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I'm still trying to get the dreadful 1977 film Between the Lines out of my mind, though I walked out after 20 minutes or so of pure crap.
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23 hours ago, sambrasa said:
I can sense the Thrill is not only Gone, it might have never been There in the first place.
If if his music skills are like his acting ability, one should have low expectations for this CD.
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MIchael Cuscuna explained later that he did not have access to the Black Lion vault, so of course, the alternate takes from Monk's sessions were found after the Mosaic boxed set was released.
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PM sent:
Johnny Griffin - Sal Nistico - Roman Schwaller - three generations of tenor saxophone (JHM Records, 2 CDs recorded Munich 1985) - $13
The Jazztet - Voices All (Toshiba EMI) $11
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No need, I'll pass on this one...
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I think that the Fresh Air In Concert and The 1986 Floating Jazz Festival CDs are likely the hardest to find.
The first was only offered as a public radio premium in the early 1990s, back when Fresh Air focused on covering the arts a lot more than becoming just another news magazine, a huge mistake.
The Floating Jazz Festival CD was a bonus if you bought the entire Chiaroscuro catalog at one time. I already owned most of it and Hank O'Neal generously sent me this CD. I don't think it was ever sold separately.
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It drove me crazy, because of the number of CDs, the fact it wasn't insured, plus they weren't my CDs.
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I now require insurance on all LPs sold due to the damage inflicted by the USPS. I also learned that sending an LP in those small cardboard mailers via media mail is risky, due to the chance that someone may toss a 65 lbs. box of books on top of it at the post office. I now use larger boxes with padding, especially if it is an LP priced $20 or more.
I mailed a huge box of CDs to Felser a few months ago and the thing got near his Pennsylvania home before journeying to Memphis, back to Chattanooga, Knoxville then finally his home.
I recently tried to forward mail from a CPA firm to a previous owner of this house. Unfortunately, some bozo returned it to us instead of the CPA firm, clearly marked in the return address.
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Timeless Jazz webcasts on Sunday from 3 to 5 pm ET at wutc.org. There is a second feed on the HD-2 station the following Wednesday from 10 am to 12 noon ET. No podcasts are available yet, though I have all the shows from this year downloaded to a portable hard drive.
I am going to try to post playlists in advance for Timeless Jazz on a more regular basis.
The program for November 3 focuses on Collectives, Anthologies, Tributes and Rarities.
Artist/Band / Song / Album
Paris All Stars / Steeplechase / Homage To Charlie Parker
Contemporary Piano Ensemble / Valerie / The Key Players
Howard McGhee, J. J. Johnson, Harold Mabern, Sonny Stitt, Arthur Harper Jr., Max Roach / Wee / Tribute to Charlie Parker
Mel Tormé / Dat Dere / Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual
Gerry Mulligan Quartet / Open Country / Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual
Dave Brubeck / Thank You (Dziekuje) / Piano Grand! A Smithsonian Celebration
Donald Byrd, Curtis Guller, Julius Watkins, Sam Rivers, Cecil Payne, Tadd Dameron, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones / Aloof Spoof / Blue Note Presents The Lost Sessions
Kenny Burrell, Gene Bertoncini, Ted Dunbar, Rodney Jones, Jack Wilkins / West Coast Blues - Three Quarters Of The House / Project G-7 Tribute To Wes Montgomery Vol. 2
Joel Forrestor / Dr. Real / Fresh Air In Concert
Timeless All Stars featuring Bobby Hutcherson / My Foolish Heart / At Onkel Po's Carnegie Hall, Hamburg, 1982Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Max Roach, Percy Heath, Hank Jones / Confirmation / The Bop Session
Jimmy Rushing / Trix Ain't Walkin' No More / Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual
Svend Asmussen, Tal Farlow, Howard Alden, Chris Flory, Bob Badgely / Nuages / The 1986 Floating Jazz Festival
Bobby Watson, Fred Hersch / Soul Eyes / Last Night When We Were Young - The Ballad Album
Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach / After The Rain/Naima / Tribute To John Coltrane - Live Under The Sky
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HutchFan: I look forward to your upcoming blog. No matter how long any of us have been collecting, there are bound to be releases of interest that we never got to hear, overlooked or didn't know that they even existed at all.
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Between 2003 and early 2019 I recorded a number of phone interviews with artists for transcription or articles. There's only so much space and I often have enough interview material and music to create 2 or 3 two hour programs. The hardest thing has been finding available studio time, as I can't do digital editing at home and the station has an active news department, student producers and staff competing for studio time..
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I interviewed Harold Mabern in the past year or so and need to put together a program with his music. His enthusiasm was contagious.
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On 10/17/2019 at 8:06 PM, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:
dick hyman + ken peplowski on the lincoln center feed rt now*****
I was present for both sets, Bill Charlap joined them on piano for set 2. Lots of fun, the audience at set 1 included George Wein, Rachel Domber (Arbors Records), Gwen Kelley (Hot House publisher), i had great fun.
My first night in NYC I saw Kendra Shank wtth Frank Kimbrough and Dean Johnson at Mezzrow. Great music, though two airheads kept talking midway back in spite of several requests to shush. Kendra even left the band stand to address the issue. If Spike Wilner had been there he would have thrown those two airhead women out, the guy on duty was either clueless or lazy.
I saw Dan Tepfer at an unusual midday session centered on meditation where he played several Bach inventions then improvised on them. The mediation was difficult, as the hard shell plastic chairs were uncomfortable and the leader was so soft spoken I could barely hear him, but I was there for the music. It's a shame that Dan didn't record the brief set, as one improvisation really stood out.
My last light in town I was back at Dizzy's for both sets by Rufus Reid's big band. Reid's oriignals were a treat and the band was superb including: Vic Juris, Steve Allee, Scott Robinson, Steve Wilson, Ryan Keberle, Tim Hagans, Freddie Hendrix, Ingrid Jensen, Chris Beck and conductor Dennis Mackrel (the names that I remember). Too short a trip, but lots of stuff needing to be done back home.
An added bonus: I was first in line and ended up with a front and center table, then I was joined by Joe Lovano, Judi Silvano and Kate Baker (vocalist and Vic Juris' wife) during the first set.
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It was a part of my last Jazz Messengers order but I've yet to hear it, as it was a big order.
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Happy birthday, Terry Gibbs! Hope you are still having fun playing drums in your backyard studio.
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I am aware...
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1 hour ago, mjzee said:
This is showing on Amazon with a release date of October 11; seems to cover the same time period as Treasure Chest (but different tracks):
That 2 CD set looks suspiciously like a compilation of earlier LaserLight CDs, though I haven't compared them yet.
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I don't know how many people would be interested, but if this set has recording dates that would help, as would a catalog number or a link to a page with detailed info.
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Dan: And I already made my first Medicare claim.... Thanks!
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Anyone that stupid needs to be banned from the venue for good.
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This aritcle came about from my September phone interview with Dick Hyman. I plan to air some of the interview on Timeless Jazz in the coming weeks (not yet scheduled) and I will be at Dizzy's for both of his sets on October 16. It can be viewed on line at Hothousejazz dot com.
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Bill Mays shared a story about Alfred Marx, ("the lost Marx Brother, Cheapo") in his memoir. He was recording live with Marx sitting nearby and after a song that Mays thought turned out great, the producer leaned over and said, "Great take," then announced the time from his stopwatch.
Orrin Keepnews may have been crusty, but he produced a lot of great music in his long career, even if you excluded everything after Riverside.
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Good luck trying to photocopy the book, it would be a challenge to flatten it enough to get a good scan, let alone get readable text. I hope the designer was fired and banned from the music industry for the overall horrible design.
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It was one of the first jazz books I reviewed when it was first published. Unfortunately an editor at the newspaper shortened my review, leaving it with a transition that made absolutely no sense. I was embarrassed to send a tearsheet of it to Oxford University Press.
Interesting Interview With Ted Gioia
in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...
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I found it hilarious that he admitted to listening to the Monkees and was embarrassed by listening to ELP. If it was the dreadful Love Beach, then I would understand...