bertrand

I was thinking of piano as well for my 4-year old, but I only have room for a little electric keyboard - seems like kind of a shame. With the grotesque prices of houses in the DC area these days (how do people live?), it doesn't look like we'll be leaving our townhouse anytime soon. Bertrand.

I'm going to two concerts tonight in D.C. 1. Bill Heid @ 6:00 Westminster Church. They go until 9:00, but I'll leave at 8:00 to go see... 2. Charles Davis @ 9:00 at Twins. He's supposedly bringing in a group from NYC. The rest of the week-end, I'll be hanging out with my 4-year-old son: Gym class, birthday party, soccer class, park, possibly the afternoon jam session at HR 57 depending on the weather (it's fucking beautiful today). Bertrand.

I'm in the process of making a CD-R collection of each one of Monk's compositions as played by him, so I can listen to it in the car and finally get the titles straight. Of course, I will be missing '52nd Street Theme', 'Five Will Get You Ten' (aka 'Two Timer') and 'A Merrier Christmas'. Bertrand.

If the Golden Boy you saw had the original pictue of Blakey in a Kimono, jump on it. This is a very hard to find, and the master tape is AWOL so Blue Note (who own Colpix) won't be getting around to it anytime soon. Wayne, Lee, Freddie, Curtis, Cedar et alia are on it - a very nice record. The entire 'S Make It (with the unedited track), Soul Finger and the tune 'Slowly But Surely' from Hold On I'm Comin' (which really belongs to Soul Finger) could probably fit on one CD. I'm sure Verve is not examining this option. Bertrand.

Bummer - I'll be at work at that time, and I don't think I'll be able to get away. Brucker hall is very nice - very good acoustics. I will be at the 9:30 Ray Baretto Blakey tribute at the Kennedy Center. I don't suppose you were headed that way... Bertrand.

Jazzgirl, My pleasure. Kenny is one of my favorite musicians (Afro-Cuban and Whistle Stop are my favorite recordings of his), and this Newport performance is fabulous. It really makes me wish Kenny and Wayne had collaborated in the studio. Tell us more about this archive - do you already have a specific place it is going to be donated to, or is that still under discussion? Bertrand.

Just 13 and already mixing it up with the wrong crowd... Poor kid.

Someone told me about this yesterday. Assuming Jackie makes it, I will be there. Bertrand.

In superb irony, it would later be discovered that the "Complete Mosaic Fuckups' was mising some tracks! Seriously, my somewhat tongue in-cheek suggestion was in no way a stab at Michael - he does an amazing job. But by calling these sets 'Complete', he's setting himself up. This situation has actually kept me from buying the Coltrane Impulse! box. Now that the family is giving up some private stuff, I'm going to wait a bit. Bertrand.

Mosaic should do a sampler containing all the tracks that were somehow left out of their 'complete' sets (e.g. the three Tina Brooks alternates, and the two takes of 'Woody'n You' by Grant Green and Sonny Clark).

Jefferson Airplane.

Congratulations!!! He's a cutie.

Happy birthday organissimo forum! Bertrand.

I will probably not be able to join you guys at the allotted time, unfortunately. But here's a tip of the hat and a happy birthday to the greatest jazz forum on the internet! Ron Blake told me last night what cool gentlemen our gracious hosts Jim, Joe and Randy are. Happy birthday organissimo.org! Bertrand.

The article on harmony in the earlier editions of the Grove attributed 'Nefertiti' to Miles Davis. Has that error been corrected? Bertrand.

Through some fluke, Fantasy was up for sale on e-bay in middle of the night. I bought it for $1. Be prepared for the MOTHER of all jazz reissue programs. Bertrand.

Tickets purchased (for the second show). Thanks for the recommendation. I'm especially looking forward to hear how they treat the Shorter tunes. I'm also very impressed that they dug up 'Buh's Bossa' - this is a very rare Morgan track from Soul Finger which is not covered too often. Tonight, I'm going to go see Ron Blake with Christian McBride, David Gilmore and Teeron Gully. Gully is killer, for anyone who's ever seen him! Bertrand.

Martial Solal had to cancel his concert in D.C. last night due to a medical emergency. I hope he is alright. Does anyone have any more details? Bertrand.

The Library of Congress has a tape in the Newport Jazz Festival collection of a July 1961 Jazz Messengers concert during which Lee Morgan was absent and replaced by Kenny Dorham. It is the only known recording of Kenny with Wayne Shorter. They do 'Paper Moon' and 'Moanin''. I hope this can be issued someday. Bertrand.

I saw that Ray Barretto is bringing his Art Blakey tribute to the Kennedy Center on 3/19. I noticed that the CD has four Shorter tunes and a Lee Morgan tune (and 'Frere Jacques' ???), so I was kind of tempted to go see this. Any opinions on the CD or the live band (if anyone has seen it)? Is this a good Blakey tribute or is it kind of hokey? I sort of want to decide today because I will be there tonight so I could buy a ticket onsite and avoid the phone-charge fee. Thanks in advance, Bertrand.

Cannonball started on trumpet. There are even some private tapes floating around of him playing that instrument in Florida, before he moved to NYC (no, I don't have them). Bertrand.

The difference will be that the vinyl copy they will use to dub the RVG version will be cleaner than the one used for the previous version!!! Bertrand.

Getting back to Woody Shaw This is really a beautiful site. It is a thrill to see how Woody's son is preserving his father's legacy in such a meaningful way. My son Matthew (4 next Sunday) is really into Woody's music. I made a couple of CDs for him of Woody's best moments. Some of his favorites are 'Pretty Eyes', 'Hello To The Wind', 'Mexican Hip Dance', 'Spiderman Blues' and 'The Moontrane'. In fact, we were walking through the park yesterday morning, and he started humming 'Hello To The Wind'! Bertrand.

Dewey Redman's The Struggle Continues should be on this list as well. Bertrand.

Jim, We went tonight, but Edelman had a sub (for the next few weeks in fact), so I couldn't ask him. Butch told me he wrote two more compositions: 'America, America' and 'Pink Elephant'. He said that he gave the latter to Cecil Payne, and that he later heard it on the radio, so someone must have recorded it. I suspect it was not credited to Butch. Brownie, Butch told me he remembered the Timmons session very well. I forgot to tell him that Perkins had passed away. I suspect that he is not aware of this sad news. Bertrand.