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Yes he did. Remember the first (of only two) time I ever saw him live, late 80's ish. The Opera House in Wilmington, DE. Benny Green's first gig with the Messengers. Philip Harper on trumpet and Jean Toussaint on tenor if I remember correctly (though both or either may be wrong, but pretty sure about Harper). Blakey, at the end of the show, came out and talked to the audience, and was mesmerizing. I still remember him saying "This music is a gift from the Creator, through us, to you.". They were still doing "Moanin" and "Blues March". The other time I saw him was at Penn's Landing in Philly. Couple years later, totally new and very very young band. Geoff Keezer, who was just a kid, Brian Lynch, who killed it on trumpet that night, Steve Davis on trombone, Javon Jackson and Dale Barlow both on tenor. I think the bass player was Essiet O. Essiet, though that is hazy. Very near the end of Blakey's life, and he was pretty clearly deaf, but still on fire. Nothing like that press roll. And more stories. And a couple months later he was gone. Very thankful for him and his music. Is there a good biography or documentary on his life anywhere? Had six kids of his own and adopted six others if I remember correctly.

On later Trane, after first listen, I tend to skip over the Garrison, Ali, and Pharoah solos, and just listen to the Coltrane's solos and the the ensemble sections. Only way I can bear it. I really like Pharoah Sanders, but not what he was doing in that context. I'm not a fan of the Seattle recordings at all, though I haven't listened in years and maybe should go back. And that recording was done the night before the bad acid trip which is 'Om'. Tyner and Elvin already sound like they'd given up the ghost to me at that point. 'Meditations' is, to me, an utter miracle given the chaos of what was occurring three weeks earlier on the aforementioned recordings. But as far as I can tell, that was the last of Elvin and Tyner in the group. I like Alice Coltrane a lot, and she was a better match for Trane going forward than a disheartened McCoy Tyner, but I've never "gotten" Ali, and find the Sanders work with Coltrane to be horrifying (perhaps intentionally so?).

I could certainly live just fine without ever hearing "Hey Jude" again. And I liked it when it first came out, but enoughs is too much.

I have both boxes plus the two 4-CD releases of the U.S. albums, which I bought when they came out earlier. Feels very redundant on some levels, but I haven't seen fit to move any of them out.

Huge fan of the golden eras of the band (Duane Allman era and Warren Haynes eras, with both Dickey Betts and Derek Trucks). 'Live at the Fillmore East' fried my 16-year old brain like nothing else. Some beautiful music along the way, such as "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed". RIP.

BGO is fairly often a month or even two late on their releases. But I don't know of them ever outright cancelling one.

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Amazon USA and a few reputable resellers (such as oxfordshire) have it listed as available. The price will come down if you wait a few weeks.

Looking for a digital source (CD, download) of this album - any leads appreciated, thanks!

He played drums with Shirley Scott during a benefit concert at the Ethical Society in Philly back ca. 1990. Got to talk to him for a good while, and he was very kind. Quite a drummer, entered my consciousness in the first two jazz albums I every bought in 1972 (both on the same trip to Franklin Music), Lee Morgan's "Live at the Lighthouse" and the Blue Note "Best of Herbie Hancock". Led the house band for many years at Philly's Ortlieb's Jazzhaus, though I never got there. RIP.

I saw her at the Keswick theatre sharing a bill with McCoy Tyner, probably in the late 90's though I am not totally sure of the time frame. She played beautifully and did great in the obiligatory duets with Tyner, as mentioned by others, knowing who she was and wasn't. I also loved her Marian McPartland-ness, and also enjoyed much of her late-career playing quite a bit.

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That's a great album.

I thought that Jordan was never nearly the same player after he left ER. Seemed to radically change his approach to something "older".

I have had 3-4 largish ($60-90) orders with Jazzmessengers over the past few years, and all have gone flawlessly. Only annoyance is that you have to sign for your package, which can mean a trip to the post office and several day delay if you don't have anyone to receive the package.

Maybe they can do a Norah Jones set to replenish the coffers. Worked for Blue Note.

Also Adolpho Phillips, who was a 12 WAR Center Fielder 1966-1968.

Better, yes. Good, no.

I had the same dream. 15-down was juliuswatkins. Drift on.

As for Mosaic, they have had an incredible run. I'm sure when they started in the early 80's, they didn't dare expect a 35 year run and hundreds of releases. They were magic for awhile (Tina Brooks, Larry Young, etc.). Time marches on. We've been able to see so much more reissued on CD (by Mosaic and other labels) than I ever would have dreamed. I'm grateful. Even though I would never choose to listen to it, I'm thankful to Norah Jones' Come Away With Me album, which filled Blue Note's coffers with cash, and maybe made possible some continued reissue campaigns (Conn, Rare Grooves, RVG) of their catalog.