Ken Dryden

I lost track of how many different versions I bought of this release to get the complete" session. I think that they found at least one more unissued alternate take after the Mosaic box was released.

Not Don Byas on track 3, not Charlie Byrd on track 8.

Red Norvo is not present, but Lou Levy is the pianist.

Correct on all counts. Any guesses about the other musicians?

My initial Blindfold Test (171) can is now available for download. I look forward to your responses. It was a lot of fun to put together and I hope that many of you will discover some music you just haven't had the opportunity to hear. http://thomkeith.net/index.php/blindfold-tests/

Disc 1 of this new arrival.

I own Greek Cooking. Not a landmark album by any means, but fun in an odd sort of way.

There are a vast amount of live broadcasts that have been recorded for radio or satellite broadcast and many of them deserve consideration for release. Imagine a boxed set produced from the Chicago Jazz Festival or Monterey Jazz Festival archives, not to mention Carnegie Hall, the Village Vanguard, etc. The trick is to find performances that will sell in sufficient quantities and making the numbers work. Some of these lawyers who block releases or ask for outrageous figures need to remember that keeping music locked up and inaccessible for sale all too often eventually leads to unauthorized European releases which pay nothing at all.

My copy arrived today. It is always funny when you feel like you are one of the first buyers of a newly issued set, yet my limited edition is numbered in the 2400 range. I guess Mosaic randomly pulls stock, as I doubt the they sold 2400+ copies that quickly.

Now if someone can convince a lot of young musicians fresh out of college that 75 minutes of their originals is all too often a bit too much.

I was already moving away from listening to much rock by the time Springsteen's star rose. I'm not bashing anyone who likes him, but his music is of no interest at all. I only got to see George Adams in concert once and he seemed under the weather. I think he died within a year or so.

As did I!

My review of Andrea Brachfeld's new CD will be in the June issue of The New York City Jazz Record.

Buster is playing tonight with Denny Zeitlin at Mezzrow if you have access to the webcast. I watched last night's sets.

Wasn't it Martha Glaser who kept blocking all of the reissues and historical releases? There is still a lot of Columbia Erroll Garner that hasn't been reissued in the US, but some of it has appeared in Japan.

Much like the attorney for the Paul Desmond estate who keeps blocking releases of historic material. Wait a few years and they'll end up on an Andorran label and their will be no royalties at all.

I think I have that reissue, let me check when I get downstairs (two flights) in a hour or so.

Daedalus' jazz offerings have shrunk considerably ub the past couple of years and most of the time their inventory is dominated by European gray market versions of music I already own released or reissued by the real owners.

It's been awhile since I've had the opportunity to visit a German restaurant. There used to be a terrific pastry shop owned by two German brothers in New Orleans, but they finally sold it and retired, now it's a satellite store for a larger bakery and it isn't the same.

Interesting website, reasonable prices, but I have everything in their jazz section that I need. It's worth revisiting in the future.

It reminds me of a certain jazz magazine that I contacted about becoming a contributor. I was rebuffed by the younger editor. Then they printed a review by an incompetent writer who didn't recognize a song on the CD he reviewed that was labeled as "Dolphin Dance" by Herbie Hancock was actually "Passion Dance" by McCoy Tyner. I wrote a rather nasty letter to the editor which ran unedited. I allowed my subscription to lapse after that incident.

I received my order from the upcoming open house sale. The Woody Shaw CBS set, which I had neglected to buy. Hope to listen to it this weekend after I finish transcribing and editing my interview with Jim McNeely.

I remember going into Tower Records in New York City and picked up a number of releasably priced Japanese jazz reissues, but there overall selection didn't blow me away compared to what Peaches had in a typical Southeastern store when they first opened in the mid-1970s. I think I only made it to J&R once and I can't remember what I bought there, but I doubt that I left empty-handed.

I was notified that a Mosaic order shipped yesterday. If you can't attend the open house that is coming soon, ask about getting a partial list of what they have available. Michael Cuscuna read my post here and emailed me a list, which I greatly appreciate. I guess that the Teddy Wilson is en route.