This thread reminded me that I was contacted by soneone who had a recording of Don Cherry at Cornell in 1991 and he was wondering how to get in touch with the estate. I need to reply to him.
Is this a recording that is widely circulated? It is not listed on the website above, but it must be a Multi Kulti gig.
Even by Facebook's incredibly low standards, the nonsense spewing regarding this debacle has been shocking. And why ask Harper about it? Any journalist who has done a drop of research will know that Harper's departure was not under the best of terms. Asking him to chime in is just sensationalism. But the media these days is a big part of our problem. Not doing their job.
The amount of misinformation on Facebook regarding this matter is mind-boggling. Among other things, Billy Harper was asked about it by some interviewer and said he would never play there. Some concluded that it was this comment that resulted in the Cookers being canceled. Nonsense - Harper left the band two years ago. He was just saying that he himself would not play there.
Also, some dude wanted to go down a racial rabbit hole. Unfriended that dude quickly.
'Lost' could mean a lot of things, e.g. a tape being sent for evaluation and never returned out of absent-mindedness. Joel Dorn was known to misplace tapes, for example. I doubt they would send out the only copy, but you never know.
Going back to my comment from 9/2/21.
Wayne also asked soneone who had the session if it was the session where Vitous bows a lot. He does. So Wayne did hear it?
Cuscuna said the Jackie tape was lost. Sounds like that happened years ago. There are some Blue Note reels at Rutgers, complicated story. Could it be there?
I figured! This is one that has eluded even the secret society. I think the tape was lost before Belden was at Blue Note where he promptly copied everything and circulated it all to the secret society.