Ken Dryden

There are some ECM titles, jazz imports, DVDs that were of interest to me. If you want some laughs, pick up the 1997 Jazz Awards concert. I was talking to Marian McPartland about it prior to it taking place and she said, "When I learned that Michael Bolton was on the bill I though about not ----ing going..." The editing of the Basie tribute medley was an absolute mess.

Here is the link to the 1967 Monterey Jazz Festival NET television broadcast that I discussed earlier: https://archive.org For some reason, my computer is not copying the complete link to the exact page, so search for: Monterey Jazz Festival 1967 - N.E.T. Festival

I've shopped Berkshire Music Outlet sporadically over the years, because their website was a pain to search. They have reformatted it and it's better. There are quite a few interesting titles available in jazz and classical, most of them bargains. https://www.broinc.com

I have both LPs, the latter, of course, is two LPs. I also have a recording somewhere in my digital files of Svend Asmussen, Jean-Luc Ponty and Ray Nance playing together, it may have come from an archive.com video at Monterey.

I finally pulled the trigger and shelled out a hefty amount for this long out of print 10 CD set.

Tofu, alcohol free beer and white chocolate are all insults to the dinner table...

It's funny that I didn't click on your link. I've long been aware of this clip and it's on a Keith Emerson disc. Of course, Oscar Peterson enjoyed playing boogie woogie as a young man.

I guess some of you may have seen the video with Keith Emerson, a bespectacled Carl Palmer and an unknown bassist playing a duet of "Honky Tonk Train Blues" on a CBC television broadcast. I always enjoyed Oscar Peterson, he was a delightful improviser and a gifted composer. He was also a lot of fun in an interview, I lost track of how many times I broke up laughing and he got a kick out of my sharing Niels Pedersen's response to my question about how he discovered a vocalist who appeared on this then-new CD. Ask me about Keith Jarrett and I would answer a bit differently.

I will be belatedly celebrating Clark Terry's 99th birthday with the December 15th edition of Timeless Jazz. The program includes several phone interview excerpts from a chat I did with him for Hot House back in November 2007. One topic should be of interest to Terry fans, as I don't think that I've seen it discussed elsewhere or even mentioned in the biography that his wife wrote. Hour 1: Clark Terry: Clark Terry Chuckles Clark Terry: Live at the Village Gate Top & Bottom Interview excerpt 1 - developing a person sound and circular breathing Clark Terry & Kenny Barron: One On One The Intimacy of the Blues Clark Terry: What a Wonderful World - For Louis & Duke Duke's Place (C Jam Blues) Clark Terry: Color Changes Flutin' & Fluglin' Inteview Excerpt 2: Adding flugelhorn and alternating between it and trumpet in a song Clark Terry: The Hymn On the Trail Clark Terry: Having Fun Mumbles Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer: The Power of Positive Swinging Simple Waltz Hour 2: Clark Terry & The Big B-A-D Band: Live at the Wichita Jazz Festival 1974 Sheba Interview Excerpt #3: Duo Sessions Clark Terry & Red Mitchell: To Duke & Basie It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing Clark Terry & Red Mitchell: Jive at Five Cottontail (take 1) Clark Terry: Serenade to a Bus Seat (Keepnews Collection) Serenade to a Bus Seat Interview Excerpt #4: Composing Clark Terry & Jon Faddis: Take Double Climbing Old Fuji Clark Terry & Hia Orchestra: Featuring Paul Gonsalves Clark Bars Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer: The Complete Live Recordings 1962-1965 Stolen Moments Clark Terry: The Happy Horns of Clark Terry In a Mist Clark Terry: Clark Terry Spacemen Spacemen

Those were just the dates that were provided when I traded for this music. Thanks for the update.

I have recordings of several broadcasts: Erkel Theater, Budapest November 1, 1971 Kongresshalle, Boblingen, November 7, 1971 Yankee Stadium, Newport in New York, July 9, 1972 Paris, October 27, 1972

They probably have to seal Mosaic boxes to reduce pilferage, as shoplifters are notorious to do with gutting boxed sets.

If you find the Maynard Ferguson Mosaic box for under $400, it will likely be missing the box and booklet, or in less than near mint condition. Some of the inflated prices are a bit ridiculous, but everyone who wants to hold out for $800 or $1000 is welcome to do so. I finally bought one off Discogs this week after losing a second ebay auction, though I got hit with $30 in sales tax by the seller's state, which collects from everyone, not just residents.

My 1999 interview with Bob Brookmeyer, to get a few quotes for an upcoming article in his memory.

Please hold these two LPs for me and send me your email for Paypal: NBLP 17 Knuffke/Ellis/Wollesen "Chew Your Food" NNBLP 45 Ran Blake/David Fabris "Vilnius Noir"

I tried to find a variety of recordings with different lineups for this program, celebrating the late Dave Brubeck's 99th birthday two days late. Here is the playlist: The playlist for the December 8 broadcast, a belated 99th birthday tribute to the late Dave Brubeck, which covers from circa 1946 to 1975. Hour 1: The Dave Brubeck Octet The Way You Look Tonight Dave Brubeck Trio Distinctive Rhythm Instrumentals I'll Remember April Dave Brubeck Quartet Jazz at the College of the Pacific, Vol. 2 Crazy Rhythm Dave Brubeck Brubeck Plays Brubeck The Duke Dave Brubeck Quartet Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A. Nomad Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond At Wilshire-Ebell Let's Fall in Love Dave Brubeck Quartet Dave Digs Disney Someday My Prince Will Come Dave Brubeck Quartet & Jimmy Rushing Brubeck & Rushing Ain't Misbehavin' Dave Brubeck Quartet At Carnegie Hall Take Five Hour 2: Dave Brubeck Quartet Buried Treasures Forty Days Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Further Out Unsquare Dance Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Changes Unisphere Dave Brubeck Trio & Gerry Mulligan Live at the Berlin Philharmonie Out of the Way of the People Dave Brubeck Trio w/Louis Armstrong The Real Ambassadors Summer Song Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan We're All Together Again For The First Time Truth Dave Brubeck Trio with Lee Konitz & Anthony Braxton All The Things We Are All The Things You Are Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond 1975 - The Duets Koto Song Tony Bennett & the Dave Brubeck Trio The White House Sessions Live 1962 Chicago

I wonder how much the sound will improve, I've owned one of the European gray market sets for some time...

One of the worst was Will Calhoun's Live at the Blue Note on Half Note Records, which labeled the last track as Herbie Hancock's "Dolphin Dance," though it was actually McCoy Tyner's "Passion Dance." The poor sap who reviewed it for JazzTimes evidently rewrote the press release, if he coudln't immediately identify either of these well known songs, he probably shouldn't be reviewing jazz, especially for a widely distributed magazine. I think this was corrected with a later printing. There's also a SteepleChase CD which misidentifies John Coltrane's "Locoomtion" as being a Thelonious Monk work, an error repeated by liner note writer Mark Gardner, who has been around long enough to know better. I am trying to recall the name of the artist and album...

There are a number of reasons why I focused on Phil Woods' recordings for Philology Records. Phil called it his "retirement fund' in an interview I did with him a number of years ago and I own at least 30 CDs and 3 LPs (the three volumes of the Macerata Concerts, which haven't been reissued on CDs) featuring Phil as a leader on the label. Paolo Piangiarelli was not only open to featuring the jazz master in small groups, but as a solo artist, with big bands and several meetings with Lee Konitz, in addition to pairing him with brilliant artists like Enrico Pieranunzi, Franco D'Andrea and Stefano Bollani, though it seems a planned recording with Enrico Rava didn't take place. His first meeting with guitarist Irio De Paula so moved him that he switched to clarinet for the entire session. I was serviced for a time by Paolo Piangiarelli, but his releases seemed to stop suddenly and I heard that he had been battling depression. It was nearly impossible for him to get the glossy jazz magazines to review his releases and I'm sure distribution was a challenge for a small Italian label. The label website no longer seems to be active.

Coconut has no business being in any chocolate dessert. Nothing is natier than that paper texture that will get me reaching for a napkin to spit in a hurry...

Here is my playlist for the December 1 broadcast at wutc.org, from 3-5 ET. Phil Woods On Philology Records Hour 1 Phil Woods & Vic Juris Songs One Golden Earrings Phil Woods Ornithogy - Phil Salutes Bird Steeplechase Phil Woods & Catania City Brass Orchestra Phil On Etna Goodbye Mr. Evans Phil Woods & Irio De Paula Encontro (On Jobim) Samba Do Aviao Phil Woods The Solo Album Aimee Phil Woods & Lee Konitz Quintet Play Woods Squire's Parlor Phil Woods & Space Jazz Trio Phil's Mood Phil's Mood Phil Woods & Barbara Casini with Stefano Bollani Voce E Eu Estrada Branca Hour 2 Phil Woods & The Italian Rhythm Machine Woods Plays Woods And When We're Young Phil Woods Trio Just Friends Billie's Bounce Phil Woods & Enrico Pieranunzi Elsa Willow Weep For Me Phil Woods & Franco D'Andrea Balladeer Supreme Sweet Lorraine Phil Woods & Irio De Paula Blues For New Orleans Blues For New Orleans Phil Woods & Lee Konitz Phil & Lee: Two Brothers In Three Flats My Old Flame Phil Woods & Jesse Green Songs For COTA 2010 Django's Castle Phil Woods & Franco D'Andrea Our Monk Epistrophy

Are any of you voting NARAS members? I have thought about it, but never bothered to pay the annual dues to be able to vote.

Unfortunately, I don't think I own any of Phil Nimmons' Sackville releases. I am also unable to play LPs on my show since the station retired its last turntable a few years before I retired, a horrible decision prompted by the news director's demand for more space (there was plenty of room for it). I may donate one just so I can play stuff there instead of having to dub tracks onto a CDR at home.

I don't have the 3 CD compilation. John sent me a new Rossano Sportiello CD just after the interview and told me to put together a request list for back catalog items and for some dumb reason, I never did. It's not that I didn't want a lot of things that were still in print. Here is the playlist for both hours: Artist/Band - Song - CD tTtle Hour 1 Canadian All Stars Straight Back European Concert Willie The Lion Smith & Don Ewell Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now Doc Cheatham & Jim Galloway Way Down Yonder In New Orleans At The Bern Jazz Festival Ed Bickert & Don Thompson What Is This Thing Called Love At The Garden Party Ben Webster & Teddy Wilson In A Mellow Tone Ben & Teddy Harold Mabern Pent Up House Joy Spring Joe Temperley & Harry Allen Blues In The Closet Cocktails For Two Ronnie Mathews Tenor Madness At Cafe Des Copains Dick Hyman & Dick Wellstood California, Here I Come Stridemonster! Hour 2 Ruby Braff My Funny Valentine The Canadian Sessions Jay McShann & Don Thompson Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You? Solos & Duets Buddy Tate Quartet I'll Remember April Texas Tenor Jim Galloway's Wee Big Band Aluminum Baby Blue Reverie Don Friedman & Don Thompson Stella By Starlight Opus D'Amour Sonny Greenwich & Ed Bickert Oleo Days Gone By Dick Hyman & Ralph Sutton Viper's Drag Just You Just Me Junior Mance Yancey Special Junior Mance Special Ralph Sutton S'posin' More At Cafe Des Copains

There will be, though this label is one I pretty much had to purchase, as promos were few. I did interview John Norris a few months before his sudden death, though the publisher inexplicably held it until the day after he died. I may broadcast it at some future date.