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Update: The concert is happening on Thursday 1/18/18 5-7PM at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The leader is trumpeter Mike 'Bags' Davis, who played on those last two Mingus records. The rest of the band is Leo Maxey (trumpet), Brad Linde (tenor and bari), Harry Appelman (piano), Eliot Seppa (bass) and Jamieson Tobey (drums). FREE! Next month would be his 90th birthday, BTW.

So the tracks you just sent are the same ones you sent a few weeks ago, correct? Bertrand.

Isn't Lee wearing the same raincoat on the cover of City Lights? Bertrand.

Man, it has been 4 years since Wayne has released any new music, and this is how it is offered to us

What music is on this set exactly?

Certainly a boot since they do not have song titles on some tunes. The download is the only option, no CD?

I will be at this concert. Bertrand.

Up to mention that the concert celebrating Alan Shorter's music is this Thursday 11/16 at part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Take 5! Series from 5-7. Trumpeter J.S. Williams and his quartet present 'Orgasm: Redux - Modern interpretations of the Orgasm album'. FREE! On 12/21, Tim Green plays Wayne's music. Back-to-back Shorter brothers!

There are copyright deposits at the Library of Congress for a couple of otherwise unrecorded Duke Pearson compositions from his lost session, as well as Tadd Dameron songs from a lost Milt Jackson session. So even though some sessions were lost, the compositions survived. Bertrand.

Just saw that the composer of the title track to Lateef's Prayer to the East record is Ali Jackson, brother of drummer Oliver Jackson. I assume it is the bassist. It does not look like he recorded with either Lateef or Coltrane. Did he record at all? Bertrand.

I was wondering if they were related.

Who is/was Ali Jackson?

Yes, Aruan Ortiz comes off as a real dick as well. I liked that guy's music. Osby's cluelessness is particularly arrogant, though. I would like to ask the person he was allegedly dating at the time how she feels about this. Bertrand.

I think Jim was kidding

Osby is a total dick.

Does Billy still perform? Bertrand.

Yes, are we sure Ravi does not have the tapes?

I will probably do a follow up piece on these albums as well as the Japanese CD reissue of WAY OUT WARDELL. All of these masters are now owned by ACE in the UK. They recently reissued some of the DOOTONE albums that they also own, perhaps we will see some quality reissues from ACE as well using the Just Jazz masters. ACE has now issued this recording. Is the mastering good? Worth picking up? I am a bit confused by all the versions... Bertrand.

An 18-year old getting into 'jazz' who receives this for Xmas will have his/her mind blown, life changed etc. Bargain. There's new people born every day who might want that Kind of Blue reissue. Yes, this group will never go in the studio again, but I will happy to buy a few more live dates of the Berlin 1971 caliber. There is also some good never-officially issued video. This is one group for which two different live shows are not the same, at least in the early days. I could use more material from the 1972 Japanese tour. Bertrand.

They must have read my post and decided to go back and add the bonus tracks, as well as the 1971 Berlin concert. I have always been curious: The Shorter composition Cigano only appears on Live and Unreleased. From what I can tell from that secret site that shoes setlists, it does not look like they played it anywhere else. Thoughts? It's a great piece. Bertrand.

Well put! There are several out-takes they have appeared elsewhere which are not in this set, which is stupid. There is a recording from Berlin 1971 which is amazing, some tracks are octet. Set list includes Moto Grosso Feio. This should be legally issued. Bertrand.

I will be in Allentown as well!

Ask Jutta Hipp about Leonard Feather. Bertrand.

Caught two nights of King Crimson in DC this weekend - fabulous! Bertrand.

Was Alvin supposed to play with you? Who is in your trio? Bertrand.