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He has been for several years now.

I know a writer that has started doing research in order to write a Andrew Hill biography.

This past Saturday I caught this: Eternal Spirit: Vijay Iyer & Friends Celebrate The Music of Andrew Hill Harlem Stage Gatehouse New York, NY Vijay Iyer - piano, music director Nicole Mitchell - flute, alto flute Mark Shim - tenor saxophone Milena Casado - trumpet, flugelhorn Yuhan Su - vibraphone Devon Gates - bass Reginald Workman - bass Nasheet Waits - drums

Since hearing a group led by Vijay Iyer playing Andrew Hill's music this past weekend, I have been in the mood to listen to Hill's music in my daily listening. Monday I started with the Black Fire sessions, then decided that I wanted to focus on the post Blue Note seventies recordings. Yesterday I listened to this one: This is the selection for today:

I have heard her live and she is very impressive. Interestingly, the first time I heard her live was playing in an ensemble led by Allen Lowe.

I purchased the digital version of this:

It's a classic.

I will be very interested in reading your impressions on those recordings. I have many of them in my collection. I might just listen to each as you share your work.

I have been reading the book in small chunks for the past week or so. I got through all the interviews and I am not reading the pieces on the specific recordings. I am really enjoying the additional insight the book gives on Shipp generally, and specifically the RogueArt recordings. I have a few of the recordings in my collection and have already started pulling some of them out for listening.

I have the ensembles prior release and have also heard some radio broadcasts from concerts. I have enjoyed what I heard in the past and based on that I will likely pick this up at some point.

I watched all three episodes Friday night and enjoyed. It did not necessarily reveal much that I did not already know, but I appreciate how the story was told.

This thread motivated me to pull out my copy of Senior Cookin' for my after work listening, which I am enjoying right now.

It has been a while since I had one of my impulsive binges. Peer pressure resulted in me picking up 13 discs from Philadelphia Music and two Bernie McGann discs from another Discogs seller all for about $40: Bruce Barth, Ugonna Okegwo, Al Foster - Live At The Village Vanguard (CD, Album) (MAXJAZZ - MXJ 205) Bebop & Beyond Featuring Dizzy Gillespie - Plays Dizzy Gillespie (CD, Album) (Bluemoon - R2 79170) Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra - Even The Moon Is Dancing (CD, Album) (SteepleChase - SCCD-31208) Duke Ellington - Ellington At Newport 1956 (Complete) (2xCD, Album, Club, RM) (Legacy, Columbia - C2K 64932) Donal Fox, David Murray - Ugly Beauty (CD, Album) (Evidence (5) - ECD 22131-2) Ned Goold - March Of The Malcontents (CD, Album) (Smalls Records - SRCD-0019) Dexter Gordon - The Other Side Of Round Midnight (CD, Album) (Blue Note, Blue Note - CDP 7 46397 2, CDP-7-46397-2) Bernie McGann Quartet - Kindred Spirits (CD, Album) (Rufus Records (2) - RF049) Bernie McGann - Ugly Beauty (CD, Album) (Spiral Scratch (2) - 0010) Bernie McGann - Playground (CD, Album) (Terra Nova Records - TND-9018) Bernie McGann - McGann Mcgann (CD, Album) (Terra Nova Records - TND-9017) Neal Miner - The Evening Sound (CD, Album) (Smalls Records - SRCD-0017) The Modern Jazz Quartet - European Concert (CD, RE) (Label M - 495721) Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson's Finest Hour (CD, Comp) (Verve Records - 314 543 599-2) SaxEmble - SaxEmble (CD, Album) (Qwest Records - 9 46181-2)

I ordered a couple days ago directly from RogueArt. Much looking forward to reading this. I wish I had ordered sooner so that I would have it in hand when traveling next week. I will be spending a lot of time in airports and on flights. Guess I will just have to read the Threadgill bio.

I just ordered that book.

Gary Bartz?

Congratulations! Definite purchase for me.

Congratulations!

Hey - I have caught several of your CT gigs and spoke to you each time! I likely will not be in NY this weekend, but have a great show.

I sprung for autographed copy a couple weeks ago as well.

I am looking at Day 2 and Day 4 as possibles to get down to Brooklyn.

I have heard Bryant live a couple of times in groups led by drummer Yoron Israel, as well as on a couple of recordings. I have dug his contribution to the music when I heard him.

Thank you for the headsup! Ordered!

It was a busy weekend of music for me. Friday - Eric Person Quartet at the Side Door Jazz Club in Old Lyme, CT with John Esposito (piano), Adam Armstrong (bass) and Darrell Green (drums). Saturday - Ron Carter Quartet at the Northampton Jazz Festival with Jimmy Greene (tenor saxophone), Renee Rosnes (piano) and Payton Crossley (drums). Sunday - Improvisations Now at Real Art Ways in Hartford, CT with Joe Morris (bass), Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Lester St. Louis (cello) and Jerome Deupree (drums)

Wasn't Craig Handy replaced by Donald Harrison in the band a couple years ago?