Guy Berger

Yes. This is a problem with the K2 -- I noticed it on my ipod. Guy

kh, thanks mucho for posting that article! Guy

Next up: Gerry Mulligan at the Village Vanguard after that: Bobby Hutcherson, Oblique

Just 2. I find them overrated. Guy

Judging by the limited number of players involved, I'm guessing this "quiz" didn't have a very sophisticated system. It's not surprising that their answers are ridiculous. Well, aside from JSngry being a turtlehead.* It'd be interested if basketball-reference.com did something similar. Guy *Actually I have never seen Jim.

Yes. Brian Priestley's "Chasin' the Bird," page 59: "... the 'Indiana'-based 'Donna Lee' was an original line put together by Miles, whose authorship ws contradicted by the record-label credit 'Parker' but confirmed by Gil Evans and many other observers." Also this, from Priestley's earlier, briefer "Charlie Parker": "Parker also uses a melodic 'macro-syncopation' of the length of phrases (a lack of which easily identifies tunes attributed to but not written by Parker, such as 'Ornithology' and 'Donna Lee')." In Priestley's book good? I really enjoyed his Mingus biography. Guy

Just looked it up there: "Bird prepared three of his finest and most sophisticated compositions - Chasin' the Bird, Donna Lee (named for Curly Russell's daughter) and Cheryl (named for Miles' daughter). His fourth original, Buzzy (named for Lubinsky's son), is a simple, but attractive riff blues." (from James Patrick's article on "The 1947-1948 Sessions" in said 5LP "Complete Savoy Studio Sessions" from 1978) Wasn't "Donna Lee" composed by Miles? Guy

link Maybe Barak, Bentsi or Alon can comment.

I guess they waited until the day you were out of the office. Guy

I don't know, but I assume they are on the trading circuit. I got it at the site-which-must-not-be-named. Guy

I'm also Raja Bell, apparently. I also made lots of "mediocre" choices. Guy

Holy crap! Guy

I listened to this. Good stuff. I really like Cannonball's playing during this period, when it opened up and became more adventurous. I also enjoy Charles Lloyd's playing as a sideman. Too bad the sound quality isn't better, though it isn't terrible. Guy

Has anyone listened to this? I will have my hands on it in a few minutes. Looks very tasty.

The ones I really hate are the strips on Black Saint/Soul Note releases. Those things are designed to be a pain in the ass. Guy

Serious answer: they are morons. Guy

If they had been, the music would have sounded very different. Guy

Now, I don't know what the cost of keeping inventory at Concord is, but it seems to me that they seriously fucked up. Guy

Dad loves 'em boiled; I can't stand 'em! Why would you boil peanuts? What do they taste like? Guy

I think Garby Garbarek plays one too. Guy

What are the odds that some record collector will find it... Guy

I also feel that many rock critics (including some of the most acclaimed) approach criticism with an agenda. Music has to fit into their agenda, or it gets trashed. Guy

It seems either stupid or obsessive-to-an-unhealthy-degree-about-using-original-tapes to leave this kind of drop out in an official release. Guy

You can buy it indirectly through amazon for $23. Guy