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Glad I saw him as often as I did. (I think I saw him at least once in every decade '60s-2010s.)

Wow. I wish those photos came with sound.

The United Artists film catalogue is owned by MGM. I'm not sure anything new is released under the UA banner.

Don't remind me! I have outlived nearly every jazz musician I admire. FortunatelyI I really admire Benny Carter. Thanks for the birthday wishes.

I'm away from my home so I can't check for sure but I think some of them are on the Mosaic Columbia set.

Or the band with JJ Johnson

How about Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music which I believe was released on 1952?

He played with Benny Carter at one point. IIRC He's the jazz piano player John Cassavetes replaces on the piano bench in the title sequence to "Staccato" . It's confusing because there was another piano player named John Williams.

I saw the Capote stuff but what did he say about Bernard Herman?

Listening to this I was reminded of George Crater's comment "If I hear John Coltrane play My Favorite Things one more time I'm going to strangle Mary Martin."

Listening to cds of Coltrane's '61 European tour I was reminded of George Crater's comment "If I hear John Coltrane play My Favorite Things one more time I'm going to strangle Mary Martin."

I can certainly see why hearing this for the first time might lead to some hyperbole. There may be Bird performances that equal this, but I can't think of any that top it. 1952 is a good year for Bird. Also I wonder if playing in the afternoon had an effect. BTW Both Symphony Sid and Bird refer to Benny Harris is as the author of Ornithology with no mention of Bird being co-author.

Amazon has a 4cd set entitled "So Many Things: The European Tour 1961." The 4 discs contain almost everything on the first 5 cds of the 7 disc set. It's only $22.

Does that set also contain the Copenhagen concert where they play Delilah? I came across it on Youtube when I clicked on the link for the Helsinki concert.

Someday My Prince Will Come. (oops just noticed you listed that.)

Maybe the first jazz record I ever bought. (And it wasn't because of the cover-- honest.) It's where I first heard Little Girl Blue and I've loved it ever since.

I did see him a couple of years ago. Not sure I'd call it jazz but it was very enjoyable. He was supposed to be with the Jazz Epistles when I saw them in New York but he was ill and couldn't play. Still a good concert and not just because of Abdullah Ibrahim.

IIRC there was a sign like that at Preservation Hall re: Saints Go Marching In.

No, it was a blues with (I think) the word "midnight" in it. Apparently oft played, but I wasn't familiar with it.

There was once a discussion of this here and as I remember it the songs musicians didn't want to have to play were "in the Mood" and a slow instrumental blues I can't remember the name of. Any one remember (or any guesses)? BTW I think the rock equivalent is "Mustang Sally". The drummer in my wife's bar band just refuses to play it.

This is a thread running through Rafi Zabor's novel The Bear Comes Home. (honest)

I was a bit intimidated by him because I admired him so much so I didn't have that much interaction with him. Also he was very busy conducting an orchestra. He seemed very nice. IIIRC I did tell him that I was a fan.

I don't have Shoot the Piano Player but I do have Le Mepris and Le Peau Douce-- bought them in 1965. I once worked with Delerue and have regretted that I never asked him to autograph them.

Wow didn't know about this. I have a French 45 of music from the film I bought more than 50 years ago.

I got bored really quickly with the released version of "Rosemary...etc" because of the monotonous rhythm section. I loved the record but could barely play it because of this. The originally chosen take seems much better to me. The other changes don't bother me as much though IIRC the original "If You See Her Say Hello" has different, better lyrics. I once got a bootleg called "Blood on the Tapes" with several out takes including all the originally chosen ones. From it I've made my own version of the originally intended release. I've always expected an official "Bootleg" with material from BOTT and Desire. Maybe even Street Legal.