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he 2012 NEA Jazz Masters are: Jack DeJohnette, Drummer, Keyboardist, Composer Born in Chicago, IL; lives in Willow, NY) Von Freeman, Saxophonist Born in Chicago, IL; lives in Chicago, IL) Charlie Haden, Bassist, Composer, Educator Born in Shenandoah, IA; lives in Agoura Hills, CA) Sheila Jordan, Vocalist, Educator Born in Detroit, MI; lives in Middleburgh, NY and New York, NY) *Jimmy Owens, Educator, Trumpeter, Flugelhorn Player, Composer, Arranger Born in Bronx, NY; lives in New York, NY) *Jimmy Owens is the recipient of the 2012 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy. http://www.arts.gov/honors/jazz/2012-NEA-Jazz-Masters-Announced.html

Thanks for this but I didn't pick it up until today so I've missed the opportunity to see one of my favourite jazzmen. What a shame! Anyway, The Ethan Iverson Trio were excellent at Small's, although Mr Iverson seemed a bit in awe of his sidemen (Buster Williams and Ben Riley) and stuck to standards for the early set that I watched. I guess it must be really difficult being the junior partner playing with a couple of jazz legends. Did you leave town? Henry Threadgill is actually at the Jazz Gallery tonight to Saturday. http://www.jazzgallery.org/live/ In case there is any confusion, Jazz Gallery is different from Jazz Standard. Jazz Gallery is a performance space (not a club like Jazz Standard) across from where the Half Note used to be located. Yes, I'm off to Washington DC tonight and then back to the UK on Monday. That's the way it goes with visiting New York--there's always something great just before and just after your visit.

Thanks for this but I didn't pick it up until today so I've missed the opportunity to see one of my favourite jazzmen. What a shame! Anyway, The Ethan Iverson Trio were excellent at Small's, although Mr Iverson seemed a bit in awe of his sidemen (Buster Williams and Ben Riley) and stuck to standards for the early set that I watched. I guess it must be really difficult being the junior partner playing with a couple of jazz legends. Did you leave town? Henry Threadgill is actually at the Jazz Gallery tonight to Saturday. http://www.jazzgallery.org/live/ In case there is any confusion, Jazz Gallery is different from Jazz Standard. Jazz Gallery is a performance space (not a club like Jazz Standard) across from where the Half Note used to be located.

And the latest Keystone Korner release is Pinnacle by Freddie Hubbard. http://www.resonancerecords.org/news.php?id=72

High Note has released some Todd Barkan recordings. The latest was by Jaki Byard.

Henry Threadgill is at the Jazz Gallery on Thursday. Plus the Undead Jazz Festival. http://www.undeadjazz.com/?page_id=276

Last night, the Cedric Burnside Project at Poor David's Pub. I like R.L. Burnside's music, so I attended, though with no particular expectation of how good this would be. Cedric Burnside--grandson of R.L. Burnside and the drummer in his band--opened on solo electric guitar--playing a number of songs in the style of Mississippi Hill Country Blues. He's a fine singer and pretty decent on country blues guitar, I was pleasantly surprised. Eventually, he added a backup singer, and a drummer joined the group. For the next few songs, the momentum of the set flagged a bit from the promising start. But then Cedric Burnside and the drummer traded places, so to speak, as Cedric took over the drum chair, and the drummer took over lead guitar. This effected a dramatic change in the vitality of the music--Cedric Burnside is an electric and dynamic drummer, and the new guitarist was quite effective in the Mississippi trance blues style. The rest of the set was rather fantastic--amazing the sound that just two musicians achieved. They played a mixture of original music, R.L. Burnside pieces, and just a couple of hoary blues classics (sounding rather different in this style). The meager audience of 25 or so was wildly enthusiastic. After a single long set, Cedric announced they had to drive back to Mississippi for Father's Day, so that was it.

Duke Ellington--Newport 1958 (Columbia mono, six eyes)

I bought the series from Cadence years ago. They appear to still have nine of the volumes in stock (including volume 17), for $16 each. Blue N Boogie has a wonderful complete Bird solo; the Dizzy solo is nearly complete but ends abruptly--the sound of the instruments is clear, but there is an extreme amount of surface noise on the source recording. No, the 22 CD volume set of Bird's Eyes is not complete. I don't have the succeeding CDR volumes.

Shelly Manne and His Friends (Contemporary mono) Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse, mono promo)

I've checked my copy and the font is a reasonable size (though white print on a black background). I'll mail you a photocopy if you would like, just send me your address.

I saw the Gil Evans ghost band at Sweet Basil a couple of times when they still played every Monday night and it was thrilling. I have the Tribute to Gil Soul Note CD and would be willing to make a copy of the notes but, those Soul Note CD liner notes are not user friendly--the fonts are often so small that I suspect a copy would be illegible. I will check on it though, but you would probably have a better prospect with someone who has the LP.

My first order from a seller in Lithuania.

I've never heard of this Thomas Chapin recording--do you know if it is available or a hopeless obscurity? Just issued for the first time this year - totally killer. No Business website. Thank you for bringing this to my attention--ordered.

I've never heard of this Thomas Chapin recording--do you know if it is available or a hopeless obscurity?

http://jazzcollector.com/

Duke Ellington, Black, Brown and Beige (Columbia, six eyes stereo)

Charlie Byrd--Byrd's World (Riverside, Orpheum mono) Louis Armstrong--Ambassador Satch (Columbia six eyes)

In the mail came, Matana Roberts, Live in London Shimrit Shoshan, Keep It Movin' Evan Weiss, Math or Magic, and Art Pepper, The Art History Project, unrelaesed art vol. 4

Is this still on tonight?

Gary Burton, New Vibe Man in Town (RCA black dog mono) Stan Getz, Cool Velvet (Verve trumpet mono)

After receiving Coin Coin this week, listening to the CD three times yesterday (and liking it very much), I ordered Live in London today.

The website has the history of the labels here: http://www.jazzology.com/jazzbeat.php?id=73

You had no clue? Yet you knew this was a '70s recording? I don't know, I want to trust you... But somewhere out there is the unreleased tape of Hank Mobley Plays Saturday Night Fever...

J. J. Johnson--Dial JJ5 (Columbia six eyes) Count Basie Classics (Columbia six eyes) Dave Brubeck--Brubeck Time (Columbia, red label)