Michael Weiss

My enlightened response is to listen to every version Ellington recorded, live and studio, and painstakingly isolate every second bar of every A section, in-head and out-head, playing each one over and over while seated at your piano, picking out every note of the sonority that you can hear. After thirty hours or so of this you will either find your answer or the closest thing to it. Have fun!

Glad you enjoyed the CrissCross date. Unless other inquiring minds really want to know the changes to Riverbed, I'll send by email.

I have several of Wayne's lead sheets and I also saw Wayne's lead sheets (Dolores, Pinocchio, Guinneviere, ESP, Capricorn) at the Miles exhibit. With all this existing evidence, there's no question in my mind that Miles made several "modifications" - usually form related - to many (certainly not all) of Wayne's tunes for HIS band. I'm not passing judgement; they obviously had a fruitful relationship. And obviously a collaborative one when it came to Wayne's tunes. Just compare Wayne's own recorded versions of his tunes with Miles'.

Wayne's tunes, more often than not, turned into something entirely different after Miles got his hands on them.

Did you mean Ben Dixon?

I wish I could listen back to the two weeks I played in 1987 with Joe Henderson and Johnny Griffin on the front line. I wish someone would put these out: John Coltrane Band Lee Morgan (tp) John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter (ts) unknown night club, NJ, August or September, 1959 Giant Steps Naima A Night In Tunisia unknown title John Coltrane Band Freddie Hubbard (tp) John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter (ts) Tommy Flanagan, Cedar Walton (p) Ahmed Abdul-Malik, George Tucker (b) Elvin Jones (d) "Birdland", NYC, September, 1959 Moment's Notice Giant Steps Naima unknown title

You're welcome.

Here's the Francis Wolff collection: http://www.corbisimages.com/Search#pg=francis+wolff

There is a lot of great shit on this website. Looky here: http://www.corbisimages.com/Search#pg=ted+williams

I saw a quartet of George Coleman, Barry Harris, Gene Taylor and Philly Joe Jones at the Tin Palace, NYC around 1980. At a benefit at the Village Gate I saw a sextet that included Tommy Turrentine, Jimmy Heath, Slide Hampton, Tommy Flanagan, Billy Higgins or AT (don't remember) ** Didn't hear it obviously, but I wish the two tenor group Johnny Griffin and John Gilmore had in Chicago recorded.

I've attended lots of memorable gigs but no diary of those. However I've kept a diary of 30 years worth of (worthwhile) gigs since moving to NY. Over 500 gigs at the Village Vanguard alone.

All you have to do when you reach the limit is clear the nytimes cookies out and you're good to go.

The fifth bar is Gm7 A7 On the second beat of the sixth bar Bobby Timmons plays Bbm7 The seventh bar is G- G-/F E-7b5 A7 Third and fourth bar of bridge is G-6 not G-7. ( i minor, not ii minor) Everything else looks good.

You owe me no apology whatsoever. To each their own. I won't weigh in anymore than two points: - I'm not on this date - Kudos to the composer/arranger.

Just to add 2¢: Usually the Artist (leader) has to recoup the recording costs OUT OF HIS ROYALTY, normally 12%. Of course the company has already recouped the recording costs more than 7 times over by that time! Unless they are of such considerable fame that they can demand a royalty, sidemen are compensated in full for the session.

Thanks John. What about on the disc itself?

#15: I recognized it was me a few bars in. I didn't ID it because I was curious to see guesses and comments. It's Cherokee all the way. I just happened to quote Laura on the bridge of the first chorus. The date was November 19, 1989 at Baird Auditorium in Washington, DC. A little background: I was hired to transcribe and provide the Monk Competition with lead sheets of Monk tunes, so I wasn't considering competing. At the time of the competition I was working a three week engagement with the Art Farmer/Clifford Jordan Quintet at Sweet Basil. But Barry Harris, who was one of the judges (the others being Ahmad Jamal, Horace Silver, Walter Bishop, Jr., and Hal Galper) talked me into it. I had to take two nights off from the Art Farmer gig. Admittedly I was a little cocky and didn't prepare as seriously as I should have. I didn't know what I was really in for until I was sitting at the piano with a couple of TV cameras breathing down my neck. In the end I placed second behind Bill Cunliffe, who performed, of all things, a very polished S'Wonderful. What any of this had to do with Thelonious Monk I'll never know. Far more rewarding though was winning the Monk Composition Competition in 2000 which Wayne Shorter presented me with. That was sweet.

Thanks Chuck. Perhaps the LP has publisher's info on the disc?

Anyone have this vinyl reissue on Delmark? Please tell me if Barry's tune "Yusef" has any publisher's name listed, either on the back cover or on the disc. Apparently the Transition cover and booklet don't include one. Thanks

#18: Hank Jones without a doubt.

Was hanging at Barry Harris' today and while we were digging Yusef on the Louis Hayes VJ, Barry got an urge to call him up. So it was nice to be there for that chat.

Don't mention it. My pleasure. Nice to see you again.

I'm returning to the Folly Theater again, this time with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (last Monday's first set on NPR.com) on Saturday March 3. Don't know exactly my schedule yet, but would love to meet up for some BBQ. Will comp tickets if I can swing it.

We were video streaming live on NPR.org from the Vanguard tonight. The audio is still up: http://www.npr.org/event/music/145987010/vanguard-jazz-orchestra-live-at-the-village-vanguard "A-That's Freedom" (Hank Jones, arranged by Thad Jones)"Extra Credit" (Jim McNeely)"ABC Blues" (Bob Brookmeyer)"Suite For Three" (Bob Brookmeyer)"Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, arranged by Bob Brookmeyer)"My Centennial" (Thad Jones)