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So my friend who I thought interviewed Tyrone said it fell through due to a logistics issue I will not get into. However, there is s chapter on Tyrone and Woody Shaw in Barbara Kukla's book America's Music: Jazz in Newark (2015) and there are a few quotes from Tyrone so she talked to him at least briefly.

I know two people who did get to interview him in the last 15 years or so, so he is not refusing to talk about his career. I believe he attended Howard University right here in DC.

I wondered about that too. Maybe he only played the Montreal dates and not NYU which is why it sounds like Garnett on that date. The guy to ask is Tyrone himself!

This is similar to the reply I got from Strata-East but I was told my wish list was being forwarded so that is promising. The Blue Note reissues now are almost exclusively vinyl.

I think that pretty much proves it. Blakey certainly announced his name. Not we have to wonder how Tyrone got in at all and why his stay was so brief. I assume this was after his tenure with Horace Silver but we know that was brief because Horace was dissatisfied with his outside playing. Bertrand.

Great! So now we have something in print mentioning Tyrone's presence. But does it say he appeared or is scheduled to appear? Is it after the fact? It does sound like Tyrone was briefly in the band. I don't think the unidentified piece at Rutgers is Taurus Woman but I need to do more listening.

Taurus Woman is also on the Roy Brooks Left Bank Understanding CD.

It has to be Garnett then. This tune would not have been in the repertoire before Carlos joined since it is his tune. Remains the mystery of why Tyrone was credited. Could it be an error in the Coda review? I thought it might be that tune since it was also the mystery tune on a Blakey Newport recording with Shaw/Garnett/Cables I had bought at Wolfgang's Vault. I think we figured it out on this forum, perhaps someone can find the thread. All in a day's work for the Organissimo Jazz detectives!

It's not Taurus Woman, I assume?

Which tape are you referring to? The one from March from the Loeb center? Rutgers is from April and by then it was definitely Carlos. If Tyrone was there at all, it was briefly in March. Billy Harper was before that. So Carlos replaced either Billy or Tyrone.

I posted on Facebook and tagged George Cables. He does not remrmber.

Yes, 3/20, dumb typo. I wonder how Tyrone's name got in the mix. I am also curious as to what the Untitled piece is.

Wait - it might be Tyrone after all who would have been in the band briefly. The 3/29/69 Downbeat issue (page 15) might clear it up. Rooster, do you have it? This is from Mike Fitzgerald's Blakey chronology which I cannot seem to paste the link to from my phone, check jazzmf.com Does anyone have a copy of the tape? What is the unidentified tune?

That makes more sense.

Moonscape is one of Jackie's finest performances.

Definitely a title that should be on the front burner if ever Blue Note starts a CD reissue campaign again. Surprising that it has not even come out in Japan. It is a great record and the title track was a semi-hit.

The Cuscuna/Ruppli book specifically mentions Lee being absent on Popi. That is where I saw it. No note about Midnight Cowboy so it must be him but yes, his playing is nondescript. The Duke Pearson arrangements are weak. How did this session come about? Maybe an effort to cash in on the movie?

For some reason, I always want to sing 'blue, blue, my love is blue, my dispositions's dependent on you' just as Billie Holiday would.

Rufus Harley also recorded it.

I think it was called Blue Note at the Movies.

That is an obscure one. Does Lee even play on it? I vaguely recall that he does not.

The reply was very nice but does not address my burning question. I really want to hear the 3 Bill Lee titles and Harold Vick ASAP. Not sure I can wait for a potential CD.

The Freddie Roach exists as a download only on the Blue Note site?

I wish Blue Note would consider downloads but perhaps they are still concerned about artistic integrity. I wish Left Bank tapes would come out as downloads rather than not at all.

The Bartz probably has extra tracks and would be a nice 'complete' set that Zev or Cory Weeds could put out. I think I even pitched the idea to Cory. Working with Concord may be non-starter. Why I think there are extra tracks: Gary said the recording was planned in advance by Milestone. The last time (Ellington) was a closer. So the tape machines had to be rolling the whole time. It was not a 40-minute concert.