Ken Dryden

Automatically on my want list! Maybe someone can find the Monterey tapes of John Coltrane leading a sextet with Eric Dolphy and Wes Montgomery.

Ordered on Monday, along with the Michel Petrucciani.

Two musicians I’ve interviewed had nothing but good things to say about Benny Goodman: Ken Peplowski and Bucky Puzzarelli. Of course, I didn’t discuss Goodman with every former sideman whom I interviewed.

Bill Crow has long been a talented writer. His long essay “To Russia Without Love” should be required reading, if you haven’t read it, you can find it posted on his website. I hope he gets another book published, I am sure he has enough stories for one.

I’ve read that this box set was done via needle drop and isn’t very good quality. I saw it in a store and passed.

There was a brilliant article about how Tina Turner responded to 60 Minutes’ Mike Wallace series of stupid questions during an interview for a show segment, but were not used. Perhaps the dumbest one was Wallace asking her if she “Deserved all this…” Her response was priceless, “I deserve more.” Any successful artist or business owner can tell about the sacrifices and rough times experienced while building wealth during a long career or growth of a business. I still remember my father’s seven day work weeks and suffering for hours with migraine headaches in the early years of the engineering firm that he founded in 1968.

One of the things about collecting baseball cards when all seven series were individually published and issued during the season was noting how well Topps predicted the final roster for each team. Inevitably they would guess wrong on a few, especially for catchers, requiring them to add a note about the transaction on the back of the card. Poor old Merritt Ranew always seemed to be optioned to triple A in May, while other third string players would be released unconditionally and never spend another day on the field unless they entered coaching.

Denny Zeitlin has discussed time he spent one summer toward the end of his medical training talking about music at length with Russell in his NYC home. As I remember, the Five Spot album sounds like a studio recreation of a live gig, as the piano is remarkably in tune for the Five Spot.

Not at the moment, as the official release date is June 30th. I was sent the full download and will get the 3 CD when they have copies made. My review will appear on All About Jazz.

It seems odd that Frank Zappa never got around to issuing this music, although some compositions appeared in truncated form or alternate versions around 1970. Many Zappa fans will be familiar with this brief post Hot Rats band with Sugar Cane Harris, Ian Underwood, Max Bennett and Aynsley Dunbar. The session definitely has a bluesy air and most of the music sounds in finished form, aside from one breakdown. This band is known to long time Zappa fans who own the bootleg Hot Rats at the Olympic and this studio session doesn't disappoint, featuring extended workouts of "Chunga's Revenge:" and the burning instrumental "Twinkle Tits." I'd rather see more projects like this versus a box of build reels or yet another set of live music from the mid-1970s .

Bassist Bob Haggart was a painter. One of his last portraits was of trumpeter Jimmy McPartland. According to Marian, he died not long after shipping it to her, possibly while it was in transit.

I will have to admit that I find Jones unlistenable, especially her version of "Dat Dere." Her voice grates on my nerves.

It used to be a huge headache when IAJE was held in Long Beach. Performances were frequently interrupted by some jerk who didn't mute his/her cellphone or pager. I don't remember that happening in Toronto, New York City or New Orleans.

JazzTimes A-Wastin’…

Glad I haven’t run out of money, shelf space or time yet…

Shirley Scott did quite a few records as a leader for Prestige and Impulse!, while she made some piano recordings for Candid late in life.

Yusef Lateef and me, prior to what was probably his only concert in the city of his birth. I have no idea of the year and can't recall his rhythm section, except for bassist Avery Sharpe, who was part of McCoy Tyner's trio concert here in 1991. I wish it had been recorded, it was a small room in the Bessie Smith hall with decent acoustics.

Some of the Columbia Bloom CDs were reissued by Koch when they were doing jazz.

Jane Bunnet recorded a lot for Blue Note. I had forgotten that flautist Ali Ryerson did a couple of CDs for both Concord Jazz and Red Baron. Holly Hofmann has been a regular leader on Capri.

My first sets were probably the Mulligan/Baker, the Anmons/ Lewis and the Monk, probably purchased around 1984-5, when they were still in print, making me around 29-30 then. I think that I saved all of their catalogs, excepting one that I probably missed due to it not being forwarded after a move.

I am aware of that, since I have a number of them. I grew listening to harpsichordist Wanda Landowska and have my father’s old LPs. Pardon me for not including jazz in the title of the thread…

It is out of print, they mentioned that they were not doing another pressing even though they owned the rights to it s as d it wasn’t sold as s as limited edition. It was likely due to diminishing returns if they manufactured additional sets, which had likely been acquired by almost everybody with an interest in them. It would be interesting to know how many sets were sold.

Since this topic was suggested in the Women and Mosaic thread, I thought it might help to start a discussion. While there seem to be many more women instrumentalists releasing CDs today, what are some of the labels that you think have done a good job? Concord Jazz, in the Carl E. Jefferson era, recorded Marian McPartland, Joanne Brackeen, Emily Remler, plus single albums by Mary Fettig and Lisa Pollard. Pablo recorded several albums by Mary Lou Williams. Positone has recorded a number of women. I am not in my music library or at the computer or I would have added names. Blue Note recorded a number of releases by Renee Rosnes and just issued the second CD by the all female band Artemis. Venus Jazz has issued three CDs by pianist Champian Fulton and one by Sharel Cassity. Jazz Focus released a number of pianist Jessica Williams CDs. Verve issued several CDs by violinist Regina Carter. I don’t think the typical small label owner is giving much thought to women instrumentalists who deserve greater exposure but following personal taste and trying to figure out which artist will sell enough copies to make it worth the investment. Maybe Chuck Nessa could add his perspective.

Glad I got to see him during one of my NYC visits, playing with guest Gene Bertoncini in a restaurant. He will be missed.

It sounds like Herbie Hancock didn’t think of Clare Fischer as a racist nor did Donald Byrd warn him of potential racism. It is doubtful that this article would have appeared under the new JazzTimes management.