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Rooster, Vincent, Sorry, I fell asleep early last night and didn't compare the CDs yet. I will try to do it tonight or tomorrow before I go to my in-laws for Thanksgiving. I am going to go check out a jam session with Butch Warren tonight, so I don't know when I'll get home. Bertrand.

Poor Rooster - I totally missed this thread! I will post my results there as soon as I have checked the CDs - hopefully tonight. Bertrand.

Rooster, How did I miss this thread for so long? I will check everything tonight and post the results. Here's a sneak preview: Track #5, CD #1, labelled 'Meo Felia' is actually Harold Mabern's 'The Chief'. This is the same tune that is one of the three rejected tracks from Sixth Sense, and is the same tune that appears on Frank Strozier's What's Goin' On. This tune is unrelated to Maupin's 'Neophilia' from the BN sessions. Mabern told me the piece was dedicated to John Coltrane. More to come... Bertrand.

Vincent, Thanks. I think I have Bill Crow's e-mail somewhere - I will write to him. I got your e-mail and I tried to respond, but I'm having e-mail trouble again. I will get the information tonight or tomorrow and post it here (in artists, under Lee Morgan). I think it will be useful to other board members anyway. Bertrand.

I need to find that book again and get my story straight. It may have been the reference to the concert jazz band that I was alluding to. The thing about 'Nellie Bly' was elsewhere - possibly something Michael Cuscuna had told me over the phone. How big was the concert jazz band? Bertrand.

From the dust jacket: Wynton Marsalis: 'Art Blakely is the best drummer who ever played in my band'.

Mike, At least you weren't asked to contribute a blurb. Bertrand.

I was there one week-end and went to the Bop Stop. It was a nice club, and I think it has moved to a bigger location. Bertrand.

In one of his two books, bassist Bill Crow says that the Wayne Shorter tune 'Nellie Bly' was part of the Mulligan songbook in th early sixties. I admit being almost totally ignorant of Mulligan's discography. Did he ever record it? Do we have any evidence that he played it in public other than Crow's claim (e.g., a concert review that names the tune specifically)? What size group was the arrangement written for? I know that Wayne arranged it for Maynard Ferguson's band during the month he was in it - perhaps Mulligan is uing the same arrangement? Note that Wayne originally recorded this as 'Mama G' on Wynton Kelly's Kelly Great (Vee Jay). This is usually considered Shorter's first recording session, although apparently some sideman date on Columbia may have preceded it... More to come. Bertrand.

Resurrecting this topic... I finally actually did get a hold of a copy of Gourse's Blakey bio (I was just kidding before). DISCLAIMER: I did not buy it, I borrowed it at the Library. She does not claim that Art killed Bird, of course. However, she relates an anecdote wherein Blakey claimed that he did visit Bird on the very day he died (earlier in the day I assume). I wonder if this is how the rumor got started? It's of course hard to judge the veracity of this story. First, Blakey was an amazing tale spinner. Gourse harps on this point, but it was well-known before. Second, her scholarship is dubious at best - there are no footnotes or anything, so we don't know where she heard the story. I am impressed that apparently, she did get to interview the reclusive Jymie Merritt. He sheds some light on Lee Morgan's killing at Slugs'. She acknowledges the Blakey chronology by Mike Fitzgerald and Steve Schwartz in her intro, but then in the book proceeds to make statements that contradict it! Another gaffe: she tells a story about Blakey's driving habits that she got from John Hicks. She says Hicks got a ride from the Messengers group that recorded Mosaic, but then she claims that Lee Morgan was in the car! Such sloppy editing... Bertrand.

Larry Young's 'Ritha' - beautiful tune. Bertrand.

I hope I didn't accidentally make a bid just by clicking on the link. I am an e-bay virgin and intend to remain so. Seriuoulsy, who knows if this isn't just multiple copies of Pat Boone records? Did anyone call this guy?

The Struggle Continues is awesome. Too bad it probably will never make it to CD. Bertrand.

Dan, Congratulations! If you do interview Bob Weinstock, ask him who the second horn on Mating Call was supposed to be Bertrand.

I believe Rooster has mentioned his affection for Andrew Hill in passing in one or two postings.

The British South Bank Show Blue Note documentary shows McCoy Tyner recording a brief tune at the RVG studios. This was filmed especially for the documentary. Bertrand.

I've had some time to think, and I decided I'm really uncomfortable with the existence of this site. I think something needs to be done to set this Dr. Progresso guy straight... Bertrand.

I'd like to hear Dewey Redman with Andrew Hill. Bertrand.

It stops working at the exact time of day at which Art Blakey administered the fatal blow. Bertrand.

There are tons of people who make substantial contributions to worthwhile charities every day without turning it into a publicity stunt. Obviously, we don't know their names or the amount of their contributions. Obviously, he was going to give the money to unimpeachable charities. He needs all the publicity he can get to off-set the negative publicity from that shooting incident he was involved in. When a tribute concert was held in November(?) 2001 to raise funds for a September 11th victims fund (it was mostly but not all jazz, and if I remember correctly, Michael Cuscuna was the producer), the review I read in Down Beat or Jazz Times mentioned that a good chunk of the money was contributed *anonymously* by one of the performers. Not only did this person give up his or her time, but he/she contributed a large amount of money, and got absolutely no publicity for it. Bertrand.

J-Lo and Ben only coughed up the bread because Puffenstuff threatened to plug 'em otherwise. BTW, instead of running the marathon and boring our dicks off, why didn't he just poney up the cash from his own personal blow fund?

There is only one Morgan composition on the record - 'Midtown Blues' is by McLean. Bertrand.

How come none of this is mentioned in Leslie Gourse's 'definitive' Blakey bio. I want a refund!!! Bertrand.

Possibly Jimmy Greene? Bertrand.

My tongue was firmly in my cheek in my previous posting!