david weiss

OK, I'll try to be more specific..... LP is the priority now. They are not going to release bonus material on CD only so that means a 2nd LP for bonus material and that is usually cost prohibitive and there might not be enough material to fill out a 2nd LP. I prepared bonus tracks for Just Coolin' and that idea was nixed (I had chosen 4 bonus tracks if I remember correctly). This does not apply to new releases. They will release all the material intended on both CD and LP. As for the Quebec and Burrell, I guess these were essentially re-issues with a few extra bonus tracks (on the Burrell at least and apparently they missed a couple for the Quebec). Both 3 LP/2 CD sets. Perhaps other tone poets could go this route if there was enough bonus material to fill out a 2nd LP and if they do a CD as well, a single CD. I guess this could happen by combining the two Washington CDs but I'm not sure how much they are looking at stuff like this.

Releasing 2 CD sets is not even a consideration for Blue Note these days unless it's a newly released live recording or something. The CD era is over for now. There is drunk and then there is drunk.... Just because Freddie is heard saying "everyone's drunk" on the session reels doesn't necessarily mean everyone was drunk. They sure sounded great.

I heard this session. The first time I worked for Blue Note was to co-produce the Lee Morgan Live at the Lighthouse 3 CD set. Michael and Bob Belden spent around 2 weeks at Capitol studios going through multiple tapes including the Gordon/Stitt session. The first track was salvageable and each subsequent track got worse and worse as they kept drinking and getting more and more drunk. I think they gave up after 3 or 4 tunes. I never heard anything like it. I guess one of the folks who does work up there might think it's good but since we are back in the LP era, where would they release it? I also noticed that the Tyrone Washington album is getting the Tone Poet treatment. I guess if it was the CD era, part of the Trainwreck session might see the light of day.....

Brooks! It doesn't look like you are in your usual spot.....

Jason left back in July. Kevin Struthers, who has been there for 3o years, was fired this week. He did good work, this is a shame.....

Funny, I don't remember any of those, perhaps they were from after I left school..... I remember Joe Henderson because he hung out out at one of our apartments listening to music after the lecture (Woody Shaw's "In the Beginning" had just come out and he had't heard it yet)..... I also remember Dizzy Gillespie, Tommy Flanagan, Michael Brecker, Tom Harrell, Dave Holland and Barry Harris. It was a great series.....

Thanks for coming out Pim, it was a fun day. Eddie is fine. He had a minor health issue and was not allowed to fly for a couple of weeks until it was resolved. He joined the band in Nice a couple of weeks later. Billy Hart had a conflict with his own band performing at the Village Vanguard that week and was unable to join us. Billy Harper, unfortunately, has not been in the band for over a year now. His "management" removed him from the band. Azar Lawrence has been the tenor sax player since the beginning of the year and is a great addition. I thought the subs did a great job!

I was at this clinic. I was going to North Texas at the time. Elvin played a few tunes with the students as well. I wonder why they weren't included. Perhaps there were clearance issues or something. The sax player at the end was John Schroeder. Any excellent sax player. I don't know what happened to him but all we thought he was one of the most promising players at school and destined to great things. Craig Handy, who was also a student at the time, also sat in at some point during this clinic. There were a number of these clinics. Joe Henderson was among one of the more memorable ones.....

The listing is wrong (I forgot to mention that) Same clothes (as the photos I haven’t), same repertoire as the 4/12/81 show. Watch it, see if it rings some bells.....

We used a couple of photos from that show in the booklet. While doing my research, I came across video from that show on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRlg8mg1czA&t=3407s

Evidence owns this material. This is where it was licensed from. We tried to do more research on the original owners of the label to see if the original multi track tapes still existed or if they still had all the live recordings they did (they recorded at at least 4 venues for the Live recording for example) but we got nowhere.

The pride of Denton, Texas. Jim, did you know Sly was born in Denton. I don't know how long he lived there before his family moved to the West Coast though.....

Yes it is and it sounds like the other versions of Taurus Woman on the Garnett album "Black Love" and the Blakey Newport 1969. However, the track in question is not Taurus Woman but it is the same tune as the unknown tune on the Rutgers concert. I like the Rutgers version a little better, they play the tune better as if they've played it a few times by then....

Hold the phone folks. I don't think this is Taurus Woman at least not how I heard it on the Garnett album "Black Love" or the Blakey Newport 1969. Tyrone and Woody were certainly Newark buddies....

How many albums total do you think this is?