bertrand

Are these available in stores in Paris, France? How many euros? Thanks, Bertrand.

What was the subject line? Bertrand.

I was able to snag one of the last copies before musicboy used his industry clout to have them all pulled from circulation. I've gotten through about half of it and am enjoying it immensely. The recorded sound is excellent as well - I love the way the guitar and the b-3 blend together. Great job, guys! Bertrand.

If Aric were here, he'd vote for Dream Weaver I'm I the only one who remembers that amazing post? Bertrand.

I hate to sound picky, but Miles Davis did record for Blue Note, both as a leader and a sideman. Bertrand.

Two comments: 1. The Feather book is not a reliable source. As was pointed out above, Andrew was born in Chicago, but for years Haiti was mistakenly indicated. I don't know where the mistake originated. 2. Feather apparently pissed off a lot of musicians by giving out their home address. Bertrand.

According to Blue Note lore, test pressings of Back To The Tracks were made. I wonder how much that item would fetch... Bertrand.

Ed, You are more than a trouble-making jerk (according to the Norah Shankar-Jones board's moderator), you are a 'viscous' trouble-making jerk! Bertrand.

Andrew Hill was born in Chicago. Bertrand.

Jackie McLean and Dewey Redman both turn 72 TODAY!!! Bertrand.

A lot of these titles can be obtained in the U.S. from www.daedalusbooks.com The Mingus is way overpriced - if you paid more than $.25 for it, you got scammed. The Monk reader is quite good, although I think there are some things missing. I'm seriously thinking of compiling a Wayne Shorter reader myself. Bertrand.

Webster Young it is. Webster mainly recorded as a sideman, mostly with Jackie Mac, all of it in 1957. His one 'official' album as a leader, For Lady, is a sleeper - highly recommended. He also has some bootlegs out from the early sixties which I have never heard. Webster was a fixture in D.C. for along time, but he moved to Portland, Oregon, last year. We miss him. Bertrand.

Oh, and the bio of Joe Zawinul is excellent - much better than the Jaco book, IMO. Bertrand.

Soul Stream, I'm glad you are reverting your position! You won't regret it - some Weather Report is so-so, but most of it is kick-ass. When they were good, they were fantastic. Some of my favorite tracks: Eurydice Cucumber Slumber Palladium Boogie Woogie Waltz Five Short Stories Madagascar I have a theory that Joe Zawinul's keyboard sound was partly influenced by John Patton's, especially John's work on That Certain Feeling. Let me know what you think after you've absorbed some WR! Bertrand.

I got volume 1 and volume 3 of the London Collection (1201 version) at Daedalus for about $7 each. But they never had volume 2. Based on this fact, and the fact that the link above does not show volume 2, it is not clear that volume 2 ever came out as a 1201. Bertrand.

Whenever I run into the situation described above by Dan, I make a point of making exaggerated flushing noises so that the person on the other end is absolutely sure what locale he is being called from. What are these people thinking??? Bertrand.

Love the cover art on that definitive Holiday set! Who would buy such an obvious sham? Bertrand.

By the way, the Dave Douglas thing was *not* his last 'piece' for Jazz Times - it was a praise of pianist Eric Reed. That's a no-brainer - Eric is indeed a fine player. Perhaps he realized he had gone over the top and tried to tone down the rhetoric a notch or ten. But it was too late. I applaud Jazz Times for their decision. Life's too short to waste on people like Crouch. I have enough assholes of his ilk to deal with at work. Oops, here comes one now... Bertrand.

Do any of the critics quoted in the article not realize that it cost Jazz Times money to allow an entire page of their magazine to be devoted to Crouch's rantings? And if readers are turned off and cancel their subscription, it will cost them even more. The decision was striclty an economic one - when the dust settles, people will realize that publishing his crap is just not cost-effective. Sure, he has a right to say what he wants to say - it's a free country. But no for-profit enterprise is obliged to spend the money to publish it. It's his responsibility to find a venue for it. If a given outlet no longer chooses to serve as his mouthpiece, it's their right as well in a free country. What's next - it's my obligation to let Crouch hold court every Sunday afternoon in my living-room? I think not. By the way, a note to all critics: some of us don't actually need you to tell us what music we should like. That's what my ears and my brain are for. It's my responsibility as an educated consumer of jazz to do my research and go out and listen and decide for myself. Bertrand.

'Lucky Jim' by Kingsley Amis is one of the funniest books I've ever read. His son Martin's 'Rachel Papers' is a laff riot as well, although there's an undercurrent of bigotry that turns me off. It's not clear if it's an expression of the author's own feelings, or a clever, understated put-down of others who are bigoted. For both men, these were their first novels. Kingsley had some subsequent novels that were quite good, but none rivals his masterpiece. He got more and more conservative as he got older. Martin's subsequent books are uniformly awful. I tried reading about five of them, and never finished one. Bertrand.

I'm not familiar with his work, but it's always sad to hear of anyone's passing. I always wondered what happened to Herbie Lewis - now I know he lives in the Twin Cities. Bertrand.

Based on the lyrics, that's the tune that is copyrighted. Now if I can hear what it sounds like, and compare it to the piece on Blues For Lou, we will know for sure that it is indeed the same John Patton. Thanks! Bertrand.

Patton copyrighted a few tunes (with some co-authors) that he told me were written for groups such as the Shirelles (don't know if he mentioned them explicitely). I'm pretty sure there was one called 'Big John'. Isn't there also a piece with that title on the much-maligned Blues For Lou Grant Green CD? If so, is it the same piece as the Shirelles'? You've really piques my curiosity. Next time I'm at the Library of Congress for a longer stay (which may not be until July), I will try to compare the copyrighted 'Big John' with the one on Blues For Lou. Since Patton resurrected 'Personality' for this date as well, it's not impossible that it's the Shirelles tune. Of course, I've never heard the Shirelles tune... Bertrand.

You're not kidding - E-dog was fabulous. It turns out he's a fellow Wayne Shorter freak, so we had a lot to talk about. More on the gig tomorrow - it was fabulous. They closed with Patton/Green's 'Soul Woman'. Bertrand.

I think it's Creole patois. It's certainly not French. Bertrand.