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Andrew, I've sent you another pm - Dan Stewart has contacted Ken Poston from the LAJI (Los Angeles Jazz Institute) & he is interested in taking your uncle's notes. Contact details (for Ken) are in the pm

https://itech.dickinson.edu/Sirena/Issue2/Chambers.pdf Jack Chambers article/essay on Bob Zieff "Revenge of the Underground Jazz Composer"

Andrew, I've sent you a pm

estimated date of CD release listed as approx April 13 (from Lost website)

Robert L. Zieff, jazz composer, arranger, and educator died peacefully in Stuart, Florida, on March 26th in 2026 at the age of 98. He is survived by his wife, Ella Marie Forsyth, a fellow musician. Over a career spanning more than sixty five years, he made significant contributions to jazz as both a creative artist and scholar. His work with Chet Baker & Dick Twardzik was of particular interest to me RIP Bob

My first exposure to Bird was the Savoy/Arista LP box set, picked up whilst on a visit to Sydney in the mid 80s. Not long after I found the Dial/Spotlite LP box set here in Brisbane second hand. Still have them both but they have been superseded (for listening) by the Savoy/Dial Atlantic set & Dial Mosaic. Sublime music!!

I'm in for the single releases

Neil Charles Trio (Mark Sanders & Cleveland Watkiss) playing Cafe Oto tonight- would love to be there but on the other side of the world (Australia). Their recent Jazz In Britain quartet release "Dark Days" (James Baldwin tribute) is one of my fav releases from last year Check the link - it looks like it's going to be streamed https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/neil-charles-dark-days-2026-2/

Another call out to Australia's Bernie McGann probably our greatest altoist

RIP I communicated with Jack a couple of times after the publication of his Twardzik tome.

Sorry, my bad re wrong CD - indeed it is Mingus Moves My two versions of the Call from the box set & the individual CD sound slightly different with the flute continuing to almost the end of the track on the box set CD version whereas on the individual CD version the flute is much less audible & cuts off well before the end of the track (maybe the remix improved the volume of the flute in the mix? & these are the same tracks??) Also, the Lord Discography supports this M8394] Add Sy Johnson (arr-1) added New York, October 30 & 31, 1973 28319 Opus 4 Atl SD1653, (G)R2-71454 [CD] 28320 Moves (hg,dh vcl) - - 28321 Wee (1) - - 28322 Flowers for a lady - - 28323 Newcomer - - 28324 Opus 3 - - 28325 The call (take 1) Atl (G)R1-695177 28325 The call (take 2) Atl (G)R2-71454 [CD] 28326 Big Alice (take 1) (1) Atl (G)R1-695177 28326 Big Alice (take 2) (1) - 28326 Big Alice (take 3) (1) - 28326 Big Alice (take 4) (1) Atl (G)R2-71454 [CD] Note: All titles from Atlantic SD1653 also on Atlantic Quadradisc QD1653, (Eu)50040, (Jap)P8450A. All above titles also on Atlantic (G)R1-695177, Atlantic (G)R2-695177 [CD].

from the box set booklet notes - In support of Georghe's comments above that the two "Wedding March" bonus CD tracks added to Cumbia.... are unlikely to be Mingus on piano but most likely Jimmy Rowles. Probably the reason these two tracks were excluded from the box set Section titles from "Three Or Four Shades Of Blues" are described by Charles Mingus in the original liner notes and are followed here by new annotations by the author. 4. Bob Neloms temp solo, Caucasian Folk Blues, Jimmy Rowles piano After Neloms' piano solo, Rowles steps into a quote from Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" and segues into a melody resembling the 18th-century folk song "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms," which became popular in 1801 with new lyrics written by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. It seems Mingus meant these two pieces to represent "Caucasian Folk Blues." Regarding the takes of Big Alice & The Call, both versions on the CD box set are take #1 whereas the bonus versions on the "Three or Four Shades...." CD releases are take #4 ("Big Alice") & take #2 ("The Call"). So, if you have the CD box & the standalone CD of TOFSOTB, you are only missing two takes of "Big Alice".

There are a multitude of "boutique" labels abounding in the "jazz" realm, some with a long history (Ogun, Emanem & Incus: all UK based initially) - the labels really took off with the advent of CDs (Evan Parker wrote about this years back) - more compact/mobile (cheaper shipping costs) products. Some of my fav "boutique" labels include No Business (Lithuania) - archives series is outstanding (Sam Rivers, Oliver Lake etc) Fundacja Sluchaj (Listen Foundation) - impressive run of Cecil Taylor releases Not Two (Poland) - lots of Vandermark plus Brit/Euro free/improv Nimbus West & Dark Tree - Tapscott galore Jazz In Britain (been a subscriber since inception) & British Progressive Jazz False Walls (UK) - impressive recent UK label Triple Point (exxy LP's ony) Okkadisk, Atavistic Corbett vs Dempsey Burning Ambulance Leo (UK) Leo Feigin's label focusing on Russian/Eastern European jazz Recommended/ReR Megacorp - Chris Cutler's label

#955 made it to Brisbane (Australia) today - impressive booklet. Havn't listened yet

Showboat tracks from Coltrane Reference, July 18-23, 1960 (A) Showboat tracks from Coltrane Reference, July 18-23, 1960 (B)