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I don't know how many of you already know this about "media mail" - a lady working the counter at the post office that I use told me that each media mail package is opened (by USPS) to verify that it has the type of contents that it is supposed to have. I told her I was sending only a CD and she said it had to be a CD bought at a store - it could not be a CD made at home. I asked her if the package will be resealed after it is opened, and she said yes. I received a tracking number for my package, but I will not start checking the tracking until at least a week from now.

Why do people line up around the world to see canvases by post-1910 painters, why do paintings by Willem de Kooning and Frank Stella sell at auction for millions, but the orchestral music of Schoenberg, Pierre Boulez, or Elliott Carter is never played at pops concerts (and rarely at subscription performances, for that matter)? https://theamericanscholar.org/the-disappearing-modernists/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/07/new-record-label-raises-profile-of-forgotten-female-composers

What I most wanted to read in Bley's autobiography was his description/analysis/reflection/etc. of his time as a pianist with Jimmy Giuffre in the early 1960s. The topic begins at the bottom of page 75 and ends in the middle of page 79. Page 78 has only a photo. On page 79, Bley concludes: "The two most important figures in the early days of avant garde jazz were both composers and reed players: Ornette Coleman and Jimmy Giuffre." I would have liked to read a bit more on the topic.

In France, the book appears to be at: http://www.sudoc.abes.fr/cbs/xslt/CMD?DB=2.1&ACT=SRCHA&PRS=HOL&HLIB=861942101&IKT=8910&TRM=868808381 I read the book many years ago - I thought the book was good but I had the impression it could/should have been twice as long.

George Harrison was a fan of Formula 1. He wrote the song "Faster" - check out the video of the song - you might recognize some of the Formula 1 race drivers in the video:

Is Airto too far away to get help from the Jazz Foundation of America? https://jazzfoundation.org/

I can remember - 40 years ago - couples dancing to Yoko Ono's song "Kiss Kiss Kiss"

Did celebrity deprive her of her due as an artist? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/20/yoko-onos-art-of-defiance

I was hoping the Mosaic box set would have the Lena Horne songs. It was on Black & White that she recorded the spirituals “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” and “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child”. Lena Horne recorded very few spirituals. But then a Mosaic box set of only Lena Horne would be even better.

I am referring to this one: https://waterloorecords.com/UPC/708857300228 The sticker on the CD says "Remastered by Bernie Grundman from Original Master Tapes"

I got the remastered CD of Max Roach We Insist! and its sound is much, much better than the CD that I already had (the copyright 1989 Candid Productions London whatever). If you have only the 1989 CD of We Insist!, do yourself a favor and get the remastered version.

I have also received LPs that were beat to death - but the covers of the LPs were in good shape. So I threw out the LPs and used the covers of the LPs to decorate a few rooms. The cover of The Sound of Jazz LP (the album with Count Basie, Billie Holiday, The Jimmy Giuffre Trio. etc.) is on the wall of my office.

I do not know if this forum has already mentioned the following: Miles Davis enjoyed Peruvian seafood (presumably ceviche, octopus, etc.). On page 353 of his autobiography it says, “I even took a little time off and went down to Lima, Peru, with Cicely, who was a judge at the Miss Universe contest. All I did for three or four days was swim and lie around the hotel pool and rest and eat good seafood.” The contest was in Peru in 1982. I have had a chance to eat fresh (and delicious) Peruvian seafood and I am happy to agree with Miles Davis.

For those who have not heard the news: "The Orleans Parish School Board officially reversed the 100-year-old ban on jazz music and jazz dancing in schools..." https://www.nola.com/news/education/article_8b4a35b2-abd0-11ec-a730-abe8c1566420.html

Max Roach also performed for the movie Death of a Prophet - The Last Days of Malcolm X

Santana appears, but there was the other guitar player:

Asbury Park has the uncut versions of the songs "Asbury Park" and "Easy Money". On the USA album, the two songs were edited to about half their lengths. If you are a fan of Bill Bruford, I recommend the uncut version on the song "Asbury Park". Another description of the CD is here: https://www.dgmlive.com/tour-dates/367

"On December 13, 1968, the military introduced Institutional Order No. 5, which shut down Congress and authorized the government to detain and torture anyone it considered subversive of the public order. Veloso, who was then twenty-six, was writing songs such as “É Proibido Proibir” (“It’s Prohibited to Prohibit”), with his leftist detractors in mind. He had no idea that he was the subject of a thick government file, dating to 1966, with a list of his putative crimes, such as attending protests and cultural events." https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/02/14/how-caetano-veloso-revolutionized-brazils-sound-and-spirit

I recommend at least the CD that has the Live in Asbury Park recording. https://www.dgmlive.com/news/the-collectable-king-crimson-competition

My list of Woodstock artists/bands I've seen in concert: Santana (many times) Ravi Shankar (when Norah Jones was a young child) My list of artists/bands that I've seen and who were going to play at Woodstock, but decided to go elsewhere: Jeff Beck

For those who don't already know - the Library of Congress has posted unseen footage from the Altamont concert - all of it silent - but with Santana, the Flying Burrito Bros, the dudes who wrote "Satisfaction" and "Jumping Jack Flash, and other bands: https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2022/01/the-rolling-stones-hells-angels-and-altamont-a-new-view/

Take a look at the cover of the 1978 album Love Beach by Emerson, Lake and Palmer - why do the three bandmembers look like the Bee Gees?

I had the impression that the oil embargo of 1973-1974 had a significant impact on the quantity and quality of vinyl in the second half of the 1970s.

Nice to hear "Peace on Earth" without the strings - and during the Christmas season.