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Last week I was in Ann Arbor for EdgeFest. 4-5 sets a night for four days. Good mix of music. Highlights for me were Air Legacy, Myra Melford Splash Trio and Darius Jones Trio.

In 1989 or 1990 my father organized a jazz dinner event in Brooklyn. I was recently out of college and did not drink, but somehow I wound up being the bartender for the event. Shamek Farrah and Norman Person were the leaders and Sonelius Smith was also in the band. I do not remember the rest of the musicians. At the time I had only been listening to jazz for a couple years and had no idea who the musicians were. I just knew that it was my father's friend "Tony", who if I remember correctly he collaborated with to organize the event with. Around that same time I had a copy of Impressions, but still did not know about the statute of Strata-East in the community. It was sometime after that I became more knowledgeable about the label and the musicians on it. I enjoyed reading this article and the memories it generated.

He is only credited on trumpet.

Although I could never afford, or ever be willing to pay the price for the first three rows, it is not as insane when thinking of it as a fundraiser, which is the primary purpose. I imagine it would not be as shocking when compared with other non-profit fundraiser events.

I ordered this moning.

Despite the heat, it was good to see you last night Cliff!

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.