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Since this is for HBO, unlike most films that get announced this one will probably get made. Chris, I hope you're staying involved.

What were the 2001 references?

I've got a cd which according to the notes has 3 songs from Stockholm with Henry Grimes on bass and 3 from NY with Bob Cranshaw on bass. Haven't ;istend to this for a while but remember liking it.

Happy B'day and many more!

I would also claim that there's at least one "American institution" that he has done the opposite of making a vigorous defense" of: Duke Ellington.

I don't care about his politics. His book on Pops was pretty good. His book on Ellington was a piece of shit. (Though his politics might explain some of his inanities about EKE.)

BeBop: Sorry to hear about your dilemma and sorry to hear about what I presume is the death of a very young friend or relative.

Thanks os much.

Since we've had more than a bit of discussion about 'the real" Don Wilkerson: http://thebluemoment.com/ More than half o the latest entry in this blog is about him. What album (if any) is the live version of Come Rain or Come Shine from?

Billy's production company is "Face Productions" because he was nick-named "Face" by Willy the Lion Smith.

The Spanier-Bechet Big 4. Inspired apparently by the Rex Stewart, Barney Bigard,Django and Billy Taylor piano-less and drummer-less quartet from 1939.

It was worse in the late '50s. Prestige sat on some the Miles material from 1956 for 5 years. RCA didn't release Tijuana Moods for several years also. I"ve been trying to find out the release dates of all the Prestige Miles for a long time but it's difficult. There is a Wikipedia page devoted to Miles release dates but I know it to be inaccurate in at least a couple of cases so I'm a bit dubious.

Django!

What was his record label? Also did he one time sell discographies?

And has anyone ever heard of the Lp the label claims the single is from: "Shadow of the Blues"?

Isn't it possible that the discography and Living Blues were mistaken? The Don Wilkerson in the article seems to have his own history.

Wow! Thank you. I thought this was great. BTW I've never read one of those NY Times interactive stories before and when I tried to download the mp3s at the end they would play but not download. Is that because I have a Mac?

Saw him at an event during Oscar season. He was talking to Emma Thompson and Sean Penn and he looked pretty good.

But reportedly it will be Stephen Colbert rather than "Stephan Colbert". Too bad.

I've been listening to Alan Lowe's excellent "Really the Blues?" compilation and several of the cuts are nearly 5 minutes long. I presume that these were originally 12 inch 78s. How common were they and what was their maximum playing time?

I always blame poor service to Canada on the Canadian Post Office. And I hear the Conservatives are dealing with it by doing away with home delivery. That we're letting them get away with it just shows that we are a docile bunch.

Somewhere on this board I once mentioned that the piano sounds almost like an electric piano. One response was that that was the result of the "dryness" the Steely Dan guys liked.

Isn't Teo really responsible for "It's About That Times" as Miles played it in concerts? Listening to the original studio version on the In A Silent Way box set it appears that what Miles might have originally thought of as the theme sounds a bit like Chuck Mangione. Teo completely jettisoned that part and pulled out what we now think of as the theme from one of Miles's solos. BTW George Avakian also created a lot of classic cuts using scissors, though nothing quite as creative as Teo.

Happy B'day and many more.

Boy this is tough going. I've started this one as well for reading at my parents where I can be interrupted at any moment, moment after moment. How's "Spade and Archer"?