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"Ear Splitting volume" is my complaint about many shows .

I saw them several times in the last century. Always liked them even after they added electric guitar (my late friend Mike Goodwin who wrote what was probably the first piece about them in a national magazine, felt the addition of the guitar was not a good idea). When and where were they in DTLA? Looks like the space near Bunker Hill.

Is there anything on Directions that's not on any other cd? It was important in its time because of the first Miles with guitar which I don't think anyone knew about.

If you're really into MacDonald you might want to join this Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1734000126825677/?multi_permalinks=4541292272763101&notif_id=1723831618276982&notif_t=group_activity&ref=notif

I had dinner once at Disney Hall before a Kieth Jarrett concert and noticed the actor, Jack Black, at a table near us. I didn't get excited about it until he was joined by his father-in-law: Charlie Haden.

I saw him once carrying his bass across what was then the Warner Brothers/Columbia lot, presumably on his way to a soundtrack recording session.

Maria Schneider, Michael Gibbs, Mike Westbrook. Everything they've done this century. Archie Shepp's "I Hear the Sound". Does 7 or 8 instruments count? If so, Leila Olivesi's "Astral".

On his his substack Will Friedwald makes a pretty convincing argument that the two sides credited to Billy Strayhorn on the cd version of The Jazz Scene are actually by Nat "King" Cole. https://substack.com/home/post/p-147540254?source=queue&autoPlay=false. Curious to hear what others think. (I certainly would have believed that Strayhorn was responsible for "Halfway to Dawn" till I listened to the Cole piece Lewis Porter suggested as a comparison. )

That's terrific. Do those two songs have the same chord structure?

I saw a kid wearing one of these the other day.

Every time I quickly scroll through topics I briefly think it's saying "Any Cat Anderson Experts Here?"

Thanks.

I can't remember the connection between Buckmaster and IFE. What is it?

Great speaker too.

I wish I had kept a record of the concerts, club dates and festivals I've seen over the last 62 years, but I think I remember almost everyone I've seen even if I can't always remember sidemen or my reaction.

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, which I quite enjoyed in part because of the list of bands who play at one of the character's dance hall: Chick Webb, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Jay McShan, Mario Bauza, Louis Jordan and Mickey Katz. Not sure this is chronologically plausible since most of it takes place 1925-36.

Were the Jubilee shows, or even numbers from them, issued as V-Discs?

The first 20 shows include Ellington, Basie, Carter, Calloway, Lunceford, Armstrong, Hite, Hampton, Watters, Horne and Holiday. That's a pretty good list.

184 of the Jubilee show are available as downloads or mp3 cds for $20 at https://www.otrcat.com/search/?cd_pref=mp3&q=Jubilee. You can also get them as regular cds for $435. This is not the complete run (184 shows) but many important shows are included. At one point many shows were available for free down load but I can't remember where. A complete description of all 300 hundred Jubilee show can be found at the Glenn Miller Archives at the University of Boulder. https://www.colorado.edu/amrc/glenn-miller-collections/inside-glenn-miller-collections

I got a 3 cd Ellington V disc set and discovered that it was all commercial releases. So no EKE I guess.

Went to a concert at the Music Academy of the West where students, teachers and artists in residence performed all 20. It was stunning.

I saw him last night in a smallish club. Knocked me out. He had 2 mics-- a regular one and one that gave that "synthesized" voice. He would use one or the other for each song. i.e. he didn't switch from one to the other during any one song.

Too often.

I bought the box set of all the British '66 tour. All the shows sounded the same to me. All you you need is the Manchester show.

The main thing I remember about that show is Bill Graham turning the lights up on "But even the president of the United States/ Sometimes must have to stand naked".