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How long will it be until Amazon gets it back is a mystery though. It used to say 9 copies, and it became 8. So you may be in luck.

There might be a way to get questions to Sonny. Send me an email and we can brainstorm.

Tom Lord places this in Europe in 1961 with Gene Taylor and Connie Kay. I doubt Grant was in Europe in 1961, and the tune was written later anyway. If it is Europe, it is most likely late 60s. It sounds like late 60's Grant.

So which seller was It? I will do the same.

Could Sonny be asked?

Yes, I did not jump on it because the fairly low positive feedback. I may still go that route if Amazon does not get it back in stock soon.

If he was at Penthouse in Seattle with Mobley, there could be a recording. I would love to hear a recording with Strozier...

Probably the same. Do we have dates and personnel on these tracks?

I came across this on LRC. It claims to have two pieces with Grant Green, but the one called Blues in Green is actually Grant playing Cantaloupe Woman, and the one called Cantaloupe Woman is actually the song Extension by Attila Zoller, presumably played by him (definitely not Grant). This version of Cantaloupe Woman lasts 7:04 and is not any of the four versions Grant recorded as leader or sideman. So where is it from?

Just came across this. I can download 6 of the 8 tunes for free from my public library and am about to do so. Where can I buy the full CD? I noticed the Library site lists Lars Westin as co-leader, but there is no one by that name in the personnel above. The fact that there is a full version of Dorham's Epitaph makes it worth tracking down.

A very nice gentleman who I had the pleasure of interacting with several times. Rest in peace.

Freddie made a lot of private live recordings during his time in the DC area, some with Butch Warren. In 2020, I am completely baffled by the legality of all of this, but you can watch a lot of it on YouTube. I hope someday some audio can be officially released. Bertrand.

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First I am hearing of this track! I wonder if I can find an MP3 somewhere. Jazzdisco.org claims it is the same song as Seraphic Light from Stellar Regions. True?

I believe they are both on it. Hank takes the first solo, then Stitt. I plan to break it down a bit more in the next few days based on the timings, to identify who is playing when. I will discuss it on Facebook, but we can have that discussion here as well Two interesting things: 1. The arrangement of Just One Of Those Things is the one on the Max Roach Debut record with Hank. Hank quotes Parker's Mood in both the live and studio solos. 2. The announcer seems to suggest that another pianist took over on some tunes. But who?

Shirley Scott meets Robert Fripp.

Just preordered. She also plays Mellotron on this !?!

It was posted on YouTube then someone shared it on the Hank Mobley Facebook group.

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As I said, Blue Note is full of mysteries. So when Lion was on the verge of signing over to Liberty, he got some artists who were not already signed to Blue Note (Woody Shaw and who else) to make some recordings which were not sessions organized under the auspices of Blue Note but separately. Then, he gave the tapes back to the artists because he thought either Liberty would not sign them or Liberty said they would not sign them. Edit: Cassandranite was not recorded at the RVG studios. This story is full of holes but it does bring up another question: did any new artist join the Blue Note roster after Lion sold BN but while he was still working at Liberty i.e. between early 1966, exact date TBD, and late July 1967. We know Frank Wolff signed several artists (Tyrone Washington, Lonnie Smith) as did Duke Pearson (Frank Foster). Who decided the Tyrone Washington train wreck was unreleasable? Frank? Duke? The Liberty bean counters? Tyrone himself? And who nixed the Wayne Shorter rejected session? Wayne was supposedly not happy with it, but was he the one who said 'don't put it out'. Are there any artists who were on the BN roster under Lion who were promptly dropped when Liberty bought Blue Note? Who was really making the A & R decisions at the time? In the interview I have with Duke Pearson, he is lamenting that a lot of his records are in the can. So some bean-counter was pulling the strings. Was it Al Bennett? Some info here. The sale is announced in a press release from May 1966, and the Jody Grind was supposedly the last pre-Liberty release, although Wikipedia says it was March 1967. Someone needs to write a Blue Note book. https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/record-labels-guide/labelography-2/blue-note-liberty-years/

Will this be vinyl and download only, or will there be a CD?

This clarifies it. The Masters that were returned were for demos that were not necessarily going to lead to a Liberty/Blue Note contract. I am glad you brought it up, because now I want to see what other demos of the quality of Cassandranite could be out there. I will ask Joe Chambers next time I talk to him.

An audio clip of Hank with Bird and Stitt just popped up on YouTube!

I asked Mickey Bass on Facebook about the Algerian film music, but he does not remember that. It has been 50 years. He was at the Smithsonian concert and on the record. No one else still around from the record. Cowell still around from the concert. Not sure about Jimmy Hopps.

I am not quite following. I thought it was master tapes of Blue Note sessions that were given back to the artists? Alfred would have given Hank the tape for Slice Of The Top?