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I was thinking of ordering it, maybe.

This is terrible, if true. I just saw him perform in January and also last October, and he was in excellent form both times.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/grossman/2004-06-07-grossman_x.htm

I've seen Scott Hamilton live once--in a George Wein led group as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival--I had a similar reaction of boredom, but in this case Buddy Tate and Norris Turney were also on stage so all was not lost.

Johnny Smith Plus the Trio (Roost, blue label) Father Tom Vaughn, Motor City Soul (RCA black dog) (Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge)

It seems that my copy of this CD was lost in the mail, but I must say that the woman who fulfills the orders was very nice and sent me a replacement copy (autographed by Mr. Tacuma even), which I am finally getting to listen to this morning.

Gene Ammons/Etta Jones/Jack McDuff--Soul Summit Volume 2 (Prestige, blue label)

Who's in the lineup now? I really enjoyed seeing them a couple of years ago in San Antonio, with Booby, Dave Douglas, Zenon, Rosnes, and Redman. This is the lineup: Miguel Zenón – Alto Saxophone Mark Turner – Tenor Saxophone Avishai Cohen – Trumpet Robin Eubanks – Trombone Stefon Harris – Vibraphone Edward Simon – Piano Matt Penman – Bass Eric Harland – Drums Three concerts in Texas: Hogg Memorial Auditorium, University of Texas Austin, TX March 24 Buy tickets R. Don Cowan Fine & Performing Arts Center University of Texas Tyler, TX March 25 Buy tickets Annette Strauss Artist Square at AT&T Performing Arts Center Dallas, TX March 26 Buy tickets

I hate it when a Half Price Books store has a buyer who thinks he knows something (they usually don't) and tries to price an LP as a collectible. It defeats the whole point of the store. I recently ran across a green label Eric Dolphy at the Five Spot volume at a small store which was priced at $100. Ha ha. That being said, I've found far more prime LPs priced low, than the reverse. Fortunately, the main HPB in Dallas is not like that at all--they seem to largely price based on condition. I've found so many great classical LPs at HPB for little money that I've had to declare a moratorium.

That's one of my favorites of the Art Yard reissues and well worth a search.

Jam Session Record No. 103--Live at the Trade Winds (Sony Criss, Wardell Gray, Chet Baker, jack Montrose, Marty Paich, Harry Babison, etc.) Bobby Hutcherson--The View From Within (Blue Note)

I haven't heard Azar Lawrence's Mystic Journey, but both Prayer for My Ancestors and Speak the Word are very good recent quartet recordings, featuring dynamic piano from Nate Morgan. http://www.amazon.com/Prayer-My-Ancestors-Azar-Lawrence/dp/B002ML8R0A/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1299427777&sr=1-3 http://www.amazon.com/Speak-Word-Azar-Lawrence/dp/B001FBSHFS/ref=pd_sim_m_3

Ditto.

Luiz Bonfa -- Softly (Epic) Freddie Hubbard -- Straight Life (CTI)

I'm glad to hear it. The last couple of times I've seen McCoy it seemed as if his intensity had diminished a bit. My first live experience with McCoy Tyner was in 1983, at a short-lived club in Oak Cliff, the Judge's Chambers--it was a quartet with Gary Bartz, plus John Lee and Wilby Fletcher. Then the same group appeared at the Caravan of Dreams a few times, adding John Blake on violin (and once substituting Gerald Veasley on bass). That was a fantastic and inspiring group.

Yes, but they will need a different venue, as Pearl at Commerce closed a few weeks ago.

Happy birthday!

Yes, Willie Dixon sang and played the bass.

His Prestige recording (reissued on CD as an OBC), It's the Blues Man, is excellent. It seems to have gone out of print, but copies are still available on amazon.com.

McCoy Tyner--Plays Duke Ellington (Impulse, red and black) Eric Kloss--Love and All That Jazz (Prestige, blue label)

This article, at any rate, says they are paying royalties to the artists for the Newport material. http://jazztimes.com/articles/25650-wolfgang-s-vault-streaming-back-to-life

McCoy Tyner--Today and Tomorrow (Impulse, red and black)

Thanks for the notice, I'm enjoying this right now.

Sonny Rollins--Sonny Meets Hawk (RCA, black dog)

I saw the same band for two nights in 1985 at the Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth, Texas. It was real good.