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Dyani's been discussed on this board at least once before here. I ended up with two Steeplechases, and have really enjoyed them. He also plays the shite out of the bass on Lacy's The Forest & The Zoo.

I think Pinsky still plays, no? Say, are you going to Irvine in March? The (creative writing) program is having a 40th anniversary celebration, and Pinksy is going to be one of the featured readers. The celebration is ostensibly to honor James McMichael's work — as he established the program (I think with Oakley Hall) in 1965. McMichael, along with Killarney Clary, is my favorite poet writing in English. His new book Capacity, not quite yet out in stores, is to me on a level of technical mastery and inventiveness that equals Joyce.

What do you guys think of the writing on the two Coral albums? I think it's pretty good. Nothing earth-shattering, but some interesting harmonic turns here and there. Zoot Sims' ballad feature on Volume 2 is especially attractive.

Aha ... that makes sense. I'd recommend this disc to nearly anyone. Deep Discount actually pulled through for me on this title (at $14, I think it was) — well worth it. Superb sound, and even better music ... especially if you're a Lacy fan.

Ditto that — Joe Christmas first hipped me to that date, and it's a fine one. I just can't get with McPhee's soprano playing, but his tenor playing ...

Well, I guess I'm in that minority too. Tenor gets a lot of airplay here, but I just don't reach for For Alto that often. Now, the Donaueschingen duos with George Lewis, that's another story ...

Gots it! (I just happened to have been listening to Vol. 2. Both are very nice.) In a way, Hal McKusick's Bethlehem record could be considered a Manny Albam album ...

I can help with a burn (but unfortunately don't have the liners). Sent a PM. The show must go on! (at WFIU).

Oops. OK. I was thinking of this one: Great disc!

Listening to this one right now and really enjoying it ~ Does Albam ever play on his records? (I'm guessing yes ... on some?) What Albam albums do you like / would you recommend?

The JRVG of Takin' Off is very nice. Dexter's sound comes through in all its rich loveliness. (Some — well, a lot of — JRVGs drive me batty, but others really hit the mark. The current JRVG I'm loving is Spring.)

I'm excited about the Bechet-Solal session, and the Williams session as well (— didn't even know about the existence of the latter). The others, strangely enough, I have through Vogue (BMG) Japan, except for the Bebop disc, which, if I'm not mistaken, I have at least in part (without the Royal session, that is) in the Jazz in Paris series. Love that disc. Just played it last night, in fact.

Ahh ... OK. Kerning it is — that's what I was thinking of. (Why did I spell it "querning"? Too much Scrabble, maybe.) Miles' kerning is usually tighter, and this seems (at least to me) a good path to follow to cop his lovely style. Not a diss on Roques, mind you. His stuff is very nice.

Or ... give Keane his own trumpet section! I've actually never heard any trumpet player perform this way, and would be interested in checking it out. Any good examples out there? (Sidewinder, don't change your current avatar — at least for a while! I'm liking it.) Sorry for derailing somewhat ...

Am I thinking leading or querning? (I guess I should just go and look it up.) Another Jackie cover I'd like to see a "new" version of, for purely selfish reasons, is Demon's Dance. There's nothing wrong with the cover, I guess I'd just like to see a "Reid Miles" version of it. Another observation: I think Reid was fond of pink! The shades of pink and purple he uses I've actually found very tasteful. If you look at Roques' covers to (using Jackie as an example) Vertigo and Jacknife, I don't think you would have seen Miles use those choices (red and yellow). Miles did use red a fair amount, but I think this was generally with a duotone. (Could be wrong about that.) Anyway, just some food for thought. Maybe I should be posting this in a Reid Miles thread. There probably is one!

A (typographical) comment in general ~ Have any of you ever noticed how Reid Miles almost consistently tended to make his leading (I think that's the right word) tight, whereas Patrick Roques' leading is looser? It seems a "give away" that it's a Roques' cover (which I still like) as a result.

... and, along those lines, maybe we'll get to hear Buddy Bolden some day!

Very nice, John! Maybe Kevin can e-mail it to Cuscuna ...

An understatement — and great idea! Imagine: Tony Coe: tenor saxophone, clarinet Shake Keane: trumpet Joe Harriott: alto saxophone Jaki Byard: piano Charles Mingus: bass Dannie Richmond: drums Late '65? Early '66? The forgotten "British" sextet?

Hey John and Jeff ~ Wanna try a cover for Jackie's Tippin' the Scales? There's already a fantastic Japanese cover, but the American one is godawful. Just a thought ...

When you've had some time to go over it, could someone post a mini-review of The Best from the West here? Thanks in advance! (I'm sure the music is top-notch.) One point of interest: the Japanese Decca reissues of the "Jazz Studio" sets, while expensive, sound pristine (well, at least those I have). Jazz Studio 6 is especially nice. Lonehill's much cheaper, but the Japanese seem to have had access to the original tapes? If Lonehill's going to exercise the leniency (?) of copyright law in Spain, why don't they just wait for the Japanese remasters, and use those for their discs? I guess I don't really know enough about the situation here to speculate in any educated fashion. Thoughts?

Kari, I'm not familiar with the Massey Hall disc, so the compositions Quincy and I heard may already be in Hancock's "book." It didn't seem like it, however, as the whole band was often reading from sheet music (namely Hancock). Hargrove appeared to have most of the heads memorized, but even Carrington was reading a chart at times. Hard to tell ... but one thing's for sure — some good writing for that set! Looks like Hancock was just in Davis, California, or is about to be. Did anyone go?

Nice notes Eric (Quincy)! Good to have another impression of the same show. For an opening night, I'd agree, that was a pretty impressive performance. The woman to my left (in her early 60's I'd say) actually fell asleep! Meanwhile, a little girl (about 11) on my right appeared to bop her head through nearly the entire show. (Now watch, that girl was your daughter, and we were actually sitting next to each other ... )

I like it better than the "original" Japanese cover. Nice hair!