Ken Dryden

I talked to HutchFan yesterday and he reminded me about this release. I had just interviewed David Liebman and when he learned where I lived, he invited me to hear him in Nashville. When HutchFan shared that he was playing in Duluth, just northeast of Atlanta, I decided that concert would be less hassle to attend. I have no idea what the local venue did to promote the concert, but the posters billed the group as Dave Liebman & the Expansions. The turnout was minimal, maybe `15 to 20 at most. Yet David Liebman liked the sound he heard during the soundcheck and asked the board op to record it. Then he called for the band's first ever all electric set. Most of the concert appears on CD 2 of this Whaling City Sound set. HutchFan was there as well with a friend. The applause at the end of CD 2 had to have been dubbed from another show, though our small audience did there best to give the group a loud round of applause.

We made a donation in support of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz and attended this live taping of the only television edition of the program at SCETV Studios. We received a VHS copy of it, a limited edition of 50. "In Your Own Sweet Way" was a second take necessitated by some problem at the board during take one, which was complete. Dave Brubeck said, "I liked the first one better" during the set. The duo piano CD with Mark Shane and Johnny Varro was recorded live at the 1998 and 1999 Atlanta Jazz Party.

Regarding Boby Wilber & Kenny Davern: Summit Reunion in Atlanta: If the engineer did record the cussing between takes, I believe that it was erased or edited out of the recording. We never did figure out what it was that provoked Davern's outburst and I can't ask producer Phil Carroll, as he died in 2008. I feel it might be taken the wrong way if I asked his son.

I was present for both sets one of the two nights, I think it was May 3 2019. Again, I was present for whichever trio tracks that are included from both sets on May 3, 2019, featuring Buster Williams and Matt Wilson

I remember the lively reaction to one take outside the booth that caused Johnny Varro to stop playing and ask for quiet. My wife and I were present for one of two nights of recording at Feinstein's. Like the Shoeless John Jackson Quartet CD, this session was produced by Phil Carroll on the Sunday afternoon and evening following the Atlanta Jazz Party. Something upset Kenny Davern and he cut loose with a seemingly endless barrage of four letter words. The other musicians stayed calm, as did Phil Carroll. But Kenny Davern was never again invited to play the Atlanta Jazz Party, although Bob Wilber was booked again.

Agreed.

My wife and I are proud to present Fred Hersch in concert on Tuesday, April 21st at 7:30 pm EDT. This concert is a benefit for my station, WUTC-FM, where a I served as development director from 1989 to 2015. If you know of anyone living close to Chattanooga (Nashville, Knoxville, Atlanta and Huntsville are all close enough to make the drive), please let them know about the concert. Fred Hersch has played in the Atlanta area a few times but this is his first appearance in Chattanooga. https://calendar.utc.edu/event/fred-hersch?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=University+of+Tennessee+at+Chattanooga&_gl=1*1m0gudx*_gcl_au*MjA2ODMzMzg5NC4xNzY3NzM1MzE0

I finally found this long out of print gem on ebay at a reasonable price. Still searching for Volume 2.

Disc 2, Carla Bley: Roller Coaster

My introduction to Bernie Senensky was hearing him on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz. Like many Canadian artists who recorded for Canadian labels, I had no exposure to his recordings until I started getting serviced with his music.

This week I received two shipments on back to back days from The Lost Recordings, though I only ordered one copy of each release. I contacted them and asked for their FedEx number, and they responded that I would have to prepay to return it and they would credit me on a future order or refund the shipping charge on my credit card. There are several issues I have with this reply. One is I had to supply a new box, neither one was in any shape to be reused, two, I seem to be taking the risk in case the returned package is lost or stolen and I get stuck filing insurance claims. I am tempted to reject their solution and ask for a better one, like my getting an estimate from FedEx, ask them to refund my credit card that amount, then I will ship the box. How would you reply to this situation?

Love that strip!

I remember attending a Nat Hentoff interview one year at IAJE and it was enjoyable.

This John Coltrane set was not available as a CD set. The CDs I bought were the Sarah Vaugan 1969 and 1975 titles.

I received a rather beat up box from The Lost Recordings yesterday, though the LPs and CDs were intact in spite of the badly torn cardboard. I haven't had a chance to listen to the John Coltrane set yet, but I am looking forward to it. A second shipment arrived today, duplicating my order. I await a reply from them about that, it would be a rather expensive error.

So do I have May? I requested either April or May back on October 21.

Her vocal duets with Eddie Erickson were always fun at jazz parties.

I met her years ago at the Triangle Jazz Party in Kingsport, Tennessee, I think her first Arbors CD was fairly new. I got to know her over the years attending both the Triangle and Atlanta Jazz Parties, my wife and I were also present for one night of the Feinstein’s recording. Don’t overlook her CDs as a part of the group BED with Eddie Errickson and Dan Barrett.

I didn't find out about it until 2005.

When I lived in Broward County, jazz offerings were slim. I never made it to Bubba's, but I did catch one great evening in Sunrise while visiting home from either grad school or work, a show that opened with Oscar Peterson solo, followed by Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie & His Orchestra. I think Butch Miles was his drummer.

At least no one was promoting collecting 8 tracks and cassettes, two flimsy, unreliable formats. I actually see that cassettes of recordings long available are being made once more.

There's nothing wrong with collecting vinyl, I still buy out of print LPs, LP sets with tracks not available on the CD editions, new LPs not issued at all on CDs, etc. But for the most part, I prefer CDs, they sound just as good to me, take up less storage space and usually have bonus tracks that the LP versions do not include. I do find the LP prices for today's releases a bit high for my tastes, especially labels that ask a fortune, only to find out they are reissued on CD by other labels with bonus tracks a few years later.

Less music for more money and more space taken up on shelving for the privilege.

I recorded some of the shows when we carried it, but I missed some and I'm not sure that we aired every season. I'm glad I brought up the series with Lewis Porter.