Ted O'Reilly

The link indicates there are 15 tracks. The original LP had 14, so there's a bonus. Not likely 'previously unavailable' though -- the Azure label put out a lot of things from these sessions on cassette. (Sorry...I miscounted: the LP had 15 tracks. But I think there are still other things only on the Azure, which I've never seen.)

Hmmm.... I think you've skipped The Cassette Revolution.

Mr. Rogers' pianist/musical director was the wonderful jazz pianist Johnny Costa...

I didn't realise that Old Indians had toothpicks and wood screws!

Seconded. (...and whatever buncha Lucky Thompsons that make sense. There are some fine European radio tapes, for example.)

It's at NYC's Ear Inn, I think. It is Scott, and is he on a tenor, or his C Melody sax? (And doesn't Jon-Erik usually play cornet?)

Hmmm.... Does the link not work? No, but .

"Xxxxxx came along and just did something weird with it and everyone was like, 'He's a bit odd.' He had mental health issues he didn't realise he had for a long time, but he was an absolute genius because he just came in and broke all the rules. He was kind of like the Skrillex of his day. You know when Sonny came out and just DJ'd a different way to everyone else? When he's nutting it out playing a bit of d'n'b, a bit of dubstep and everyone's going, 'What the front door?' Xxxxxxx was a bit like that." http://allafrica.com/stories/201606290101.html

What a shame...he was a very nice, gentle man and a fine jazz talent. I recorded him several times over the years, with a CD issue drawn from two nights of concerts with bassist Don Thompson showing his depth. (Opus D'Amour; Sackville SKCD2-3058)

I think you may be confusing Rodgers and Hart with (Roy) Rogers and (William S.) Hart. No problems, as them guys was Straight Shooters!

While the recent Tubby Hayes bio (by Simon Spillett) was specifically about him, his place in the '50s/'60s seemed to amplify my knowledge of the whole scene. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Shadow-Little-Giant-Popular/dp/1781791732/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1466267901&sr=1-1&keywords=simon+spillett

Simpson's been a bit of a dormant topic, but he's trending upwards again. I wonder why the renewed interest in him... (But to add: it's a very well-done documentary, at least the first three of five episodes.)

So, Ms. Kael has predicted reality TV then...

Larry, you're well ahead of me...haven't had that problem. You do have to sign up to read it, but you must have done that to get to Chapter 12... I don't know if it will ever be in print. I know that lots of people don't want to read from a screen, but to this point it's the only way to get it.

Gene's been a Torontonian for four decades, adding his wide experience to our music scene. He has a fantastic memory, and has prepared his memoirs with writer Jack Batten, a long-time Toronto jazz critic. And you can read it for free! I've just been through the first few chapters and it seems that we're just sitting at a table and chatting. Here's Gene's invitation: Over the years so many of you have asked when I was going to write a book. Well a memoir has now been written about my life and times and music by the wonderful Jack Batten. I spoke. He wrote. And now I have put it on the web through WATTPAD. The Book is called "I Can Hear the Music, The Life and Times of Gene DiNovi". In addition to Jack's eloquent prose, it includes many memorable photographs from my personal collection. Here is the link : https://www.wattpad.com/genedinovi Wattpad does ask you to register but there is no cost and once you have signed up you can read for Free.

Jerry was not Canadian, even though he was nice enough to be one of us. (). If I recall correctly Jerry had been a member of a service band (The Airmen of Note?). He and his wife and beautiful young daughters lived down the street from me for several years. I didn't know he played a tenor trombone on Chameleon...he did double on bass trombone. You can also find his Toronto jazz work with the Nimmons 'N' Nine band, and the Brass Connection. I produced a 25-year-long concert series of live broadcasts, ten a year. Here's a link to a quintet concert by Jerry. http://www.canadianjazzarchive.org/en/concerts/jerry-johnson-quintet-1997-11-03.html?filename=jerry_johnson_quintet_osc_1997_11_03_track1.mp4&t=c I note that my erstwhile radio station has removed my name from my own introduction. How petty.

To get back to 'often' -- are you consistent in the sound of the T? Do you lissen to music, or liss-ten? Do you haysen to answer the phone, or hays-ten?

In a way, ALL bars are local bars. And almost all great players are local players. I recall meeting a guitarist in Germany who was a huge fan of Ed Bickert, but had never heard him in person -- had him on lots of records, had seen videos... He was almost angry at me when I told him Ed could be heard (on average) about 10 days a month at a little club one short block from my front door. And there are wonderful players in New York who are stars in Europe or Japan yet play for the door at home... (You can supply the names yourself.)

Jack was a topic here before... Through it, his family got in touch with me about the solo recordings I had done of him. I sent them the masters, but I don't know if they wish to do anything with them. A very nice man, and fine pianist...

....and Ted Quinlan, and Rob Piltch, and David Occhipinti, and Roy Patterson, and, and, and, that's just Toronto!

Oh my, YES to Fasstrack's and Peter's choices of Ed and Reg. Unassuming great players both.

Here's the solution. Buy that cold, over-pristine CD, but run it through this... https://www.izotope.com/en/products/effects-instruments/vinyl

If we believe the story, this must be from some sort of needle drop or tape copy, since the Master Tapes have been long held by a man who buys from storage. And now, it looks like the LA Museum/House owns the tapes as well as the film. Perhaps Ricky and those folks will do a 100% legit issue, with a DVD from the sessions...

I'm not really sure, but I think there have been lots of reissues taken from metal mother discs. Perhaps they just don't make much mention of it. And didn't DGG or Angel (or somebody) make direct metal masters about 20 years back?

This won't open in Internet Explorer for me, nor for a friend of mine. Opens if I use Firefox. I only have some off-the-rack speakers hooked up to the computer, but these tracks sound very fine to my ears...