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Thanks! Is there also a thing on Pablo? He was in bad shape for that date, but this 1967 clip shows him in better shape: Call me morbid, but I find it...necessary to hear the "last gasps" of greatness. That's where the story ends. And if it ain't pretty, so be it.

I asked this question back on Board Krypton and have forgotten the answers. What recordings have existed for these, the truly last recordings of Coleman Hawkins?

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This was Wayne's last live gig with Miles. 3/7/70. Already a sextet: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_Fillmore_East,_March_7,_1970:_It's_About_That_Time Here's a list of all know Jarrett gigs with Miles: https://www.plosin.com/milesahead/Query.aspx?q=M&t=0&n1=1&n1v=Jarrett%2c+Keith&v=0&c2=0&c3=0&m=0&e=0&y=0&n2=0&c4=0

Speaking of Gil...I recall Izenzon's DB obit mentioning that he either founded or was deeply involved in a group called Marijuana Anonymous. I guess he felt that his chronic was, uh...chronic. Anybody know about that?

Volume, volume, volume. Buttloads of volume. You can do 100 $5 gigs or 1 $500 gig. Pick one. For the rest of your able life. Trio or quartet. That's like asking why everybody can't sell as cheaply as WalMart. Two totally different business models. Sonny Rollins is one of the very few jazz musicians who have managed to have a successful professional life on their own terms. I'm sure that Lucille was an asset in that, and more power to the both of them. I don't (yet) see him having to beg for money for medical bills and such. Not to fault those who do, just saying that plans are good, good plans are better, and good plans that work are the best of all. .

There's road bands. These are quite often not recording bands. And then there's rehearsal bands, which are neither. And then there's gig bands, which is a world apart from any of that. Economics are a factor, but not just for a leader. There are plenty of sidepeoples who can make more staying in town than they can from doing road gigs. And travel... If appearances are to be believed, Sonny kept a fairly stable core/corps of road players and Clifton Anderson kept everything right with them. The wild card, until the end, was the drum chair. And that didn't begin in the 70s! On records, though, Jack DeJohnette was used more than you might think, and the few records with Tony Williams benefit greatly from his presence.

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I wish they could have gotten Skeeter Davis to sing it

There it is! I had one very good friend (a devout Traner) tell me that he loved Sonny, but he couldn't fully embrace him because Sonny was all about embracing joy. Whereas Trane was all about the passion of the work. Joy, when it happened, would be a side effect of the work. I answered by saying the for Trane, death was a good career move, then. He left a fixed body of work and didn't have to deal with the 70s and beyond. He knew what I meant. But I didn't tell him that work and joy are different sides of the same coin. God bless David Lee.

You order is correct, their's is not. #4 is 52nd St Theme #5 is On Green Dolphin Street Thanks for posting!

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Build it and I will come

Come to Texas and play some blues,,,!

The Miles band has ceased bein a quintet while Wayne was still playing the gig

More than any of us would have liked. But... Etc. Coasting? Routine? Nope. There's not as much of that as would be ideal, but there's certainly more than the reflexive burpings of blanket denial will ever be able to admit to. Especially among those who simply "stopped listening". Talk about laziness... Give up, ok. Fair enough. I went through a phase where I only bought some of this stuff used (and as cheaply as possible). But if you stop listening, stop having an opinion about what you're not listening to. Fortunately these are days where a healthy curiosity can get you a damn good playlist (for free) of about 45 years of damn good (and aging/evolving) tenor playing. Old people will not play the same as young people. For that we should be thankful.

ROTFLMFAO Perfect in SO many ways.

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Liebman still had a lot of growth needed when he was with Miles. If you don't believe me, ask him!

Retired, fixed income, $50.00/yr sounds good to me.

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Ask for Slim.