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Am I the only one who heard a lot about/of/from George Michael and never heard him complain about anything? And yes Wake Me Up Before You Go Go is timeless. At least I can't get it out of my head now that you've mentioned it.

Well as I said I barely remember it, so I could easily be wrong, but IIRC (and I may not) the "interacting" was Miles talking and Gil listening about how the arrangements should go.

Saw the movie when it first came out and barely remember it or what I thought but remember that I'm enough of a pedant to be bugged by some of the anachronisms and that it seemed to downplay Gil Evans's role in Miles Ahead.

Yes but I think the Lps are all available individually as well as in the box set 1951-58. I want Kitty and The Asphalt Jungle Twist. BTW I think I also asked him about Mercer records and was told the rights are to complicated.

Well it never arrived. But I just got an e-mail saying it would be shipped soon and should arrive between December 31 and January 3. Maybe by that time they'll announce volume 23.

Me three. I did suggest it to Scott once who IIRC he suggested that they would look into it. Most of those sides were released as singles weren't they?

Do you live in or near Paterson? Film makes me want to visit.

Paterson. They play almost all of Blue Lester in one scene and it's very much the tone of the movie.

Mine was ok. Number 507. Maybe they corrected it for later boxes.

Just listening to cd 1 which sounds fine to me. Mosaic sets often say where the source material comes from (e.g. acetates, '78s etc) but if it says in this booklet I can't find it. Anyone know? (Not that I would hear the difference.)

Just noticed that I started this thread. I did get it, do like it, but made a playlist on iTunes of just the music.

IIRC he did but I'm not sure on what. Buddy Tate plays clarinet on Jumpin' at the Woodside.

Amongst other treasures, by my count there are 6 cuts with Prez on clarinet. Until now I believe there were less than 30 extant recordings of him on the instrument so this is a substantial addition.

Just got a program: participants will include Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith and Muhal Richard Abrams.

cd announced for December 9 on Amazon. Same day Apple releases volume 2 of Savory Collection: Live Prez with Basie. Big day!

Volume 2 out next week. The one released track is great. http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/savorycollection/vol2/ Same day Amazon says they're releasing Ellington Treasury Shows Vol. 22!

I have a vague memory of him taking some nice solos on a Hi-Lo's album. (Just realized how strange the spelling of their name is. An early example of the misuse of apostrophes (or "apostrophe's" as people would write today). While I lived in LA he often played around town and like a jerk I never went to see him.

it always bugged me that Peter Weldon's liner notes to the cd version of The Return of Art Pepper are built around putting down Sheldon. (And IIRC the mosaic select reprinted those notes.) I think his playing is just fine on those sessions. And does anyone remember his tv show "Run Buddy Run".

So I asked him if he remembered many of the players and he replied: "The one I remember is a bass player who they called Red because he had red hair. He was there many times I attended esp. at the basement of Capital records in Hollywood." Red Callender?

Read the Schulbergs many years ago (I think before I knew that Disenchanted was about Fitzgerald). At a Planned Parenthood book sale I found a paperback copy of Faces in the Crowd. Your post reminded me that I should read it.

Wow. I saw a small pile of them when I was there on Monday.

I've read a bit of Vian (in translation). I'll look for this.

Where did you find the Boris Vian essay?

I was there and I bought both cds that were for sale, maybe from you.

Zadie Smith: "Swing Time". Surprised to discover that the title refers to the Fred Astaire movie.