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I forgot-- I've got Buell Neidlinger's autograph on the booklet of the Mosaic Cecil Taylor/Neidlinger box set. I was talking to Buell during a film scoring session he was on and he mentioned he had some copies he could sell. So I bought one and he autographed it.

I have a copy of Further Definitions signed by Benny Carter. He's not only the only person I've ever asked for an autograph but (although I'm in the film business) also the only celebrity I've ever gone out of my way to meet. A mutual friend took us out to lunch together. The three of us also went to a concert of the Carnegie Hall Jazz orchestra. It was like going to a film festival with Orson Welles. Musicians were jumping off the stage to come over and talk to Benny.

I saw him with Dizzy in the '60s and then as a leader a few years ago at which point he spent nearly as much time telling jokes as he did playing. But they were pretty good jokes.

Hey does that copy of RAH have the lyrics he used on the early pressings? "I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places/Of the horses at the races......"

What's the Ellington? A concert recording? Do you know the date it was recorded?

Wow another birthday!!! Have a great one.

"Mingus at Monterey" . On Amazon it looks like it costs $75. I do like it but can't really claim it's even my favorite Mingus. I think the most I ever paid for vinyl was $30 for the Gil Evans on Horo. (Can't remember the title right now.) May be the most I ever paid for a single cd too. Just paid almost that much for Ellington's Togo Bravo Suite (on Storyville) because I'd never come across it in a store before. Found it in Toronto. It's really good. Worth every cent.

I was in LA and was watching the late night news. I kept thinking "I heard the news today...."

I've seen the first half of the tv show and heard parts of a radio show in NPR. There was some contradictory information in them. In the film Kahn says that Paul Desmond asked to join the Brubeck trio but on the radio I thought I heard a much more interesting story: Brubeck had played in a Desmond led group and there'd been some sort of falling out. DESpite that Brubeck knew he needed a horn and asked Desmond to join a group with Dave as the leader. Anyone know which story is true?

My son claims the following: What was your first album? It was a CD. My dad bought me “Good Dog, Happy Man” by Bill Frisell when I was 6 or 7 years old. When he played it for me I was like, “What is this?”. I didn’t get it. It was like instrumental avant garde music. It was totally over my head. I listened again in my teen years and finally realized it was a great CD. I’m sure the same thing will happen when I give my kids “OK Computer”. Get her something you think she'll enjoy in a few years. (Though I suspect I gave my son the cd because of the title and the picture on the cover.)

I remember a Village Voice article from many years ago. First time I'd read reference to "The Lost Quintet". Probably by Gary Giddens so it may be in one of his books.

There were several jazz versions of West Side Story IIRC. I liked the Manny Album release but I think it's never been on cd. And of course we haven't mentioned Porgy and Bess which may hold the record for jazz versions. My favorite is the Ray Charles-Cleo Lane. Well, actually my favorite is Miles-Gil but it's in a class by itself.

I saw him last Saturday with the same group. However halfway through the concert he had a female vocalist come out and "sing" one song with the band. I didn't catch her name but she was middle age, Asian, dressed in a spectacular outfit that had mirrored pieces on her clothes and she wore a necklace with large pieces of something mirror and the way light was bouncing off of her while she stood there was pretty wild. Her vocals were of the wordless variety and she sparred a little with Ornette in the upper register which got very interesting. After the show I talked to several people and her effect on the audience was very polarizing. She either loved it or hated it. I got the sense that she was possibly local and not part of the tour. Did anyone else see her at an Ornette show on this tour? She's part of the show. At least she was in Santa Barbara and I think in LA too. (Reminded me that Yoko Ono jammed with him before she'd ever met John Lennon.) Now the guest I would have really liked to have seen was Flea who played with him at the LA concert and according to the one review I read kept right up with Ornette.

Congratulations and Mazel Tov!!

Hey a good review in the NY Times! http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/arts/music/26boxed.html?_r=1

Hey there's also a review of Allen Lowe's latest opus in that araticle!

Happy B'day and many more! Happy B'day and many more!

You're in luck Ted, being in Canada. I got the two cuts I mentioned on a Naxos cd. Their Ellington releases are very good (though they don't claim to be complete) but I don't think they're available in the US.

I've got a couple of cuts from the "Hit of the Week" label. Is this label included in your 47 missing tracks or are you just including those owned by Sony?

It ended up costing a little less than $30 including shipping which isn't too bad for a 2 cd set. It did take a couple of weeks to arrive.

I watched part of the film "The Cotton Club" the other day and noticed the top rather sexy program illustration used as wall painting in that film. It is now on the Storyville web site (www.storyvillerecords.com/Default.aspx) No track listing so far but it includes a 1933 newsreel item on Lenox Avenue and has a glimpse of Duke. Remco Well I caved and ordered it from the UK. Got it last week. It's pretty great. Thank goodness it arrived before I heard that the Mosaic box was delayed again or I'd be really depressed. Is there anyway to order it besides phoning them? Also it doesn't give a price. Or did I miss it? I watched part of the film "The Cotton Club" the other day and noticed the top rather sexy program illustration used as wall painting in that film. It is now on the Storyville web site (www.storyvillerecords.com/Default.aspx) No track listing so far but it includes a 1933 newsreel item on Lenox Avenue and has a glimpse of Duke. Remco Is there anyway to order it besides phoning them? Also it doesn't give a price. Or did I miss it? Well I caved and ordered it from the UK. Got it last week. It's pretty great. Thank goodness it arrived before I heard that the Mosaic box was delayed again or I'd be really depressed.

Just finished "The Cookbook Collector" by Allegra Goodman. Anyone else here read it? Now into Keith Richards' "Life" which I'm sure many of us are.

The scanners at LAX may not have been opened yet. I flew out last week from Terminal 2 and I just went through the usual machine and didn't even see the scanners. (Though maybe they're just not in all terminals.)

OK I'll take Montreal 20.

I'll take Montreal and 25. I always wanted to see Ottawa versus Saskatchewan. Wouldn't that be The Rough Riders versus the Rough Riders or has one of them changed their name?