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You cannot have too much Ellington. It's a mathematical impossibility.

He used a rather racially insensitive reference to killing him which he shortly later apologized for in a follow up email, so I deleted it from my paste.

Dizzy Gillespie, The Gited Ones (Pablo)

Perry Smith Quartet, Live in Brooklyn

The SmallsLIVE Foundation Newsletter 6/16/20 Dear Friends: Yesterday was 90 days since our clubs have been closed. We had to lay off all of our employees and have now cancelled 450 bands - we had programmed 5 bands a day between both clubs. Yes, we have gotten some funding (the PPP loan) but it's been 8 weeks already and have used it up on the payroll and other expenses. New York is a strange place these days. Some are still quarantined and others are partying in the streets as bars are allowed to sell in paper cups. There is no clear information on the reopening and things feel chaotic. There doesn't seem to be any communication between landlords and businesses and everyone is at odds. For us at Smalls, we are biding our time. Thanks to the strength of our grassroots support (which is you guys), our international jazz fans and the brave musicians who have agreed to stream from the clubs, we are surviving. Our campaign to "get the cats working again" has been successful enough to fund through July and well into August. This means we can pay one band per day to perform and to pay the rent. For the musicians, I can say that the chance to walk into Smalls, rehearse and do a concert is cathartic. Even though the club is closed to the public, the spirits and ghosts still dwell there. The vibe is still strong and the energy is there, waiting to be tapped. The response to our live shows has been amazing. We average about 20K views per show and the comments and emails have been gracious, grateful and ecstatic. People need music and need jazz - this is clear. I see that many clubs are now streaming live. Even the venerable Village Vanguard has started a live stream. I find it amusing that 12 years ago when we first started our live stream, musicians were ready to . Even up to the covid disaster I still had musicians who refused to play at Smalls because of the live stream. Now it is our lifeline and the one thing that's keep us in the game. Also, our extensive audio/video archive is a piece of history. More than 18,000 recordings representing more than 4000 musicians. Nothing like it exists in jazz history. Supporting members ($10 year minimum donation) can access this archive and we pay royalties to the artists. If you would like to fund an evening of music at the club, email us at foundation@smallslive.com. I thank everyone for their concern and support. We will prevail here, it's just a matter of time. Our music is too strong to die and the people that love it are dedicated and passionate. I look forward to the day when I can (safely) shake your hand, welcome you to the club and offer you a drink at our bar. My Sincerest Regards, Spike Tuesday 6/16 4:45 pm to 6:30 pm SPIKE WILNER QUINTET Birthday Concert Spike Wilner / Piano Joe Magnarelli / Trumpet Joel Frahm / Tenor Sax Tyler Mitchell / Bass Anthony Pinciotti / Drums Sponsored by David Oei Wednesday 6/17 4:45 pm to 6:30 pm DEZRON DOUGLAS TRIO Dezron Douglas / Bass Keith Brown / Piano Jason Brown / Drums Sponsored by The Joel Foundation Thursday 6/18 4:45 pm to 6:30 pm RACHEL Z QUARTET Rachel Z / Piano Jeremy Pelt / Trumpet Matt Penman / Bass Jason Brown / Drums Sponsored by The Joel Foundation Friday 6/19 4:45 pm to 6:30 pm BILLY DRUMMOND 'FREEDOM OF IDEAS' Billy Drummond / Drums Tim Ries / Tenor Sax Lawrence Fields / Piano Dezron Douglas / Bass Sponsored by The Joel Foundation Saturday 6/20 4:45 pm to 6:30 pm JASON BROWN Jason Brown / Drums Nicole Glover / Tenor Sax Chelsea Baratz / Tenor Sax Bruce Harris / Trumpet Frank Lacy / Trombone Orrin Evans / Piano Alexander Claffy / Bass Sponsored by The Joel Foundation Sunday 6/21 4:45 pm to 6:30 pm RALPH LALAMA & "BOP-JUICE" Ralph Lalama / Tenor Sax Akiko Tsuruga / Organ Clifford Barbaro / Drums

Sonny Stitt, Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (Roost) Lucky Thompson, Soul's Night Out (Ensayo)

Black Man's Cry: The Inspiration of Fela Kuti (Now Again)

Sonny Stitt, Black Vibrations (Prestige) Bill Evans/George Russell, Living Time (Columbia)

Milt Jackson, At the Museum of Modern Art (Limelight) Earl Hines, In New Orleans (Chiaroscuro) Herb Geller, Fire in the West (Jubilee) (with Kenny Dorham, Harold Land and Ray Brown) Howard Rumsey Orchestra, Jazz Rolls Royce (Lighthouse) Red Callendar, Lowest (MetroJazz) The Australian Jazz Quartet (Bethlehem ten inch)

I need to resume volume 3, where I stalled in Brick Fleagle.

Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi Fi (ABC Paramount)

Meschiya Lake and Tom McDermott, Live at Chickie Wah Wah

This one is my favorite. Paul Horn Sextet Paul Horn, flute, clarinet, alto sax; Emil Richards, vibes; Victor Feldman, piano; Chuck Israels, bass; Colin Bailey, drums; Larry Bunker, percussion. Los Angeles, CA, May 27, 1963 HCO71380 Ceasar And Cleopatra Theme Columbia CL 2050 HCO71381 Cleopatra Enters Rome - HCO71382 Grant Me An Honorable Way To Die - HCO71383 Cleopatra's Palace Music - HCO71384 Anthony And Cleopatra Theme - HCO71385 My Love Is My Master - * Columbia CL 2050, CS 8850 Paul Horn - Impressions Of Cleopatra Paul Horn Sextet same personnel. Los Angeles, CA, May 28, 1963 HCO71386 A Gift For Caesar Columbia CL 2050 HCO71387 Love And Hate - * Columbia CL 2050, CS 8850 Paul Horn - Impressions Of Cleopatra

Actually, two tracks are omitted--it would have been a three sided LP if complete. The LP does sound great, like being at the Jazz Standard.

Oddly the LP omits the actual title track.

I believe that is $7 for three hours of access on a given night, so presumably there are two sets. For Smalls, a $10 donation to the foundation includes the livestream for the rest of 2020.

$7. You can set up an account without paying.

This week's live-streaming from Smalls. Monday 6/8 4:45 pm to 6:30 pm ALAN BROADBENT TRIO Alan Broadbent / Piano Harvie S / Bass Billy Mintz / Drums Sponsored by The Joel Foundation Tuesday 6/9 4:45 pm to 6:30 pm FRANK LACY GROUP Frank Lacy / Trombone Sponsored by The Joel Foundation Wednesday 6/10 4:45 pm to 6:30 pm ORRIN EVANS TRIO Orrin Evans / Piano Madison Rast / Bass Jason Brown / Drums Sponsored by The Joel Foundation Thursday 6/11 4:45 pm to 6:30 pm JOHNNY O'NEAL TRIO Johnny O'Neal / Piano Mark Lewandowski / Bass Itay Morchi / Drums Sponsored by Ari Silverstein (AriSilverstein.com on behalf of The Silverstein Collection Real Estate (SilversteinCollection.com) and NYC Jazz Tours (NYCJazzTour.com) Friday 6/12 4:45 pm to 6:30 pm MIKE LEDONNE TRIO Mike Ledonne / Piano Peter Washington / Bass Joe Farnsworth / Drums Sponsored by The Joel Foundation Saturday 6/13 4:45 pm to 6:30 pm AKIKO TSURUGA QUARTET Akiko Tsuruga / Organ, Jerry Weldon / Tenor Sax Charlie Sigler / Guitar, Joe Farnsworth / Drums Sponsored by Ari Silverstein (AriSilverstein.com on behalf of The Silverstein Collection Real Estate (SilversteinCollection.com) and NYC Jazz Tours (NYCJazzTour.com) Sunday 6/14 4:45 pm to 6:30 pm MARK WHITFIELD QUARTET Mark Whitfield / Guitar, Davis Whitfield / Piano Yasushi Nakamura / Bass, Mark Whitfield Jr / Drums

Basie Jazz (Clef) Jo Jones, Vamp Till Ready (World Record Club)

I heard the Odean Pope trio at the knitting factory once, except Tyrone Brown was on bass. Almost like me is fantastic; I did not know there was another record

Jimmy Raney, Strings and Swings (Muse) Art Hodes and Milt Hinton, Just the Two of US (Muse)

Jimmy Rowles, Fiorello Uptown, Mary Sunshine Downtown (Signature) Art Tatum Alone (World Record Club)

Currently listening to an lp from the record library of Norman Johnson. Enigmatically marked 6/60. Did Norm have sixty records or this one was purchased in June of 1960. I will never know.

I picked out a few today. Jackie Venson, Live in Texas volume 2 Omar Avital, New York Paradox Yaz Ahmed Quintet, When We Were Live Mdou Moctar, Mixtape volume 2 Ronald Shannon Jackson, Montreal Jazz Festival, July 4, 1988.

Listening to the Smalls broadcast this afternoon, and i must say Ed Cherry sounds rather good on guitar. I don't think I have heard him since he was in the Dizzy Gillespie band back in the 1980s, with Sam Rivers if memory serves.