Ken Dryden

I took advantage of the recent Newvelle Records sale, buying 4 individual LPs, earning me a bonus anthology LP. Today I received a FedEx package from them that contained 6 LPs ordered by another customer in Germany. Evidently someone reversed the last two digits of the order numbers and labeled the wrong boxes.

This was a one off recording, though I did hear this band perform during IAJE in NYC around the time this CD was released. The second recording marked Denny Zeitlin's recording debut.

I would have aired a Brubeck Centennial program today, but the university shut down access to the station becasue of COVID two weeks ago before I could record any additional programs. Oh, well...only 5 more weeks of reruns....

I seen planty of videos of booby-trapped packages designed for porch pirates. The best ones are those that explode and leave a stinky mess in the getaway vehicles.

I only made it to the Jazz Standard 3 or 4 times, but I always had a great time there.

We have been fortunate so far, as we live out in the suburbs with the houses spaced a good bit apart and many of us have video doorbells. The biggest problem we have is misdelivered mail and packages. I had been expecting several Amazon orders and ripped open a package, only to discover it was addressed to the family three doors down (our house numbers are similar, though the last two numbers are reversed). I taped it back and stuck it in their mailbox, being too embarrassed to go to the door. The bigger problem is with inexperienced FedEx drivers, who seem to drop off packages at random. One was left that was for someone at least 4 to 5 doors away. Yesterday morning the doorball sounded before 9 am and I discovered two long, heavy boxes taped together on our porch. Fortunately I caught the driver's attention before he left the area and he supposedly took them to the correct address, a door or two down the street. Fortunately, I've gotten to know the regular FedEx driver on this route so he doesn't make these kinds of mistakes.

No idea. I've purchased one or two Hi-Hat releases and the audio quality depends more on the quality of the source. I don't think they do much in the way of remastering, editing or documenting the releases. At least one release, the Joe Pass Las Vegas CD, is something I recorded off satellite years ago when working in public radio. I wouldn't be surprised if they used the tape I made, since I shared it with at least a couple of Joe Pass collectors. I edited out most, if not all, of the host, Alan Grant, who sometimes talked too long and commented over the music.

I think that I mentioned the lazy postal employee who stuck a mailer with an out of print LP between my mailbox and its flag on a hot summer day instead of taking a ten second (at most) walk to my porch. The LP was warped beyond belief and I have never found another copy.

That is the one I was referring to in my earlier post. Sorry that I missed your reply. The really rare Ristic 2 LP set from the 1960s of Fats Waller & Friends recorded in his home is all but impossible to find, though I recently ran across a Sounds of Yesteryear CD reissue. I've ordered it and will compare it to the files that someone shared with me of the original set. The package arrived today and it is another @$%&%$$!!! CDR, sold at a premium price. The hell with both Amazon and the duplicitous UK label Sounds Of Yester Year. Like Acrobat, they aren't worth a damn!

The cover you have must be a bootleg, as it was reissued on CD with the same cover but with a bonus track added by Rhino.

The American nephew of Reichs Marshal Herman Goering was a US B-17 pilot, who bombed his homeland. I've just got started reading it.

Chewy: I might be selling some Art Tatum LPs from the 1930s if you are interested. I've got to crosscheck to see what is duplicated on other releases.

I like our FedEx driver, but one day we got a package for a neighbor four or five doors away. Maybe someone subbed for him that day, I think he would have remembered my name after several conversations with him.

An earlier order from Dusty Groove took around a month to get to me and it sat in Chicago's miserable processing hub for most of that time. A Discogs order took 32 days to get to Tennessee from Oklahoma, with it parked in Dallas for most of the time. Incompetence at its worst...

optatio: Hope you enjoyed the program.

For the 1201 Music download The Search, the info they gave me was it was recorded in New York City circa 1971 and possibly intended for release as Freedom FLP 41063, but likely unissued. No rhythm section was identified.

I wrote blurbs for a few years for 1201 Music downloads and they were often lacking information. In one case I told them that the years they listed were wrong and I was told to not mention it in my blurb.

My November 22nd Timeless Jazz broadcast (3-5 pm ET at WUTC.org) will survey various Count Basie sidemen as leaders. The playlist can be found at this link: <iframe src="http://composer.nprstations.org/widgets/v2/playlist/index.html?ucs=52efef04e1c88f2f9b77741b&prog_id=5c54a2a4656c033d7244ecf3&dateFilter=2020-11-22&timeFilter=15%3A00" width="100%" height="500" frameborder="0" seamless></iframe> I will add a downloadable podcast at archive.org by November 23 and share it in this thread.

David, I hope you enjoy it. It was fun putting this show together and trying to get a wide range of sidemen, while focusing away from Ellington's compositions.

I don't doubt that any of these musicians who have recorded mainly contemporary or smooth jazz can play, it's just I don't have any interest in what I have heard them do so far. Fourplay stuff is unlistenable to me and I am generally not a fan of electric piano. I know that early Bob James ranged into avant-garde and that he accompanied Sarah Vaughan. As for Sandborn, I just don't like his sound and his Warner Bros. stuff bores the hell out of me. Grover Washington, Jr. was impressive when he stepped away from smooth jazz, whether playing straight ahead or classical music.

A survey of recordings by Duke Ellington sidemen, before, during or after their time with the bandleader. Ellington is not present on any of these sessions, nor are his compositions, though other sidemen are present on some of them. This broadcast is downloadable here: https://archive.org/details/timeless-jazz-11-15-2020-duke-ellingtons-sidemen Playlist link: <iframe src="http://composer.nprstations.org/widgets/v2/playlist/index.html?ucs=52efef04e1c88f2f9b77741b&prog_id=5c54a2a4656c033d7244ecf3&dateFilter=2020-11-15&timeFilter=15%3A00" width="100%" height="500" frameborder="0" seamless></iframe>

Nothing that David Sanborn has done has impressed me and I found it idiotic for a nameless liner note writer for the Legends of Jazz boxed set (DVDs/CDs) who said that Sanborn is "considered one of the greatest saxophonists," considering that he shared the program with Phil Woods, whose sound, versatility and discography considerably dwarfs Sanborn's accomplishments. As for Bob James, his output is of little interest to me. I have a couple of Pat Metheny recordings, but I would be hard-pressed to name any of his compositions that stick in my mind. I own two of the titles on that JazzTimes list. Did these readers ever listen to much besides fusion? I've never opened my 2010 CD copy of Red Clay. Jarrett's album is okay, but I can't imagine sitting through that album in one hearing.

Excellent work on the Art Farmer discography. The Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild series never included concert dates, though I found some of them online as posted by the producer. When I asked about one show that was undated, he seemed surprised that the data was available on line and it suddenly vanished.

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