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Who is Ronnie Smith? Bertrand.

I have yet to own Blue Train! If I get the RVG, I will have to make do without the CD-ROM features of The Ultimate. Can I live without 'em (especially since some people had trouble with these on their PC)? Bertrand.

Soul Stream, We still have the rejected Wayne Shorter, Jackie McLean (with Tyrone Washington, Woody Shaw and Bobby Hutcherson), and Kenny Dorham (with Grant Green) sessions to look forward to hearing! Bertrand.

I definitely want to read this. A friend of mine had a copy, and the lay-out looked great. I did not get to read the text, however. There is already a mistake in the article above (which was probably corrected in the book after the Lost Sessions came out). 'The Elder Speaks' is a Sam Rivers tune; he even copyrighted it. I hope Don Sickler hipped McDonald to all of the unrecorded tunes at the Library of Congress - there are a lot of them. As I mentioned elsewhere, saxophonist Paul Combs is also working on a Dameron book. Based on our discussions, I think it will be excellent. Bertrand.

Dan, Ian McDonald in the U.K. is indeed working on a Hank bio. He already published one on Tadd Dameron. There are several books on Lee Morgan in the works. The one that will most likely come out first is being written by a French journalist. Based on the work he has done so far, I think it will be excellent. Both Lee and Hank were the subject of Master's Theses at Rutgers. Jeff McMillan's thesis on Lee came out a few years ago. Sam Miller probably just finished his Hank thesis this year. I think he is about to give a lecture at the Institute of Jazz Studies (or it may already have happened?). When is your book on Gene Harris coming out Bertrand.

But what does he mean by 'The Latin release'? Bertrand.

Billy kicks ass on the Monk at the Blackhawk sessions. Bertrand.

Grant Green's 'Iron City' was used in an ad a couple of years ago, but I don't remember the product. Bertrand.

And on the topic of Wayne, I was just reading the following interesting passage in Fred Jung's Fireside Chat: 'FJ: Blue Note has just released The Classic Blue Note Recordings, a retrospective from sessions with Blakey and Morgan as well as signature material from your classics. There certainly is enough material to release a mammoth comprehensive homage. WS: That's up to them. That is up to whoever is running that. I think they are going to sneak in there and do it. FJ: Let me make some calls. WS: (Laughing) They might start getting in there and doing it after the Latin release of the last album (Moto Grosso Feio). ' Several things to discuss here: 1) Does Wayne really not know that Michael Cuscuna produces Blue Note reissues? I think he is being facetious. 2) Why would Wayne consider someone putting together a box set of his BN recordings as 'sneaking in'? 3) What is he alluding to with 'the Latin release of the last album'? Does he really mean Moto Grosso Feio, or is this an (incorrect) editorial comment by Jung? Moto Grosso is neither the last Wayne BN recording (it's the rejected session from 10/70) nor the last issued BN recording (Odyssey Of Iska is later, despite what the Moto Grosso Feio CD says). The 'non-BN' issue of Moto Grosso from a few years ago was on One Way, hardly a Latin label. Where am I going with this? I think Wayne is actually alluding to the October 1970 session, which we know that he does not want released. That's his call, of course, despite what he says to Fred Jung. When he talks about the Latin issue of the last album, I bet he is humorously alluding to a potential underground semi-legit release of this mystery session, and that he knows things like this have happened in the past in 'Latin' countries (is he alluding to Fresh Sound?). Unless the last session is already out somewhere, and no one has alerted me to this yet... Discuss. Bertrand.

Wayne Shorter turns 70 today. What an amazing career he has had. Think of all the different artists he has worked with (from Blakey and Miles to Joni Mitchell) and of the consistent brilliance and originality of most of his recorded output. I think only Miles comes close, and, honestly, I find Miles more inconsistent. And, at 70, Wayne is still going strong. He put out two great records in the last two years, and continues his off-and-on tour with his current quartet which has been together for over two years. Happy birthday, Wayne! Bertrand.

Berigan, You and your family are in my thoughts in these difficult times. Bertrand.

Matt Groening is apparently Mosaic's best customer (or something like that). Bertrand.

Vincent, Thanks for posting this! I will try to go somehow. Bertrand.

I got mine at www.daedalusbooks.com (I went there in person since they are in the DC suburbs), but they are out of most of them. Bertrand.

I have yet to see a 20-bit version of Monk volume 2. Bertrand.

Robert Altman's McCabe And Mrs. Miller. Bertrand.

Brownie, Are you sure there was a Jazz Prophets Volume 2 recorded? I was under the impression that Volume 2 never existed and never was recorded. The Volume 1 title was just wishful thinking. But I could be mistaken; I did not research this. Claude Schlouch in Marseille has a KD discography out. Perhaps this will shed some light. Bertrand.

The picture isn't very good, but I do think it's Michael Ridley, Larry's brother. The brothers do look alike somewhat. Another clue: when I saw Michael in D.C. (as part of a large ensemble called The Brooklyn All-Stars or something like that), Leonard Gaskin was also on bass. Michael Ridley told me at that gig that he used to hang out with Lee Morgan, and was at the Sidewinder recording session. He claims that Jackie McLean was originally scheduled to be on the date, in addition to Joe Henderson. I will try to remember to ask Cuscuna about this (or Jackie, Barry Harris or Bob Cranshaw if I see them anytime soon). What a sextet that would have been! Bertrand.

Dmitry, I'm no expert. I just agreed with b3-er that there probably is no legal reason that we can't link to photos on other sites. If this came to a problem, an attorney would be have to be consulted, something I'm sure b3-er does not want to have to do. He complied with her request - he just pointed out to her that she was very likely in error. His response was excellent. What law is she invoking? Bertrand.

B3-er, I liked your response to this moron. Indeed, no federal law is being broken by linking to a photo on their site! These lawyer types make me hurl. One discographer I know was threatened with legal action for listing boots on his site. He pointed out that it is not illegal to discuss bootlegs somewhere, or even list their contents, it is only illegal to offer them for sale. Bertrand.

You gotta warn us before we open these postings at work!!! Bertrand.

Ubu, I did not mean to knock the Swiss in any way. Your comment about 'proper German' just reminded me of this one woman who spoke *no* language fluently. It's not that her French or German were regional dialects or anything - she just did not quite speak them right. I have met many Swiss people who speak several languages fluently. No hard feelings, I hope. Bertrand.

Wayne Shorter and Jackie McLean. Bertrand.

Ubu, 'Three Wishes', the bonus track from Donald Byrd's Free Form, is also by Herbie. I asked him about it a few years ago at the Monk Competition, and he did not even remember the tune! About Swiss not being the same as German - I knew a woman from Switzerland who spoke English, French, and German, but none of them fluently; she had no mother tongue! Bertrand.

Re: Adam's Apple Herbie *is* the composer of the bonus track, 'The Collector' (although I couldn't find a copyright, but that doesn't disprove anything). This is the piece that was originally attributed to Miles and given the title 'Teo's Bag', a misunderstanding Miles did not make any effort to correct and may have had some part in creating (as Peter DeVries would say). Bertrand.