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Also related to the "October Revolution" are all those those Fontana dates, if not immediate, in terms of "ripple effect"...this one recorded in part at the 12--29 64 Judson Hall gig: https://www.discogs.com/Jazz-Composers-Orchestra-Communication/release/2749113 This whole series, get 'em however and in whatever iteration you can...I resorted to those Andlusian bastards for some, so believe me when I tell you that I am no stranger to shame: https://www.discogs.com/label/303834-Fontana-New-Jazz-Series

I'll see your Ali Jackson and raise you a Midge Pike. Who the hell was/is that???? I kinda go out of the path whenever confronted with a person named "Midge", it's just one of those names that freezes me up for some reason. Don Heckman, not so much. I don't know how many records of his own, if any, have been released, but excerpts from this https://books.google.com/books?id=LqTZ6SrMkF0C&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=don+heckman+john+benson-brooks&source=bl&ots=u1BOogOfNM&sig=xqQfWCWqlwkevWtTHtJx6ZSEe84&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj21f2O47zXAhUrhlQKHUDnD84Q6AEIRjAI#v=onepage&q=don%20heckman%20john%20benson-brooks&f=false probably are the source for what is heard here in excerpts of the audio-collage that is: https://www.discogs.com/John-Benson-Brooks-Trio-Avant-Slant-One-Plus-1-II/release/5535957 This is a record I casually but repeatedly like to throw out there, not because it's "good", but it is definitely interesting. John Benson-Brooks should not be casually dismissed in any way. Just sayin'. And it's the same Don Heckman who co-produced, annotated, and played clarinet/bass clarinet on BS&T 4, which once you get past it being Blood, Sweat & Tears and all that comes with that, is not at all a bad record. Or maybe it is. But I like it better than any other from this run of the band. So...maybe it is bad, but still, since you asked, yeah, Don Heckman (later long-time music critic for the LA Times, right?) got around more than might be evident to the casual observer, at least as much as Robert Palmer, quite possibly more, and definitely earlier. People often come with stories, Don Heckman certainly does, so what about Midge Pike? Also - JIMMY GIUFFRE. That Resonance(?) set of a few years ago, pay attention if not already done, Jimmy Giuffre being there for this was no accident. Also, in my life this remains one of the iconic "jazz" photos, taken shortly after the concerts of the OP: It didn't/couldn't last in this form, but there they are, look at them and don't be confused, there they are.

I have the Columbia box (the longish, weirdly shaped one) and the LPs. Considering that both are essentially a collection of singles, I'm not sure that one side of an LP at a time isn't the best for the digestion. That music is very rich, very deep, and in a way is like the Art Tatum solo records, you need time to let it sink in before eating more. Now, having said that, in a perfect world, I'd just load all the CDs into everything else and just press "random" and get them cold, unexpected, unknowing. That's as close to a "real time" impact as you can get these days. Some people listen to all their music like that. Me, very, very seldomly. That's one of those "it is what it is" things. Point being, the Columbia box is fine as "library". What you do with it is up to you, but at least you have the options.

Reading the responses, I see that PNJ is on here, thought that one sounded familiar, from the Atlantic solo album right? Lead cut on Side A, right? To paraphrase Oscar Peterson about Monk, I do not like the piano played like that, and/or back atcha OP. And/also, the piano on that record is either really bad or recorded poorly. It sounds like the tapes were sped up, which I'm 99.9% sure that they weren't, but yeah, really brittle and tinny. The LP was anyway. No real reason for this post other to give additional confirmation that Oliver Nelson did not break the thread. How the hell that happened is beyond me. Had me really worried there for a second, hell, for a few hours, actually.

No, I would not like to engage in that at this time, this is not a question to ask me or anybody else. I would encourage you to contemplate space, time, color, and shape in general, then take it to music, then take it to jazz, and then come to your own conclusion(s). Or not. Learn for yourself, and if you don't like the findings, learn to detach emotion from fact. I will say, though, that genius "invents" nothing that's not already there. They do, however "discover" (un-cover is the more accurate term, imo) it to a degree so that there's no turning back.

I always enjoy hearing people like Shepp, Mingus, anybody who has a ensemble/compositional "vision" play piano. Not often, and certainly not regularly, but I do like hearing how they put it out on piano, providing that they have some skill set on the instrument.

28 Oliver Nelson wtf?

Tires you gotta have, but brakes are for people who make bad route choices. Same with colons. iMacs, I don't know about. But if you avoid Big Macs, you can get more out of your colon. Speaking of Colon, watch for the part where Charlie Palmieri turns the page backwards.

Like out-of-body experiences? No. More like always being aware on all sides at all times, and at some point that turns into time/space, expanded. More metaphorical than literal, although, hell, what do I know? Maybe he's just crazy. Or maybe not.

I get the sense that Wayne is always time-traveling. Seriously.

from here, comes this:

Remembering Jim Wynn, fields Crosley + Forbes, Loel Passe, Harry Kallas and good old B&W.

yep! and not just for baseball. They're a ritual in grocery store mag sections, every year, whatever the sport. https://www.streetandsmiths.com/

Is this live stuff? Is there Sam Donahue and/or Jerry McKenzie?

Oh hey, any time I can dig around/out those old late-60s/early 70s Astros memories is always a pleasure! Some more Doug Rader Doug Rader killing a base hit, choking it to death! http://www.astrosdaily.com/audio/72raderdef.mp3 Oooh does he love that curvie! http://www.astrosdaily.com/audio/72rader.mp3 Can you beat those astros? http://www.astrosdaily.com/audio/72raderhr.mp3 Doug Rader assists in the sexual harassment of Wes Parker! http://www.astrosdaily.com/audio/70bandit.mp3

Wynn's "over 500 feet" https://www.pricerealized.com/#!/Item/862898/4121970-Jimmy-Wynn-Longest-Home-Run-In-Astrodome-History-Single-Stadium-Seat-JSA-Sourced-From-Wynn Rader's must have been about the same. I don't know if the measured them like they do today, although it would heve been easy to. Here's a little more about the "mustique" of the yellow seats. Believe me, there wer "up there" in therms of height and distance. : https://www.astrosdaily.com/history/19700412/ And as always, Loel got excited: Now, here's Gene Elston in classic "dry mode" calling Mike Schmidt's ball that his one of the speakers on the roof: http://www.astrosdaily.com/audio/74schmidt.mp3 http://phillysportshistory.com/2011/06/10/baseballs-hardest-hit-single/ If not for that speaker, who knows?

Rader was a fan favorite as an Asto, a real "sparkplug" of a player known even then as a "character". Seems that as he got older, heis personality got darker. But as an Astro, he was a gas! Real + replica Astrodome sets commemorating the two longest shots in Dome history. The yellow seats were waaaaay upthere.

details, please?

Go ahead on, then. Will look hard and longingly at both, for sure.