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It is in his book. He played too out for Horace.

Lesh's experiences with Coltrane are hardly unique. But he has the cache to sell books. I find this state of things frustrating. Grace Slick has stated that Sketches of Spain inspired White Rabbit, but I don't expect her to write a foreword to a Gil Evans bio.

Don't know for sure. I had not been aware of this one. In my fantasy world, all of these should come out legally but my fantasy world does not have a compartment for market realities.

This is a bootleg of a 1966 UK date with the Shaw/Washington lineup. Anyone pick this up?

One of the contributors is illustrious Coltrane scholar Phil Lesh.

I guess he did not read my Facebook comment. Where did he get March 8th? So if it is from a different gig on a different day then there could be more video...

Marc Myers is suggesting on his blog that this is the version of Summertime that is circulating, but that one is 17 minutes long. The date I have for that session is 3/10/68. Myers gives a date of 3/8/68 for the video. He also only knows about the 4 tracks on the Blue Bossa CD.

I was wondering about that! I thought about that when the CD came out. That CD in itself was a find! Love the big band tracks.

How long as he had this? He just found it recently?

How the heck does an unreleased Mingus reel to reel end up in a thrift store?

WPI’s Jazz History Database kicks off a hot listening session Thursday August 25 on Zoom 3:00pm to 5:30 Jazz and social dance part III: Frankie Manning (JHDb From the Lab) 5:30pm to 6:30 social time and good sounds 6:30pm to 8:00 78s by bands that played the Savoy (Gian Carlo Cervone hosts) 8:00pm to 9:00 Paul Bley at Sweet Basil (Crossing Tones Power Hour) 9:00pm+ Hot music from Wayne Shorter (Ras Moshe hosts) For the Thursday session: https://wpi.zoom.us/j/97495476280 [more options below] All Times are USA Eastern (EDT) aka GMT-4 All are welcome to join any time. 3:00pm–5:30 JHDb From the Lab We’ve spent some quality time indeed this month learning from Bryant DuPre’s interviews with musicians reflecting on the way they engaged with dancers. The series culminates with an extensive listen to the story from the viewpoint of a dancer—the estimable Frankie Manning. Judy Pritchett, Manning’s partner in dance and in life, has curated a guided tour for us of DuPre’s 1988 interview. Not to miss! 5:30pm–6:30 We’ll transition with some reflections on the afternoon, further thoughts on social dancing in the music, and of course groovy platters to bridge us into the evening segment. 6:30pm–8:00 Gian Carlo Cervone spins 78rpm records by groups that played at the Savoy—either resident bands including Fess Williams, Luis Russell, Claude Hopkins, The Savoy Sultans, Chick Webb, Erskine Hawkins, and Lucky Millinder—or bands who came to battle, including Benny Goodman, Count Basie, and Jay McShann. 8:00pm–9:00 Crossing Tones Power Hour On the Power Hour, Parker Fishel calls our attention to a recording of Paul Bley’s quartet at Sweet Basil, May 30, 1987. Were you there? 9:00pm forward Ras Moshe Burnett leads a celebratory consideration of Wayne Shorter, including some choice mid-Sixties sounds, live with Miles Davis in 1969, and Weather Report 1971–72.

Portions of the unissued Blue Note session are about to be played here (after the Miles set): WPI’s Jazz History Database kicks off a hot listening session Thursday August 25 on Zoom 3:00pm to 5:30 Jazz and social dance part III: Frankie Manning (JHDb From the Lab) 5:30pm to 6:30 social time and good sounds 6:30pm to 8:00 78s by bands that played the Savoy (Gian Carlo Cervone hosts) 8:00pm to 9:00 Paul Bley at Sweet Basil (Crossing Tones Power Hour) 9:00pm+ Hot music from Wayne Shorter (Ras Moshe hosts) For the Thursday session: https://wpi.zoom.us/j/97495476280 [more options below] All Times are USA Eastern (EDT) aka GMT-4 All are welcome to join any time. 3:00pm–5:30 JHDb From the Lab We’ve spent some quality time indeed this month learning from Bryant DuPre’s interviews with musicians reflecting on the way they engaged with dancers. The series culminates with an extensive listen to the story from the viewpoint of a dancer—the estimable Frankie Manning. Judy Pritchett, Manning’s partner in dance and in life, has curated a guided tour for us of DuPre’s 1988 interview. Not to miss! 5:30pm–6:30 We’ll transition with some reflections on the afternoon, further thoughts on social dancing in the music, and of course groovy platters to bridge us into the evening segment. 6:30pm–8:00 Gian Carlo Cervone spins 78rpm records by groups that played at the Savoy—either resident bands including Fess Williams, Luis Russell, Claude Hopkins, The Savoy Sultans, Chick Webb, Erskine Hawkins, and Lucky Millinder—or bands who came to battle, including Benny Goodman, Count Basie, and Jay McShann. 8:00pm–9:00 Crossing Tones Power Hour On the Power Hour, Parker Fishel calls our attention to a recording of Paul Bley’s quartet at Sweet Basil, May 30, 1987. Were you there? 9:00pm forward Ras Moshe Burnett leads a celebratory consideration of Wayne Shorter, including some choice mid-Sixties sounds, live with Miles Davis in 1969, and Weather Report 1971–72.

Have you heard the Black Liberation Movement Suite, a release that Fred Ho supervise? Definitely highlights Cal as a composer.

I was surprised Blue Note never put together a 'Blue Note plays Cal Massey' compilation CD. They did a Beatles one. Yes, it is too bad Cal rarely got to record his music but he was well served by the heavy hitters. Is it possible they did not quite play it the way he intended it to be played? Maybe. But when you have Wayne tearing it up on Assunta like he does, I can't imagine it played any better. Whew. Zane Massey has a project called Cosmic Surf Club that mostly plays Cal's music. I doubt that is the way Cal intended it to be played 😀

Correct. Any one who wants to play Herbie Nichols music with others has to produce some sheet music. I doubt even Lady Sings The Blues/Serenade is one people can play off the top of their heads. This is going down another rabbit hole, but there is a certain stigma attached to playing a whole program of music by a specific composer. It often gets dismissed as a tribute or gimmick, which is simple-minded. No one has such qualms in the classical realm. This was the concept I had when I started curating the Take 5 concert series at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2012. I encouraged artists to present entire programs of lesser-celebrated composers (Booker Little, Herbie Nichols, Grachan Moncur III, Cal Massey, Dewey Redman) but of course Shorter, Monk, Coltrane were in the mix also. This began as a Take 5 concert, the video is from three days later: Most guys got it and put together amazing programs. They really worked hard to explore music they were not always familiar with. A couple of guys grumbled and pulled out originals instead, something they could do on any other gig. If you are confident enough in your compositional skills... A complete artist for me is one who can present both compelling originals and perform music in a respectful way by some of the great composers in jazz history. They do NOT have to try to sound just like the record. Jim, please elaborate on your comment about Cal Massey.

Fundraiser by Katey St John : Now Hear This - The Duke Pearson Story (gofundme.com) I have been providing some background information to the filmmaker. Bertrand.

I am looking for her record with Kenny Dorham. UPDATE: Scored a copy at discogs! I did not even know it had been on CD.

I am friends with Barbara Burton on Facebook. One day I will get the nerve to ask her about the session, and her brief stint with Weather Report.

Why did Frank Wright decline?

I was there for two nights!!!

Yes, absolutely! This one hits really hard. Glad to have been able to hang with him and hear him play one last time in Baltimore in November 2019.

Joe will be performing at the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival in Wilmington, Delaware on 6/15. Bertrand.

Isn't Tyrone Washington's Roots also part of this series? There was some speculation these might be needle drops since supposedly the tapes were missing. Did anyone ever find out more? I have the old version of the Larry Young and never had any reason to think that it might be.

Thanks, just ordered! Glad the tape was not actually lost!

Some of the previous batch of Candid CDs were CDrs. I assume these are not? Also, my CD of We Insist was a needle drop. Is this not the case with this new one? If so, I will get it.