Joe

Have always loved the group interplay -- Jones and Garrison especially -- on this performance. I think too its a good demonstration of Jim's original point. I *think* / if I'm hearing and feeling this as is.

John Ellis is no Jackie Mac, but he's not trying to be, either. But he knows how to respect these tunes without respecting them too much. And the record just has a really nice -- that's the word; has to be -- vibe to it.

Just to show that good things can come from a relatively "contemporary conservative" approach to jazz as-is and -was, a recommendation for this Criss Cross release by John Ellis... IT'S YOU I LIKE Explorations of compositions by Elliott Smith and Fred -- Mr. -- Rogers. http://www.crisscrossjazz.com/album/1347.html

I find the subtitle of this article very revealing... "How America’s most vibrant music became a relic" Yet the neo-conservative critics Mr. Schwarz cites are not called out for their (significant) contribution to this museum-ification of the music. Yokada yokada.

The Teagardens -- Jack and Charlie -- are another prominent family from this earlier era. I feel like there are some cousins to be considered as well... like maybe Ben Webster was cousin to an musician of a slightly prior generation?

Range-roving cinema stars talking to empty chairs.

Herman Munster and Moe Howard haircuts.

Agreed 100%. Also, "jazz" (yes, the kind in quotation marks).

Sad to hear this news. An unpredictable but almost always lyrical improvisor, and a great collaborator.

One of my favorite soloists on his instrument... sad to learn of his passing. But what a tremendous life in music he led!

Have always enjoyed Konitz's and Katz's interplay on PEACEMEAL (which Katz produced, IIRC), which may be the oddest of an odd bunch of Konitz releases from this period. Some of my favorite Katz, though, can be heard on the first / only volume of Dorham's JAZZ PROPHETS (ABC, 1956).

Was fortunate to witness one of Butch's conductions when he was visiting CalArts several years ago. Best wishes to him; we lost Wilber too soon; let's hope Butch is with us for many more years to come.

Pancakes made with Chobani vanilla... recommended.

Thanks Paul!

Apparently, the palette was Cale's idea.

I now feel cheated that there no Nico / Evans collaboration was ever recorded. What textures Bill might have added to CHELSEA GIRL or THE MARBLE INDEX.

I learned today that Nico is the young lady who appears on the cover of this LP. Not sure why I did not know that before today, or why it's worth posting here... but why not? PS -- however, I DID know that Mary Tyler Moore is the cover model for this big band recording:

SOme of the Moers dates were released in what I remember as being official form back in the early 90s. This is how I acquired and first heard John Carter's Suite of Early American Folk Pieces for Solo Clarinet and Davis Murray's Live at Moers. Not an extensive reissue program, but it would appear many of these discs are still in print... http://www.moers-music.com/catalog/overview.html

Art Mardigan's Mercury recordings: one co-led (more or less) with Bill De Arango and one a sextet featuring Don Joseph. From http://www.jazzdisco.org/mercury-records/discography-1954/:

Yes, iirc. According to the notes to the Mosaic CT Candid box (written by Buell Neidlinger? Can't recall...) "Air" was certainly performed by CT's group during productions of THE CONNECTION.

Though Clay did woodshed with Ornette and Cherry during his LA stint in the mid-50s... Right, didn't Cherry play piano in one of Clay's outfits during that time? I don't recall that tidbit, but I'm far from being on expert on Ornette's earliest LA days. Wonder if this is mentioned in Spellman's 4 LIVES...

Another for this one.

Though Clay did woodshed with Ornette and Cherry during his LA stint in the mid-50s... If you enjoy Clay's work here, his Verve & Antilles dates from around the same era are worth tracking down: I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART and COOKIN' AT THE CONTINENTAL. Fine date, and, thankfully, among the easiest to find of the American Jazz Masters Series recordings.

Another one "on record," in the spirit of my original post... Then-members of Yes Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman assisting Lou Reed on his first solo LP. I'd have to go back and listen carefully to note which tracks the proggers appear on, but, IIRC, they do more than make cameos.

I believe Chabon's soon-to-be released TELEGRAPH AVENUE revolves around a record store in Oakland that specializes in said genre... http://www.npr.org/2012/08/22/158198740/exclusive-first-read-telegraph-avenue