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Thanks for clearing that up, T.D.

Oh yes — thanks to the board member here who turned me on to Tchicai's Timo's Message on Black Saint. Tchicai's on tenor throughout, and it's another splendid recording.

Any other admirers of the RCAs or Verves from '57-'58?

Say it ain't so! Where'd you hear this? Cadence has always been the most reliable source for hats for a long time ...

Fans of Tchicai need to check this one out: This is a very good disc. At first, I was a little wary of buying it because it's actually a Tchicai-with-sampled-music project, but Jon Coxon and Ashley Wales are providing the samples (called "strings" in the title of the disc), and they do a very tasteful job. Tchicai solos over the soundscapes that Coxon and Wales programmed (some of it in real-time, evidently), and the results are unusually moving. Only the last track (where Tchicai recites a poem) is somewhat off-putting. The rest of the tracks have that remarkable plaintive quality that Tchicai is so well-known for. Highly recommended. Again, if you're a Tchicai fan, you need to hear this one!

Someday ... these will be reissued on compact disc? Through the kindness of a board member here, I have two of the Sun Ra's. Excellent music. Whoever owns the rights to the Horo label really would do well to start a CD reissue program. I think, run in limited editions, they would more than break even. Use hathut as a model, and you're off to a good start!

Most of us here probably have the Blue Note sessions that Bud Powell recorded in 1958. But what about those recorded in 1957-58 on Verve and RCA? AMG generally dismisses these latter recordings, but there are some gems to discover. For instance, don't miss Strictly Powell on RCA. I think it's just as good, if not sometimes better, than the Blue Notes from this period. Bud's version of "Lush Life," as one example, is played with passion and commitment — very much worth hearing. Additionally, his original composition entitled "Coscrane" ranks right up there with, say, "Cleopatra's Dream." The RCA's aren't easy to find these days, but fans of Bud will do well to seek them out.

Those covers cry out to be collected into a box set. Thanks for the link, Guy, and thanks to Clifford for putting the page together. How should we start a campaign? Didn't even know about the Curson session. 1966? Sounds interesting. I've heard less than half of those recordings.

Dang, ain't that the truth! Anybody have recommendations for the best place to buy these online, in the US? Not much chance of finding these in any brick-n-mortars around here. Skid — as noted, jazzloft.com is a good place to purchase hats, as is squidco.com. BUT, cadencebuilding.com still has some of its regular priced hats ($20) on sale for $14 (!). The Marsh and the latest McPhee are both $14 there. Pretty good deals on those discs. I'd say that's the place to start. (They carry ALL in-print hatology discs, whereas other vendors carry only a selection.) Cadence usually only ships UPS, and their rates start at around $6 for shipping, but they still have the deepest catalog for these kind of labels. Cadence still has some original ESP reissues (the Byron Allen, for one) as well as some original Black Lion reissues. They also carry some of the old hatART titles for $11. Snoop around with the search engine, and you're liable to come away with a great (while perhaps expensive) haul.

I'd purchase the top four from your list. Haven't heard the D'Agaro. The Melford is good, but not great. I personally don't care for the Braxton. I'd get his other hats first, and make the Parker Project a low priority. If you're interested by Joe McPhee, I'd try some of his hats (Tenor). Also, I'd strongly recommend the newly reissued John Carter-Bobby Bradford disc on hatology. That is a superb outing. Free bop at its very best.

That would be a great reissue program! I don't even know all the Fontanas that came with Roling covers, but I'd buy a box set ( ) in less than a second. Those that I've heard (that happen to ahve Roling covers) have been great. I kind of doubt Universal (U.S.) will reissue these. Maybe Universal France, a la the Free America batch? Michael Cuscuna once told me (in passing, casual conversation via e-mail) that he'd like to do a Fontana Mosaic Select. I wouldn't necessarily get my hopes up, but that would great as well. Let's see, Marte Roling did covers for Marion Brown, John Tchicai, Paul Bley, Albert Ayler ... who else? (Don Cherry?)

Interesting (or at least curious) thread. When it comes to inflection and Shorter's use of it, try this: listen to when he plays a descending chromatic scale. Nothing special about it, really, it's just going down key-by-key on a piano. But when Wayne does it on a saxophone — it's somehow almost not a chromatic scale! (In fact, I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit, I've sometimes stopped while listening and thought: "Whoa! What scale is that? Is that one of Yusef Lateef's nifty scales?" Then I realize, um — hello, it's a chromatic scale.) Example: Shorter's solo on "Tom Thumb" There are other examples from Speak No Evil and the Plugged Nickel set, too.

Two rare Marion Brown records — In Sommerhausen and Gesprächsfetzen — are now available for download here. Carpe diem!

Dmitry — imagine outtakes from Rollins' And The Contemporary Leaders, and you've got your sound samples. Matsumoto has a little less fire than Sonny, which isn't surprising, but he can play. The sound on the disc is superb, too. There might be actual sound samples floating around somewhere, but I've never checked ...

I haven't run into a single clinker on Yazoo, and I would recommend nearly every title I have under the label. While some discs I like more than others (I'm not big on hokum, for example — Bo Carter, etc.), they all have some historical significance. Besides the most obvious candidates (Patton, Jefferson, Rainey, Blake), I'd give a to these artists' compilations on Yazoo: 1. Barbecue Bob (one of my favorites) 2. Blind Willie Johnson (haunting and beautiful) 3. Frank Stokes 3. Furry Lewis 4. Robert Wilkins 5. Blind Boy Fuller 6. Big Bill Broonzy The list goes on! Oh yeah — don't forget the Dave Tarras on Yazoo if you're a Klezmer fan. GREAT klez comp.

Heads-up! The Bards have the Matsumoto disc on sale for $11.99 right now. Great price for a good disc.

Curtis Fuller: The (Can) Opener Joe Henderson: Page One.4.1 (OSX) Ornette Coleman: New Jersey is Now! Ornette Coleman: Booty Call — and the little-known prequel soundtrack to "The Godfather": Don Wilkerson: Elder Don

Wayne Shorter: JuJubes

Jack Wilson: Something Personal (Bitch)

Sam Rivers: Ex-Con Tours Sam Rivers: A New Contraception Bobby Hutcherson: Die, Log

More RVG typo/HMV Japan curios: Donald Byrd: Royal Flash Donald Byrd: Free From and, of course, the requisite: Hank Mobley: Candy for Daddy _____________ Continuing on: Joe Henderson: Whose Thing? Grant Green: Am I Blue (or Cyan)? Grant Green: Idol Moments (Simon Cowell remix) Herbie Hancock: Investments & Dementia

Lee Morgan: The Swashbuckler featuring the standard: "You Got to My Head"

It's good, but not great. I haven't watched it for a while, but I remember a fair portion of the program is devoted to Blue Note "today" — meaning, being remixed for the DJ/club scene. Also, a somewhat annoying part of the documentary: whenever there's a full shot of an LP cover, the music rarely, if ever, is from that album. Might be confusing for those just getting into the label. The best part, for me, was about 15 seconds of live footage featuring Sonny Rollins from 1965 (which has nothing to do with Blue Note, actually) — a trio concert with NHOP and Alan Dawson. I'd say go for some of the Jazz Icons DVDs first.

MYCJ 30503 Monterose,J.R. (ts)/T.T.T. 2200 What album is this? Unless I skipped over it, I didn't see it here.

Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evel Knievel