John L

RIP, Mr. Jerry Garcia. On another music board, someone began a thread on "the most beautiful moments on record in rock music." Without hesitation, I answered "those moments when Jerry Garcia played guitar."

I should have known! Thanks, Brownie. That is good news.

In that case, you might not like this one either. Most of it is a pretty typical JATP date. In fact, it comes from several JATP dates, and Pres and Ben only play on a few tracks. But there are two Pres features, including part of Birks' Works, that will more than justify the purchase for us fanatics.

I notice that their web site has been down for almost a week. They are a great Paris institution, and I hope that everything is OK with them.

From our favorite Spanish Lonehill pirates... ...but check out Pres' 3-minute solo on Birks' Works. Damn!

Happy birthday to both of the L. Armstrong's of jazz!

Not post-Blue Note, because they were recorded while he was still with the label, but among my very favorite McLean are the two 1966 live albums on SteepleChase: Dr. Jackle and Tune Up.

Avery Parrish!

I just got my two sets. I've been listening through the Jamal. What a beauty! This is the kind of set that makes you want to constantly scream "I REALLY LOVE JAZZ!" As others have commented, the notes by Kenny Washington are really special as well. Thank you, Mosaic!

Man, that is just beautiful. :tup :tup

I am not an audiophile, but I find the sound on both of those records to be excellent. They were professionally recorded. So was the great Stockholm concert from that tour, which has been available on bootlegs and was also released by T.S. Monk. The other concerts that I have hard from that tour were in markedly worse sound, but still enjoyable.

Not a bad introduction at all - it's some of his best mid-to-late 40's work, rivaled (and maybe surpassed) by the Aladdin and Keynote recordings. I particularly like the boppish 1949 session with Jesse Drake, Junior Mance, and Roy Haynes. (Edited because I can't spell.) Yes, the 1949 session is a beauty. The 1950 live session on disc 2 of the Savoy package is some of my favorite Pres on wax, meaning some of my favorite music on wax.

I wouldn't be without the Italy and France discs, myself. I love the Europe '61 tour. Monk was in great form and spirit on that tour. Stockholm may have been the pinnacle, but Italy and France are not too far behind.

I'm the same way. If I want to hear acoustic Dead I prefer Reckoning and the other fall '80 recordings. A big part is that "Bird Song" is so damn great, but I also think their voices are better for a lot of the material. 1970 is probably my least favorite pre-retirement year. I prefer Pigpen's songs in '71 & '72 to what he was singing in '70. I like their attack more in '69 compared to '70. Generally I prefer the one drummer era too, so that's another strike against it. I do like February & September more than May, and I wish 6/24 with the Dark Star>Attics>DS>Sugar Mag>DS>St. Stephan circulated in better quality. I didn't even get around to revisiting 5/15 - as I said earlier I've had a long relationship of not getting this show. So you're not alone. Yes, that is pretty much the way I feel. Although 1970 was certainly an important year that bridged the "psychedelic" band of the 60s with what came later, I enjoy the late 60s and 71-78 a lot more. On the other hand, the very early 1970 shows were a lot like the late 60s. So I like them more.

That IS interesting. The strong influence of Trumbauer on Lester Young is well known. But I would have never guessed that Buster Smith was a Trumbauer disciple.

Strange - As much as I love the Dead, I just can't get with the mid-1970 shows, particularly the acoustic sets that most Dead fans love so much. They bore me to tears. I have the soundboard of 5/15 and I revisited it a few days ago. Same reaction. What's wrong with me?

Very nice. Thanks, Harold! Bettye is a really sweet woman as well as a great talent.

Unfortunately. Still, there are so many reasons for issuing such historically important music. Someone compared it to finding rare poem from well-known writer, or musical score long thought gone. I think about it the same. Probably, some kind man or label will turn out in near future... Alternatively, they could sell it as a download. That might be more logical, given its short length.

It seems that people ARE interested in releasing the material, but that "copyright" is an issue. In other words, money has to be paid to the holders of the rights to this music. Since this music is in the public domain, and will be reissued and marketed immediately in Europe after its first release, any label that would agree to pay the money would most likely have to take a loss on it. That is the sad truth.

I also did not interpret that passage of Mingus as being negative about the music that they were making, only about the difficulties of being in an integrated trio at that time.

Did you try calling the Linksys help line? That is what I used to do.

You can copy and paste. Open up a track in itunes, go to artwork, right click on the photo, copy, and then paste it as a jpg where you want it.

Dan - Thanks for the heads up on that Ray Charles! I haven't heard it yet, but with that vintage and set list, is has to be absolute dynamite. My preferences for Lou Rawls are a bit different than yours. I like him on the blues, but LOVE him the those classic love ballads: Love is a Hurtin' Thing, Your Good Thing is About to End, You're Gonna Miss My Loving, etc.