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Sacrilege, maybe, but I think I've come to admire these recordings more than I do KIND OF BLUE.

It's canonization in action!

If we're talking the world for real/literally, I'd say Louis Armstrong was still the most famous jazz musician in a planetary sense in 1963. On another topic, though... kind of conservative picks by the NYT panel, no. At least "Hornets" from SEXTANT got some love.

"This is the way."

I'm picking up what you're laying down... to an extent. I mean, look what New World Records did for Julius Hemphill. As much as I like the music on the Tristano set, I have to say the accompanying notes were just OK. I do have to acknowledge that the standard for me was set by Roswell Rudd's notes for the Herbie Nichols box — a high bar. Still, the booklet is one of the reasons to purchase a Mosaic box.

Carla Bley — yes! — and Barbara Donald. Surely the former has some cache of unreleased material that would make for a fine box (I am speculating). The latter is a figure most deserving of wider recognition, and there are some leader dates that have fallen out of circulation. But I acknowledge a Donald set is a pipe dream at best. They don't so Select anymore, which is a shame, as Vi Redd's recordings would have made a nice Select-sized package. And, hey, if they could go back to the Muse well... how about Cindy Blackman's recordings for that label?

Profound. Maybe the best of his Blue Notes? Certainly among my favorites.

Richie Furay doesn't get enough credit for his contributions to this band, IMO. I've no doubt Neil could have sung this, but his lack of confidence in his vocal abilities (at this point in his career) gives Furay the freedom to does his interpretive thing. Another case in point this tune, which I put on BFT a ways back:

Chandler Parsons Parson Weems Wee Willie Winkie

With George Adams and Marvin Hannibal Peterson

Oh, it's Taft-y in the extreme! Let's call it partly sunshine pop.

The Chief Meteorologists — Once Upon A Sapped Atmosphere

A favorite here.

JImmy Deuchar was a special player. I have a soft spot for pretty much any record he appears on.

it's remarkable.

I'm kicking myself for having missed the Jonathan and Darlene Edwards Mosaic.

Right. We're not even talking about journalism anymore. We're talking about content. The shifts here are both generational and racial/ethnic/cultural. (Dare we say they are intersectional?) How long before JT becomes a Substack? Not that there's anything wrong with Substack... in fact, if I am a possible contributor, why wouldn't I just start my own Substack?

Sounds like a classic example of "an invitation to sit at the table can always be revoked, which is why you want to own the table — and the dining room, and the kitchen, and the groceries, etc." But we're still talking, by and large, about a game of musical chairs. The tune hasn't changed all that much, nor has the game. Maybe Royal will change the rules fundamentally, or stop playing games altogether. We'll have to wait and see.

Not a big role for her in this film, but an important one.