JSngry

I look at it like the Sarah was the be but of the song and the Raeburn was the debut of the full composition. Dizzy was present for both,fwiw Perhaps overlooked today is what a hustler Dizzy was in those very early days of bebop.

However, this one is given as 12-31-1944:

Alleged first recording.

I continue to be amused at how the "hard edged" tenor tones of the time required warning for general listeners. If they only knew what was coming!

Preference is not a consideration. Interest is, and it's total.

Bette Davis has some seriously crazy and dangerous eyes in this one.

Archie Bleyer owned Candid. Hentoff was A&R.

Because of the date covered. We're not yet into Classic Quartet and Beyond territory here. Or ok, this is the Classic Quartet, but at it's very beginning. They're playing "Giant Steps fo crissakes!!! MUCH was to follow.

Saw him with KB last summer in Detroit and he was rock solid RIP

I first head him on a post-Charles Lloyd Chico Hamilton record. I was not particularly impressed. On Round Trip, he damn near gets drowned by the rhythm section. No shame there, truthfully, those guys were on their own plane. And then he made that record where he "interpreted" Bird solos. Why? Hell if I know. Overall, he's not somebody I really care about

This is not really "equivalent" to any other live package due to the date. It's a window that we haven't had, at least not to this extent. That's not the only consideration, but it's one that should not be overlooked imo.

We had him over for dinner once. He was a big man, and he ate robustly but never gluttonishly. Similarly, his comportment was musicianly but always respectful, especially around my wife. The evening seemed to have been a delight for all!!!

To buy or not is not for me to say, but that is definitely worth hearing (to these of one's ability) a few times or more.

Oh no...what a great guy! RIP

That was the way to do it

Not weird at all. Social factors and different notions of ultimate musical visions. Just because you're there doesn't mean you're there.

Actually, no. Don't need it!

That's an imaginary Mosaic BY an imaginary Mosaic.

Not talking about music. Talking (wryly) about the claiming of "land".