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Vol 20 took about 4 months to show up on Amazon.

Last night I saw Stevie Wonder at a rock festival. At one point he was vamping on that tiny electronic keyboard he uses and eventually began singing The Boxtops' (Alex Chilton) "The Letter." The band didn't seem to know the song but soon caught on to the chords and the saxophone player came in with a Hank Crawford solo for a couple of choruses (not really choruses since nobody, including Stevie, seemed to know the song has a bridge). Stevie picked up his harmonica and joined the sax in a duet before starting a solo of his own. Maybe it was because I just read this post but it did sound a bit like David Sanborn to me.

For me too. Shit, it will probably arrive the same day as the Mosaic Prez.

And the personnel on the record: An all star cast when it was released.

According to Facebook it's our fearless leader's birthday but I don't see any notice of it here. Could FB be wrong? Did I just miss all the posts? Was it yesterday? Is it tomorrow? IN any case and whenever it is: Happy B'day Jim!

David Sanborn "Sanborn performed with blues musicians Albert King and Little Milton at the age of 14.[4] He continued playing blues when he joined Paul Butterfield's band in 1967.[5] Although Sanborn is most associated with smooth jazz, he explored the edges of free jazz in his youth, studying with saxophonists Roscoe Mitchell and Julius Hemphill. In 1993, he revisited this genre when he appeared on Tim Berne's Diminutive Mysteries, dedicated to Hemphill. Sanborn's album Another Hand also featured leading avant garde musicians." And he played with Gil Evans. Anyone good enough for Gil is good enough for me. (Or do you think Gil is a square white guy with a funny hat too?)

Great line!

I agree. Most of the sessions in this collection are great.

Me too.

In NY for a Duke Ellington project but went two nights in a row to see Gil Evans Project at The Jazz Standard. Glad I did.

IIRC I saw her with the San Francisco Jazz Collective and only took note that she was a really good pianist who was rather attractive. Sorry to hear about all her troubles. Glad I bought some downloads from her site.

Screenplay by Raymond Chandler

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/being-transsexual-from-birth-jessica-williams?trk=prof-post

I was listening to this at the gym this morning. So far good stuff.

Agree with all this but why did they have Teo as producer of porgy and Bess? They just like his name? BTW I saw Francis a couple of times when she was hostess at Hamburger Hamlet on Sunset. (Never talked to her except to ask for a table for two.)

Same in Canada when I was growing up.

Well deserved!

I think '76 was when saw a Steve Reich concert and a Cecil Taylor concert on the same day. (Might have been '77 when I also saw Elvis Costello in Edinburgh.)

I met Chris once a few years ago and IIRC he was planning something like this. He was worried about what would happen after he died. Glad he got his wish.

Is Raney always in the right channel on this record?

I enjoyed the film and much to my surprise there were about 20 people in the audience for an afternoon showing. (I thought I'd have the theater to myself.) Much of it is unbelievable of course but then Miles' being beaten by a police man in front of the Vanguard would seem equally unbelievable to anyone who didn't know it actually happened. And if Miles had lived long enough he probably would have hired Esperanza Spalding and Gary Clarke Jr.

The edition I have of the first Jeanne Lee and Ran Blake record has some bonus live tracks including a nice version of Ornette's Lonely Woman. BTW as well as the Horace Silver song with the same title IIRC there is a Benny Carter song with that same title.

The Prince of Darkness meets Prince: http://vk.com/video73062340_168193145 and https://www.mixcloud.com/Kierienos/prince-miles-davis-can-i-play-with-u/

Is it this?

Now there's an Ellington release: https://www.offbeat.com/news/incredibly-clear-duke-ellington-recording-surfaces-online/ And can someone combine this thread with the one Berigan started about metal masters?