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And Duke loves you madly!

They also toured with Simon as, I believe, did several other of the musicians from the album. However they were already playing Lady Smith on KCRW in LA long before Graceland came out. (BTW The only time I ever saw Toots Thielemans was when he toured with Simon. And didn't Phil Woods play on one of his records?)

On five of the songs South African musicians got co-writing credits. My guess is they made more money from that than we'll ever make on a project. And do you believe that Kathleen Battle should stick to singing spirituals and stop colonizing German composers?

Well if one is to believe the liner notes they were all recorded on the same days. Also, I don't think these were "rehearsal tapes". Why would the musicians travel so far to rehearse when they had a gig that night? And (again) according to the notes, Impulse was pissed at Thiele for spending so much money recording Trane. They wouldn't have been happy paying to record rehearsals. My guess is that they went into the studio not to make a thematic album but to lay down some tracks that would be released on perhaps more than one Lp. (Even Ballads was recorded over three different sessions, on two of which other things were recorded. ) In a 1968 interview in Coda Thiele said: " The material that is unreleased is from the period of 1963..... This unreleased material is not inferior, it is just that he became quite busy in the studio. " (He also talks about material from California. Anyone know what that might be?) OTOH, there are two cuts where Trane seems to go slightly off mike at the end of his solo as if he were turning to Tyner to indicate it was the pianist's turn to solo-- not something you would expect in a recording session.

About collectors of blues 78s.

Ricky Riccardi has posted an announcement of 2 JATP releases that feature Prez. Blues in Chicago 1955 and Carnegie Blues. They're available as Lps, streaming and downloads. I guess that's the future. (I'd post his fb announcement but I can't figure out how.) BTW They're cheaper on iTunes than on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Jazz-At-Philharmonic-Carnegie-Blues/dp/B07C5JLPG3/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1531268824&sr=1-1-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0&keywords=Lester%20Young%20Carnegie%20Blues

Thanks. I've DVR'd a bunch of old Hitchcocks that were on TCM. Time to start watching them.

And?

Good thing I didn't know about the 3 cd set.

I thought so but I'm a Van fanatic.

It's sort of a Bill Frissell record with Charles and Lucinda Williams as guest artists.

me too.

Did you find out how much Ellington there was?

Trying to post Van Dyke Park's tweet here but not sure how to do it. https://twitter.com/thevandykeparks/status/1013988048642510849

She's great and so is this record.

You're right. I just glanced at the picture and didn't read the note. My bad. I'm hoping there will be a new one from the Savory material including some Charlie Christian.

I just got an e-mail from them still touting it (and announcing that the sale was about to end).

I read a comment somewhere which said it sounded like Pharoah Sanders meets Cannonball Adderly. Interestingly enough at Arroyo Secco festival I saw him right after I saw Pharoah. His father, Ricky Washington, played with him on all but one number. Is he on the record?

And don't forget Michael Snow.

He tore it up even when he ended with what I think was "A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square".

Went to a rock festival this past weekend and the first act I saw was Pharoah Sanders! He was at the by far smallest of the 3 stages but the generally young audience really got into it. I was worried because he hobbled across the stage and I thought he might have trouble hearing since he kept asking them to turn up his monitor. But once he began playing he was very strong. At one point while someone else was soloing he shuffled to the back of the stage and I presumed he was going to sit down but instead he picked up a couple of very large tambourines with which he joined in. Crowd loved him though not as much as they loved Kamasai Washington whom I saw next at a large stage. I liked him but Pharoah was a hard act to follow. The other jazz I heard was the music used to introduce Jack White: Artie Shaw's theme "Nightmare".

Thanks. I should have thought of checking there.

I saw her there too and last night went to a play called "Cookin' at the Cookery" which is about Alberta Hunter's life. Really good production. Just two actors both of whom were excellent singers.

The two disc set is avaialbe on Amazon but it costs $25. I'm not sure I'm willing to pay that much for one new Miles Davis cut from the period even if it is 5 minutes long. Anyone here heard it yet? Is it a completely new melody or a different take of one of the previously released melodies? I guess I could watch the movie and listen for the music in the interrogation scene.

The notes do give many examples. I was just summarizing what anyone would infer.