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Clifford Brown/Max Roach--Brown and Roach Incorporated (Emarcy). Lucky find of the week, an original issue and in Vg+ shape.

After a quick look at club websites, Lew Tabackin Trio, Smalls, April 30-May 1. Paquito D'Rivera, Jazz Standard, April 29 Logan Richardson, Jazz Gallery, May 1 Mike Stern, 55 Bar, April 28 Dave Liebman, 55 Bar, April 29. I would add that 55 Bar, Smalls and Jazz Gallery fit in the category of nice venue to hear music and reasonably priced (unlike a place like Birdland).

25% off of Pi recordings this week (includes Rudresh Mahanthappa, Vijay Iyer, AEC, Muhal Richard Abrams, James Blood Ulmer...) http://www.allegro-music.com/label_search.asp?label=pie

The Don Pullen recording actually attempts to integrate jazz performers with Native American music performers--on a couple of the tracks he is reasonably successful.

Hank Mobley--The Turnaround (Blue Note NY USA) The Jazz Messengers (Byrd, Blakey, Mobley, Silver, Watkins) (Columbia, six eyes)

Don Pullen's final recording, Sacred Common Ground.

Charlie Parker Memorial, volume 2 (Savoy)

It's included in the Jazz Icons Coltrane DVD.

Hank Mobley--Mobley's Message (Prestige, W. 50th) Modern Jazz Quartet--Concorde (Prestige, W. 50th)

Horace Silver--Blowin' the Blues Away (Blue Note, W. 63rd mono)

Bobby Previte is having a sale on some of the CDs available on his website for $10. Some interesting CDs are available from various Previte-led groups--including New Bump's Set the Alarm for Monday, Ponga's Psychological, Big Guns, Groundtruther (with Charlie Hunter and John Medeski), and The Coalition of the Willing. http://www.bobbyprevite.com/shop.html

John Coltrane--Selflessness (Impulse, red and black)

My copy arrived on Friday. Thanks.

John Coltrane--Transition (Impulse, red and black)

I like the record also--it's not Katanga, but it's still pretty good.

There was a bootleg release that pre-dated the official issuance of the concert by Atlantic in 1976 or 1977. The bootleg may be from an inferior sound source.

This sounds like a record I would like, but it seems to be out of print.

That is a really good one.

Phew! Billy Harper smokes - but he doesn't smoke never has, he told me. I got put in a seat at the bar and, after a minute, someone addressed the guy sitting next to me as Mr Harper. So I said "Are you Billy Harper?" "Yes." @Sorry I didn't recognise you; I don't get out much." He thought that was funny. Eddie Henderson seemed to be having trouble with his lip and also to be fighting a cold. Nevertheless, he made effective music - not flashy, but effective. Azar Lawrence impressed me, too. I've never heard him play before. Looks like I made a mistake not listening before. Billy Hart drove the band like mad. He was heroic and Cecil McBee only slightly less so. My only regret is that the band is slightly too big for everyone to get solos. But it does enable rather interesting voicings to be written - George Cables seems to be responsible mainly. And I've made a HUGE mistake in not keeping up with Mr Harper after his recordings with Lee Morgan and Charles Earland. He was fire and had me jumping up and down on the stool, nearly falling off at one point. Oh, what an exciting player! Damn good gig. MG Azar Lawrence (who played with McCoy Tyner in the '70s) has recently re-emerged and released a couple of excellent albums--Prayer for My Ancestors (a really good one) and Speak the Word. A third release is imminent. Billy Harper's most recent (fine) recording is Blueprints of Jazz.

The Natural Seven (Al Cohn, Joe Newman, Frank Rehak, Nat Pierce, Freddie Green, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson) (RCA black label)

Charlie Parker Jam Session No. 2 (Mercury Trumpet) After Hours with Thad Jones, Frank Wess, Mal Waldron... (Prestige, W. 50th)

Jam Session No. 1 (Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges, Benny Carter, Ben Webster, etc.)--Mercury (light blue trumpet label)--Very vivid sound from this 1953 record, a happy find this week.

You got me--I forgot what day it is. I've seen film of Roland Kirk jamming with Buddy Guy and I'm sure I read somewhere that he did jam with Hendrix and other rock bands. It seemed credible to the dense.

What label is HMBG? Where do you buy the CDs? (I couldn't find this on amazon.com).

I listened to Out Front and its companion recording on Bethleham very many times. Two great records.