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I have this on the way from CD Japan. Should be here this week. Cheating, but I'd take either of these. Probably the Birdland two-LP set as first choice.

Have a great one, FFA!

I hadn't noticed Christiern's post at the time, but this is beautiful...timeless. Happy birthday Al, wherever you are.

If NIke and Michael Jordan can sell Air Jordans for thirty years, it was about time to eliminate the shoe.

Just what I was thinking.

Playing old C-Melody saxes while shopping I could have caught some disease that was eradicated from the face of the Earth in 1924.

Who made that promise and is it enforceable?

Yes, thanks for the little treat during my Dallas week.

My wife once was given a cruise by an employer. That was a once-in-a-life for both of us.

Happy Birthday, big 'un.

He was a regular presence at Bay Area concerts in the '70s and '80s, including at least one where I was playing. Delightful guy to chat with. RIP, Mr. Keepnews.

Thanks for the Dallas tips, KH and JSngry.

A couple of days ago, if I recall, one of the moderators posted something mocking someone or some ones who had spammed the site. I wonder if they had some kind of attack.

Yes, thank you KH. I'm working in downtown Dallas, Sunday until Friday. I didn't spot anything I could squeeze in between office and hotel on a weekday evening. Is there a place downtown, maybe local talent? Thanks.

Thank you for the information. I see this on amazon.co.jp. Any US sources?

Wayne Shorter - Odyssey of Iska Sahib Shihab - All Star Sextets (Savoy double) Archie Shepp - Maple Leaf Rag

I'm just fininshing up another book (fiction) that's all about bone-fried bopsters - Allen Hoey's Chasing the Dragon. Onward to Chambers/Twardzik. (Thanks for the capsule review.)

I'd have to agree with the Harriott - have read it twice (1st & revised second editions) Also dug the recent Twardzik (Bouncin' With Bartok) & Nichols (A Jazzist's Life) tomes The Twardzik and the Nichols are the next two in my jazz reading queue. I suppose I could set the Harriott third.

And, I would add, a truly wonderful human being. We weren't close friends, but sometimes hanging out or talking on the phone that was easy to forget. RIP

John S' Birthday? Can't miss that one. I hope it's a great one!

Happy Birthday!

One Hundred Years of the Negro in Show Business by Thomas Fletcher? There's a used copy for € 365.98 on amazon .... US$245 at Alibris

I grew up at the Keystone Korner and was, therefore, really looking forward to this one. I was deeply disappointed. It touched on something like the "culture" of the club as a place to work, but really nothing on the culture of the place in the jazz community, nothing meaningful on the music or people who played there. Even my buddy the soundboard man got short shrift. The man was about a step-and-a-half behind the times, it seems to me. I enjoy reading his stuff, but I've got to be in the right frame of mind - like when I can "let it go".

Chicago Jazz: A Cultural History, 1904-1930 by William Howland Kenney

Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle A Diary of the Underdogs: Jazz in the 1960's in San Francisco By Don Alberts