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RIP. By chance, I was just listening to Chick when I heard the news. Very sad.

Rabshakeh - You mention the Village Vanguard sessions and Blues for the Fisherman. In my mind, the former come from a time when Pepper was still quite under the spell of Coltrane, and having Elvin Jones on drums must have re-enforced the feel. But I associated Blues for the Fisherman with Pepper's final stage, when the Coltrane influence became a bit less up front and there was more focus on getting maximal impact from each note. Personally, I like both of those periods very much, and prefer them to his earlier work.

I have no idea

Judging from the response, I guess that this must be very old news. I am surprised that I hadn't heard of it.

I guess that some collectors has already heard this, but I hadn't - from the same concert as the Impulse! record.

Yes! Do you have Julius Hemphill's first album "The Collected Poem for Blind Lemon Jefferson?" More of the same,

Yes, this was put together by Marty Ehrlich with love, and he wrote the notes as well.

Damn straight! I love all of the Hemphill/Wadud duo recordings that I have and this one is unique - different compositions than usual played extremely well. I have listened to the first three discs so far. Amazing! No Hemphill fan can be without this.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/billy-joel-sting-elvis-costello-save-birdland-1118190/

If you click on the "liner notes" box, you get the full liner notes and complete discographical information. It looks exciting!

Fantastic!

Yes, the improvement in sound quality from the Decca set is HUGE. Alternatively, HEP was the first label to issue the Decca recordings digitally in outstanding sound. I bought the Masters of Jazz series when it came out, so much extraordinary live Basie from the 30s.

I imagine that the remaining two are the Fate Marable recordings from 1924: Frankie and Johnny and Pianoflage.

Thanks

Thanks. On the recording, there is also the beginning of Green Dolphin Street (Miles' solo) following So What.

Fascinating! Thanks I was just reading about how Miles wanted Buddy Montgomery to come with them to Europe in 1960, but Buddy was too afraid to fly. It is really nice to have this unique recording of the sextet with him.

This one hurts. He was in his prime.

The one early Wynton Marsalis record that has somehow stayed with me is J Mood. I don't know why, but sometimes I just feel like listening to it. It has a certain vibe that I like.

Looks exciting!

Happy birthday!!!!!!!

In my discography, Diggin' Diz with Bird is D1000. It is the first recording ever made on Dial. Diggin For Diz is Dial 1002. Dial 1004 is When I Grow Too Old to Dream" recorded at the same session as Diggin' For Diz.

This particular broadcast was notable for capturing the time that Billie Holiday was the female singer in the Basie band.

Yea, there is a lot of echo (reverb) on Sonny's horn on the studio tracks.

Loosdrecht is only two tracks, although I am glad that I don't have the perfect pitch that would hinder my enjoyment of it. But Anhem is the crown jewel here, in my opinion. It is all of side 2 and one track on side 1. I can't get enough of it!

I just had a chance to hear this one. Wow. Wow. Wow. An instant classic!