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Thanks. I just requested a copy via interlibrary loan. I'm covered by a really good ILL network and have read some excellent titles that way.

Thanks, I may go the DL route as the set is appealing to say the least.

Yes, I have quite a few recordings w. Miller as sideman. There's this 3-CD collection featuring him as leader, which is scarce as hen's teeth. Michael (on behalf of Scott aka freejazz) sold one on this forum, but I snoozed and lost out. 😢

That's one I happen to own (collection in this general area is not extensive). I'd like to get more recordings with Harry Miller as leader but they're not easy to find. Excellent indeed!

(Hozan Yamamoto and Masabumi Kikuchi, Ginkai)

Looks like a hoax / joke to me. If so, chapeau to the perpetrator , rather cleverly done IMO.

Good question about Ledell Johnson. As far as I can tell, Ledell Johnson is an oft-cited source for at least part of "the Devil Legend". See https://www.facebook.com/BluesAdvocate/photos/celebrating-the-life-and-music-of-legendary-bluesman-robert-johnson-born-may-8-1/502188696554305/ Further details were absorbed from the imaginative retellings by Greil Marcus[60] and Robert Palmer.[61] Most significantly, the detail was added that Johnson received his gift from a large black man at a crossroads. There is dispute as to how and when the crossroads detail was attached to the Robert Johnson story. All the published evidence, including a full chapter on the subject in the biography Crossroads by Tom Graves, suggests an origin in the story of Blues musician Tommy Johnson. This story was collected from his [Tommy's? TD] musical associate Ishman Bracey and his elder brother Ledell in the 1960s.[62] One version of Ledell Johnson's account was published in David Evans's 1971 biography of Tommy,[63] and was repeated in print in 1982 alongside Son House's story in the widely read Searching for Robert Johnson.[64] In another version, Ledell placed the meeting not at a crossroads but in a graveyard. This resembles the story told to Steve LaVere that Ike Zinnerman of Hazlehurst, Mississippi learned to play the guitar at midnight while sitting on tombstones. Zinnerman is believed to have influenced the playing of the young Robert Johnson.[65] Recent research by blues scholar Bruce Conforth, in Living Blues magazine, makes the story clearer. Johnson and Ike Zimmerman did practice in a graveyard at night, because it was quiet and no one would disturb them, but it was not the Hazlehurst cemetery as had been believed. Zimmerman (his actual name as it was reportedly spelled on census records for the family going back into the early 1800s, his social security card, social security death notice, funeral program, and by his daughters) was not from Hazlehurst but nearby Beauregard. And he didn't practice in one graveyard, but in several in the area.[66] Johnson spent about a year living with and learning from Zimmerman, who ultimately accompanied Johnson back to the Delta to look after him. Speaking of Conforth, I very recently saw the following 2019 book in a shop. I'm far more likely to read this than McCormick's opus.

Thanks, very interesting article...though I kind of skimmed it at warp speed. Bookmarking it for when I see a copy of the book in a store. Enjoyed the article, but definitely passing on the book. That McCormick dude seems too crazy to believe whatever he wrote. I applaud but don't envy the researcher(s) who spend a lot of time down the rabbit hole of "The Monster".

My ETA (from the label) is Tuesday. Shipped from Albuquerque...if you had preordered from Nimbus West you'd have it by now. 😉

Good catch! Took me a while to notice the 31 Nov. 🙄

Good album! This brings back memories of my top BFT guessing accomplishment, which I'll likely never equal 🤣 ...felser included a track in one of his BFTs. Not knowing of the recent reissue he expected nobody to guess it...having purchased the reissue a few months prior, I immediately recognized the tune.

Joe Fonda was on this recording (if it exists 😉). He's (at least semi-) local, you could probably ask him. I've communicated with Joe before via his website.

DG site says 4/30 (there), presumably sooner direct from label.

The latter Aketa[gawa]'s Erotical Piano Solo & Grotesque Piano Trio

! This is one of my favorite Kirk albums! Though I skip the LP side 4 track (silence with brief phone call intermission). 😄

+1. I've purchased from David several times, all excellent experiences.

RIP. I was a big MAD reader back in the '60s.

All the art and documentation, apart from a few words, are in Japanese so I can't say a lot of substance. I can piece together the constituent albums (covers are given in the booklet), but can't go anywhere on track titles without a whole lot more work. Disc 1 is all jazz, I only have one tune (#8) on previously acquired recording, it's a nice compilation with a bunch of styles: some straight-ahead (one vocal), some fusion, some free. The apparent cult favorite Aya's Samba album is represented, not sure if it's the title tune (see above). Based on a couple of listens, the disc is rather good. Disc 2 was a complete shot in the dark. Mostly pop or rock of some type, lots of vocals, one mainly electronic selection, one electric blues. Definitely interesting, I like it more than expected. Fortunately no discernible techno/disco/boy band material. Overall a pretty cool set. I'm happy with the purchase, spent $20 + (domestic US) shipping and don't begrudge the money. I'd say that disc 2 and the compilation nature of disc 1 (8 tunes by different groups, which I find a bit tough to wrap my head around) limit the amount one would pay for it. If you can find it on a streaming site*, definitely take a listen! *Some pretty obscure Japanese titles on the "Aketa's Disk" label seem to be on Apple Music; I dunno about "Johnny's Disk", but maybe...

Many good titles above, but the New York '60s haven't been that heavily represented. [I mentally group Ra's albums into "decade" bins, which is convenient and not wildly inaccurate.] From that era I'd consider: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra The Magic City Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy / Art Forms of Directions Tomorrow. [Added] I really enjoy Sleeping Beauty ('70s), and A Fireside Chat with Lucifer ('80s) is badass.

Yowzah. But in hindsight, that could have been the apex of Anna Rawson's golf career...2010 was the last of her 3 seasons on the LPGA tour, and that season was practically over by the time the "Fall 2010" issue hit the streets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Rawson [Courtesy of Google. 😉 I don't follow golf, but the name rang no bells so I just had to inquire.]

Yes. Twice relating to Rollins: Birdland appearances and subsequent dropping of piano / returning to pianoless trio (Feb 1958) and a big band (incl. piano) recording date (July 1958). Plus one unrelated mention of his co-founding Milestone Records.

RIP. Noticing that an upcoming concert program including Karl Berger (in Kingston, NY) was recently cancelled "for health reasons" and replaced with another, I immediately feared something like this. I know Ingrid (though not on a first-name basis) via non-musical activities but never met Karl.

I really like pianist Rob Schneiderman, who recorded a lot on Reservoir. Also Pete Malinverni, ditto (who I once saw live).