John L

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.

Lester Young was playing modern jazz even before "modern jazz."

I Got Rhythm and Indiana were most recently reissued as bonus tracks on Don Byas at Nalen (Riverside). The Nalen concert (1962) with Jan Johansson on piano is also quite nice.

It sounds to me like he is basing a lot of it on Lester Young's solos on the Billie Holiday version.

I prefer a lot of George Jackson's demos to the released versions. There are various opinions about George Jackson's singing voice. I am a huge fan.

According to the Lord discography, December 28, 1975 is the date of the first Prime Time recording in Paris, France. That is the date of the recording of Body Meta and the Theme From a Symphony tracks on Dancing In Your Head. The other track on Dancing in Your Head (Midnight Sunrise) is not Prime Time. It was recorded in Morocco in January, 1973 with local musicians and Robert Palmer (the music critic who was accompanying Ornette on this trip) on clarinet and flute.

One of the Timme Rosenkrantz sessions has some very pleasing vocals by a certain Nita Bradley, who sang briefly with Artie Shaw in the 30s. It makes me wonder why she didn't sing / record more?