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This is the 6th edition of Kind of Blue I've owned. (Lp, cd, remastered cd, Mastersound Gold cd, Miles and Trane box set, SACD and now DualDisc.) I haven't really compared the sound on all versions but the 5.1 DVD sound is pretty good. The DVD documentary isn't very good but has a few interesting moments.

Pretty good trick for someone who's obviously dickless. Maybe it's because I know her (though I can't claim she s a good friend): but am I the only one who thinks we should watch what we say about real people? Hey if she's a jazz fan maybe she's reads this board. And the same goes for coments about jazz musicians critics etc: If you wouldn't say something to someone's face don't say it on the web.

A couple of people (including me) have been trying to get access to the original tapes. I think (hope) that Steve lasker has been haviang more success than I have.

Agreed. As I just wrote on another thread: I wish all discographies were on-line and accepted help from readers.

I've found Losin's discography to be much more complete than Bregman's. At least the copy of Bregman thaqt I have whihc is more than 10 years old. I wish all discographies were on-line and accepted help from readers.

That's what the guys who do Duke Ellington discographies do. As a result the discographies run for several hundred pages.

Jason: You've probably read lots of accolades about your father but in case you missed it: the LA novelist Carolyn See is a huge fan and I remember a piece she wrote about your dad for the LA Times several years ago in which she talked about driving from LA toNY to hear him play. (At least that's how I remember the story. I met her once and discussed the story with her and she also talked about delivering a present or birthday cake or something to him on his birthday. As I remember it he was a bit dumbfounded by her arrival on his doorstep. )

One of my favorite moments in the film is when Ava Gardner says she'll sleep with Frank Sinatra or Artie Shaw if she wants just as Shaw's "Nightmare" is being used as bakcground score. Actually it's used several times in the film.

Is this the John Williams who's now a famous film composer but was a jazz pianist or is this the other jazz pianist named John Willams? I notice this was done on the West Coast so maybe it's the film composer. A classic confusion of names. John Williams is a very good jazz pianist who recorded an album of his own on EmArcy. He was considered a rival of Horace Silver in the early fifties. He recorded a couple of excellent albums on his own. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&t...10:mtsqoauaiijm Not surprisingly, the pianist John Williams entry in the AMG listing includes two albums: the EmArcy reissue of the jazz pianist John Williams and a big band date by the other John Williams! So the John Williams on this cd is not the film composer? I aways ask because Benny Carter told me that the film composer used to gig with him. So I figured he must have been pretty good.

There's a litle bit of information about Byas in the intro to the Dan Morgantern book.

Your home improvements would only be deductable if you were renting our part of your house and declaring the income. And even then you could only depreciate them over several years.

I was turned on to this movie by my kids. If they hadn't liked it so much I might have left after half an hour or so thinking (mistakenly) that the movie was making fun of Napolean and his family. Knowing my kids had liked it I figured he would triuimph by the end. This is one of theose films that really separates critics from young filmgoers. Critics just don't get that kids aren't just laughing at Napolean-- they identify with him. As do the fimmakers. On the DVD commentary the director keeps saying "This happened to me", or "This happened to my brother."

According to Peter Losin's Bird discography http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/BirdSessions.aspx these are actually from 3 different sessions.

Especially to us old guys.

Is this the John Williams who's now a famous film composer but was a jazz pianist or is this the other jazz pianist named John Willams? I notice this was done on the West Coast so maybe it's the film composer.

I really like the uncropped version of the Coltane phot on the cover of Blue Train. I never saw a reporduction of it until after Mosaic had sold out their limited edition. However I did find a poster of it on E-bay and got a similar photo by Francis Wolfe from Mosaic. (I just tried to get a copy from the mosaic site but they aren't showing any photos right now. And why doesn't their site come up first if you google for Mosaic records?

You should buy the set, but meanwhile you can get Mess Around from the I-tunes Music Store.

I have a British Candid cd of We Insist and it's got the personell listings on the back cover. When and where was the Columbia release? Is this now OOP? That's terrible.

Yes, "Ray's Blue's" is from "Baby I Want to Hold Your Hand" but I can't figure out where "Going Away Blues" is from.

I love that quote. Explains a lot abouat the jazz community. Anyone know which work of Freud it's from. I've been reading Coda almost since its inception. Once helped John and Bill move their office. What this article doesn't make clear is that they covered classic jazz as well as the avant-garde. I agree that if their circulataion fell after the sale it's at least partialy because of incompetence on the part of the publishers. I tried to subscribe via phone and e-mail and never got a reply. In this day and age anyone can find a 14 year old who will build a web-site for you. And if you only sell 5000 copies you should be able to reply to your readers easily. Bill and John always did.

Me too.

a sentimental blues ain't that fine all to myself alone in this city baby let me hold your hand baby won't you please come home back home blues before sunrise can anyone ask for more can't you see darling confession blues crazy about me (all the girls in town) (sweet as can be) (ego song) don't put all your dreams in one basket going away blues guitar blues hey now (down to the river?) honey honey how long blues I love you I love you (I will not let you go) I wonder who's kissing her now if I give you my love I'll do anything but work I'm glad for your sake I'm wondering and wondering I've had my fun (goin' down slow) kissa me baby late in the evening blues let me hear you call my name (st pete florida) let's have a ball lonely boy misery in my heart (goin down to the river) ray's blues rockin' chair see see rider she's on the ball sittin' on top of the world someday (blues is my middle name) the snow is falling this love of mine walkin' and talkin' to myself what have I done (ray charles blues) why did you go you'll never miss the water / you'll always miss the water

Anyone have discographical information about Charles's pre-Atlanatic sides? I've got all 43 of them (I think that's all there were), the first 21 on a Classics cd with pretty good info. (I notice they actually spell Chronological correctly on the Blues series.) But the information I have for the last 22 sides he cut before joining Atlantic is pretty skimpy. I can't even figure out all the titles.

The cd I have was recorded in 1991. The correct spelling is Charlie Biddle (I've got a cd he recorded in '96 with appearances Oliver Jones, Wray Downes and Ranee Lee-- but not Nelson. I think Charlie Biddle died a couple of years ago and Charley Duncan previous to that.)

I have a cd by him at home. Have to wait till I get there to check the date. Man, I must have heard Nelson 100 times between '61 and '65. Played with the Charlie Biddil's (sp?) trio. They palyed as a guitar bass, drums trio but often backed visiting musicians too. I heard him with Art Farmer and Jackie MacClean amongst others. Can't remember the name of the drummer in the trio with whom I was quite friendly. Which makes me a jerk. Charlie somebody.