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Happy B'day!

Happy B'day Shawn!

Very well written article. BTW If they own the masters to the Bird set they could offer them for download once they've run out of cds. Or they could license them to someone still in the cd business-- if any such company exists in the future.

To honour Jeanne Moreau I presume.

Happy B'day EKE BBB

Ricky Riccardi makes a pretty good case for this really being Pops' birthday. http://dippermouth.blogspot.com/2015/07/happy-birthday-pops-case-for-july-4-1901.html?m=0

I was disappointed the one time I tried 5 Guys. I guess I should give them another chance. Will someday try a Shake Shack but meanwhile I'm an In and Out guy. (Though I also like homeboy The Habit. )

Gotta admit I like the hot dogs at Costco (as well as their so-called Polish Sausage-- which tastes to me like their hot dog in a different shape.) Also like that they offer raw onions as condiment.

Washington has a pretty busy schedule. http://www.kamasiwashington.com/ Also he had an installation at the Whitney Biennial. My son thought it was the best thing there. Had no idea that he was a well known musician and was surprised that I'd heard of him. (The installation did have music as part of it. Not sure if it has anything to do with his new record. )

Funny I just got mine last week and it's number is 6633. Maybe they held it back till they got the other box I'd ordered. It does look like they can only sell a few hundred more. Surely it's the last available set where the booklet gives both the Lp and cd track lists.

Went to https://www.arroyosecoweekend.com/ over the weekend. Saw Mumford, Tom Petty, The Revivalists and The Meters (originals plus Cyril Neville and a second keyboard player) amongst others but the first musicians I heard were Bennie Maupin and his septet! A small but appreciative crowd dancing to Filthy McNasty and several originals. Also noticed that at one of the three stages, the between set music seemed to be a Gerry Mulligan mix tape. So you could go from John Mayall to Bernie's Tune to Broken Social Scene.

Saw her with Wallace Roney at a club here in Santa Barbara. Thought they were both great and didn't realize they were married. At my age she seems to young to have died.

OP was featured on Jack the Bear during his tenure with Ellington. It took me a while to digest that he joined Ellington after he had led a band with Dizzy.

OK I'm interested.

I suspect that outside of this forum Hank is not a known quantity. Even for jazz fans he's probably best known for having his solos edited out of the first release of "At the Blackhawk". It's only the enthusiasm of people here which led me to finally order the Mosaic box.

Just came back from hearingThe Trio with Roscoe, George Lewis and Muhal Richard Abrams. (One of 3 concerts I attended today at the Ojai Music Festival.) Whatever Roscoe's troubles they aren't interfering with his playing: the concert was beautiful.

IIRC (and I may not) what I saw was an hour show of just Nance. I think it was from a local Chicago program. (And I may be wrong about all of that.) It was in colour.

And Leo Gorcey and Gandy have been returned (for the first time?) to the famous cover photo.

Years ago at a Duke Ellington conference someone showed a high quality colour video of a tv show starring Ray Nance and his group. Unfortunately it was announced (to a chorus of groans and complaints) that it wasn't commercially available.

Just got an e-mail from the Ojai Music Festival (where I'm spending the day Sunday): Update from Tom Morris: Wadada Leo Smith I am so happy to tell you that Wadada Leo Smith is fine! As you may know he fainted on stage at last night's concert at the end of the incredible evening. He was suffering from dehydration after a busy day, plus long travel Wednesday from the east coast. EMS determined the cause of the problem backstage and Wadada quickly revived. They took him to the hospital as a precaution where he was checked out thoroughly and released around 1:30 pm. I was with him at the hospital, and took him back to his hotel, where he will rest today before returning home tomorrow. Wadada, who defines generosity, said late last night with his customary twinkle, that he was sorry he could not play his encore for everyone! I know you join me in the good news that he is doing fine.

Happy B'day!

Although the notes list most of the band as "unknown" for the first set on disc 2 the announcers (who are in some studio, not in the club) claim that Art Farmer and Jimmy Cleveland are playing. Could Art be the unknown trumpet soloist on Falcon's lair?

Jimmy Cobb is still alive. Would you say this to his face?

Huh? What's unpleasant about it?

I got an e-mail which said (amongst other things): We had a very strong response to our offerings over the last few days and want to thank you for your support! Please note that we are behind in shipping and we expect to ship your order in the 5 - 7 days.