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I attended one of the sets at the Jazz Standard. Fantastic music. Looking forward to the release.

PM on the way re: May 2000 – Greg Osby/Allen Tinney July 2003 – Michele Rosewoman/Rob Reddy

Additional info from Rick Lopez' Rivers sessionography:

Concord Duo Series, Vol. 1: Life's a Take by Roger Kellaway & Red Mitchell Concord Duo Series, Vol. 2 by Dave McKenna and Gray Sargent Concord Duo Series, Vol. 3 by Ken Peplowski & Howard Alden Concord Duo Series, Vol. 4 by Alan Broadbent/Gary Foster Concord Duo Series, Vol. 5 by Adam Makowicz & George Mraz Concord Duo Series, Vol. 6 by Dick Hyman and Ralph Sutton Concord Duo Series, Vol. 7 by Bill Mays and Ed Bickert Concord Duo Series, Vol. 8 by Denny Zeitlin and David Friesen Concord Duo Series, Vol. 9 by Michael Moore and Bill Charlap Concord Duo Series, Vol. 10 by Chris Potter & Kenny Werner

Additional information from Wikipedia

It has been several years since I have listened to it, so I can't really comment. But, I will have to dig it up and give it a listen again soon.

I know he goes way back with Roy Haynes and Jaki Byard and was brought to Miles by Tony Williams. It would be fun if some recordings surfaced of Sam playing with Charlie Mariano. It has never been officially released, but copies of this item from Rick Lopez' sessionography do circulate among collectors: 83.10.08 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] October 8, 1983 / Leverkusen, Germany 1. unknown title [9:13] 2. unknown title [27:12] 3. unknown title [7:06] [43:32] Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, piano) Charlie Mariano (alto sax, soprano sax, flute) Santi DeBriano (bass) Steve McCraven (drums)

Still a ridiculous clip! At any rate, he was (and still is) considered a poseur by the jazz cognescenti I used to hang with at J&R. Many of these were musicians, btw. This comment reminded me of this prior discussion: David Murray Thread

Keefe Jackson has a new recording on Clean Feed that I am interested in hearing and hearing about.

Interesting! If everything went up in smoke, at least I have a list of all my CDs (about half of yours), which would help prove their former existence. Fortunately, I've no experience of loss or claims of this sort. As for burglary, who'd want the stuff? Have to be a pretty cool burglar! I once left a bag of about a dozen jazz LPs (Blue Note, Riverside, etc) on a train which traveled a hundred miles to its terminus, where someone handed it in intact. As they say, you couldn't give it away! Don't be too surprised. Years ago when I was gradually moving in with my girlfriend (now wife), our apartment was burglarized. The only things stolen were my NAD integrated amplifier, a CD player and about 100 of my CDs (somehow the two TVs and other electronics and all of my wife's jewelry were untouched). Luckily, I had not yet formally moved in and the vast majority of my collection was still at my former apartment. I doubt the person (I had my suspicions regarding a possible cuplrit) had even the slightest interest in the music and instead was just looking for something to grab quick and possibly sell some place else. I have also had the misfortune of having a significant number of CD booklets and LP covers damaged in a flood that occurred shortly after we moved in to our current home. Now that hurts to this day every time I look at all the CDs and LPs on spindles and in sleeves that I had to toss the covers for because of water damage. The flood was nearly five years ago and I still have not had the strength to go into one or two boxes of CDs that were also damaged - booklets still stuck to discs. Give it a shot if you can. I bought a copy of Miles in Berlin from J&R 5 years ago and got caught in a downpour that soaked it and did the same thing. Tons of wet paper stuck to the disc. Last year I looked forlornly at it sitting there on the shelf, and said "what the hell, it barely cost anything and it probably won't screw up my computer, let's give it a shot." It ripped flawlessly to my hard drive. I have no problems playing them once I clean them off. It is just the "collectibility" of the CD is eliminated when you do not have the cover art.

Interesting! If everything went up in smoke, at least I have a list of all my CDs (about half of yours), which would help prove their former existence. Fortunately, I've no experience of loss or claims of this sort. As for burglary, who'd want the stuff? Have to be a pretty cool burglar! I once left a bag of about a dozen jazz LPs (Blue Note, Riverside, etc) on a train which traveled a hundred miles to its terminus, where someone handed it in intact. As they say, you couldn't give it away! Don't be too surprised. Years ago when I was gradually moving in with my girlfriend (now wife), our apartment was burglarized. The only things stolen were my NAD integrated amplifier, a CD player and about 100 of my CDs (somehow the two TVs and other electronics and all of my wife's jewelry were untouched). Luckily, I had not yet formally moved in and the vast majority of my collection was still at my former apartment. I doubt the person (I had my suspicions regarding a possible cuplrit) had even the slightest interest in the music and instead was just looking for something to grab quick and possibly sell some place else. I have also had the misfortune of having a significant number of CD booklets and LP covers damaged in a flood that occurred shortly after we moved in to our current home. Now that hurts to this day every time I look at all the CDs and LPs on spindles and in sleeves that I had to toss the covers for because of water damage. The flood was nearly five years ago and I still have not had the strength to go into one or two boxes of CDs that were also damaged - booklets still stuck to discs.

PM sent re: Orrin Evans Easy Now Criss Cross $7 Sonny Rollins Road Shows Vol 1 (Doxy) $5 Notch in bar code Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee Borrowed Time (Fresh Sound/New Talent) $7 featuring Mark Turner

I made it down to NYC last night to catch the first set of this new band. The rest of the band included Jason Moran, bassist Francois Moutin and drummer Damion Reid. They were debuting new music, which I believe will be recorded soon. From the musicians' obvious reliance on the charts I suspect the music was still somewhat new to the music. However, what they may have lacked in familiarity with the music they more than amply made up for with energtic and passionate playing. Mahanthappa and Green smoked and worked well together in the front line. Moutin and Reid pushed the soloists all night and when they had an opportunity to solo each was impressive. Moran was - well - Moran. I just heard Mahanthappa a couple of days ago playing with Jack DeJohnette and also heard him once before with Mauger. He impressives in every setting. I had never heard Green live and he was my primary motivation for attending the show. I had a chance to introduce myself to him before the set. When he realized I was the person that had sent him copies of European radio and television broadcasts of his performances that he did not have, he gave me a big hug showing how warm and gracious a person he is. Combined with the facts that the set did not feel abbreviated (unlike my last trip to the Jazz Standard), I encountered no significant traffic issues in either direction (also unlike my last trip to the Jazz Standard) and was able to get home at a reasonable hour, it was a great Tuesday night of music. The group will also be playing at Jazz Standard tonight.

I made it last night to hear William Parker, Hamid Drake and Evan Parker at Bezanson Recital Hall at UMASS, Amherst. Overall it was a very good performance. The trio worked better together than I expected - they were obviously listening very closely together. Before the show I wondered whether W. Parker and Drake would lock into one of their grooves that E. Parker's playing style would not quite fit with. That never happened. They played three improvisations, the first about 40 minutes and the second two somewhat shorter. E. Parker played mostly tenor except on the second improvisation where he started on soprano and towards the end switched to tenor. I know many are amazed when he gets into these circular breathing endless drone tupe things, but it does not work entirely for me. He really limited that side of his playing and instead seemed to be playing off of W. Parker and Drake. Oh yeah, I was very impressed with his tenor playing. Ultimately, even though I thought it might not be the best match, it it turned out to be a very strong set.

I will make a point to post my impressions of the concert.

Tomorrow night I am going to hear Evan Parker in a trio with William Parker and Hamid Drake. I have had mixed reations to some of the recorded performances of his I have heard. I am looking forward to hearing him live.

See post #5

I can agree with that.

From the site Maybe you can contribute some stuff to help make a complete picture?

I let the impulse control me. I ordered the Threadgill set from Camjazz

GO BIG RED!!! I was at Cornell in the eighties when they lost to Arizona w/ Sean Elliott in the first round of the tournament by forty points. It feels good to see my alma matter finally get one win in the tournament. My life is now complete. Can I get greedy and hope for the Sweet 16?

I picked this up last week. I have only had a chance to flip through it, but I am pleased with the purchase so far .

Rick Lopez' David Ware sessionography is an essential resource. David S. Ware Sessionography

Homegrown, on Minor Music was a solo disc.

I ordered this set on Friday. Looking forward to it.