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Happy B'day!

Berrigan may not like this Ebert story: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-ebert2-2010mar02,0,4834863.story

IIRC I once heard Mark Cantor say that on the Chet Baker show he played some Bix! (Of course no copy of that show is known to exist.)

Happy B'day Garth. (BTW I'm seeing K Armatage in 2 weeks at some cinema studies conference in LA.)

Does anyone have the Esquire Magazine that first published the photo? IIRC they had the perceptiveness to entitle that section of the magazine "The Golden Age of Jazz". Most of us always think the golden age was the day before yesterday not the time we're actually in.

Ran into him in an elevator at the Toronto Film Festival. Asked him a question about a flattering review he'd done of one of our films: he responded by writing on a small note pad he keeps at hand and then showing me the answer. Also gave me a thumbs up on mention of the film. Nice to get a personal one. Years ago he wrote a great short book about the Cannes Film Festival called 2 Weeks in the Sun (Or something like that.)

I don't know the economics of it all but I'm surprised they've never done the Shelly Mann at the Black Hawk box set and now a bootlegger has done it. And why no Miles with Monk on Xmas Eve 1954 on one cd? (I think it would all fit, including the arguments.) Again, I don't know the economics but if it's not economical to reissue sessions on cd is it financially better to make everything (and I mean everything) available for download? (I know this will drive audiophiles nuts.)

http://www.ted.com/talks/bobby_mcferrin_hacks_your_brain_with_music.html

BTW I jsut noticed in the Losin discography that the Copenhagen concert was broadcast on tv and there are boot DVDs around.

I just realized I have at least part of this on a MOON CD called Double Image. It claims to be Miles in Paris but Peter Losin says it's from Rome, October 27, 1969.

I'm confused (as is often the case). Is this the actual performance Allen's taking about? (One of the comments suggests that a performance from Woodstock was deleted form Youtube.) If not, id it on an available cd? (My wife heard this and just mentioned that she saw Johnny Winter at Massey Hall.)

Just got this announcement from CD Universe: Miles Davis Live In Rome & Copenhagen 1969 Digitally remastered collection of live tunes from the Jazz icon. Contains the Rome and Copenhagen performances by the 1969 Miles Davis Quintet with Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. This band toured Europe from October 26 to November 9, 1969. In his autobiography, Miles would state that this group was really a bad motherfucker! 15 tracks. Gambit. 2010. Releases March 2 Has this "lost quintet" cd been available before? Anyone have it and recommend it?

A friend of mine just published a book about New Orleans with Lulu. Let me find out how he likes them.

Me too. I'm really enjoying it.

Joe, I've listened only to disc 1 so far, but I thought it read 73 minutes when I put it into the player...will have to doublecheck tonight. Several standout moments on disc 1 for rarely-performed American songbook numbers--"How Deep Is the Ocean" and "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," plus Duke's own "Ridin' On a Blue Note." You're right. I took the timing from the back of the cd package. It's obviously wrong. I just listened to the first concert while driving back from LA. It's great!

The liner notes point out that these 2 broadcasts were longer than usual-- 70 minutes. (Because of it being football season and stations joining late-- not that I really understand.) However each cd is just over 63 minutes long. What's up with that? The broadcasts are usually 55 minutes long at that's about what they come out at on the other releases. BTW From listening, I'm under the impression that the Date with the Duke broadcasts weren't sponsored by the Treasury department until the 4th show.

I do. The machine's advertising seemed to imply that it was plug and play but actually I had to buy something for it to work with the WiFi. It's pretty good. Not quite as good as having a DVD playing but it is instant gratification. You also seem to be able to watch an unlimited number of films one after another.

They did repeat it once once on BET. Terrific.

I have what I think is the "handsome set"-- it does have the lp facsimile sleeves. It's alittle difficult to get the books (one for cds one for notes) in and out of the box without bending the envelope with the facsimiles. (I think I just bent them checking out what I had.)

I saw that band in Montreal in the '60s. Didn't know much about Herman then but enjoyed the band a lot. Probably one of the last great big bands.

I got excited too soon: I thought there might be some film footage of Django (of which there is very little).

Monday Night! Dang-- that's my poker night! I may save a lot of money by going to see you guys.

Happy B'day and many more!

When I went to see this there was also (on the side) an Ornette concert from 1987 with Cherry, Higgins and Haden! I didn't even know that they'd played together at that late a date. I love youtube

But it doesn't seem to be going back to the last time I was on. And BTW these posts aren't showing up. (Though yours was under new topics or whatever.)