Ken Dryden

E3 Records was a legit label that released at least two CDs of Bill Evans’ early recordings.

5 is not Hampton Hawes. 9 is Benny Green. 15 is not Stanley Cowell.

Reserved seats are on sale, be sure to let your friends near Atlanta, Nashville, Knoxville and Huntsville that this is a rare opportunity to hear Alan Broadbent perform anywhere in the Southeastern U.S. It will be worth their time. All proceeds benefit WUTC-FM, the local NPR station. https://www.wutc.org/community-calendar/event/alan-broadbent-fundraiser-for-wutc-18-06-2025-07-42-54

There were Atlantic masters of John Coltrane lost earlier, it was mentioned in the liner notes to The Heavyweight Champion box set.

I wonder how many tapes made at Van Gelder's had backup copies. Didn't impulse! have a fire at some point?

I remember how many twofers I found in used stores as promos, which were the introduction to many artists for me while I was in grad school. Pretty much most of them have been replaced by CDs or boxed sets, although there is the occasional one, like Ben Webster with Joe Zawinul, Travelin' Light, which has bonus tracks not found on later CDs. What drove me nuts was when labels compiled more than two LPs in such sets, leaving out many tracks that I wanted to hear, much like the problem with later Fantasy CDs, which frequently omitted a track or two to squeeze the music onto a single CD.

Not Eddie Higgins. 1. Not Scott Hamilton. 2. Previously identified by JSangry. 5. is not Billie's Bounce, thought it could be quoted.

I ran across a vintage Pepsodent ad with agents 86 & 13 in a grocery store. What a hoot!

I dumped LinkedIN years ago and it is surprising how much info was spread to other sites. It was beyond useless, like a FB for business.

Glad I got to see her in person at the Jazz Standard before the back injury that laid her low.

8, does not include Sam Jones. 10. doesn not feature Vic Dickenson nor Coleman Hawkins. 11. is not Marian McPartland. 12. is not John McLaughlin. 7. is not Stanley Cowell. 1. is Gerry Mulligan's "Swing House," though obviously not by Gerry Mulligan. 2. is Lee Konitz & Chet Baker playing "Walkin'" with Beaver Harris. 7. is "Be My Love." 8. is Oscar Pettiford. 9. is not by The Three Sounds. 10. is "Easy Does It." 13. is "Crescent." 14. does feature Phil Woods on alto saxophone. 15. is "Some Other Time."

Here is the link for the August BFT. Have fun! https://thomkeith.net/blindfold-tests/2025-blindfold-tests/

I’ve seen him in person and enjoyed his CDs. Michael Dease counts him as an early mentor.

Investing a meeting with a dietician can prove very illuminating. In early 2018, I was around 241 lbs. I started counting carbs by meal, 45 to 60. Eating more fiber with meals helps slow down glucose absorption. I dropped sugary drinks, pasta, white bread, fried foods, most desserts (when I do enjoy them, it is after lunch rather than dinner) and got all the way down to 192 lbs. within a few months. I was hungry all the time, so I now try to stay in the 210-215 weight range at 6'2".

I loved the bonus track in the boxed set “I Got It From Alice.”

It would be nice to know the show dates for Duke Ellington to see how much has already been issued commercially by other labels.

Their website was maddening to search but I found a few gems. I hope they enjoy retirement. Small mail order businesses are closing a lot these days.

I talked to Alan Broadbent today and will edit it to fit into a Timeless Jazz broadcast some time in late August. If you anywhere close to Chattanooga (Nashville, Huntsville, Knoxville, Atlanta, Birmingham), please make plans to attend his solo piano concert in Chattanooga. It is a fundraiser for WUTC-FM and ticket proceeds benefit the station.

Cootie Williams was one of the first Duke Ellington soloists who I heard on my father's Duke Ellington records. This should be a fascinating book.

No software, I just complied it. I will have to check it out.

R.I.P. I have three CDs on Blue Jack Jazz, one of which he is a part of the American-Dutch All Stars, but he is listed at the top. The CDs you referred to being on Origin are on Organic Music. I never got to see him perform, but he was a delightful interview for Hot House a few years back prior to coming back to the U.S. for a visit and brief tour.

I wonder if a Pacific Jazz discography would include all of the butchered, edited repressings of Jim Hall's Jazz Guitar?

I was chatting with Alan Broadbent this morning to go over preparations for his upcoming September concert here. After I told him about witnessing Marian McPartland's disgust with an unsuitable piano provided for a trio concert, he shared this gem: The late pianist Frank Strazzeri was also a skilled piano tuner. He arrived for a gig and found an untuned piano awaiting him. Frank tuned the piano, played the gig, then detuned it afterwards.

Great news, indeed.

Given that I have all the Evidence CD reissues and most are still unheard, I will likely pass on the Pharaoh Sanders.