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At least Alan Shorter is not listed as playing bugle... Is the Pitchin' Can LP the same as Black Gipsy? There is a tune on Black Gipsy by Cal Massey called 'Pitchin' Can'. Bertrand.

All the musicians from my two favorite jazz albums, Etcetera and Destination Out, are still living. Bertrand.

Anyone tempted? Bertrand.

Sorry about the late notice. I will be there. Bertrand. TRANSPARENT PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS... FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2005 BYARD LANCASTER’S UNIT Byard Lancaster – multiple reeds, multiple flutes, trumpet Edward Crockett - bass Bert Harris – bass Harold E. Smith – drums, didgeridoo, shells, conga @ Sangha (301-891-3214 for directions and general information) 7014 Westmoreland Avenue, Takoma Park, MD (Just three blocks east of the Takoma Metro Station @ the corner of Carroll & Westmoreland) 10:00 PM - $10 “Jazz makes people think. I’ve been playing jazz since 1949 and the music still sounds revolutionary to me. I’m on a mission to deliver a pure message of music, like Coltrane said, ‘A Love Supreme’”. (Byard Lancaster – January 2001) Transparent Productions is pleased to announce the Friday, April 29th performance of legendary multi-instrumentalist Byard Lancaster’s Unit. Multiple instrumentalist, leader, and composer Byard Lancaster has been intimately involved with music since a small child, playing piano until age five, when his mother bestowed him with his first saxophone. Born in Philadelphia in 1942 where he continues to live, he went to Shaw, a traditional black university, before attending the Berklee School of Music, part of a class of second wave free jazz standouts that included guitarist Sonny Sharrock, pianist Dave Burrell, and trumpeter Ted Daniel. Lancaster’s personal music mantra “From A Love Supreme to The Sex Machine” is evident in his varied musical associations, from performing and recording with Albert Ayler as early as 1966, releasing his debut recording, “It’s Not Up To Us” in 1967, journeying to Paris’ famed Actuel Festival with drummer Sunny Murray in 1969, to 80’s and 90’s contributions to the harmolodic and funk based ensembles of drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson and bassist Bill Laswell. Through it all, Lancaster has remained a people’s musician, performing free on the corners and boulevards of Philly, as he considers “street musicians part of the cultural fabric” and “that we need their artistic expression”. Joining Lancaster in the Unit’s unique dual bass plus drums ensemble are fellow Philly musicians Edward Crockett and Bert Harris on basses, and Harold E. Smith on drums, didgeridoo, shells, and conga. For more about Byard Lancaster, go to: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=17125

Is it really 'Free Cell Block F' that they recorded, or 'Remember Rockefeller At Attica'? Between the Changes album and the Montreux DVD, the titles are not consistent. Bertrand.

Too bad - Hootin' And Tootin' with the bonus cuts is such a great album. Bertrand.

Weizen, Wingy told you it sucked - what more do you need to know Aftab, If you're only in it for the music, the quintet session is available as bonus tracks on the U.S. Connoisseur of Vertigo. If you want the Japanese quality pressing/remastering, that's another story. Hans, Do these now have bonus cuts, or are they still straight LP reissues? Bertrand.

Reminds me of those assholes who film themselves decapitating people, then broadcast it on the web. Of course, they're wearing masks. Bertrand.

Jackie McLean Septet Iridium, NYC, 5/28/04 Jackie McLean (as); Grachan Moncur III (tb); Bobby Hutcherson (vibes); Rene McLean (ts, ss, fl); Alan Palmer (p); Nat Reeves (b); Eric McPherson (d) First set Little Melonae (Jackie McLean) Love And Hate (Grachan Moncur III) Frankenstein (Grachan Moncur III) Five (Theme) (Jackie McLean) Second set Mr. E (Jackie McLean) Naima's Tone Poem (Rene McLean) Freddie Freeloader (Miles Davis) (McLean and McLean out) Entrapment (Rene McLean) Five (Theme) (Jackie McLean)

Jackie McLean Septet Iridium, NYC, 5/27/04 Jackie McLean (as); Grachan Moncur III (tb); Bobby Hutcherson (vibes); Rene McLean (ts, ss, fl); Alan Palmer (p); Nat Reeves (b); Eric McPherson (d) First set Mr. E (Jackie McLean) Love And Hate (Grachan Moncur III) Frankenstein (Grachan Moncur III) Second set Entrapment (Rene McLean) Dance Little Mandissa (Rene McLean) Freddie Freeloader (Miles Davis) (McLean and McLean out) Little Melonae (Jackie McLean) Blue Rondo (Jackie McLean)

Here's an experiment - I'm going to try to start a 'set list corner'. If you attended a concert for which you wrote down the set listing (or have access to the set list of a gig you did not attend), post it here (one gig per posting), as well as the personnel and date. I don't know how many of you write these down when you go to shows, but I have a friend who's been doing it for years. I've been trying to get him to share his info with the jazz research community for a long time, but so far no luck. The gigs do not have to be recent - the first one I will post is from last year. Please do not include any comments about how much you enjoyed the gig or didn't - that's for another thread. I think this would be a very useful tool for researchers, and also for anyone considering attending a gig. One example for each scenario: I am trying to get an idea of which compositions from his Blue Note recordings Wayne Shorter was playing back then, on the rare occasions when he had a gig as a leader (or as a sideman outside of the Miles Quintet). I know he did some when he was briefly with Roy Haynes, but details are sketchy. If only someone had access to the set lists... Other example: I am sick of hearing standards. If a poster points out that a particular band is doing mostly originals (or almost all material by Eric Dolphy, as Oliver Lake did in D.C. a couple of weeks ago), this might attract me to the gig if I'm on the fence. I'll begin with some Jackie... Bertrand.

Who's going to e-mail the All Music Guide and Tom Lord? Bertrand.

Very interesting dilemma, Dan. I think Mike found your best hope - let's see what Ben Tucker has to say. Good luck. Bertrand.

The AMG bio is the correct Gene Harris. No classical Gene Harris shows up. So this is not the source of the confusion (not that AMG is off the hook for other errors). If even the photo on the LP Dan bought is different, this is troublesome. What do we know about Mike Long and George Herman? Bertrand.

The three of us (2 adults, 1 child) are trying to go up to NYC for 4/30 and 5/1. We're trying to find a resonably priced hotel. My two regulars are booked, and hotels.com only shows pricey options. I may have to just get a list of 20-30 places on the web, and call each. Any other recommendations/tricks/preferred hotels? We'd rather be in Manhattan. Bertrand.

Here's a theory: the liners on the Fresh Sound are wrong because they copied them out of the All Music Guide (or some other such unreliable source). It could happen: David Weiss pointed out that his bio at amg is all wrong; it's the bio for another non-jazz David Weiss. The CDs listed are his, however. Bertrand.

This thread sucks. Bertrand.

Power To The People has never been issued as a single CD in the U.S. Bertrand.

'If the amount read by the machine matches either one of the amounts on the coupon, that's as far as it goes - all the checks that meet this criterion are bundled together and sent off for encoding, and then straight to the bank for deposit, etc.' If the machine did read an extra $1,000 from my check, then it would have noticed a mismatch with the pre-printed amount on the coupon (I was paying the full balance, not the minimum). So right there extra processing was required. From what they told me at Discover, they don't do this first match as you described. That's what made me angry. I stopped using the card, but my wife continues to do so. Bertrand.

Is the Fez thing still happening? I got a postcard that said that they were now at Joe's pub on Thursdays. Oh, this is Wednesday - did the Fez thing move to Tuesdays? What night is the Iridium gig? Bertrand.

Discover once helped themselves to an extra $1,000 when I made a payment. They claimed the computer misread the amount (through the envelope!), but I say that's bullshit. I asked my other cards, and they said their computer matched the handwritten amount to the amount in digits, so this should not occur. I asked Discover to let me know if they plan to change the computer program, but I've heard nothing so far. Bertrand.

Didn't you see the article at cnn.com? Rooster is already camped out in front of the club. He'd appreciate some food and drink, for you New Yorkers out there! Bertrand.

Same reason a lot of jazz musicians don't: giving up the publishing rights to their music was one of the conditions for getting a record contract. Alfred Lion (among others) insisted on this. Remember that interview with Moncur where he speculated that the reason he was dropped from BN was that he refused to give up his publishing? Some BN artists were able to keep the publishing rights (Silver and Shorter). I suspect this is even why Wayne did not sign to Blue Note as a leader until 1964. I bet Lion was courting him before. Bertrand.

On the topic of the WSQ for a moment: I saw Oliver Lake last night (fantastic show!). I asked him about this. Dewey was never in the WSQ. However, Sam Rivers did fill in once for David Murray! Bertrand.

'Last time I saw him live he was with Miles'. Holy crap! We're talking 35 years or more! Glad to see you enjoyed the group so much. Wayne has been through many changes since. They probably played a lot of material from the forthcoming album, which features a lot of new compositions. Bertrand.