bertrand

Oh, that might be a better approach anyway. Thanks!

I need a favor from anyone who got this CD. Does the booklet give any sort of contact info for Uptown/David Sunenblick? Thanks! Bertrand.

Find that tape!

Vanessa's CD is out today!

He may not have been recorded but there is no way to guarantee one way or the other. There are multiple lists floating around, none of which I have seen...

Hate to burst your bubble, but it seems that they do not have any tapes of Hank at Left Bank. Note that I did not say his gigs were not recorded...

Just got this and I am fucking pissed. The liner notes credit me as working at the Library of Congress. This is an error that keeps following me that was created by an idiot Washington Post reporter. I have never worked there and never will. Glad the Left Bank tapes are all being digitized, but I first tried to pitch this idea 25 years ago, when the tapes were in better shape.

Excellent!

Wait, so I can still buy this?

One Left Bank member has a lot of tapes.

Hmmm...I saw it at the French Film Institute years ago, but maybe never commercially released in its entirety. The Airplane footage does appear in the Airplane documentary.

Edited, damn autocorrect.

Do we have Carla Bley tour dates?

My copy is on the way. I wonder if this is addressed in the notes? The Grant Green in France also was missing a couple of tracks that were floating around elsewhere, I was assuming no good source was found for those tracks. Bertrand.

They stole the idea from the Airplane and Godard. Bertrand.

I want the rest of the Duke Pearson Left Bank.

I think you have neatly summarized what bothered me.

I think you are on the right track. He has to worry about people stealing his ideas, and I guess it made him a bit paranoid. I could not convince him that I could be trusted so I had to walk away. Don't get me wrong, I will recommend people buy the CDs, I just can't give him any more leads, alas.

I don't think he is making that claim but he definitely likes to make a lot of noise around himself. These kinds of endeavors are team efforts, seems obvious to me. He definitely is not what I would call a 'team player'. Lots of take and no give. If he was precluded from doing the favor in return that I asked for, I could have understood. But acting like he did not understand what I was asking for was just insulting my intelligence. There was no way he could not be in possession of the information I was asking for, he could not have done what he wanted to do without it. I used to be in awe and even lined up a lecture for him at the DC Jazz Archives to talk about his work. But I had to walk away. His loss, anyone who works with me know I am meticulous. I could be an asset to anyone who is not trying to treat me like 'the help'. I am involved in a new project which had some initial bumps, but I think now they have figured out what an asset I can be.

He does some but also gets leads from other people, fans etc. I gave him a lead but asked him for a favor in exchange, and then he acted like he did not understand what I was asking him for so I decided I could no longer help him. I have a hunch this lead is also correlated with the new Blue Note agreement based on the names of artists listed. This might have resulted in my being involved in some way, but sometimes you need to walk away from bad situations.

I agree with Dan, It sounds like he may be talking about live stuff. He does not find these things by himself, BTW.

Sandino Latino came from the publisher.

So Sunenblick's son put this out? What do the credits say? Website is gone.

Excellent CD, thanks to Rooster for the recommendation. Whenever I hear about unknown compositions, I always feel compelled to dig further, especially since I have seen these unknown pieces in the Roach Collection at the Library of Congress. So the CD with Roach has 7 Hasaan Ibn Ali compositions: Three-four Vs. Six-eight Four-four Ways Off my Back Jack Hope so Elmo Almost Like Me Din-Ka Street Pay not Play not To Inscribe The first six pieces are on the Marsella CD, but not 'To Inscribe'. In addition to a Marsella original, there is another Hasaan piece, 'Per Aspera Ad Astra'. It does not sound like 'To Inscribe' under another title. So where does this piece come from? Here is the finding aid for the Roach Collection: http://findingaids.loc.gov/db/search/xq/searchMfer02.xq?_id=loc.music.eadmus.mu016007&_faSection=overview&_faSubsection=did&_dmdid=d581e6&_q=&_type=610$a&_displayTerm The Hasaan material includes: 1) A unique solo piano recording by the elusive Philadelphia pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali. Is this the rehearsal for the record with Roach as suggested by the liner notes to the Marsella CD? In this case, it would be the same tunes. 2) The collection also features several holograph manuscripts of Hasaan Ibn Ali. Here are the details: 1. Department (or) Apartment By Hasaan Ibn Ali Holograph manuscript parts 2. Dinka Street By Hasaan Ibn Ali 3. El Hasaan By Hasaan Ibn Ali Holograph manuscript double bass part (chords only) Double bass part (chords only) for "Never too late fate" on verso 4. Key to appreciation By Hasaan Ibn Ali Holograph manuscript sketches 5. Max's factor By Hasaan Ibn Ali Holograph manuscript parts (saxophone, trumpet, trombone, double bass) 6. Never too late fate By Hasaan Ibn Ali Holograph manuscript lead sheet, parts (saxophone, double bass) Double bass part (chords only) for "El Hasaan" on verso of double bass part 7. Three four vs. six eight four four ways By Hasaan Ibn Ali; arranged by Odean Pope Violin 2 part Two of these are on the Roach record, the other five are not. None of the five are 'Per Aspera Ad Astra'. So where did 'Per Aspera Ad Astra' come from? Mike Fitzgerald has this for the Lost Atlantic session with Odean Pope: https://jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/AliHasaanIbn-ldr.php So now we get 8 more titles (if you count Metaphysics), one of which El Hasaan is in the Roach collection. And another is 'Per Aspera Ad Astra'. So how did the Marsella trio get a hold of 'Per Aspera Ad Astra' so they could record it. I can see only three options: 1. They had access to the lost session, it seems someone does, most likely Odean Pope. 2. It is on that rehearsal tape at LC, not likely. 3. It is an a stash of unknown pieces that no one knew about but that suddenly appeared recently when a family member appeared out of the blue. I have heard no mention of this happening with Hasaan, but it has happened before. To be continued... Bertrand.

1/2/19-1/5/19. Heading up to NYC on Wednesday morning, who else is going?