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Maurice Robertson? DC still has an incredible scene. I used to go to 4-5 gigs a week. All over now.

Hmmm, I wonder who that would be.

Live in Tokyo is an amazing album, possibly my favorite Weather Report record. Do other recordings from this tour exist? Thanks.

So in addition to the September 1963 Brazilian tour, this places Tina at Georgetown U. in DC in early November 1963. Even more intriguing, he may have contributed a tune to the repertoire. Or could it be the Fred Jackson tune? Someone named Fred Jackson played alto with Ray in 1968. http://raycharlesvideomuseum.blogspot.com/search?q=tina+brooks Grachan Moncur was in the band in 1961. The date was never clear to me before.

What year?

So i just looked at the copy of Duke Pearson's session notes from the rejected session which I have. Duke wrote the word 'Universe' at the top of the page... Also, there were THREE days of rehearsals on 10/8,10/9 and 10/10. That's a lot of rehearsals for a few sketches. They were paid $30, i.e. about $200 in 2020 money. Trying to get a hold of Barbara Burton to fill in some gaps.

I watched the documentary, not impressive. it is more about Wallace and Miles than the Wayne music. And of course, it is now a tribute to Wallace...

I don't think it is Seraphic Light. Is it a different song from Stellar Regions?

Apparently the only helper he ever had was his wife, who taught at my High School. She died in 2011, and after that, he was on his won doing it all.

It is good you brought it up. I am sure someone in DC will start talking about it. I can start a Facebook conversation...

That would be very 21st century, but a drastic change from Andrew's philosophy - he never went online, has no website or even email address. It was all mail order. Let's see where this goes. It is a massive undertaking.

I will try to find out more from his close friends in DC. I knew Andrew and we got along just fine, I had a few great conversations with him, but we were not close and i am not sure he ever knew my name! I don't think he and his late wife (who was a teacher at my High School) had kids, so there is a whole estate that needs to be settled. A lot of the DC Jazz community is posting, I will keep an eye out if the topic comes up. If not, I have a couple of people I can ask after a little mourning period... Feel free to remind me in a week or so if I haven't checked in, but I did think of this issue and I would like to make sure his enormous legacy is properly preserved. Bertrand.

There's a third JFK album that remain unissued. Joe Chambers on drums.

A thought - are there any examples of film soundtracks recorded by a jazz artist on the sly at the RVG studio unbeknownst to the record label under which he was on contract, and which would therefore be unlisted in that artist and label's discographies? Think, Bertrand, think.

Just watched the Wallace Roney Universe documentary. What a mess...

Thinking of getting On This Night and For Losers, but I need to check the discography as to what I may already have. Those sessions were so chopped up...

Good question!

That is a good point. They definitely had a good relationship. I really wonder of it goes back to that Syracuse gig with Freddie Redd. It might be worth trying to find out. I have not talked to Freddie in 6 years and he is in a Nursing Home now.

Update: we are now 100% sure the drummer is NOT Ronald Shannon Jackson, thanks to Mark Stryker. Rick mentioned he was from Detroit. Mark found a drummer who had Detroit connections, although originally from NYC. The photo is below, Rick confirmed it is him. Here are more details per Mark's Facebook post: There was a drummer named Ronald (Ron) Jackson on the Detroit scene, but I never knew him. In the reference book "Detroit Jazz Who's Who" by Herb Boyd with photos by Leni Sinclair, published in 1984, there's a listing for drummer named Ronald Jackson, born in New York, September 23, 1939. Entry reads: "Grandfather and mother played piano. Attended William Taft HIgh in the Bronx, NY. Has performed with Sammy Davis Jr., Lonnie Smith, Marcus Belgrave Rufus Harley, Irene Reid, Donald Towns, Kim Weston, and many others. Recorded an album with Harold McKinney." (Note: The record referred to hear is McKinney's "Voices and Rhythms of Creative People" that was taped in 1974 and issued on the Tribe label. The Tom Lord Jazz Discography lists the drummer on this LP as Ronald Shannon Jackson but that is a mistake.

(updates made to my original post) Had a great conversation with Rick today, and I will be speaking to him again in the future. Here is some additional information. 1) Although Tina had played in Utica before, Rick only played with him during his extended 1968 residency at Birdland, apparently almost the whole year, six nights a week! Rick was a Senior in High School! 2) Tina did live in a hotel in Utica during this time, so he was apparently out of NYC completely. 3) Drummer Ron Jackson was from Detroit, so not the same as Ronald Shannon Jackson who was from Texas. Rick did not stay in touch with him. 4) Tina was playing wonderfully that year, still in full force. I am guessing these may have been his last gigs, we know he cancelled the 1969 tenor battle due to illness. 5) In terms of repertoire, it was mostly standards and blues. It is possible that some of the blues could might have been Tina originals, and Rick thinks he remembers Tina giving him a piece of hand written manuscript. Rick said 'I think it was just a plain old piece of scrap paper, with hand written staff lines. I don’t remember any chords so it might have been a blues or rhythm changes, or some other song form'. Whether these were new heads or something already previously recorded may never be known. 6) The person who brought Tina to Utica was the owner of Birdland, Dick Frank. At some point he was the dean at Utica College, although I am not sure if he was in that position as early as the 2/10/64 gig mentioned above. Dick picked Tina up in NYC and brought him up to Utica and even bought him a horn. 7) Dick had been responsible for Tina coming up to Utica in the earlier years, he was a huge fan, but Rick was too young for those gigs. So who was in the trio for the earlier gigs, e.g. the one with the Belly dancer and the tenor battle with Monterose? And if Tina was in Utica as early as 1962, that was before Ray Charles (the Brazilian DVD is from 9/22/63). 8) Dick is in a Nursing Home in Florida. Is it possible to ask questions? I don't know. I would sure like to know how he met Tina. Did he just become aware of him through the Blue Note records (The Sermon) or could he have met him before? Tina did a summer in Syracuse in the early 1950s with Freddie Redd... Much more to come, I hope. Bertrand. PS: I was up at Yale in February 2018 for a Lee Morgan tribute. I was able to visit the Pearson dining hall where Tina and Herbie Nichols did a gig. There was a piano in the corner... The Mosaic Nichols booklet suggests there may be an acetate but I have not found anything... Bertrand.

The listing did suggest it was some of the tracks from Brondesbury. Love that record!

I will be having a phone call with Rick soon, post any questions here.

I emailed but I never heard back. I also told him that alleged son of Lee Morgan is an impostor.

What is the Giles, Giles and Fripp CD? Just the previously released stuff?

Does anyone have this? Does Mary Osborne get any solos at all or is she just comping? Thanks.