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Well at least Miles never claimed to have written "Walkin'". I guess Carpenter beat him to it. But isn't there another tune he did that sounds a lot like it and to which I think he did claim authorship. (Syd's Ahead?)

"The Theme" to which I'm referring is the one on the first Lp of the Davis/Coltrane quintet on Prestige recorded November 16, 1955. This session has been released under various titles. In May of '56 he recorded 2 takes of a --variation different enough to be considered a new tune-- though it ends with the same closing riff. He then took one of his compositions from Someday My Prince Will Come (at least he claimed he wrote it) and made it his new theme. (Neo? Teo?-- I forget which.) But "The Theme" I heard all the time in the sixties was the one Miles recorded in '55. Was he even the first to record it?

When I was first listening to jazz in the early 60's many groups (local and visiting) ended their set by playing "The Theme" as recorded by Miles Davis in 1955. I'm pretty sure that on the Prestige releases he's credited as composer but on The Jazz Messengers Live in 1958 they end with it and Michael Cuscuna's notes refer to it as "Kenny Dorham's 'New York Theme' ".

I heard the Jazz Messengers DVD on the radio last week! Honest. I was in the Bay Area and the local jazz station was offering the DVDs as premiums. They'd play a number, then keep the sound going while they described the image and ask for donations. (They were sort of making fun of the way everybody was dressed.) I hadn't planned to get the Blakey but the music was so good I rushed out and bought it today. Watching/listening on my computer right now. It's great. Maybe better than the Bluenote release "Moanin".

As I recall he also worked a lot with The Beach Boys.

Thanks for the warning. I phoned home, had my wife TIVO it and just watched it. I've been trying to see this film for 40 years! Only because it's by Richard Lester. It would be tempting to think that the Beatles hired him for A Hard Day's Night because of this film. It's very stylish and full of self referential jokes. (I loved the way Gene McDaniels was photographed: looks like a Herman Leonard photograph come to life.) However i think the Beatles really hired him because he'd made a short film with the Goon Show folks: The Running, Jumping, Standing Still Film.

Hmmm I know I've bought quite a few things through the link to Amazon since August.

Same.

I think I first heard about Organissimo on the Blue Note Board. Is that possible? Was there some warning that it was closing down and people mentioned this forum? BTW What's the name of your Toronto store?

Cole also recorded transcriptions for the "West Coast Transcription Company" (C.P. MacGregor.) I think they're different from the Capital transcriptions. Perhaps it's amongst them. They used to be available (cheaply) from Laserlight.

Does it anywhere state that these are unreleased or are we all just inferring it? BTW Bregman wrote the liner notes for the excellent Charlie Parker at Birdland Ember 4 cd set.

Wow I just checked this to confirm that there was a quad "Svengali" and discovered that there were also quad releases of "Gil Evans Plays Jimi Hendrix" and Ellington's New Orleans Suite.

If my memory serves me well-- and it often doesn't-- there was a quad release of Gil Evan's "Svengali" on Atlantic. Now I'd like to hear that in 5.1 sound surround. Imagine sitting in the midst of that band.

So did they double their money?

Planning to start it tonight. Right after I watch 24. Just finished the new Alice Munro book and need a break.

What kind of player do you need to see the information? And how do I find it on my Mac? BTW When I inserted this cd into my Mac all it showed was that the music was in the AAC format.

Happy B'day and many more. Are you still in Calgary? We're going there Friday and I hear that it's just gotten really cold.

Yeah - can't figure out how it'll sound. I'm sure that two guys with such vast musical personalities and integrity, however, will produce something at the very least completely fascinating. In some ways, musical success would be a happy by-product of seeing/hearing the two of them work something. True. Cecil's pairing with Derek Bailey produced one of the most fascinatingly unusual items in either musician's catalog. But maybe Taylor & Braxton will just do Brubeck tunes Ha! I was just scrolling through to see if anyone had mentioned the Brubeck record with Braxton on one side and Konitz on the other. BTW I have a vague memory (as many of mine are nowadays) of Braxton and Cecil teamng up in the '70s-- or at least a teaming up being announced.

So is this available on cd? I used to own it on Lp but have never seen a cd.

A friend sent me a cdr of a recording he'd downloaded (I think from e-music). It was a compilation called Be-bop Revisited. The only information he included was the name of the band leader or group on each cut (eg Oscar Pettiford, Al Haig.) Recently I was using a rented car and stuck this cd into the car's player. I glanced down and noticed-- much to my surprise- the the cd/radio's read out was showing the title of each cut. Then I almost drove off the road when it gave not only the name of the group but added the names of band members! Usually about 4 then just saying "plus others". (Eg Oscar Pettiford and his 18 All Stars with Dizzy Gillespie, Trummy Young, Don Byas, Shelly Mann and others". I got very excited (I'm easily excited) at the prospect of finding this kind of discographical information on other cds, but much to my chagrin even though I tried regular cds, cdrs and downloads I never found another one on which the player was able to find any information except the track number. And I never found another player that displayed such information from this cdr. I've since returned the car so can't experiment any more. So my question is: What the hell is going on here?

A Mexican meal in Halifax! Well Happy Birthday and good luck.

I got the high-end ones (whatever they're called) from Cambridge Audio but since Henry Kloss died that company seems to have gotten a bit tacky-- at least that's the impression I get from their mailings. However back in the day they were great value for the money. You might check them out and try to find someone who's bought their more recent offerings.

Argghhh.. I'm runng out of shelf space but I think I have to have the Ellington, the Chu Berry and the Johnny Mercer. And just when I'd decided to stop buying any more cds until I'd given a careful listen to Allan Lowe's 4 box sets.

Sonny Rollins and Leonard Cohen! What the.....!!??

Go to your Safari preferences. Click on "General" and you'll get a choice of where to send your dowloads. Just choose "Desktop". You'll end up with an mp3 file thatt you can drop into iTunes. Thanks jazzbo and whoever else mentioned the option key. I'd been using Wiretap while I streamed the music-- which is a pain to do.