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Preordered - can't wait!

Lionel Lyles is a bad cat.

See you guys in a bit!

They may be Baltimore natives, but all four are active on the International Jazz Scene. Kris plays with Christian Scott and Quincy with Roy Hargrove. Warren is with the SF Jazz Collective. All four retain roots in the DMV area and love playing for their hometown audiences, and we love hearing them. I have booked all four for gigs at the Smithsonian and the DC Library, and they were class acts all the way. You want international superstar? Sean Jones is the new head of the program.

They revamped the jazz program. Sadly, this cost Thomas, Michael Formanek, Alex Norris and a couple of others their jobs. Michael and Alex are good friends of mine and it is a shame. Only Nasar Abadey was retained. On the plus side, they brought in New faculty, including a number of Baltimore natives such as Tim Green, Warren Wolf, Kris Funn and Quincy Phillips. All are friends of mine as well. It is a shame there seems to be some underlying ugliness to the whole story, but I have not gotten to the bottom of it yet. Not sure I want to. I do want to say that Gary was not helpful to one friend of mine, an aspiring alto, and she dropped out. He was not cool. Not sure why he chose to put roadblocks in her path. Bertrand.

I was going to text you:)

Glad I saw this, the concert is this Thursday 4/19, 5-7PM. Charles is being honored at Howard U. Earlier that day, along with Gary Bartz. With Sunenblick gone, who knows what will happen to the extra Left Bank tapes he was hoarding. Bertrand.

Where in Baltimore?

Just a thought - some of the titles that probably will be reissued went out of print before some people discovered jazz/Blue Note, so these reissueswill be new to them. There is always a market, but not necessarily us.

What is the difference between the 2-CD and the single CD version?

Same 6 tunes + 2 alternates, in slightly different order.

Had a chat with Ernie, very nice guy! The website has about 1% of the stock. He is typing in the other 99%. Check back frequently!

The Pettiford is the Vogue sessions, Leonard Feather presents etc. etc. Just recently reissued with the original cover. It features a few Leonard Feather tunes, of course.

How is the Sunny Murray? Is the Oscar Petifford something that came out in another form? Someone should grab the Strozier.

The brick and mortar Daedalus store in Columbia, MD closes today for good. The store in Baltimore closed a few years back. I will miss that place. I would stop by on my way to gigs in Baltimore. You never knew what would be there. Always one copy of out of print Blue Notes, OJCs etc. None of those were ever listed on the website, it was always a surprise when you got there. I must have bought 300-400 CDs from them over the years. A few books as well. I was told the owner is moving and the website will continue. Maybe they will start listing the good stuff on the website since there will be no store. We shall see. I tried to find their source but never could. Actually talked to the buyer 2 weeks ago, but no luck. Bertrand

I second That! Thanks for checking in with him, Chuck.

I had no idea he lived near me. I thought he was in Germany.

So these will be on CD also, correct? I always have trouble following their verbose press releases.

The bootlegs from Birdland broadcasts include a version of Isabel's Table Dance.

Did not know about this. It could still come out, right?

He was a total jerk the one time I met him.

I hope his family can continue his wonderful work. Bertrand.

Yes, what will happen to the Left Bank tapes he never put out? He got about 20 total. Bertrand.

Great record! I wish I could find the other one with Dewey.

Looks like they are in a man-cave!