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L to R: John Handy, Pony Poindexter, John Coltrane, Frank Fischer, at Bop City. https://www.harlemofthewestsf.com/gallery/#jp-carousel-396 Pony Poindexter and Leo Wight at Bop City

Biographies, autobiographies, documentaries, whatever .... I took Pony Poindexter's memoirs out once again, and I am astounded/delighted what a difference thirty years of listening and reading make!

..... not to mention the many reissues mastered there!

Just stepped over one of Carisi's arranging jobs: https://www.discogs.com/The-Millard-Thomas-Group-The-Millard-Thomas-Group-In-Music-And-Songs-Of-The-Caribbean/release/3479263

Great, underrated album with great solos from all involved. Vinyl reissue appeared last year, but there also is a CD on Phono Records with a bonus track from these sessions and a complete Hendricks live album added.

Low stock ..... https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=CDSML8436

The earliest recording after Shorter and Miles could be one by the British Ray Russell Quartet, recorded February 1968, LP "Turn Circle", CBS/Realm 52586. Next is indeed Herbie Mann. The Lord Disco next lists a recording by the German group Bop Cats, recorded March or July 1969. Next was one by Big John Patton, October 1970, that remained unissued till the CD era (Memphis To New York Spirit), George Coleman plays on this one.

My thoughts exactly - to me, one of the greatest tenor quartet albums ever. Each tune has a different mood and groove.

You are - but remember that insuch a giant project there can always be mistakes or omissions. Major artists like Hawkins are treated with much care.

The main point is, I think, that many, if not most, do not really understand the life situation of immigrants, or all the more so, second generation immigrants, like Özil and Gündoğan, live in. There is an important quote in the British article linked: “Not meeting the president would have been disrespecting the roots of my ancestors, who I know would be proud of where I am today,” he said. “For me, it didn’t matter who was president, it mattered that it was the president.” Those who criticize him for that do know little about Turkish rules of courtesy, and their struggle for identity between cultures. I have played in a band of Turkish and Kurdish immigrants for eight years, we did concerts all over Europe, and I remember the dozens of political discussions between the musiscians and their friends and fans. We did our first tour through Turkey when Erdoğan first ran for election - nobody was sure about the direction he would take. It is all too complicated to write about here. I respect his position, although I have no sympathies for Erdoğan, and think it cannot be compared to that of Emre Can, who is not as much in the spotlight. I witnessed many variants of seeking identity between these very different worlds, and often children of Turkish immigrants born in Germany turn to the home country of their parents in a way their parents never would. I can see the latent racism, there are signs of it around every day, and think, Özil is right when he says: “In the eyes of Grindel and his supporters, I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose,” Özil said in a new statement on Sunday. “Despite paying taxes in Germany, donating facilities to German schools and winning the World Cup with Germany in 2014, I am still not accepted into society.” Take a look at people like Hoeneß, who, IMHO, should not have returned to his post, and cannot keep his mouth shut. There are at least one third of Germans thinking like that, I'm afraid, and they all play better football than the players on the field, verbally, that is. It is embarassing. The media play their part and want statements fast, where taking your time to think would be better. There are many contradictions in the attitude towards immigrants all over the world, with most politicians opting for easy solutions for a highly complicated matter. It is all very embarassing, as everybody has at least some historical responsibilty for all the events that led to the current situation. One of the big contradictions is having national teams in a world where nationalism turns to its negative sides, the teams of many countries would not be what they are without immigrants and their descendants. On the level of league teams, nobody talks about it, except for right wing German dumbheads making disrespectful remarks about Jerome Boateng. On the level of national teams, it suddenly becomes a problem. How can you separate sports and politics? Not when you stick to the idea of national teams, I think. The difficult reationship between Özil and his father makes things even more complicated - the latter's early statement didn't really leave a choice for his son.

Hot, hot, hot - my wife and I are glad we cancelled all our travel plans, as sweating at home is a lot more comfortable. This morning we had half an hour of drizzling rain ....

This one? Ot the jam session? Heard all these LPs on the radio back then, but they were hard to find over here. If they would have put the whole series in a box set on CD, I'd have bought one right away. The LP set can be had cheaply, OTOH - maybe some day I will....

Jobim as a soundtrack to the tropical temperatures here: I think the mix of the latter is a bit strange when compared with that of the first which was recorded in a natural room ambiance except for Jobim's piano overdubs.

Count me among the victims who gave up on completing their B.B. King collection ...

In this case, a subscription to the Tom Lord discography site would be worth considering .... Rust covers recordings up to 1942. The listings on https://www.jazzdisco.org/ have to be taken with a grain of salt. Compare their Wes Montgomery disco, e.g., with the one Noal Cohen just finished, linked on https://jazzdiscography.com - these are some of the best and most elaborate.

I thought it might be a good idea to collect links to discographies of jazz musicians spread over the internet, thoroughly researched ones that is. I got the idea earlier today when receiving an e-mail from the Darmstadt Jazz Institute linking to two files with the chronology and discography of Lee Morgan - the author has written a biography and wanted to update the listings in the book. Attention: clicking these links will open a download window for the pdf files: https://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/leemorgan_chronology.pdf https://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/9780472115020-Discography.pdf The book on the publisher's site: https://www.press.umich.edu/132323/delightfulee/?s=supplemental_materials More to come - please feel free to post your recommendations. Moderators: If this thread proves to be useful, maybe you can pin it?

The one above was the last, there are three more covering the years from 1944, i.e. her first dates for Continental and all the Musicraft sides, to the early Columbias: There are numerous CDs covering that part of her recording career, but dont ask me which one is the most "complete", by whatever standard. It's hard to find tracklists for all - like the one on Le Chant du Monde: How's that for covers, TTK?