Ken Dryden

One Eric Dolphy CD to avoid is Wherever I Go, a cheesy boot compilation of previously issued material likely dubbed from LPs. Avoid it at any price.

I heard from the publisher today. Coda will continue as a bimonthly magazine, though it isn't clear when the next issue will be out. Also no word yet on the possible catch up of postponed issues.

I emailed Mark as well. It is probably related to the challenge of building a subscription base to be of sufficient size to attract advertisers. The previous owners had allowed it to fall to around 2000 or so.

For those of you who aren't aware, this Stuff Smith Mosaic set was deleted from the catalog prior to the normal three year period of a lease with the label due to some undisclosed legal issues. It's a great set and well worth acquiring.

Even though Stanley Clarke was pictured on the cover of the earlier album, it is not considered to be his date. I tried arguing with AMG editors to no avail, they said that's what the label gave them. I was often bored with the solos.

One thing Rollins did when Harkit started selling his live performances was to copy them and sell them as downloads on his own website. That's one way to beat the thieves, as Frank Zappa did with his two "Beat the Boots" boxed sets. European copyright law may be different, but it is still a form of legalized theft, the way I see it. Sort of like the eminent domain abuse approved in the infamous Kelo vs. the City of New London Supreme Court decision, where the five pinheads couldn't comprehend the value of private property.

Ed Palermo said that Gail has complained about his performing Frank's music. It's a shame, because he does a decent job with it.

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The suite may have been Slickrock. It knocked me out when I heard Zeitlin performed live at the 2002 IAJE conference. I also have a duo version from a European broadcast that features David Friesen.

I'll have to admit I was sent a copy several years ago. It was very cheaply printed, with the type varying in clarity from page to page, often not parallel to the top of the page. It made it a chore to read and I finally gave up and threw it out. It comes off as a bit of a self-serving rant, though I'm sure that some of the claims Fischer makes about how the non-profit was undermined are true.

I would think that specific sales figures would be considered proprietary information by Mosaic.

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I've always enjoyed Mulligan's "K4 Pacific," which I think appeared for the first time on The Age of Steam. I agree that the CD/DVD put out by John Snyder on Artist House is worth tracking down. I was rather frustrated when Concord failed to issue any of Mulligan's big band selections on the CD with Mel Torme and George Shearing (The Classic Concert Live). "K4 Pacific" should have been included, as it was played (I taped the NPR Jazz Alive! broadcast of the show).

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I googled one song and found this link: http://everynote.com/songs.show/127605.note Ernesto Di Curtis is credited with writing both words and music, is this it?

I would be extremely careful about using AMG for composer credits, as it depends on what was listed on the CD or LP. As we all know, that information is often wrong or incomplete. I think I mentioned this in another thread, but one Steeplechase CD last year listed Thelonious Monk as composer for John Coltrane's "Locomotion," while the liner note writer made the same mistake.

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Probably just a typo, but the Teddy Wilson is Verve material. He never recorded for Pacific Jazz, to my knowledge. Good luck with the Stuff Smith. It went out of print early because of legal complications, but it's a great set. I have a sealed copy of Cat on a Hot Fiddle available if you're interested (which went oop in March 2007), PM me.

Sounds like this second book gets carried away with the use of "masters." It gets a bit useless if everyone who has been at it a couple of decades is now a "master."

Pardon me, but I'll ignore Van Morrison this time around, too. I've never liked his singing. Nothing is more pathetic than his attempts to sing on a Chet Baker DVD, reading the words off the sheet music, as does the much overhyped Elvis Costello.

Don't forget that there is a track or two on the LP Here and There that did not appear on the three individual LPs nor the three LP Great Concert of Eric Dolphy LP boxed set.