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I just wasted some time on Google. As far as I can tell, Appel is everyone's source on this.

I've read this anecdote before, but forget where...first guess is Ross Russell's Bird Lives, but I can't verify (read a library copy way back when). Alex Ross gave it in his book The Rest is Noise, but his wording was "[after Bird quoted some Firebird motifs]...Stravinsky was so delighted that he spilled his Scotch in ecstasy."

Disc 5 of Sun Ra: The Eternal Myth Revealed Vol. 1 (Transparency) has 4 rehearsal tracks: 2 from 1950 with Ra and Jenkins, 2 from 1951 with Ra, Jenkins, Leo Blevins and Wilbur Ware.

+1. No interest in a Cohen album, let alone box set. FWIW, YMMV, of course. Back on topic, I don't regret any jazz box set acquisitions. I do regret the 2 classical mega-boxes I purchased: Sony Vivarte 1 and HM Lumieres. The content of both is outstanding, but it turns out that many discs go unplayed, and the physical boxes just feel like overkill (especially Vivarte, which is 60 single discs; Lumieres has a number of opera/vocal sets).

I'm not a TV watcher, but have read many of the Bosch novels and recall Frank Morgan. So the screenwriters may have been faithful to the books. Full list from Michael Connelly novels at https://www.michaelconnelly.com/extras/music/ Bosch novels mostly jazz, others more diverse music.

I have the exact same impression (based on much reading and limited oral anecdotes), but can't say anything stronger. Have lived in NY State since 1978 but grew up in Chicago area, so no personal experience to speak of.

Emphasis on past tense. Probably were nice places, but their heyday was at least circa 50-70 years ago, they went into inexorable decline thereafter and have all been closed since the early 2010s afaik. Catskills Borscht Belt resorts were really big summer vacation destinations for NYC residents in those days.

RIP. Saw him live once (w. Roni Ben-Hur) and own many recordings, most with Barry Harris.

I just placed my periodic DG order (Lawrence of Newark got restocked), but Roots had "Just Sold Out", so it'll have to wait.

Yes. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/don-ferrara-mn0000642029/biography

Interesting. I just spun Geo. Wallington's Jazz For the Carriage Trade (Prestige, 1956), also with Woods and Byrd. Here too, Woods sounds much more fluid than Byrd on the boppish numbers. And in keeping with Bill's post, Byrd sounds a bit pinched and strained on high notes. That said, I've always enjoyed Byrd's Blue Note recordings. Perhaps I haven't listened very critically to the earlier ones.

Couldn't find much comedy on discogs. (recorded live at Kutsher's) Non-jazz: and a few tracks live at Kutsher's from this

Not jazz and likely difficult to find, but some rather surprising stuff was recorded at Kutsher's in 2008 and 2010. https://www.discogs.com/label/626665-Kutshers-Country-Club

I hear you. But the past few years have seen a tremendous boom in all kinds of extravagant high-end merchandise. In a world where people shell out buttloads of dosh for NFTs, pricey limited-edition vinyls seem downright reasonable ...at least you can throw them on your ($20,000) turntable (though that might hurt resale value ) and hear good tunes. If the economy goes into recession, some of these (arguable) "excesses" are likely to fade away.

Very true. (Off-topic) That's not unusual for Hollywood. For instance, Winston Groom's novel Forrest Gump (which I read long before the movie was made) is much darker than the Hollywood adaptation.

Lawrence of Newark sold out quickly, before I could reply to the "just arrived" e-mail. Now that DG is doing pre-orders, I'll start going that route. Have missed out on too many new arrivals.

See https://www.discogs.com/artist/2308904-Jim-Flora

Agreed. Read it in French as part of a high school course (I forget which year, either soph. or sr.). The simple writing style is probably why it got assigned. But had to rely heavily on a dictionary.

+1

Amazing how the original rant was covered up. I never heard about it until a few years ago. But I was never a Clapton fan anyway. I'm slightly younger, but by the late '70s had seen a whole lot of more impressive guitarists in Chicago. Agreed on both points.

Mosaic charges PayPal orders when they are placed, credit card orders when shipped (or nowadays, perhaps when transferred to the "shipping partner"). Before they farmed out the shipping, iirc the policy was clearly stated on the Mosaic website, but the site's changed over the years.

I can't recommend one definitive album, but that one would be on my shortlist. There are a whole lot of '70s live recordings, many are far from indispensable, but Brotherman in the Fatherland is really something.

I have the excellent CD that came with the book. Will order this for the extra material. I'd rather purchase from someone other than Amazon, will give Bertrand some time to offer it through the Dark Tree site.

Thanks, nice article. I have the Soprano Sax album. And I had to look up a word (daedal) in the dictionary! That rarely happens with Internet writing. Well done.