Brad

Shaw Nuff on Xanadu, also known as Bud in Paris. https://www.discogs.com/release/11799115-Bud-Powell-Shaw-Nuff

Best of luck Allen. Thoughts are with you.

Starting on this.

Disc 1.

Two different sessions. One in a big band session, one with Oliver Nelson, and one with her trio, which I prefer.

If you want to see a newly restored doc about Bix for free, see this article in JazzWax. However, you only have until tomorrow Documentary: Bix Beiderbecke Here’s an interview by Marc Myers with the filmmaker, Brigitte Berman. Brigitte Berman on Bix Beiderbecke

From what I have read Liu’s assassination was a result of his bio of Chiang, not the Seagrave book, which was very good.

I’ve been to a mall one in the last two years and that was only to use the bathroom a few weeks ago. It was pretty quiet.

Dr. B3 The Soul of the Music From what I can tell this is a documentary still being made.

The Dr. moniker was sort of like his saying I’m a doctor in bringing music to people. Here’s an article about him and the turban from an Indian arts site. The Self-Styled Sikh Legend Of Acid Jazz

His latest (and I assume last) album, Breathe, was a wonder. RIP.

I received my set (cd) a few weeks ago and have been slowly going through it. Disc 6, in my opinion, is the best so far, with Neophilia, Nommo, Peyote and Absolutions. This is the third and fourth sets on Saturday, July 10 and Mabern is just killing it. Outstanding.

I think it might have been in the late 90s but he broke down and analyzed Slim’s Jam in minute detail. I think he did this over two or three shows, if my memory is correct. It was fascinating and absorbing. Maybe it was too minute but I didn’t think so; I learned a lot from him.

He played with Bird on the Ko Ko sessions from November 26, 1945.

Here is some more info via CD Japan: ”A historic performance that revolutionized jazz culture in Japan. The sound source for this album was recorded for the documentary film "Kuroi Sakuretsu" that followed the tour in Japan, but the film was destroyed due to rights issues, and the whereabouts of the master tape have been unknown for a long time. In 2017, the tape was discovered in the estate of a film crew member, and after several years of research, Blue Note Records in the U.S. has now released it worldwide.”

Hope things are now on the upswing. Will keep you in my thoughts.

Blue Note has announced a new Art Blakey set scheduled for release on November 5: a live 1961 recording in Tokyo. It will be released in both LP and CD formats. ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - FIRST FLIGHT TO TOKYO: THE LOST 1961 RECORDINGS

I haven’t tried streaming but on Hoffman I notice that a lot of people like Qobuz.

NY Times obituary. Phil Schaap, Grammy-Winning Jazz D.J. and Historian, Dies at 70