John L

I will be interested to hear reviews on the sound. This is one group of recordings where the sound quality on previously releases has never been what might be hoped for.

Even if you accept that notion that culture today is stagnating relative to the second half of the 20th century, it is still a question as to what is the "normal" pace, ie. the 20th century could have been above normal and now we are back to normal. I find it interesting that the "wrestling guitars of I Saw Her Standing There" is put up as the standard of cultural advancement. I recall in the 1960s how the musical establishment would give you a similar lecture on how the Beatles represented cultural decay in popular music relative to the supreme sophistication of Tin Pan Alley.

I think that I might go with Art Farmer - Something Tasty.

RIP Bill

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Count Basie, Freddie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones

Sounds very interesting indeed!

Some interesting comments here. Yes, it is very hard to absorb new music the same way as back then. But I attribute that mostly to age. It is just like with spoken languages. When you are young, they sink in completely and become a part of you. But that gets more and more difficult as you get older.

I recall that when I first got really interested in Bird in the mid-1970s, there was almost nothing available on Verve. Then they issued most (but not all) of the music on three successive 2-LP sets. I remember waiting impatiently for the next one to come out. It was the same way for The Lester Young Story on Columbia. It took them 4 years to release all of those volumes. I kept reading about all these extraordinary performances that I had no access to. No, I don't long for "the good old days.:

That's too much sugar for a dime.

I wish you the very best with all your struggles, Larry.

It is great to have Larry back at Organissimo! Welcome back, Larry!

Very nice. Thanks for the link.

A recording surfaced some time ago from a concert given the next day as the one on "In Japan." But you probably knew that In Concert : Joe Henderson And Kikuchi Hino : Terumasa Hino (tp) Kohsuke Mine (sop,as) Joe Henderson (ts) Masabumi Kikuchi (p,el-p) Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki (b) Hiroshi Murakami, Yoshiyuki Nakamura (d) Live "Tokyo Toshi Center Hall", Tokyo, Japan, August 5, 1971 Sunrise in Tokyo Fontana (Jap)PAT1064, Philips (Jap)FX-8520 So what - - Get magic again - -

Sorry to hear this. RIP

Of course, there is the 1950 session for Norman Granz on "Bird and Diz." But I don't know of any other live recordings. It is a shame. I read that Bird really liked playing with Monk. If that unreleased tape exits, it would be a really nice addition to the discography

RIP

One of my favorites. It was a hard one to find for many years. I only had it on cassette tape.

RIP to a true original.

Yes, I was a bit surprised in how they organized it. I can certainly understand separating the Rosenkrantz material from the commercial recordings, particularly as the vast majority of the former are from mid-late 1944. But why separate Savoy and other labels in the ordering?

Very sad. RIP

Yes. Even though Otis Clay became pretty well known late in life, he never really got his due. I consider him to be one of the true greats.

My Christmas morning listening: Among more modern gospel records, this one is a huge favorite, one of the most played records in my collection:

Yes, Dinah was certainly part of Mr. 5-by-5's repertoire.

For me too. A lot of reissues included either I Got Rhythm or Indiana. But Candy is scarce.