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Carrott played live and on record with my friend Ruth Naomi Floyd, and I had a really interesting conversation with him during the recording sessions for one of her albums. Amazing player, I've never heard him captured nearly as well on record as he can play live. Jamal was a favorite of mine, have enjoyed so much of his work over the past five decades. Never got to see him live, even though I'm in the Philly area.

Saw Miles around that time at the Tower Theater Can't tell you for sure who the musicians were, as I was new to jazz and there were no stage announcements and it's been almost 50 years, but I believe Liebman was in the band, and maybe Pete Cosey and Reggie Lucas. Update: The concert date was March 2, 1973. Who would have likely been with Miles then? Stevie Wonder played there 3 weeks later. Tickets were $4-$6. The good old days...

Sounds fun! Just now found one buried in one of those ebay "you choose" multi-title listings (for "smooth jazz", LOL). Will report back after I receive and listen.

A loss. The Strata-East release really needs CD issue. It will go 2 CD's anyways, so they could add on his obscure album on Jerry Gordon's. Third Street Records.

Wouldn't we all! Though I'm no Lovano fan.

I'm sure they didn't. Membran feels exceedingly shady overall, and the sound isn't all that good, but is adequate. Here's a useful overview: https://kendrasteinereditions.wordpress.com/2019/03/13/charlie-parker-records-the-complete-collection-30-cd-set-membran-germany/

It's overall a really interesting set, some fascinating obscuraties. Haven't listened to it in a few years, but my memory was that ths sound was certainly adequate. I doubt there will be any great sounding sources fir the titles on that label.

I'm looking to repurchase it, but at an agreeable price. Patience is no problem for me on that.

This album is also a mess on the mixing, but the music is so exciting l overlook that.

About $11,000 in today's dollars. Did concert incur a financial loss?

About $3400/week today. A lot more than I ever made, though I also never had the cost of living in NYC.

Running Don McNeil out on miscontextualized PC charges didn't help in that regard. I recently non-renewed my subscription to NYT, kept my WaPo subscription for national news and my Philly Inquirer subscription for local/regional news.

DVD release scheduled for February 8 according to Barnes and Noble. No preorder link on Amazon yet.

Fair enough!

If you don't copyright that, I may use it in December!

That's about $1600 in today's dollars.

Agreed on the Gramavision albums. They seemed aimed for radio play, and wasted some other talented Philly musicians also (Sumi Tanooka, Sid Simmons). Probably worth remembering that Blake had also played with Grover Washington, Jr. in the 70's, so was likely not exactly adverse to the idea of selling some albums.

I also saw Tyner with Ford at the Bijou ca. 1976-77, but Blake was not with him, it was a second saxophone player, I want to say George Adams but don't really remember. Both sax players got swallowed up by the enormity of Tyner's playing.

Indeed!

Dan, source material is often a problem for me with Harris, I don't like some songs regardless of who does them. BTW, don't think Billy Harper ever did "This Little Light of Mine", despite his Baptist upbringing and preacher father. And yes, the only Harris I really follow is his BN work. And our friendship survived your hating on Joe Henderson and Khan Jamal last month, it will survive this . Happy 2022, my friend.

Correct. Philly-guy John Blake.