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I used to work literally across the road from Aldgate station for a couple of years; ditto Liverpool Street and would have used those stations around that time of day. As horrific as recent atrocities have been these things really hit home when you see it on streets you know so well. Unfortunately something happening in our capital was inevitable at some point but we've proved our resiliance several times before and I dare say we will again. Right now the important thing is to concentrate on the injured and the bereved. A dark day.

More July 7: 1937: Rex Stewart & his 52nd Street Stompers (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, et al) for Variety 1939: Muggsy Spanier records for Bluebird 1943: Django Reinhardt records for Swing 1949: Sarah Vaughan records for Columbia 1966: Richard 'Groove' Holmes records three tracks for Soul Mist (Prestige), reissued on Blue Groove 1973: McCoy Tyner at Montreux- Enlightenment (Milestone) 1983: Miles Davis in Montreal- two tracks for Decoy (Columbia) 1988: Miles Davis at Montreux for the giant Montreux box set (Warners)

Two confirmed casualties at Aldgate... many more to come I fear

Reports of a 'major incidence' in King's Cross... some reports that there has been a train crash...

July 6th: 1928: Johnny Dodds' Washboard Band record in Chicago for Victor 1928: Miff Mole's Molers record in New York for Okeh 1959: Stan Getz broadcast from Stockholm, included on Stan Getz in Sweden (Dragon) 1974: Sonny Rollins at Montreux- Cutting Edge (Milestone) 1979: Stephane Grappelli, Joe Pass & Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen in Copenhagen- Tivoli Gardens (Pablo) and the same musicians with the addition of Oscar Peterson & Mickey Roker- Skol (Pablo)

Ah ha! No track listing for it so far, though, so no telling if it will be 3 or 4 tracks...

Listened to Levels and Degrees of Light (Delmark) the other night and was struck (again) by how beautiful it is.

'Why Not?' (ESP1040) is another good one. Brown, Stanley Cowell, Sirone and Rashied Ali are the quartet.

That would also place it before Wayne's 'All Seeing Eye' session (October 15th)...

Amen!

And June 5th- 9th, 1993: Steve Lacy- Vespers (Soul Note)

Phil Schaap has questioned this date. According to his notes in the Bird box this session was no earlier than the last week of August 1950. Also July 5th: 1928: Carroll Dickerson's Savoyagers (with Louis Armstrong) record for Okeh 1939: Billie Holiday records for Vocalion 1981: Miles Davis at the Lincoln Center records one track ('Back Seat Betty') for We Want Miles (Columbia) 1999: Keith Jarrett Trio live at Palais des Congrès, Paris- Whisper Not (ECM)

Yeah, that's all we need. Wired Dylan fans.

Sad news. One of the great European jazz musicians.

Amen to that! I don't know how things are in the US right now, but in the UK any programme about jazz (or the arts in general) is rare. The two channels that traditionally dedicated themselves to that sort of programming (BBC2, Channel 4) are now endless back-to-back reality shows and home makeovers. I have switched my TV on probably about four times in the last five months. And we're supposed to have (so they tell us) the best TV in the world.

Yes, all the interviews on the show are fairly trite, but the one with Pepper is probably the most excruciating. It's like watching someone having teeth pulled. To be fair to Gleason, he may have been deliberately asking questions that would elicit answers understandable to the lay-person. This was 'educational TV' after all. Such is the nature of most TV. These days we'd call it 'dumbing down'. But the interview with Art just seems oddly confrontational.

Gleason's interview is curiously strained... The band have just finished playing a tune called 'The Trip' and Ralph's first question is "what does that phrase mean to you?" Which is either the dumbest question ever... or the smartest!

This Monk discrepancy seems to be down to some (unfortunately typical) sloppiness on Columbia's part... On the 1994 CD reissue of 'Miles & Monk at Newport' (C2K 53385) the booklet credits both Miles and Monk's sets to July 3rd, 1963 (Davis' set was of course from 1958)... then to compound the error, adds a note: "Contrary to accepted knowledge, the actual date of this concert was July 3, 1958, not July 4, 1958." ... referring to the Davis set (not Monk's). Just to confuse things even more the 2002 issue 'Monk at Newport 1963 & 1965' (C2K 63905) continues to list July 3 (although giving the correct year)! Seems some wires got crossed and stayed that way. I'm persuaded by the July 4 date. Thanks guys!

Man, this thread is making me thirsty...

That's because there aren't any! Pepper didn't lead any official recording sessions between 'Intensity' (November 1960) and 'Living Legend' (August 1975) (There was a Feb '75 session issued later on I think) Most of the intervening period was spent in jail, as a result of Pepper's, uh, recreational pursuits. A waste of a decade and a half in the career of a great talent. Fresh Sounds put out a couple of discs of live recordings from the gap; Art Pepper Quartet '64 in San Francisco includes the Jazz Casual date plus a couple of tracks from a gig the next month and Live at Donte's, Volumes 1 & 2 from November '68. Haven't heard these so I can't vouch for them. I have the Jazz Casual session and while I like it (I like Pepper and find this transitional period intriguing) I know where you're coming from. A lot of players in this period were reassessing their approach to the music and their instruments and while Pepper seems willing to push the envelope he also seems unsure of the results. The rest of the band aren't nearly as adventurous. It is certainly odd. When Pepper resumed his career he sounded more like a synthesis of his old self plus the Coltrane influences. The Village Vanguard sessions are fascinating for having Elvin Jones light a fire under his ass.

MartyJazz listed this as July 3 (the date I have, too)... However... 1965: Thelonious Monk at Newport issued by Columbia (At Newport 1963 & 1965) Not many U.S. sessions today... you guys got the day off or something?

Muhal Richard Abrams- piano and clarinet

Always liked this picture of Marion in front of what I assume is a large mural...

Incidentally, Brownie... Did you also take the photos used for the follow-up, 'Why Not?' (ESP 1040)? Looks like it could be the same gig...

Thanks for helping clear that up CT! Looking forward to the expanded reissue and finally hearing Maupin's contribution!