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I got the Pee Wee Russell Quadromania and it was very weird. One title was repeated and the fourth cd was "Jazz Reunion" withe the bass much louder than the (I hope) legitimate cd I own.

I'm not familiar with Jamal's recent work but am I correct in my impression that he no longer plays in the style that was so popular? I think that one of the things Davis doesn't take into consideration is that there are fashions in criticism (as with anything else). In the hey day of Jamal's popularity you couldn't make much of a name for yourself by liking him. Only Miles would have dared do that-- and he may have been trying, as he often was, to be contrary. (Probably not-- he seems to have genuinely admired Jamal and was certainly influenced by him). Anyone that popular is bound to be dismissed by those of us wanting to seem hip. Also you just heard too much of it at the time. This even happened to Art Blakey. I remember writing a review of a performance of the Miles Davis 2nd great quintet and referring to Wayne Shorter as having "recently escaped the confines of the Jazz Messengers". I probably saw Blakey a half dozen times over five years and got tired of hearing "Moanin'". In the early '60s this seems to have been the fate of any jazz musician who became too popular to be dissed by critics. The one exception of course being Miles. (This still goes on: Moms recently bad mouthed Robert Johnson mainly because he was the only bluesman most people know of. The "King of the Delta Blues" stuff may be over-hyped but Johnson is still pretty fucking good.)

Happy B'day! And many more.

Does anyone know if this available anywhere in the US or if and when it will be? Should I give up and order it from the UK?

One of the first jazz records I ever owned. (Got it from the Columbia Record Club.) It's pretty great. BTW it's included in the Mosaic Box set.

My often incorrect memory is that he's literally only in one shot of "Gimme Shelter".

Moms is not proclaiming the superiority of one musician over another but of his taste over yours and that of any writer/critic who actually has a paying gig.

Interesting that the Crosby and Armstrong are their best sellers. I guess they appeal to an audience outside that of jazz fans. Glad the Crosby worked out for them. I remember taht when ti was announced some of us had our doubts about its appeal.

Saw Ziggy Marley last night in a stately downtown theater. By the 2nd number the aisles were full of dancers. Great show. Wish I'd seen his dad.

Saw my wife's band "Don't Ask" last night.

This probably explains how William Claxton became his friend and photographer of choice. IIRC there's a book of Claxton's McQueen photos similar to his book about "Young Chet".

Uhhh what does one thing have to do with the other?

I've begun to shy away from atoms in favor of bytes. More so in books than in music. I still mainly buy music in cd form but I'm disappointed when new books are not available for the kindle or iPad. I've loved books all my life and have moved a couple of thousand of them several times as I've changed residences. I hope I never move again but I have almost no room for more books in this house. Many years ago a friend of mine tried to convince Encyclopedia Britannica to go digital. He gave up when he realized that at that time they were in the furniture business. That's sort of the way I'm starting to feel about books on paper.

Was once invited to a party by an effects house who had done a lot of work on one of our films. I knew we were paying them too much a when I discovered that the entertainment was a SNL regular (who was terrible) and Etta James with her band. It was many years after this recoding but she was still great. What a night: pretty good dinner and then dancing to Etta James.

My company was offered US remakes rights several years ago.

One of the Miles concert Lps (4 and more?) had 30 minutes on one side

Sounds good. Unfortunately I already have 6 cds of music from this material. Now if Time-Life would take them in trade......i

I saw and heard it. What exactly is this and is it available. (I have the two box sets of selections from the shows. I presume they're duplicated here.) I think it would be great if it actually was some sort of playback machine with the shows on a memory stick.

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I'd never heard of Chuck Brown till I read this. Then I was reading the catalogue to the Miles museum show in which it lists Chuck Brown as one of the influences on Miles during his last years.

Great story and photos! Question; in his live performances did Ayler ever use a group like that on "New Grass"? Was that just a one-off aberration?

Hey unless my eyes were deceiving me (not impossible late on Saturday night) one skit on SNL this week had a graphic about "Big O Records".

Why was everyone piling on Roger at the end? Yes he'd hidden the truth but no one but Joan knew that. He did do all that could be done to keep the account-- or did I miss something? Cooper's final words to him were good writing, but could he really be described as not taking himself seriously.

Well there's a Mosaic Box set coming out in (we hope) November.... And if that's too pricey, when it comes out there should be a lot of the (I think) now OOP BMG 4 disc set hitting the used market.

Happy B'day and many more! (Even if you're not a goalie.)