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So this morning I got a notice saying it would ship in a couple of days! But UPS says it's left Secaucus.

But they are different sessions?

Wasn't that the name of his first Sackville record?

And now I've had a shipping notice. We'll see how long it takes UPS to get something across the country. And it's in Secacus!

BTW The collection also contains a couple of tracks of Hawkins' playing Body and Soul a few months before he recorded it for RCA. I listened to one that was quite a bit longer than the record and it was great.

I didn't get a shipping notice but my credit card has been debited. My breath is very bated.

There's still some duplication and I think some of it has been available from different sources. Did you find anything by the BG sextet with Christian?

There's also a jam session with Fats Waller and Pee Wee Russell.

Well I'm not that familiar with Goodman but he was pretty good in the jam session.

I spent a couple of hours at the NJMH yesterday and ran into Loren who reiterated that he thought there'd be some releases soon. I spent most of the time listening to the collection. Biggest treat was a jam session with Lester Young, Benny Goodman, Roy Eldridge, Teddy Wilson and Jo Jones. I hadn't realized that the collection wasn't of entire shows but rather of separate song selections that Savory chose to keep. There seem to be only a few entire programs.But from what I heard I'd say he had very good taste. BTW of the 1100 or so items, 400 are by Benny Goodman. But there's lots of Basie, Fats Waller and even Louis Jordan. Sound quality varies from item to item.

I quite like it and it has one song (On the Wrong Side of the Railway Track) I'd never heard anywhere else.

She also did a session with Gil Evans, so worked with both Gil and Bill.

They did a great 2 Lp compilation called "Black California" (included Art Pepper!). Don't think it ever came out on cd.

Digital versions are often more expensive than the the hard copies if there's a sale price on the atoms (vs bites). True of books sometimes too. On the other hand, digital versions of music albums often allow you to buy (some) cuts separately.

Where can I get this?

He was devoting his life to it. I was hoping a consortium of several people could take it over and volunteered to help but got no takers. It was a big job. I've also tried to create some interest in putting the new DESOR on line and updating it via crowd sourcing to no avail. (In honesty I haven't tried that hard in either case-- just suggested it to a few people.)

Unfortunately DEMS (Duke Ellington Music Society) ceased operation with the death of the great Sjef Hoefsmith.

I notice that a couple of reviews on Amazon mention that discs 4 & 5 contain material from earlier performances and are not from The Crescendo. I can't tell when they're from but they certainly seem to be from a larger venue. (I'm not referring here to the tv show that is also included. Speaking of which I've been told that that Bobby Troupe tv show once featured Chet Baker playing Bix but that show is no longer extant. Arghhh.)

Well it seems fixed.

Quote function seems to be just ot working for me this morning. Maybe taking off July 4th.

I believe (and I could certainly be wrong) that if you want to advertise a concert of Richard Rogers music you need his estate's permission. Even if your name is Fred Rogers. Or especially if it's Roy Rogers. Well I expect it's equally true for Roy Rogers. Maybe that's why we see so few Sons of The Pioneers cover bands.

I think he's ok. A friend of mine in Seattle has become friendly with him and sees him fairly often.

I believe (and I could certainly be wrong) that if you want to advertise a concert of Richard Rogers music you need his estate's permission. Even if your name is Fred Rogers.

A down.

In Sunday's LA Time's crossword 6 down is "Monk associate". I joke to myself that maybe it's Charlie Rouse but then try to think of who works at a monastery besides monks. After a few letter are filled in the answer is "Coltrane".