Joe

A good life, well-lived. Glad he spent some time with us and made some sounds that will continue to resonate.

Write-up of last night's DG tribute show here in Dallas. https://stashdauber.blogspot.com/2023/06/oak-cliff-6182023.html

Pretty sure this is OOP, but it's a start / step in the right direction. https://www.discogs.com/release/2968512-Jimmy-Giuffre-Jimmy-Giuffre-Talks-Plays

+1 on Sonny Fortune

Am I mistaken or has no one mentioned Cannonball yet? Especially later Cannonball, when the Bird influence becomes less dominant. James Spaulding (though maybe too "out" for some tastes) Art Pepper, especially 70s Art. But then there's INTENSITY... Jesse Davis Ed Jackson (the same Ed Jackson who played with Tom Varner)

Rest in power.

Yes, that Montreux '66 date is superb.

I like the Griffin-Monk Five Spot dates just fine, but, yes, Griffin can sound a little more superficial than some of of other horns players that worked with Monk on the regular. I wish there were more recorded evidence of Julius Watkins playing with Monk. And I wish there were more Ray Copeland to hear, period.

Very eager to read this.

Intriguing!

I believe that's correct. And, yes, I think Koch reissued them both. Let's also not Forget Cindy Blackman's run of records on Muse and High Note.

Thank you for the music, Mr. Strachwitz. What a legacy!

Jane Ira Bloom was on Columbia for a hot minute there in the late 80s. She also recorded for Enja, JMT / Winter & Winter, and Arabesque. I believe Outline is her own label. Myra Melford: Hat, Arabesque, Palmetto, Firehouse12, others. In fact, Firehouse12 has featured quite a few women musicians: Melford, Mary Halvorsen, Ingrid Laubrock, Nicole Mitchell. Annette Peacock, Marilyn Crispell, and Sylvie Courvoisier have all recorded leader dates for ECM.

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.