mikeweil

R.I.P. What a sad loss for his family and the board ..... Everybody should take care that the board will be informed in case of such an incident. I have no intent of leaving this world at this moment, but among the notes for my wife will be the board member name and the password.

C'mon folks, give some - we're way behind last year's achievements.

Just my thoughts!

Earlier today: Disc 1 and the DVD from this one: p.s. are there two versions with different packing? Mine is a longbox:

Got it today - will give my older Vogue CD to a befriended pianist for Christmas. Like the sound of the solo tracks, and like and understand Monk's playing much more than the last time I listened to this. Sometimes time does tell.

Earlier today: Lovingly made, and good sound of the remastered solo tracks.

Great interview - thanks for posting. Should be a standard text for jazz historians and fans alike. I'm sorry to say I never got around to check him out in depth - I will try to remedy that. I remember a TV broadcast of his group at the Berlin Jazz Festival - just as Chuck, I was clueless. R.I.P.

I regret selling some Atlantic mono LPs of the Modern Jazz Quartet - they had more punch in the bass, were more dynamic. If I ever find clean copies at a good price, I'll gor for them. The Mosaic box remastering is good, but the dynamics are a bit reduced.

Crow mentions; " Several different trumpeters passed through, including Clark Terry, Jerry Tyre and a Yugoslavian trumpet player Willie Dennis brought down from Berklee School of Music." Could that be Dusko Gojkovic?

Best wishes for him! Falling at such an age is really life-threatening ....

Obvious choice - Ellington was the first that came up in my mind, too.

Piedemonte Moscatel

It's beautiful music ...

The band members, mostly Ellingtonians, swing their asses off, and Hibbler,too, shows his rhythmic competence, and even scats great!

Nice blog! And an inspiration to re-activate mine.

The Duke's Musicraft sides - this was on my wantlist for many years. Found a mint copy for an excellent price. How's this album - what do you think about it?

That's the Guitar Moods album: At least it was reissued in the OJC series - the one with new Alec Wilder compositions is even more obscure.

Don't hold your breath - I have a needle drop of that double LP. Young plays a very subdued role.