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I As an aside, when I was going to school in Buffalo in 1964, Sonny Rollins appeared at a local club with a group that included Grant Green. Unfortunately, I missed that gig and I've wondered since what the group sounded like. I saw that group in Montreal. I remember not liking it that much. (It was 50 years ago so I don't remember many details.) Next time I heard him was with a pick up group in Toronto which included Ed Bickert and Arcjie Aleyne (sp?)-- or maybe it was Ed Thigpen-- and I was much more impressed.

Am I the only person who likes Our Man in Jazz?

So you and BeBop share a birthday. Must be a conspiracy. Happy B'day!

HAPPY B'DAY AND MANY MORE!

I've been listening to The Complete Science Fiction Sessions. On Rock the Clock I hear what sounds like a wha-wha guitar. The musicians listed are Ornette, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell. Ornette plays alto and violin, Dewey, tenor and musette. All are distinguishable but I don't hear a bass (though there's a lot of bass drum). Is this just my old ears mis-hearing? Is Charlie playing wha-wha electric bass or something? What's going on?

Speaking of whom..... on youtube there's a concert of the Ginger Baker trio with Charlie Haden and Bill Frissell.

I just realized that the last music I bought was the recently released Jarrett/Haden duo cd which I downloaded after reading this review: http://thebluemoment.com/2014/06/17/jarrett-haden-revisited/. Charlie Haden was probably the musician I've seen perform most often since living in California both with Quartet West and with The Liberation Jazz Orchestra. I think I took him for granted because I used to see him around town, sometimes at film studios where I guess he was working. I once ran into him with his son-in-law Jack Black at a Keith Jarrett solo concert at Disney Hall. Every so often he'd show up as guest dj on KCRW. And a month or so ago I saw his daughters perform at a Santa Barbara club. I know he'll be missed all around the world but here in Southern California he'll also be missed as a local hero.

Oh no!

I agree. Is the the rock and roll set available yet?

I saw them in Hyde park in (I think) 1968. Was Syd still with them then? I was more impressed at the time with a new group that opened for them because they had a flute player who sounded like Roland Kirk or Denny Zeitlin-- though not as good. (Yes it was Jethro Tull and the name stuck with me so that I was able to win tickets to see John Lee Hooker when I identified the group on a call-in radio show back in Toronto. It was the flute player that I recognized.)

Maybe it's my old eyes but I could barely a tell the difference with the reti an display.

Would you please describe the Strayhorn material. Is any of it previously unreleased?

Can anyone recommend recommend record stores I should check out in Dublin?

Went there and loved it. Bought a couple of the Concertgebouw CDs. But they didn't have DETS CDs. Next stoop Dublin. Any suggestions?

Anybody know of a store in Amsterdam where I might find the Duke Ellington Treasury shows Vol 18?

Can't think of anything better to say this year. Have a good one.

The Zappa music was one of the reasons the film didn't come out on home video for a long time. First Zappa and then his estate wouldn't license it.

I saw the 88 year old Johnny Mandel lead a 17 piece band lastSunday afternoon at a local music club that usually features rock groups. The was as packed with a l.t of old people but many young folks too. (Of course for me anyone less than 60 is young.) I can't explain what got them out. I never thought Johnny Mandel would be that popular. Someone told me the gig had been well publicized. That probably helped.

Bonne Anniversaire! (Did I get that right?)

Found out at the last minute that Johnny Mandel was leading a 17 piece band at a local club. Place was packed. Apparently he does 6 or so gigs a year. He started 8 years ago when he was 80! Even when they played The Shadow of Your Smile he turned into a stomper after one chorus. He seems to be channeling his days arranging for Basie and Herman.

The Pepper Adams discography "Joy Road" quotes Adams as saying it was '56 and all of Miles's group except Miles was supposed to support Adams and Fuller but Red Garland didn't show up. Adams remembers it as after he moved to NY in January '56. The Miles quintet was in Boston at Storyville.

Great article. I'll look for the book.

Showing on June 15 as part of the LA Film Festival. I can't seem to copy the link here but you should be able to Google it. I got an e-mail from LACMA saying SOUND OF REDEMPTION: THE FRANK MORGAN STORY Presented by the Los Angeles Film Festival Sun Jun 15 | 2 pm This soulful jam session pays tribute to alto sax legend Frank Morgan, whose hell-and-back career from prodigy to heroin addict, con man and San Quentin convict to his inspirational... Learn more

Me too (or three). I interviewed him once and was really shocked by his attitude to women. However he was very intelligent about music.

Well, I never heard of this guy before but, looking at the wiki page you referenced, I can see why. MG Did you see the link within the article to Keltner's webpage, MG, which lists his recordings? He recorded on albums by Albert King, B.B. King, Freddie King, Albert Collins, John Lee Hooker, Roberta Flack, Booker T. Jones, Chaka Khan, Aaron Neville, Ibrahim Ferrer, the Impressions, Cal Tjader, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Cliff, Ziggy Marley, Keb Mo, Mavis Staples, Pops Staples--it wasn't all rock music. I think he also did a record with Bill Frisell.