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Last "track" should be "Digital Booklet". It's a PDF but should have downloaded with the music and be in iTunes. Try searching songs for "Digital Booklet."

A lovely man. I had a brief e-mail correspondence with him over a couple of pieces of trivia and he was graceful, generous and patient in his answers to my rather silly questions.

Calgary: 40.

I've only seen the first one all the way through and it's pretty good. Seen parts of later ones and they look silly but many people I know really like them.

I think that it was in a simpler cover but now I have another (vague) memory that it was later issued in The States. John could have had some influence on the Canadian Columbia because of his work at Sam the Record Man.

I have a vague memory (many of my memories are vague) of Columbia Canada issuing a 2 Lp set of Wilson sessions that was never issued in the US . I think John Norris had something to do with it (or maybe he was the one who told me that it was only issued in Canada). I've always regretted not buying it so I'm making up for it now by pre-ordering.

One of the times the bandstand was so full that Hiram Bullock sat at a chair at my table. Also I met the owners of the club who told me that the records were coming out but I didn't hear about the "complete" set until years later.

I'm jealous. But I can console myself knowing that I saw the band there a couple of times.

Not unheralded here. In fact I'd love to have the big box with a couple of cds worth of music I don't have.

He definitely made the right decision. They're great.

Do you mean the Toronto and London shows when you say "bonus 2cd live show" or is that something I missed. If so where can I get it. Also I bought the 2cd set but dowloaded the "deluxe" set to get the rest so I don't have notes for the extra 6 discs. Where was the Toronto concert? Massey Hall? I like the horns he rehearsed with but doesn't seem to have used after that. Otherwise I find the rehearsals a bit desultory. A couple of the unreleased songs are great. And was "Let's Begin" released before? I think it's lovely. Because I pre-ordered I got a couple of downloaded songs before the official release but with no notes. One was the live The Groom's Still Waiting at the Alter. After I listened a couple of times I told my wife (a guitar player) she had to hear this guitar solo though I didn't know who it was by. It's really good. When I got the cd, I discovered it was Carlos Santana.

Wow that show sounds great. If I was in NY I'd definitely be there.

Has there ever been anyone with more class than Sonny?

IIRC there are some tracks on the JSP not on the Columbia that aren't strictly Hot 5 or 7.

Happy b,day!

I've told this story here before: at a Jimmy Smith club date I told my wife Sonny Rollins was sitting near us. Then Jimmy introduced Don Newcombe.

This was great. I love Sonny's analysis of his own playing.

I agree. though "The Complete" has a couple of cuts that aren't on the Gold disc they aren't all in the mood of the rest of the record. The "Gold" disc is great.

RIP. He seemed full of life when I saw him in Ojai this Spring with Roscoe Mitchell.

There's a track with his singing as a young man on Rambling Boy.

Who owns the Pathe tracks? Way more than 15 if you include them. (One session seems to be Pathe/Cameo.)

Happy B'day!

Isn't there a Benny Carter Lonely Woman?

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying. One sung by Ray Charles (and others) and one by Gerry and the Pacemakers. I like them both.

I first remember hearing Fats in 1956 when he had the two sided hit of I'm in Love Again/ My Blue Heaven. Both sides were on the hit parade. ('56 was the big year to me when it comes to Rock 'n Roll.