Transcription.pdf (I've not yet tried to read through it all) This is a great interview. A real history lesson.

Just learned from Monty Alexander tonight that Al Harewood passed last Thursday. Al was one of the sweetest - and swingingest. "Mr. Tip." I had the great pleasure of working with Al frequently in the 1980s, in trios or groups that included the likes of Bob Cranshaw, Larry Gales, Lou Donaldson, Pepper Adams, Benny Powell, Junior Cook and Bill Hardman. Those were the days! Al came out for Cedar's memorial last November. He looked good and seemed his usual chipper self. He divided his time between Brooklyn and Barbados. Al Harewood - a major contributor for many years and a real stylist. RIP

I can't really describe it other than four bars of the worst home-studio amateur shit repeated over and over. 800-772-4642 Obviously the longer one has to stay on hold the worse it seems.