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I know what Chuck is talking about. It took me YEARS to find Volume Two of Kenny Dorham and the Jazz Prophets; I barely slept a wink the whole time. It was worth the wait. Bertrand.

Do you want me to try to find out from my contact at the Smithsonian what happened, or would Thelma prefer to keep this unfortunate matter under wraps? Bertrand. P.S. Did she try IJS?

I'm assuming this is all the Fantasy stuff plus Fat Jazz, or are there bonus cuts not on the Fantasy CDs? If not, then just buy the Fantasy/Concord stuff (I hope they're still in print, except for the 20-bit version of 4,5 and 6) and the Fresh Sound issue of Fat Jazz. Bertrand.

Can I expect a Paris Hilton tribute tune on the next CD?

I see they're packaging a lot of Fantasy/Concord stuff that's 50 years old. Two comments: 1) No one told them it's Larry Young on Iron City. 2) The Wallington Bohemia has all the takes (there was a thread about that last year). I hope Concord can put that out legitimately; I'd hate to have to buy the bootleg, but I need every note Jackie ever recorded. Call me a obsessive-compulsive completist. I'm glad I already have a TOCJ issue of the McLean quintet date from 1955. Bertrand.

I had a weird dream last night where organissimo was playing this punk-rock festival in DC. They had to wear make-up and eyeliner. At one point, Jim was singing this song making fun of Paris Hilton, and she walked in the club! That's when I woke up. Bertrand.

Please do not confuse the two sites. Mike Fitzgerald puts in a lot of time to perfect the data found on jazzdiscography.com, and is receptive to any input. It's a labor of love and respect for the music. He's updating it essentially on a daily basis, always keeping his eye out for new info. Those who have contributed to the site (some of whom post here) similarly put the upmost care into perfecting their contributions. jazzdisco.org is a data dump, with many unverified claims and errors. It has its use - I'm not as turned off by it as some. But I would NEVER use it as a primary source. At most, I use it for quick reference, but if I need to find a fact and make sure it has been verified and is correct, I will turn elsewhere afterwards. Although I have never tried, I doubt there is a system for sending corrections to jazzdisco. Bertrand.

News to me - I need to see this. Bertrand.

Do you mean jazzdiscography.com? Bertrand.

Joyeux Anniversaire! Bertrand.

Any book with Jackie Mac on the cover cannot go wrong! Bertrand,

I can't believe there is a broadcast of this. We are truly living exceptional times. How long will this be up? I need to set a side an hour. Is this being permanently immortalized? Bertrand.

Are you sure the typo isn't on the press release from Blue Note? Bertrand.

Thanks for the linkie. No Blakey (I even tried Blakely just for fun), but there is Miles from 3/7/70 (already out on CD), and also from 3/6/70 (which I believe is not out officially). I need to look into this further, seeing that these are Wayne Shorter's last gigs with Miles, and, as some of you may know, I'm rather fond of Mr. Shorter's playing Bertrand.

Isn't Patrick's tenure with Monk documented in Chris Sheridan's bio/disco, or was he the one who slammed you? Bertrand.

It so happens I've been working on a Blakey thing, so the timing was good. I'll post in the live shows later today. If you live in the DC area, put April 1st aside for a smoking show. Bertrand.

Some more mouth-watering gigs from the chronology. Note that the Blakey estate started a site (Artblakey.com) but it's been inactive for a few years. They might be reachable through this site in terms of trying to get the ball rolling on issuing tapes. April 30, 1967: Bill Hardman-tpt; Joe Henderson-tsx; McCoy Tyner-p; Juni Booth-b * - Longhorn Jazz Festival, Austin, TX (April 30, 1967) [db 6/15/67 pp.26-29] Again, does DB list any of the repertoire? Was this line-up billed as the Messengers or just an Art Blakey all-stars? And then there's this: * November 3, 1966 Jimmy Owens-tpt; Wayne Shorter-tsx; McCoy Tyner-p; Ben Tucker-b; Elvin Jones, Tony Williams-d * - concert in Japan (November 3, 1966) [unrecorded] [-TN] * - Japanese tour (until November 17, 1966) [db 12/1/66 p.13] "After Coltrane, I did a little stint with Art Blakey. We went to Japan, and the Japanese put together a tour of drummers - Elvin Jones, Art Blakey and Tony Williams, and I was part of that band. When we'd get through at night there was a piano in the lobby of the hotel, so I sat down and played by myself. One night Art snuck in - I didn't know he was listening - but then he said, 'Ooohh, so you like to play by yourself, huh?' The next night, he said, 'Ladies and gentlemen, here's McCoy Tyner, by himself!'" - McCoy Tyner, db 3/2000 p.14. * Berlin Jazz Festival, Berlin, Germany (November 3-6, 1966) [db 7/14/66 p.15] [uncertain if Blakey performed at all, considering above Japanese date] Wayne, McCoy, Elvin, Tony, Art - all together!!! Wayne played with Art just one more time - a big all-stars reunion on 10/9/89. Jackie Mac was on the gig as well. Some of it is out on CD. Bertrand.

From Mike Fitzgerald's chronology at http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Blakey/chron.htm: April? 1969: Woody Shaw-tpt; Tyrone Washington-tsx; George Cables-p; Scotty Holt-b * Wollman Auditorium, Columbia University, NYC (February 24, 1969) [db 3/20/69 p.15] * Loeb Student Center, New York University, NYC (March 3, 1969) [db 3/20/69 p.15] * Fillmore East, NYC (March 9, 1969) [db 3/20/69 pp.14, 52] * Black Bottom, Montreal, Canada (April? 1969) [Coda 6/69 p.34] * Café La Boheme (early April-early May 1969) [Voice] [this is questionable considering the below activity] You've got three pretty solid dates there if DB is to be trusted (does anyone have these issues to see what they say exactly?). The first two are at Colleges, so there might be tape. The third is from the Fillmore, so I'm SURE there's a tape. Didn't the Bill Graham estate start putting up stuff on the net for downloading? I bet so far it's only rock, but I haven't checked yet. I need to do so, being the Airplane/Hot Tuna nut that I am. Does anyone have the link? Bertrand.

'Early in 2006, 15 years after Pat Patrick died, David Hirshland, the president of Bug Music, which collects the royalties to the song "Yeh, Yeh," realized that $45,000 was owed to Patrick's estate. Who should it go to?' Umm, couldn't they have figured out that Pat was owed $45,000 WHEN HE WAS STILL ALIVE!!!! It might have really come in handy. It's not like the tune was suddenly big in the last 15 years. Most of the 45K was accumulated in Pat's life. 'Oh, by the way, here's $45,000 lying around which is yours. You can quit the chauffeur job now'. This kind of shit makes me so mad. Bertrand.

Did you know that was Tolstoy's original title for 'War And Peace'?

Word on the street is that Orrin Keepnews will produce Paul McCartney's first Concord CD - an all-Ellington repertoire, as I understand it. Bertrand.

'I'd write about this more, but now it's time for me to jump into the East River. Anyone want anything?' Keep an eye out for Albert Ayler's horn - I think he left it here.

The word on the street is that the documentary is on hold. Bertrand.

Considering ECM made 400 copies available to start with, that's a pretty good sales figure. Bertrand.

They even play 'The Sidewinder' during the Chrysler ad - nice touch.