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I met him when I was working on Merlin. (I was "associate producer" but didn't do much work once the show moved from workshops in LA to the theater in NY.) He was an amazing guy. IIRC he did a lot of work on operas.

Maybe this should have been in politics but DA let guy off partially because he earns a lot of money. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/martin-erzinger-hit-run/story?id=12088074

BTW Supposedly this restored version has a new recording of the score by Gottfried Huppertz which was composed for the original release of the film. It's pretty good.

I know there's a word for this but I forget it (like many things). Anyway what's a good cd to use when testing audio equipment? Something on Contemporary maybe?

Given whenit was made wouldn't 18 frames a second be too slow? Kevin Brownlow suggests that by 1925 most American films were being filmed at closer to 24 frames a second.

Just watched it. Really does change the film for the better I think. Interesting doc about the restoration too.

And it was wonderful!

Ornette!! Tonight!!

Bemsha Swing-- The Thelonious Monk Trio. I'm driving in my car and hear on the radio what I presume is a live Monk version of Bemsha Swing: the piano is out of tune and tinny, the sound is terrible and I think I hear people in the audience talking. But the music is terrific-- there's extraordinary interaction between Monk and the drummer. So when I get to my office I check out the playlist on KJAZZ's website and discover that it's not a live recording it's from the Prestige release called just "Thelonious Monk Trio" and the drummer is Max Roach. The piano is out of tune and badly recorded but what I thought was noise from the audience is Monk doing his vocalizing. This is a record that gets no love from critics but I bought it anyway and it's my favorite Monk trio date. (Actually it's 3 dates, 2 with Blakey and one with Roach.

I've recently been listening to Great Ideas of Western Mann on which he plays only bass clarinet. The title is a double pun because he's backed by a West Coast rhythm section and Jack Sheldon.

The Mosaic Mingus Debut box has two takes each of Wrap Your Troubles and Body and Soul, the latter not seeming to appear on this cd at all.

Have there been any Quadrophonic recordings re-issued in 4 track on a DVD? They could do that and ad some interesting graphics too.

Thanks. That's one thing I like about the web-- we don't have to duplicate each other's research. Next time something like this comes up, let me know and I'll see if I can do it for you.

Thanks. I have the Okeh Ellington and the Decca Early Ellington box and the RCA big box as well as vol 1 of the MOJ. Is there going to be much in the JSP I don't have?

Anyone know if the Ellington contains anything not available elsewhere?

Has any jazz musician had more than one hit? Was Kai Winding's "More" the hit version?

I saw Herrmann speak at the BFI in London. Someone from the audience asked how he could have co-operated with RKO when the hacked up The Magnificent Ambersons. His answer was one of the saddest things I've ever heard, given his and Orson Welles' subsequent history. He said " We thought it was just a movie. We thought we were going to make lots of them."

Is the 40 cd set really what it claims? Does it have the numbers missing from The Okeh Ellington?

I have Office for the Mac and I hate "Word". Going to try out some of the alternates you guys have suggested.

You can construct your own alternate of "I Loves you Porgy" that's longer than the first if you use the alternate solo. It was done for release as a single but for some reason Schapp didn't include all of it. I guess he thought we already had the head on the official release.

Yes it was, mine cost £5.68 Unfortunately the Mosaic is going to cost an awful lot more, when you add in $45 shipping and potential customs charges. Yes, the 4cd set may have been the bargain of our lifetime.

Nat Hentoff's "At the Jazz Band Ball". Haphazard collection of writings for periodicals. Not very well edited-- some anecdotes are told several times-- but it probably shouldn't be read straight through which is the way I read it. Nevertheless very worthwhile and full of his love for the music and even more so the musicians.

Trombone Shorty and Bo Didley? What's the story?

You mean that small set that went OOP so fast? I won't pay those 70$ or so that you'd need to shelve out these days to get hold of it, but it's still a bit of a drag then! Yes, that's the one. Anybody know whether that version of "Ebony Rhapsody" is exclusive to that set? The Ebony Rhapsody material in this box seems to be an "exclusive". I have never encountered it elsewhere. These Ebony Rhapsody recordings were recorded (but not used) for the movie "Murder At The Vaneties". Though I'm very happy having them on CD I never understood what they are doing on a "Best Of CD" set. For more information see DEMS bulletin 03/2 and 03/3 Thanks. Does this mean the cuts found on the 4cd set are the "promo" recordings? (I'd better ask Sjef. )

He has a song called "Hey Troy, Your Mama's Calling You" on one of the Katrina relief compilations ("Sing Me Back Home"-- a great cd btw) that is the happiest cut you'll ever hear. I never think of him as a jazz musician but what I've heard I like. Who care's if it's jazz.