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By coincidence I was cleaning out my office and found a photo of Van singed to me that the director of The Savoy King gave me for helping him out. To be honest I didn't know much about Van till I saw a rough cut of the film.

There are really good interviews with him in the documentary about Chick Webb : http://savoyking.com/.

I think I've mentioned this before, but the new Miles Bootleg 4 got me thinking about it again. It's usually easy to find out when records were recorded but often more difficult to find out when they were released. This is particularly true of Miles's Prestige releases. So when the audience at the '55 Newport festival were surprised by Miles' playing, it may have been because they hadn't yet heard "Musings of Miles" or the session with Monk from December 24, '54. Similarly the '69 audience was probably surprised by the selections from Bitch's Brew when In a Silent Way had not yet been released. The release dates of the Columbia records are listed in the box sets but the Prestige recordings seem to have been released rather haphazardly often years after they were recorded. I've been able to find Downbeat reviews of some of them and presume that they're from around the release dates. Can anyone suggest a better source? And which is the correct possessive "Miles'" or "Miles's"?

Yeah, I wish 66/67 was in stereo. (Am I the only one who prefers stereo as much as I do?) Also the notes ignore that 'Round Midnight from '55 was previously available ion a 2 cd release of the 'Round About Midnight Lp.

According to the discography in Lewis Porter's bio there are at least 7 numbers done by Pres's group as well as a couple he did with Nat Cole. Although I've managed to find over 100 of the Jubilee shows I don't have those ones. Anyone know where they're available? (Many of the shows with Basie can be found on-line.)

I once heard a dj play "Things.." and announce that it was by Johnny Mercer and Duke Ellington. I guess he looked at the label. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Worth seeing. Early Louis Malle and very representative of the time. Lot's of music.

I don't think it was for tax purposes but rather that as a member of ASCAP Duke couldn't record any of his songs whereas Mercer and Billy Strayhorn were members of BMI.

Some triplicates in my collection when I get this but I can't wait. Maybe I'll be able to get rid of some older sets. (And what are the Goodman sides?)

Happy B'day!

Happy B'day!

It also has a very nice box which is a variation of the other boxes.

So did Lady Day. (Though not 48 years ago.)

Guys: Media is plural. Medium is singular. (The pedant in me comes to the surface after a drink or two and I'm having a gin and tonic.) Weren't we talking about multiple forms of audio media in that conversation? Then you should say say "...the media themselves", not "the media itself...". And I'm sober this morning. Guys: Media is plural. Medium is singular. (The pedant in me comes to the surface after a drink or two and I'm having a gin and tonic.) Weren't we talking about multiple forms of audio media in that conversation? Guys: Media is plural. Medium is singular. (The pedant in me comes to the surface after a drink or two and I'm having a gin and tonic.) Weren't we talking about multiple forms of audio media in that conversation? Then you should say "media themselves.." not "media itself...". What's happening to the quote function here? And I'm sober this morning.

Thank you for the clarification. I got a different message from your previous post. Though my question does still stand. But you didn't answer his question, Allen. Did the media itself make a difference? I would have to think it didn't. The mastering, no matter the format, should sound the same. Guys: Media is plural. Medium is singular. (The pedant in me comes to the surface after a drink or two and I'm having a gin and tonic.)

And the band loves you madly. Happy B'day!

What I find strangest about this is that Bill Cosby surely had no trouble getting laid. Why resort to drugging women? A friend of mine suggested that he probably liked sex with unconscious women. BTW Years ago I met one of the woman who have recently come forward and I believe her. She has nothing to gain and lots to lose

I saw this in Montreal (with English titles) when it first came out, but I didn't know the music wasn't from the Atlantic recording sessions. Is this otherwise unreleased Coltrane? Do you have any more info? The music track might possibly be in the NFB archive.

He got it together for The Sound of Jazz (both the record and the one solo on the broadcast) but I find it makes me sad to listen to some of his later work.

Is this this the Norman Granz' JATP recording? According to the noes in the cd the concert was put on by Leonard Feather and Symphony Syd. There's a couple of earlier posts here with pictures of the cd but I can't find a number to refer to them with the new software.

But is that strong enough, just because Mitch Miller's record label said so? Using that criterion I guess we have to dismiss Billie Holiday and Charlie Christian too.

Ditto on St. Nick's. He plays things you don't always hear him play. I wish the other soloists were recorded. Probably Jimmy Knepper was saving tape. He probably was, but I don't mind - it's part of the legacy. Bird was surpassing himself that night. After all those years and playing the LP and now the CD countless times, I still find the atmosphere totally mesmerizing. Ditto on St. Nick's. He plays things you don't always hear him play. I wish the other soloists were recorded. Probably Jimmy Knepper was saving tape. I just discovered that there is more of Bird at St. Nick's available than what is on the Prestige/Fantasy release. There's a download at Amazon of "The Complete Bird at St. Nick's" with a dozen or so additional tracks. (CD and Lp too.) Listening to it I'm surprised by the number of times Bird exchanges 4s with Red Rodney. I don't recall him doing it that often. Oooops I just noticed that the extra cuts on "The Complete...." are not the same as those listed by Peter Losin. Don't know what to think.

I never thought of her as a jazz artist though I like some of her work. "Mississippi Goddam" is pretty terrific and " Backlash Blues", which I think I heard for the first time when I saw the film, is good too. Words by Langston Hughes.

I think digital downloads began to trend downwards last year too. Vinyl was up but started from a very low base.

Wow! You're right! WTF! Why are they playing that?