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Pulled some old photo albums - I saw and heard Poindexter play in Frankfurt on August 28, 1975 - 43 years ago, almost to the day. If I can pull them photos out without damaging them I will scan and post some.

Back to topic: The new double CD includes some alternates, but five tracks recorded for MGM and one for Clef remain unissued (are they lost?), and I'm not sure about a few others that obviously were issued on a Clef EP in different takes. Still waiting for my copy to find out whether the liner notes say anything about these. So, except for the alternates, nothing I do not already have on LP, but it's nice to have them on CD.

The new box includes a massive error: The first track titled" Felicade" is in fact Luiz Bonfa's "Felicidade"

The "lost" Tadd Dameron session:

Probably posted already .....

Wonderful! A befriended harpsichord player alerted me to her crowdfunding campaign to the follow-up CD with more English music, but I was curious and ordered this one - a really great performance. Here's a link to her crowdfunding page - scroll down for English version: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cd-postproduktion-veroffentlichung#/

This one, perhaps?

This makes me want to hear the Verve studio LP recorded a few days later (not with the MJQ who were on Prestige at the time).

Up - can someone with ears to hear the difference between Pony and Cannonball please listen to that album?

Slightly off topic - has anyone heard this live recording: " On Sunday, February 21st, 1971, a benefit was held in New York's Carnegie Hall for Swami Satchidanda's Integral Yoga Institute, featuring Laura Nyro, the New Rascals and Alice Coltrane's All-Stars. The latter band was a remarkable coming-together of talent, with Lady Trane joined by legends such as Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp and Jimmy Garrison on stupendous form (with a little assistance from members of the Yoga Institute). The astounding performance of John Coltrane's Africa on this set, broadcast on WQXR-FM, finds them improvising thrillingly, and is accompanied by background notes and images. Alice Coltrane (piano, harp) Pharoah Sanders (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, percussion, fife) Archie Shepp (tenor sax, soprano sax, percussion) Tulsi (tamboura) Kumar Kramer (harmonium) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Cecil McBee (bass) Clifford Jarvis (drums) Ed Blackwell (drums) " That album, btw, was reissued as SACD on Dutton Vocalion.

I hope you ordered the Gambit version, which has longer edits. A little more than one minute more, mostly end themes, which were edited off on the first release on Royal Jazz. This was Poindexter's gig, one of the first after he had arrived in Europe. René Thomas plays his ass off on this one.

Got the Fresh Sound reissue on CD today - nice surprise. This 1972 date would have fitted nicely into the Prestige catalogue of the time. The girl on the cover is Pony Poindexter's daughter Deana, who even sings a bit on twp tracks. Her dad taught her to sing along with the themes.

This video should have been recorded at the same occasion as the one with Ted Curson, Booker Ervin, and Nathan Davis posted above. My guess it was late in May, 1966, when I compare the timelines of all musicians involved. Curson, Ervin, Woode, and Bateman had recorded the "Urge" LP in the Netherlands earlier that month. Drew was back in Copenhagen by June. Strange that Poindexter mentions that TV date only in passing - but his years in Europe from arriving on August 22, 1964 were rather busy.

This has some serious playing by Roy Ayers on it, too! Spiining a new reissue of another vibist, Gary McFarland, second time around today:

That link does not work anymore - all were deactivated during some forum software update. Here's one that works: https://www.frog-records.co.uk

Brand new reissue on ACE - elaborate essay by Doug Payne, excellent remastered sound. It is amazing how contemporary this music still sounds, and timeless at the same time. The mono LPs of both and Japanese CD of the Soft Samba album sound great, but this makes the most of it. Time to call a late summer party with this music!

There probably is some odd regulation how the pieces must be categorized for calculation of royalties - at least GEMA in Germany used to have such categories, which were not necessarily defined for musical reasones.

Shipping costs per set are lower when ordering more than one set; customs and import tax depends on the amount billed by Mosaic; but the most important is the $ - € exchange rate. You will get the idea when you look at the differing prices charged by JazzMessengers for same size sets imported at different times.

They're losing money on these sets. But the more popular stuff and their wide range mail order sale get them funds for them. Many sets issued long ago are still available, like the Louis Jordan box, so their licensing policy must be different.