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Is it possible that some European labels have found a way to remix the American issues (and other European releases)? I 've found improved sound for the BG Carnagie Hall Concert, Complete Charlie Patton and Live Charlie Christian on budget European boxes.

The wife and kids and an old bald guy who would be me.

Aarghhh. I didn't know this duplicated the Mosaic box when I posted. Shows how much I know about Bunny.

My guess is that it's from July 27, 1963. I've got that on a cd which claims to be Miles and Trane live in NY. (running time is (9:23) BTW Did Mobley ever perform with Garland? Didn't he join Miles when Wynton Kelly was the pianist?

Unfortunately The Sound of Jazz is not public domain. Owned by CBS. I worked with some CBS/Fox video people on putting it out legitimately and adding Milt Hinton photos but ran into AFM problems. There's a good print int he UCLA archives.

I just saw this on the Jazzmatazz site. NEW Bunny Berigan - The Key Sessions: 1931-37 - 5 CDs (JSP) Jan? — with the Boswell Sisters, Tommy Dorsey, Bing Crosby, Glenn Miller, etc.

Hey Berigan I thought the the right wing party line was that there was no global warming. Has Rupert Murdoch sent you new marching orders?

Did Prez ever record with (or even perform with) Getz, Sims, Cohen or any other of his White disciples?

The DVD of The Sound of Jazz available in the US is missing the Monk and is not particularly good quality. I have a Lazer Disc (remember them?) I got in Japan of "The Sound of Miels Davis"from which I make video tapes. It's great. I think I could make DVD's by using my Mac. BTW Both "Sound of..." tv shows were produced by Robert Herridge for CBS. I tried to get them released legally on DVD but ran into AFM problems.

Reading the "Chronology" on this web site I was surprised to see that LaFaro seems to have been Stan Getz's bass player at the time of his death and was given time off by Getz to play with Bill Evans for the Village Vanguard sessions. In fact the last gig before his death was with Getz at Newport. If one just you wouldn't infer from the Chronology that the Bill Evans Trio was ever hism ain gig.

Didn't the Monk estate say that they had hours of tape from Nica's apartment including stuff from Bird?

Listening to it again I think it's possible that what I hear as a guitar tuned very low (on both Comes a Time and Little Wing is in fact a synth. Sort of the opposite of jack Chaambers mistaking Sonny Sharrock for a synth on Jack Johnson.

There's no guitarist credited on these cd's. If there's no guitar what instrument is playing the intro to "Comes a Time"? Did Hiram Bullock stay home because of Sting? (Actually Hiram plays on the Sting/Evans studio version of Little Wing.)

Right. But when Miles later played these numbers live was he referencing the records?

Don't you get all this in the order it was recorded on the Complete Bill Evans Riverside box? Just as the Complete Miles Box gives you the 2 final Prestige sessions in the order in which they were recorded.

The Miles box sets make clear the extent to which Teo Macero created the structure of several numbers in the studio. But when Miles played these numbers live (as he did with only a couple) did he use the Macero created structure? it seems to me he did with It's About Time, but what about Bitches Brew?

I like Red Norvo's version of "In a Mist" too. Meanwhile I found the Muldaur cd in the used Folk bin at Ameoba. First time I played it, it sounded like a novelty record to me. But after several plays, it's grown on me. I'm not sure it's jazz but who cares. I saw Martha Wainwright open for The McGarrigle Sisters (she's Kate's daughter) a while back and though I thought she was OK, I was surprised by how good she is here. BTW Did anyone here ever see the documentary on Bix where Bill Challis sits at a piano and plays an unrecorded piece by Bix? Was that one of the pieces on this cd?

Seems like I hadn't heard of Muldaur since my late friend Zal Yanofsky produced a record of his in the late 60's (maybe it was with Maria). Then a few weeks ago I heard Peter Goralnick (sp?) give a talk about the blues and Muldaur was one of the few contemporary artists he recommended! Right after that I saw the title of this cd in the Jazzmatazz upcoming releases list. Where can I get this? (BTW Anyone here familiar with Ry Cooder's version of "In a Mist" on his cd "Jazz"?)

I was lucky enough to see the band 4 times while Gil was alive. In Paris in '78, in LA at the Bowl in'80 or 81 on a double bill with Miles (no they didn't play together) and twice at Sweet Basil's in '85. I was so enthralled each time that I avoided the band after Gil's death not wanting to be disappointed. I finally caught them at Ronnie Scott's in London in 2001 and was knocked out. Miles Evans has really improved both as a trumpet player and leader. And yes they did play Little Wing.

Where can one get it? I'm an Evans completist (can never have too many versions of Little Wing) so I've had the cds since they came out. (Vol 1 came out in 2000 and Vol 2 in 2001). They're both still availabe at Amoeba in LA. What makes these distinctive is the use of Urszula Dudziak as a wordless vocalist.

I always thought Bird died while watching Jimmy Dorsey on tv. And before we blame Jimmy's playing, it should be added that Bird was apparently an admirerer. And in fact although it was the Dorsey Bros. tv show (under the auspices of Jackie Gleason) I think I've read there was a juggler on tv at the time of Bird's death.

To answer my own question: I checked with Peter Losin's Bird discography and it looks like rather than releasing a Vol 2 of just the remaining cuts from Birdland, Embers put them on a 2 cd box entitled "Charlie Parker at Café Society Downtown and Birdland". Gotta find it now.

Thanks. I did compare the Charly track listings to the Embers and there seem to be only 13 cuts at the end of the Charly box not on the Embers. How many discs are in Vol 2?

Where can I find "Concert in the Rain"?

Anyone familiar with the "Bird at Birdland" Charly box set? I've got the Ember "complete" set but it only goes to 1952. The Charly set goes to 1954. I just noticed that I only have vol 1 of the Ember set. Is there a volume 2 that goes to '54? I see something on Amazon called Birdland" 1&2 but there's no description. (Amazon does give the listing of tracks for the Charly set so I'll compare it with the Ember set when I get home, but I'd appreciate info on the sound quality. (BTW The Ember set is great.)