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You were one year ahead of me — I started in the fall of ‘87, and graduated in the spring of ‘91. Yeah, I got smitten with Miles’ 2nd Great Quintet at the same time as the 1st. And I was seeking out Joe’s Milestone output just as fast as his Blue Note stuff, right from the very start. So for me, Joe’s Milestone years *wasn’t* something I discovered later, but it was all co-equally absorbed along with his BN output, right from the git-go. I’m sure I had close to 75% of Joe’s entire Milestone years (dubs I made on cassette) before I’d even heard more than a smattering of 15 Blue Note albums tops (by any Blue Note artists, not just Joe). You see, there weren’t ANY Blue Notes up in the college radio station’s music library, but they did have most of Joe’s Milestone LP’s. So Joe’s entire Milestone output (well, most of it) was VERY formative in my early, EARLIEST jazz listening. Hell, I might(?) have even heard all those Joe Milestone albums before I ever heard Bitches Brew, come to think of it (though Jack Johnson was another Miles 70’s date I did hear/get pretty darn early — a good year or two before I ever heard Bitches Brew).

Black Narcissus (released in Jan 1977 - Joe’s last Milestone album), is right the hell up there too. But I agree, Multiple is one of Joe’s very finest specifically from the 70’s. Though really, that entire Joe ‘Milestone’ box is one of my all-time favorite boxes ever! — out of close to 25 similarly sized Jazz boxes I own. Joe was killin’ after he left Blue Note. Power To The People (1969) was one of the first four (4) jazz albums I ever owned (along with Mode For Joe, plus KOB and Nefertiti) — and I listened to those four albums on endless repeat dozens of times each, for about 4-6 weeks right after I got them (I had them as cassette dubs at the time). This was roughly my junior year in college, circa 1989. Then I picked up Multiple on CD not too much after that, my senior year (around 1990) — and I also made cassette dubs of about 3-4 other of Joe’s Milestone albums, all borrowed from the college radio station. I never could keep the album titles straight, but I listened to them a ton too.

Question: Was the Joe Henderson the only Milestone box-set they ever did? I always wished they’d have done a similar McCoy box, but the odds of that now are slim to none.

Tom here, Bertrand. Not sure if the acetate(s) even exist any more — the video trailer for that album says the source was a tape (presumably reel) of an acetate — and I’m assuming the acetate(s) either are long lost, or else not playable any longer (or in worse shape than the tape). I’m assuming the tape was made decades ago — or at least not recently (how long ago would be totally conjecture).

I assume the acetate is essentially contemporaneous to the 1965 session. But was the tape of it also from that era, or much later? — and how much later? (And was the tape used, because the acetates were lost? — or because they were essentially unusable??) And I presume, the tape was reel-to-reel? And was the source of the reel then presumably Odean? Many thanks for your insights on this, and anything else you’d care to share. Another question: is Odean on every track / every take? Or are there any piano-trio tracks (not unlike, perhaps, Andrew Hill’s Blackfire). Thanks again!!

Hello!! Good to have you back on the board! (And I think we have a friend in common, in Kansas City.) I’m so incredibly excited about this news, and March 5th can’t get here quick enough. Literally counting the days (only 81, as of today). Hey, since you can ID the 2 specific tune names in that trailer clip, what else can you tell us about this session? Like about how long is it? - including the 3 alternates. And/or is there anything else you can tell us about it?

Seeing this McCoy quote mystery thread again, I’m not remembering ever having seen this post about John Dennis — a name I’m also not recalling in the slightest... and a quick google search of course leads back to an Organissimo thread. NOT the first time that’s ever happened too, btw — me googling a number of obscure jazz artist names, only to discovering one of the top 10 or even too 5(!) search hits is an Organissimo thread!

Semi-serious question (really!) — which is more rare... 1) curved sopranos? or... 2 (collectively speaking, meaning both of these together, combined) straight altos and straight tenors?

This is entirely anecdotal, but I’ve had 20+ homemade CDR’s become unreadable after 5-10 years — where I’ve only had 2 real CD’s (out of over 8,000) fail in 30 years (for reasons other than scratches, etc). My concern is not that “most” CDR’s won’t last for 20 years or more, but that any particular CDR would seem to have a much higher probability of failure over time. We don’t own any cars any more (hello city-living, since 2011) — but I especially wouldn’t trust a CDR to stand up to lots of playing in a front-loading car player, nor to the extremes of weather. No idea if they’re especially susceptible to heat — or cold (or both) — but I just don’t trust ‘em, like I do real CD’s.

I see they have a brand new Matthew Sweet album coming out in January too.

Any guess as to whether Dusty will carry this? At least they often often have scheduled releases listed super early (though not this one yet).

For those like me, who didn’t recognize the drummer...

Begrudgingly, I guess I don’t really blame them — but I absolutely loath this trend. Then again, with physical releases seemingly going the way of the dodo, I suppose it’s better than nothing.

I absolutely love the integration of the vigorous string quartet writing (“comping” a bit more than than entirely front and center — but WAY more front and center than most “with strings” sorts of projects) — with the rest of the band. The writing and arranging here is complex, but not quite chaotic. I also love the way the strings are recorded here too, very in-your-face sounding (in terms of timbre) — I think(?) perhaps close-miked, and in a pretty dry space (little reverb) — a kind of bold choice in terms of pure sound, imho.

С днем рождения!!

GARY THOMAS Not everything, but the better/best half of his output is just divine (which includes a bit from the late 80’s).

Was on a Zoom mtg this morning with about twenty 6 & 7 year olds (and their parents), for a virtual 6th birthday party for the son of a friend of ours. If you have any similar circumstances, and are looking for some special entertainment for the little ones — I can recommend the virtual distanced fun that is BubbleDad... https://www.bubbledad.com/

Wendell Harrison - Farewell to the Welfare (Unreleased, 1975)

Hoping for the very best possible outcome for your dad, jazzbo — and strength to you and your family.

I’ve always loved the timbre of Chuck D’s voice. I can’t say I have a ton of rap in my collection, but Public Enemy has always been high on my list, and I had a lot of respect for them back as early as the late 80’s. I also loved the density of their production — none of which made any ‘sense’ — but just hit me (aurally) in a way that always seemed interesting and challenging. And the richness of Chuck D’s baritone seemed way more musical to me than most rappers back then, and even now.

Isn’t that the same(??!!) cover that was on the very first mention of this release well over 10 years ago — over 15 years ago even?? — on Tolliver’s own really basic website?” (Like almost exactly the same??) Back before anyone had any idea what year the release had material from. Edit: ok, found it... http://www.serecs.com/coming.html I’m gonna go out on a limb that and say this probably ISN’T the actual cover for this release. I think someone from Dusty saw the “cover” on Tolliver’s ancient website, thought it was the legit cover for this concert finally seeing the light of day... But I just don’t think this will actually be what the final product looks like. Only time will tell.

Gobble, gobble!!

How are we doing on donations? The board auto-widget suggests we need another $850 or so just to get even with 2020 board expenses (to say nothing of 2021). I leveraged a $200 donation to the board last month (I gave a board member 9 fairly minty OOP Masada CD's, vols 2-10 -- all of the series he was lacking -- in exchange for his gracious donation of $200 to the care/feeding/maintenance of the board). And how are you doing, Jim? You've only posted twice since March, and I often hope you and your lovely family are doing well / are safe and sound. Many thanks for all you do around here, keeping the lights going and all. I'm sure I'm alone in saying how much we appreciate it!! Stay safe, and thanks again!