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I only know Carmen Dragon by his later work on Capitol, so there's nothing there that would make me or my blood run, cold or otherwise. Forrest was certainly a star pop singer at the time, so I'd expect "trappings", but I'd also expect her to be totally badass. Neither expectation seems unreasonable in the least!

Definitely worth tracking down.

Here's a brief but really good conversation between Sal & Tubby Hayes. http://jazzpro.nationaljazzarchive.org.uk/Exchange/HayesNistico.htm

Is the accompaniment identified at all?

In fairness, I do not have the Keepnews Collection version of this single disc. Is there any chance that they used that essay for it? Not always, but often enough, I like later LP reissues instead of "replica originals" precisely for the liner notes. This is one such example.

all day i face the barren waste without the taste of of water.

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I had never heard of those Michael James pieces. Nice to have that corrected!

Absolutely nothing to quibble with about Dan Morgenstern's essay, I remember it well and it is indeed all that. He had variants of it, but for me, this was the best version. But dammit, the blogger gives the wrong album that this essay was in. It was in a Milestong two-fer, M-47015. If people are going to get by on coyping-pasting, they should at least get their own limited commentary correct. Phone a friend first, or at least an old guy. The open gatefold cover photo was seriously serious, totally Hawkish at least as he is in my mind..

It's excitingly weird to hear this about a week after some Don Ellis. THREE cellos, you tell me life ain't grand!

I've never been a silent movie "buff", but that was an "event". Seeing it on a "big screen" and reading the advance hype/history really opened my eyes (no pun intended) to the expressive potential of the whole thing. Still can't say I'm totally into it, but I don't go out of my way to avoid them, no way. Caught a bunch of Hitchcock silents on a Roku PD channel not too long ago, and...yeah. It works.

Dude, if you haven't already, you may well want to see this one if/when possible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napol%C3%A9on_(1927_film) I caught it on its 1980 tour in a theater, and it was pretty much a mindfuck.

Amazon has it through 3rd parties, but Dem Dam Dusties gots it better: https://www.dustygroove.com/item/888751

Pretty good, but I wonder who directed the programming...there's a lot of standards re-arranged to at least some good effect. But Chambers is such a strong composer, I'd have preferred the ratio to have been the other way around. Sill, Joe Chambers & Gary Bartz, it don't suck!

https://www.houstonpress.com/music/the-day-the-kkk-bombed-kpft-6497751 If by "they" you mean the KKK, you are indeed correct!

I'd send somebody over to tie them to some crates of tea and then throw them into the harbor when nobody's looking. That's some real punkass behavior, really. If you find it, bring it back. If the organization has any sense at all, there will be a goodwill gesture. But to "negotiate" for return...that's weasel behavior. I see there's a term called "Masshole". Having not yet had the pleasure of the opportunity to visit New England, I can't speak to that being a real thing or not. But if there is, this is it.

I started reading them when they were Radio Free Jazz. They had good writers, and were the home to the last outputs of Stanley Dance (which was a fascinating thing to watch). I read Jazz Times too for a good long bit, although I've not been interested for quite a while now. Still, quite a contribution. RIP.

Never met the man myself (exchanged letters a few times in the previous century, but that's it), but his business life has been one of enlightened service to the jazzmusic consumer, and I for one am extremely appreciative. More than "Happy Birthday", I'd like to say thank you, sir, and please please please keep a finger (or more) in the ongoing operations of Mosaic records. Please! If I need to run fetch a cape, let me know!

PM sent!

I believe that tinting was sometimes done on original releases, as sort of a "precursor" to color, is that correct? Not exactly a technical precursor, but an artistic choice to create mood?

intriguing....

I don't usually like Burl Ives, find him a bit creepy, actually. But he gets it right here. I guess between Owen Bradley and the Anita Kerr Singers he had to! he's a devil not a man - and he spreads the burning sand with water. That's deep, for real.

Yeah, I had this card and was happy to have it, but what's up with the My Favorite Martian thing? And this, no attempt to change the cap insignia, whaddup, Topps, hadn't learned that trick yet? and here's Bob Buhl on the lam from one of his frequent run-ins with good, decent people all over this great land of ours: Ah, the Browns...

You got a ladder or something to reach up top?