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I’ll have to check it out. Funny enough, I really really love his very first string quartet (one of, like, isn’t it 15?). Don’t know how important it is, but it’s a real gem.

Midway thru the other day, I accidentally stumbled on what I guess was the debut showing on HBO, and watched about 5 minutes worth. It was a part that focused on Pat Metheny’s reaction to Mr. G overdubbing Louis Armstrong. We had just watched a brilliant HBO documentary about Gordon Parks (highly recommended) that we’d DVR’d days before. So I flipped over to the station live to scroll thru our cable-tv grid to see what else I might record later - and low and behold, Metheny’s polemic was being delivered by a chorus of mostly anti-G voices. So on that basis, anyway, I set the DVR to record the thing later this week — but who knows when I’ll get around to watching it.

QUESTION: Have all the photos in the "licensing" section of the mosaicimages website been published? I mean, there are LOTS I've never seen before, but I don't have quite all the books of imagery that have come out over the years (I think I may have one, irrc, come to think of it -- but off the top of my head, there have been at least 3-4, irrc). (I'm deliberately hot-linking to only the most obscure of the obscure images/names I can find among all those they have in the "available for licensing" section. They've gone to some pains to try and disable anyone's ability to download these images, or to even link to them. I did find a convoluted workaround to get to the bare URL's for the images themselves, but I don't want to expose anything (here) other than some images that would probably in demand to practically no one whatsoever.) For instance this one... WMONCGF01 GRACHAN MONCUR II Ike Quebec's "Swing Seven" session, WOR Studios, NYC, July 17, 1945. And another one... CVITOM01 MIROSLAV VITOUS Donald Byrd's "The Creeper" session, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 5, 1967.

If I might ask, did your company ever or yet state what the consequences/repercussions would be for employees failing to get vaccinated by the deadline? -- Either back when it was Dec 1, or now when it's 3 months later. Termination of employment? Higher healthcare premiums? Some other penalty?

The liners admit that these are all recordings made in Spain, but not everyone represented is of Spanish blood. For instance, Track 2 is by Dusko Goykovich (his band, put together in Germany) -- though the track does include Tete Montoliu on piano, and it was recorded in Barcelona.

Is it Gen Z -- or the younger half of Millennials?? -- that seem to have a rabid (but admittedly small) following that are interested in cassettes??!!! I've been in 2-3 or maybe 4 different used record stores in the last 3-4 years -- and they had BIGGER selections of used cassettes, than they did CD's. Like WTF is up with that?? I took pictures with my iPhone, just to show my wife, because I knew she'd never believe me in a million years. One place had all the CD's in a back room, unorganized, just in boxes -- but all their cassettes were right up front in racks on full and prominent display. Never a million years would I have believed it, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. And this wasn't just one store either!! I'm thinking this was in at least 2 or 3 different cities -- hours apart, in opposite directions from DC too, north and south.

I especially wanted to highlight the very last track, which is 20 minutes long -- fully half of the album from which it came. And in this case, the half included here is (imho) much better than the other side not included (in other words, I'm NOT too disappointed not to have the entire thing on CD). The other half of the album (the one NOT on this various-artists CD) is much, much more 'free' -- perhaps like disc 2 of Chick Corea's "Complete 'IS' Sessions" (the first comparison I can think of). It's 'good' too, but not something I'd listen to as often. Anyway, give this a spin and see what you think. I'll see if I can find some other tracks from the CD and post them down below as separate posts as this topic develops. Here are the particulars of this track: Music Director, Alto Saxophone, Written-By – Vlady Bas Piano – Juan Carlos Calderón Contrabass – David Thomas Drums – Pepe Nieto Released in 1973 https://www.discogs.com/release/14917644-Vlady-Bas-Free-Jazz-Vlady-Bas-En-La-Universidad- I think this track is really the bee's knees, and is the main reason I started this thread.

I picked up a brand new, sealed copy of this remarkable 75-minute various-artists CD from Dusty Groove recently, for only $5.99 (and if they get any more in stock, that'll likely be the price again -- right now it says "temporarily out of stock" on their site, so they'll probably get more). Probably the best on-line description of the the thing is here (and you can sample every track at this first link too). Very little on this CD has ever been on CD before. https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/va-feten-rare-jazz-recordings-from-spain-1961-1974-cd/VAMPI.146CD.html There is also a 20-minute "promo-mix" (from Javi Bayo, the compiler) with highlights from most of the CD here: https://www.mixcloud.com/javibayo/feten-rare-jazz-recordings-from-spain-promo-mix/ The Dusty Groove verbiage really doesn't do the release justice, but here 'tis anyway: https://www.dustygroove.com/item/634774 1. Catalònia Jazz Quartet - "El Cant Dels Ocells" (1966) - 3:24 2. Dusko Goykovich - "Bosna Calling" (1971) - 6:07 3. Modern Jazz Sextet - "Israel" (1974) - 8:05 4. Elia Fleta, Jazztet de Madrid - "Rememberance To Madrid" (1966) - 2:37 5. Tino Contreras - "Marcha De Los Dioses" (1965) - 3:09 6. Mantequilla y Su Conjunto - "Jamboree" (1961) - 3:42 7. Lou Bennett - "Movimiento" (1968) - 6:31 8. Juan Carlos Calderón - "Psique" (1968) - 3:27 9. Jazz Group - "Tema Per Alicia" (1974) - 3:24 10. Nits de Jazz al Jamboree - "Asteriscs" (1968) - 4:13 11. Juan Carlos Calderón - "Sambando" (1968) - 6:25 12. Nits de Jazz al Jamboree - "Solar" (1968, previously unreleased) - 3:02 13. Vlady Bas - "Laberinto - 2ª Parte" (1973) -19:07

PM coming...

Totally forgot about this. But I just looked, and I do have one!! Minty fresh too -- from the tag, I got it from Dusty Groove at some point, so it's in as good as they sell. Not sealed, but still in those nice disc-sized bags DG sends stuff in. Can't say I ever even opened it when I got it -- but I just looked, and the disc is pristine, liners too. I'll send it to you for free if you like (I'll cover the postage too), if you can make a good contribution to Jim for the upkeep and maintenance of this board (direct to him, I don't need a penny). Before you do, we should chat by phone briefly and I can run down some other goodies in my box of duplicates and trade-bait (that I'm too lazy to type up). I'll send you a PM in a bit. Glad I had one!

Isn’t that rich.

We’ll goodness, gracious — lookee, lookee! And “Isotope” starts at 11:28 (that isn’t the song length). Joe Henderson & Kenny Drew trio, Molde Jazz Festival, Norway, August 1968 (colorized) Titles 1. Chelsea bridge 00:00 2. Isotope 11:28 Joe Henderson (tenor sax), Kenny Drew (piano), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (bass), Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums).

I “like” them both quite a bit, though the absence of any of Joe’s originals is always an obvious detraction — which is what keeps me from really loving either of them. The live document with Nat Adderly from Oct 1966 has some fiery-er playing from Joe than either of the two Left Banks with Wynton Kelly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_Memory_Lane But it’s a damn shame there’s nearly NO examples of Joe playing any of his own stuff in the 60’s — save for this one and ONLY example, at least that I’m aware of… “Isotope” Monterey, 1966

My wife and I just saw a local production of Assassins about 3 years ago — which I had long wanted to see, simply because the idea behind it seemed so incredibly and utterly unconventional. It was fascinating, and quite thought-provoking — and I might even like to go see it again in another decade.

Via Media Mail: Ordered from Dusty Groove on Monday evening, and got a shipping notice on Tue, 11/23. The initial USPS estimated delivery date was supposed to be 11/30 (Tue next week), by 9pm… But I just got word that it was delivered about 10 minutes ago — fully 4½ days EARLY!! Again, via Media Mail.

I understand only the Moderna booster is 50% of the ‘regular’ dose for the 1st and 2nd shots. BUT that Moderna may actually still be stronger. From a Reddit thread I saw on Nov 17 (I know the date, because I txt-msg’d this to my cousin on that day)… In the comments on a Reddit thread, two different Reddit posters cited these particular figures about Moderna vs Pfizer: “A Pfizer full shot is 30 micrograms of mRNA, whereas a full shot of Moderna is 100 micrograms. So a half shot (booster) of Moderna (at 50 micrograms) is still more mRNA than a full shot of Pfizer.” …and nobody else on Reddit refuted these figures. So (yes) I don’t have a source, but I think this is more than likely accurate. (But whether that’s really “apples to apples” or not, I guess I’m not sure.) FWIW, I went with Moderna for my booster anyway, despite the “50% dose” thing — which I knew before making my decision. Oh, also, my wife’s doctor of ~6 years said she felt strongly that Moderna booster was the best of all the options — although I didn’t hear this until after I’d already gotten my Moderna booster (and after my wife had gotten her Pfizer booster).

My arm was very sore for 36 hours, but I’d get the Moderna again if I had it to do over. I’m sure Pfizer is good too — and I’m not trying to talk it down — but there was no way in heck I’d get J&J again. That said, J&J was deemed “effective” at the time — and in defense of all these drug manufacturers, they were all doing their damnedest at the time to develop a vaccine under the gun, with no way to know the various longterm effectiveness of each one. We are all lucky there were multiple “good” options developed so quickly, including J&J (even if it doesn’t appear to last as long). It’s too easy to Monday-morning quarterback all this, and I’m trying not to be hyperbolic about my not wanting J&J again — especially since theirs could have just as easily been the best one as far as anyone knew… …but ESPECIALLY since so many people around the world haven’t even been vaccinated yet (some of whom will yet die of Covid), while so many of us here in the US and other parts of the “western world” have the privilege to be debating 3rd booster shots. In other words, I’m trying to be mindful of how lucky most of us are — I’m assuming practically all of us on this board — to have such easy and free access to multiple vaccines and boosters on top of that.

From what I’ve read, Moderna is the longest acting immuno-response. Even if you get a strong reaction to the vaccine, personally I think it may well be worth it.

My Moderna booster last week (after my J&J, 6 months ago) — made my arm sore as hell… But other than being a little tired, both of my Shingrix shingles shots earlier in the year were way worse — chills all night and overnight, shivering, and my teeth were even chattering after my first Shingrix shot (even bungled up under 2-3 layers covers).

Maybe it was just the Joe Henderson then. Seems like it dropped out of nowhere.

For whatever reason(s), I seem to vaguely remember they didn’t do preorders for the last 2-3 or even 4 sets they released. I’m half sure that the Joe Henderson and Hank Mobley 60’s sets dropped as live orders, with no presale period. This is in contrast with whatever earlier sets in the recent (but not as recent) past, where they tried to get so many pre-orders as they could in order to bring the set to final fruition — I’m thinking the most recent Woody Herman set was maybe like that? I forget all the specifics, but all that’s what’s rattling around in my head, if anyone happened to also remember any of that.

Yup, that’s the holdup — and seems to be the only holdup.

On the far right too, with Monk… Source: https://jazzontherecord.blogspot.com/2020/05/hank-mobley-and-bobby-timmons-on-screen.html?m=1

Can’t remember if I have an extra copy of this (vol 2, both Capricorn albums) — but I might. Am about 1,000 miles from home/DC at the moment, visiting my Dad in St. Louis. I can check when I’m back on Saturday or Sunday. Agree with Jim 100% that both these albums are even more more Mwandichichi than even Herbie’s own. Top drawer material, both of them, but especially the first one.