Brad

So sad to hear this. I echo what everyone said. He was pure class all the way. Rest In Peace, my friend.

That’s a lot of stuff!

Too bad there’s no OJC anymore. Just ordered the AP SACD of All Night Long.

Bought this years ago but don’t think I ever listened to it

It was recorded in 1980. Hakim sounds ok to me but Walter Bishop, who also plays some Bird song, sounds better, more fluent, if that makes sense. One oddity (or so it seemed to me) on this set is that John Lewis plays himself.

Aside from his BN dates, I have a few other of his records and I prefer the BN ones, particularly Soul Stirrin’. The Bainbridge (or Time) one is pretty good, as I recall.

It’s definitely an odd photo with only Rowles in full body mode.

Me too.

Terrific double lp set of various artists playing bebop icons, e.g., Sadik Hakim plays Bird, Al Haig plays Dizzy, Barry Harris plays Monk, etc.

Going forward, the CD player is a thing of the past.

I was out driving yesterday for a prolonged period (dropping my son off at work to visiting a doctor briefly to visiting a record store) and turned on Real Jazz. The host, Mark Ruffin, was talking to Christian Bride. I think they called it a virtual tour or something like that. It was a fascinating two hours. Callers were asking McBride different questions (and the questions were stimulating ones). The show was interspersed with some of McBride’s music, including his A Movement Revisited. I had never heard his music before and I was impressed. This was what radio should be about. Best two hours spent driving in a long time.

I’d say Blue Note is quasi functioning or seems to be.

Ichiban is not bad.

They’re all subsidiaries of UMG.

I saw that in the newsletter. I rarely find anything interesting in it and by the time I do it’s sold.

I listened to the NPR program. Beyond words. I listened to Phil for many years and I just assumed that he’d be around forever and I probably took him for granted. It’s not until someone is gone that you realize how wrong you were and how much you miss him.

It worked for me as well.

The Pyrenees in Huesca, Spain.

Well put. Phil affected my jazz life in immeasurable ways. I had the privilege of listening to him for years as I drove to work. It is indeed fortunate that we still have his website to get needed fixes of Birdflight.

Just listened, coincidentally, to the one produced by Acoustic Sounds.

Steve Schwartz and Michael Fitzgerald have put together a discography interspersed with quotes. Some of those who helped are members here. https://jazzmf.com/art-blakey-chronology-and-the-jazz-messengers/

A documentary about Oscar Peterson — Oscar Peterson: Black + White — is coming to Hulu on February 15. Here’s the trailer.

I have tinnitus but don’t generally have problems falling asleep. Invariably I will nod off with the book I’m reading.