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Since Bosch in novels was originally set as a Vietnam veteran, it would not have been surprising if he liked jazz from the 50s, but the TV drama is set about 20 years later, so it may be unusual for him to like jazz. Anywise, I think Titus Weliver's performance is excellent. I don't remember which season/episode it was, but Bosch is in a car with his young black partner, and the music is playing from the car audio system, and his partner says, "That's good music, who's this?" or something, and Bosch, a middle aged white, replies, "It's Sonny Rollins." That's the hilarious and a bit weird moment.

RIP. Aside from being one of the greatest trombonists of his generation, his compositional talent was formidable. His Hipnosis is one of my all-time favorites. A wild collision of The Sidewinder-groove and avant-garde aesthetics.

RIP. Maybe Barry needs a fine drummer up there...

Richie Cole was pretty popular in Japan. He even appeared on a very popular lunchtime TV show and radio shows. http://jazzvisualparadise.blog106.fc2.com/blog-entry-115.html　(blog in Japanese, but you can see pics). I think Richie (and Bobby Enriquez, Gene Norman promoted them as a package in Japan) have been permanently underrated. They had great facilities. But also I think they lack something...I dunno, something important. Also, I consider Phil Woods is one of the Jazz greats but he too lacks something that e.g. Jackie McLean or Art Pepper had.

I heard there were several "come back" attempts for Hank in the 80s. I guess this is the last (or near last) live recording? Rusty indeed, but not bad for a man who only had one lung at this point...

A friend of mine long believed Mongo Santamaria is a beautiful woman. Yet another victim of music industry greediness.

Not Prestige, but I love Jimmy Forrest in his later years. He didn't have much opportunity to record albums, unfortunately. I keep waiting for this to be reissued, either on CD or streaming. Forrest with Al Grey AND Don Patterson...

Now available on Spotify .I thought the one-horn baritone saxophone quartet might be monotonous, but this is very powerful, swingy, and enjoyable. The rhythm section is not so imaginative but solid. Highly recommended. https://open.spotify.com/album/6bjUgLGgIZKeCeWRogVFoM?si=avwIz2HHQlidS0T3BsARIQ

Woody Shaw's "The Moontrane" means me a lot.

RIP. His work on Mal's Hard Talk is memorable, but personally I'm impressed most by Joe Haider's Cafe Des Pyrennees. Blairman has very distinctive rhythmic sense.

AFAIK it has never been officially issued (and sound quality is not good), but I think the very best Rahsaan as a soloist can be heard on this New Year's Eve live at the Village Vanguard in 1973, Try " Wow, Look At Those Beautiful Black Indians". On this disguised version of "Cherokee", Rahsaan is clearly inspired by his sidekick Kenny Rogers (bari sax) and tries to outblow him. Kirk on full dueling mode, with some humor!

https://open.spotify.com/album/2QOPe4rF8rNLrEmKWBwxq9?si=mMNFDWX0Q5WdCqsM_u_IiQ

Now this music is available on Spotify. I guess some of you think there are already too much Dex, but I found this is quite enjoyable. Seems 1962 or 63 was the apex of Dex's long career.

I don't know if there's a Zoot completist, but the recently released Lennie Tristano Mosaic Box features one track from The Half Note ca. 1962, "How Deep Is The Ocean" played by Lennie, Lee Konitz, Sonny Dallas, Nick Stabulas, and for some reason not Marsh, but Zoot...and he plays tastefully as always.

My favorite (and seems rarely talked, and missing in Ken Dryden's great list too) Zoot are these:

These materials were released as a bootleg (Boris Rose's Ozone 19), but I didn't know the actual video (originally WNET NYC) footage survived. Nice!

RIP. For some reason, they used Fly With The Wind...I found amusing. Gilbert also seemed to fond of it, too.

I think Richard Davis once said that actually the Dolphy/Little/Waldron/Davis/Blackwell quintet did another gig at some university, but poorly attended and got no offer hereafter. Is he still with us?

A cafe nearby my home (not Jazz Kissa or private management, a national chain)'s BGM is mainly Jazz, and plays Herbie Nichols quite often. I sometimes wonder what Herbie would think if he knew that his music was being played in a cafe in the Far East 60 years after his death.

Bud Powell played a tune entitled "No Name Blues" in A Portrait of Thelonious Monk. This tune is supposed to be written by Earl Bostic, but Bostic's "No Name Blues" seems to be completely different one. Does anyone know the real name (or credit) of this tune? I guess it is really a tune written on the spot by Bud...

Thorbjorn Sjogren's Long Tall Dexter listed three more gigs in 1983: Jan. 21, 1983, "Teatro Turismo", Riccione, Italy (radio broadcast) Feb. 2, 1983, "Jazzhus Montmartre", Copenhagen, Denmark (TV and private tapes) (Feb. 27, 1983, "Village Vanguard" Birthday live) Summer, 1983, "Paul Masson's Vineyard", Saratoga, CA (Spanish TV) And one from 1984: Jul. 18, 1984, Venue unknown, Burghausen, Germany (radio broadcast)

I have not read Hampton Hawes' autobiography, but from memory I think somebody said it was supposed to be the end of I Can't Get Started. It was certainly an out-of-tune ending to hear, and it would not be surprising if Sonny Clark, who was supposed to be a spectator, played it. But it wouldn't be strange if Hawes came back from the bathroom after running "errands" and rushed to play it. Is there any conversation audio recorded in the studio? BTW, I really like Mingus Three -- while many of the songs are mediocre, I think "Dizzy Moods" is a small masterpiece. Hamp really "blows" melancholically.

I thought Lester Young was lackluster in his later years, but this is quite good.

New Charles Stepney! Thanks for heads up. There are so many music Charles Stepney was involved, but personally Eddie Harris's Plug Me In is the best. Stepney's imagination is unfathomable.