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I know that at least a few musicians keep their masters stored in a vault in Hollywood where I would want to be in case of a major disaster.

Great movie! What did you think of it? On TCM last week. I always wanted to see it because it is based on The Maltese Falcon. IMBD describes it as a parody of Falcon and that might be the best way to watch it. Pretty awful but it has its moments.

I'd almost only seen cursive until I began teaching at an architecture school. All of the students printed everything (is that what you call it whenm you don't use cursive) and it looked great and was easy to read. Also they did it very quickly. Immediately tried to emulate them but my printing was almost as bad as my cursive-- which is to say illegible even by me.

The Times story is worth trying to read, though it never explains (unless I missed it) how he got back to Paris from Berlin.

I saw that gig. Probably the first, and least favorite, time I saw Sonny. Can't remember why I didn't like it but he seemed to be struggling with the influence of Coltrane. (At least that's what I remember but after all these years who knows-- I may just have been in a bad mood. )

You might try his autobiography "Child of the Century". ( I read it many years ago and don't remember much except some funny anecdotes.)

https://www.nola.com/entertainment/2019/06/dr-johns-second-line-parade-rambled-through-the-treme-friday.html

None of the descriptions suggest that there has been a sonic upgrade of any kind-- or am I missing something?

I saw him several times over the years. Ran into him on the street in Cleveland the day after I'd seen him on a double bill with Aaron Neville. I couldn't stop myself: I wandered up to him and said "Hey Mac, What's up? You were great yesterday!". He thanked me and continued getting on to his tour bus.

Playing together? Even as a triple bill that's pretty great.

This one: We've seen Van a few times but this is from before our time here at a venue they no longer use for rock. (He's playing the Santa Barbara Bowl this summer one of only 3 places he's playing in the US.) Took her to the new Miramar instead. We save Super Rica for when our son is home.

IIRC $100.

So it was never in fact called "Jeru". Though the first time it was called "Birth of the Cool" was a couple of years later.

I came across this while looking at old rock posters to buy for my wife for her birthday: I was tempted to buy it for myself but I have no more room on my walls.

I have both the RVG and The Complete. Do I need this? Wouldn't it be great if they discovered some new live tracks? Or even more unlikely some rehearsal tapes? BTW According to an old copy I have of "Goldmine's Price Guide to Collectable Jazz Albums 1949-1969" some of this material (probably 8 tracks?) was issued in 1954 on a 10" Lp entitled "Jeru" before it was issued as "Birth of the Cool" on a 12"Lp in 1956. I've never seen a copy of "Jeru" but wonder if the cover attempted to sell it as a Gerry Mulligan record.

Sometime in the mid '80s I saw Dexter all by himself with a saxophone case on a moving sidewalk at LAX. He looked great. I turned to my wife and said "Hey that's Long Tall Dexter the coolest man alive. I can only hope I look like that when I grow up." I was about 45 at the time.

IIRC he plays it pretty straight in Lonely Are the Brave and A Face in the Crowd.

I read it and liked it a lot more than you do. But I didn't know much about him -- especially his pre-Elvis days so I found it al interesting. One of his artists (can't remember whether it was Carl Perkins or Jerry Lee Lewis) sure has bad things to say about him.

I saw them with Mingus twice in Toronto a year or so apart. Both times were great.

Richard Williams on 1965: https://thebluemoment.com/?s=1965

Unfortunately no.

Track 13 is "Have You Met Miss Jones" . No idea who's playing it but I sure like it.

I saw it. Loved it for a half hour or so then got tired of all the drug and acting like an asshole years.

Overlapped with him in Toronto. I had students who claimed they'd gone to high school with him a few years before.

Could track one be Stephane Grappelli?