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Mexican Green is terrific, that is the one that was recommended to me when I asked about him on another forum.

Yes, it IS a shame. This Dootone plus the three/four on Contemporary make a very nice selection of hard, West-Coast jazz. I seem to recall that all the music on these albums was released by one of the Andorran labels a while back..was it Gambit? That's probably why all the "proper" releases have gone OOP Yes, it wasGambit, but I doubt that would be enough to drive them out of print on Contemporary. More likely the Concord bean counters saw there was insufficient sales history. Yeah, most likely. Mosaic was considering a Select, too bad that never came to pass. As a disappointing addendum, the OOP CDs are very pricy to boot. Dang, I would have loved a Curtis Counce Select. Dang.

Ethan Iverson responds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_MSg8CyvEM What a shame. He was really great.

Lee Morgan Indeed LP sold for $2005. Lee Morgan Vol. 3 LP sold for $1315.

Apparently Jarrett holds grudges.... http://jazztimes.com/articles/96482-keith-jarrett-s-dark-night-in-perugia

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/arts/music/paul-smith-jazz-pianist-is-dead-at-91.html?src=me

Starts at midnight tonight... http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/louis-armstrong-birthday-broadcast-thursday-july-4th

Nice piece from the Denver Post: http://www.denverpost.com/music/ci_23555080/remembering-jazz-great-johnny-smith-colorado-springs

http://omnivorerecordings.com/artists/art-pepper/ According to their website, they worked with Laurie Pepper on these releases.

Cecil Taylor won the Kyoto Prize (and 50 million yen) for being "An Innovative Jazz Musician Who Has Fully Explored the Possibilities of Piano Improvisation".

There is an unopened Dizzy Reece Select on eBay at the moment. Interesting to see what that goes for.

Great, not near-great, IMHO. Get the Mosaic. A fantastic set.

Got the Stanley Turrentine box with the 10% off sale. Man, what a great set.

http://jazztimes.com/articles/93470-concord-to-reissue-five-classic-riverside-albums

on Sonny's website today:

http://www.coastaljazz.ca/free_itunes_download Don't know if any of it's any good or not.

Eric Reed: http://reedscreeds.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/miller-variations-a-glance-at-mulgrew-miller-in-three-parts/ Jeremy Pelt: http://yourpeltness.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/the-tragedy-of-mulgrew-miller/

http://www.npr.org/event/music/187385391/kenny-barron-quintet-live-at-the-village-vanguard?sc=tw&cc=share For his 70th birthday week, Barron's band is playing another jazz institution: the Village Vanguard. Included in the repertoire are songs by the late Mulgrew Miller, another pianist of gentle temperament and profound capability. WBGO and NPR Music presented a live video webcast and radio broadcast of the Kenny Barron Quintet. Set List "5/4 Blues" (Barron) "Second Thoughts" (Mulgrew Miller) "Mariposa de Sueño" (Samora Pinderhughes) "Rain, Rain" (Barron) "DPW" (Barron) Personnel: Kenny Barron, piano Vincent Herring, alto saxophone Brandon Lee, trumpet Kiyoshi Kitagawa, bass Lee Pearson, drum

mosaic has a 10% off sale on some sets, for fathers day , through 6/17

Sonny at the Juilliard commencement (with Daniel Day Lewis and some others).

WKCR memorial broadcast, Thursday May 30th

Such sad news. I love those trio albums on Maxjazz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsyzEJq6mgs

PM sent on: John Coltrane - Coltrane's Sound (1999 Rhino digipak/mini-lp Atlantic Jazz Gallery) - $12 Milt Jackson & John Coltrane - Bags & Trane (Atlantic) - $2 Hank Mobley - Thinking of Home (Connoisseur, notch in spine) - $8 Grant Green - Solid (Connoisseur) - $8