I have found that it is easier to keep a group together if there is a shared sense of identity, purpose, and/or aesthetic. If it's just a general "jazz" project that attracts general "jazz" players, folks are more likely to come and go.
We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. For me, getting a reissue with the wrong cover art is like receiving a CD-R of a great album - I'm grateful to have it, but it makes me want the real thing that much more.
When I first heard these LP's in the 1970's, I thought it was odd that the applause was in stereo! It didn't take long to figure out that it had been dubbed in.
When I mentioned this to Gene Norman he feigned ignorance.
Am I also correct about the "live" Machito at the Crescendo? It sure sounds fake.
My brother saw it at least a year ago (if not longer) when it was making the rounds at film festivals. Being somewhat into jazz but never having heard of Jackie Paris, he said it was a good and interesting film.
Jeff Beck, assuming he hasn't gone bald in recent years, has never changed his hairstyle. It has gone in and out of fashion at least four times.
No good records for a long time though.
Randy Weston - Zulu - Milestone (mono)
70s twofer reissue of "Trio and Solo" and "With These Hands."
Once, during a period in which I was moving a fair amount, I found myself in a strange city with only ONE jazz album with me - this one.
I played it non-stop.
You have NO IDEA how great a "good" jazz album can be until you have only that one to listen to.