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More June 30: 1950: Charlie Parker quintet (with a close-to-death Fats Navarro) recorded at Birdland the same night, issued on Alto and various labels. (The exact date of this and the Miles session have been much debated) 1930: Mound City Blue Blowers (Red McKenzie, Muggsy Spanier, Jimmy Dorsey, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Condon, etc) record for Okeh 1939: Django Reinhart & Stephane Grappelli record in Paris (for Swingtime ?), their last session together for seven years. 1957: Dave Brubeck- Dave Digs Disney (Columbia) 1962: Herbert Katz recorded for broadcast in Helsinki, featuring a little known tenor player, Albert Ayler (included in Revenant's magnificent Holy Ghost box set) 1967: Albert Ayler appears at Newport Jazz Festival (also included in the Holy Ghost box) 1973: Gil Evans Orchestra at Philharmonic Hall, a single track ('Zee Zee') from Svengali (Atlantic)

The next evolution not just for smooth jazz but for society! If this music is so chilled, why does that clip make me want to commit random acts of violence?!

...the last half of disc #2 can go away!!! ← I was surprised nobody had mentioned Richard Elliot...

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July 29th 1928: Louis Armstrong's Hot Five record for Okeh 1949: Count Basie records for Victor 1962: John Coltrane Quartet records 'Tunji' from Coltrane (Impulse!) 1976: Herbie Hancock recorded live- V.S.O.P. (Columbia)

A double CD set with the same name was released in the UK in 1999... Here's the full track listing. See what Blue Note added as the extra tracks! Disc 1 Song For My Father (7.18) - Horace Silver Blue Train (10.42) - John Coltrane Moanin' (9.35) - Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers Blues Walk (6.44) - Lou Donaldson Autumn Leaves (11.00) - Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis Midnight Blue (4.01) - Kenny Burrell The Sidewinder (10.15) - Lee Morgan Watermelon Man (7.10) - Herbie Hancock Amen (4.49) - Donald Byrd Born To Be Blue (4.52) - Grant Green, Ike Quebec Disc 2 Cantaloop (4.39) - US3 The Turnaround (6.47) - John Patton Greasy Granny (4.56) - Charlie Hunter Back At The Chicken Shack (8.03) - Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine Soy Califa (6.27) - Dexter Gordon Girl From Ipanema (3.53) - Eliane Elias Thinkin' About Your Body (3.15) - Bobby McFerrin Tupelo Honey (5.39) - Cassandra Wilson At Last (3.40) - Lou Rawls, Diane Reeves Because I Love You (3.55) - Richard Elliot

A few currently irritating me on the net... who's/ whose women/ woman (I mean, really!) "should of" instead of "should have" (or even "should've") and the trusty aberrant apostrophe. Sure, we all make the odd typo, but standards of speech and literacy in the UK seem to have gone downhill alarmingly over the last 10 years. And don't even get me onto 'text speak'. I h8 it.

June 28th: 1927: Joe Venuti's Blue Four (featuring Adrian Rollini on 'hot fountain pen' !!?) record for Okeh ('Beatin' the Dog', 'Kickin' the Cat') 1932: Earl Hines for Columbia 1939: Teddy Wilson for Brunswick ('Jumpin' for Joy', 'The Man I Love' etc) [i have also seen this session listed as June 29th...] 1950: Sonny Stitt for Prestige ('Stitt's Bits') 1961: Dave Brubeck for Columbia ('Countdown Time in Outer Space') 1965: (28th to 30th) Woody Herman live at Basin Street East for Columbia (Woody's Winners/ Jazz Hoot) 1972: Dexter Gordon for Prestige (3 tracks from 'Tangerine') 1975; Herbie Hancock live in Tokyo (Flood) 1993: (28th & 29th) Dusko Goykovich- Soul Connection (Enja)

I agree with that... hearing the sessions from October 1960 in order (instead of scattered across three separate albums) is quite fascinating. But the whole box is essential; truly classic music and nicely packaged (although I would presume the Deluxe editions are better sonically). Not sure about the title though.

Also playing at Neverland... Michael's own song, 'Ben' If you ever look behind And don't like what you find There's one thing you should know You've got a place to go

I've been waiting for this announcement since they discovered the thing... I never dared hope it would be this soon!! Can't wait!! Apparently there was a bunch of other good stuff discovered with it... Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Zoot Sims with Chet Baker.... would it be getting my hopes up that these will see the light of day?

June 27 1960: Jimmy Heath- Really Big! (Riverside) 1981: Miles Davis recorded live at Kix, Boston; 3 tracks included in 'We Want Miles' (Columbia)

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The 'bonus' disc in the box has nine different takes of GS (2 false starts, 5 incomplete takes and 2 alternates) including some studio chatter (discussing 'telling a story' as opposed to just 'making the changes')... there's similar stuff for 'Nailma', 'Like Sonny' and two alternates from 'Plays the Blues'. Probably not a disc you return to often but it is fascinating to hear these great musicians getting these now-legendary tunes together. Trane stops one take and instructs Cedar Walton to play a specific lick in the head. The disc is in a reproduction of a Scotch tape reel box, which is a nice touch. If you have all the Atlantic albums you needn't feel you're missing anything too revelatory though.

Still more June 25... 1959: First session for Dave Brubeck- Time Out (Columbia) 1962: Sam Jones- Down Home (Riverside) 1985: Chet Baker- Chet's Choice (Criss Cross) 1985: James Newton- African Flower (Blue Note) 1972 (25th-29th) Mahavishnu Orchestra- Lost Trident Sessions (Columbia)

Absolutely one of the greats! A way with a lyric as good as anyone you can name. Loved the stuff at Motown and at Buddah... even on the later stuff (was it at Epic?) she could still transcend sometimes pedestrian material and shine. I might just play 'Neither One of Us' and get misty eyed...

A local taxi company. Several times I ordered taxis with them and they turned up 10- 15 minutes late. Okay, not a big deal. So this one Saturday night I have a gig and need a taxi to take me to a train station. I figure it'll be tough to get a cab last minute on a Saturday night, so I do the sensible thing and book one a couple days in advance. Done. So, it's Saturday night. The cab is 10 minutes late. I phone them. Where's the cab I booked? "What name?" I tell them. "Errr.... what time was it booked for?" 7pm. "I'm afraid I have no record of a booking for that name or time." Well, I won't repeat exactly what I said but the gist was that they had damn well better get a taxi here and pronto. "Certainly... ten minutes..." Ten minutes go by. Nothing. After 15 minutes I phone them again. Is this taxi coming? "Yes, he's in traffic but he'll be with you in a minute." Okay, he'd better be. The cab is now over half an hour late. I am ringing other taxi companies, none of whom have anything available. It's Saturday night. I consider walking to the train station, a schlepp of about half an hour, even when not laden with two saxophones and various paraphernalia. I'm due on a stage 20 miles away in an hour. I can still make it. Another ten minutes elapse. I ring them again and unload a string of expletives. "We're trying to get a cab to you as quickly as we can, but we're very busy. It's Saturday night! " "YES, I KNOW. THAT'S WHY I BOOKED!!!" Fuckwits. The cab finally arrives 45 minutes late. I sound off to the driver about it not being good enough, booked in advance, paying good money, yadayadayada... and this guy says "Yeah, they're all fucking idiots at control. Happens all the time." Oh, well, now I don't feel so bad... Anyway, got to the train station, just as a train was pulling in and got to the gig by the skin of my still grinding teeth. It wasn't quite Bird arriving midway through the first number, playing as he walks in... but it wasn't far off. Anyway, there's a taxi company that won't be getting any more money from me. Apart from that.... anything made in China McDonalds Coca-Cola

Ah! The show that launched a thousand catchphrases... Yeah, but, no, but... Funny until everyone starts doing it!

According to the Heavyweight Champion boxed set of Coltrane's Atlantic recordings, Giant Steps was released January 1960. (The catalogue number, 1311, is probably a good clue... Atlantic were into the 1400s by 1964)

Also June 23rd: 1964: Sonny Rollins records one track for The Standard Sonny Rollins (RCA Victor) [a 1'36 take of 'I'll Be Seeing You'!] 1967: Miles Davis for Columbia (Nefertiti, Waterbabies) 1969: Art Ensemble of Chicago- A Jackson in Your House (BYG)

ahh... (sigh)... Joanne Whalley...

That's a great story!

Hope you're having a good one!! All the best people born today, you know....

I was born this day in 1967... and the Miles Davis Quintet record a track called 'Madness' Coincidence?

I'm 38????!!!!! Jeee-zus!! How did that happen?!!