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Another one right here. Years ago, when I was on AOL, Al Kooper used to post on the music forums and talked about a Bloomfield box set he was working on. Too bad it hasn't happened.

The page also has a link to an article about the proposed demolition of the building where Robert Johnson and Jay McShann with Charlie Parker recorded.

Cuco Sanchez and Antonio Bribiesca--Una Voz Que Llora (Columbia, two eyes) David Newman--Fathead (Atlantic)

I have only the 1978 reissue on Impulse IA-9343/2 (or Impulse 2-4147, as this double LP was renumbered after Impulse was sold to MCA) - it has the same fadeout as the CD. Okay, that's cool. Kinda like on Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti where "Kashmir" is listed as being more than 9:30, but it's actually like 8:45. I found an original vinyl at Forever Young today. That was quite a gatefold on that thing, right up there with some of those Limelight issues. Too bad it couldn't be transferred to the CD, but whattya gonna do? The original also has an insert of liner notes written by Hugh Masekela which is not included in the CD reissue (at least, not in the copy I received from yourmusic.com).

This is making me think back to the various occasions where I saw him live-- He used to play once or twice a year at the Caravan of Dreams over quite a few years, and I saw him play there in groups with Ellis Marsalis, Leon Spencer, Cedar Walton, Roy Hargrove, Larry Willis, James Clay, Cornell Dupree... The Leon Spencer engagement was electrifying, the Texas Jazz Reunion concert was really nice in person, the engagement with Roy Hargrove was an excellent one that was recorded but never released (with Larry Willis, Walter Booker and Idris Mohammed). Then there was an exciting Texas Tenors concert with Marchel Ivery at the Texas State Hall. In the last few years, he's played a couple of fine concerts at the University of Texas at Dallas. He was very consistently of high quality.

I was afraid he might be ill since he had cancelled his scheduled January 31 Dallas concert. I always thought he was the perfect balance of jazz sophistication and raw blues power.

Also, overcompensating for feelings of font inadequacy.

The Mingus Debut box restores the unedited Massey Hall performances. There is a trio performance of I've Got You Under My Skin, with Bud, Mingus and Roach. The quintet performance consists of two short sets, three songs each: Wee, Hot House and A Night in Tunisia, then Perdido, Salt Peanuts, All the Things You Are/52nd Street Theme. The longest song is Hot House, which is 8:58. So I'm not sure what you are listening to, but it's not from the Massey Hall Concert recorded by Charles Mingus.

If you have Half Price Books stores in your area, they seem to have acquired a boatload of the Randi Hultin books and are selling them for $8. Personally, I thought the solo Hampton Hawes track was the best one on the CD.

Good idea... I just ordered Raw Materials and Black Water. We'll expect your review of "Codebook" post-haste! I did buy Codebook, and like it. To the recommended list, add Mauger, on Cleanfeed (Rudresh with Gary Hemingway and Mark Dresser).

Interesting person. Ever read about him? "Love, the Mystery Of" on one of Blakey's drum albums is by Guy Warren. Randy Weston recorded it, as well, live at, I think, Montreux (but I can't get at it - there's a pile of LPs that I'm too idle to put back in the shelves in front of it at the moment). Never read anything about him, though. MG Randy Weston has recorded Mystery of Love multiple times. The one time I got to see him live, performing solo, he played the song. There's a version on this Guy Warren record. In addition to four drummers, the album features Laurence Brown on trombone. Earl Griffith also appears on vibes on one track. The recording was made on May 22 and 23 of 1958. Guy Warren includes his mailing address (P.O. Box 1246, Accara, Ghana, West Africa and asks that the listeners write.

Stan Kenton--Viva Kenton (Capitol)

Ahmad Jamal--Outertimeinnerspace (impulse, black and red)

Guy Warren Sounds--Themes from African Drums (RCA Living Stereo) Wayne Shorter and Milton Nascimento--Native Dancer (Columbia)

I've seen him play with the Mingus Big Band/Mingus Dynasty a few times over the last two or three years. In fact, he's scheduled to be in the saxophone section of the MBB this coming Monday at Jazz Standard.

Thanks.

The Moffett Family Jazz Band--Magic of Love and Africano, on Venus.

Other worthy recordings by the Adams-Pullen group on Timeless are Earthbeams and Lifeline. There's also Melodic Excursions, an Adams/Pullen duet, and Paradise Space Shuttle (Adams with Rahn Burton on piano). By Art Blakey, In My Prime Vol. 1 (the Bobby Watson edition), and Blue Night (Terrance Blanchard edition). Kirk Lightsey--Freddie Hubbard Quartet--Temptation Dannie Richmond Plays Charles Mingus (the last Mingus group with Ricky Ford and Bob Neloms, sans Mingus of course). Barney Wilen with Mal Waldron Trio--Movie Themes from France.

Agreed. I was actually going back in to add those when I saw your post. Vol. 1 especially with George Coleman on board. Yeah - it's still the best of those fine albums. Issued in the US on Muse (although the rest were Timeless only I think). Actually on Impulse! in the US (as was Blakey's "Album of the Year" and a couple of other titles). I have Eastern Rebellion on a Muse LP.

Those might be rare. Nah! Back in the sixties, I had a colleague who SERIOUSLY maintained that he had the Bolden cylinder, but it was up in his attic and he couldn't be asked to get it down and show it to us MG Ho hum. Now Wynton plays Buddy Bolden, that sounds really special

The various editions of Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society, as recorded on Nasty, Street Priest, Barbeque Dog, When Colours Play, Texas, What Spirit Say, Shannon's House, Raven Roc, Decode Yourself, etc. Ned Rothenberg's Double Band, with Thomas Chapin--on Overlays, Parting, and Real and Imagined Time.

At Scat Jazz Lounge in Fort Worth: SUN, FEBRUARY 1 8:00 PM Helen Sung Pianist Helen Sung has been called “one of the brightest emerging stars in jazz today.” Her music is described as “marvelously imaginative,” “astonishing;” and her CD Helenistique (Fresh Sound Records) was praised as “…one of the year’s most exciting listens.” (JazzTimes). With a new CD (Sungbird, after Albéniz) on Sunnyside Records and winning the Kennedy Center’s 2007 Mary Lou Williams Piano Competition, good things are happening! This will be a truly magical evening with a great talent making her Scat debut.

David Newman has cancelled, and the "Texas Tenor" is now Red Holloway.

Those might be rare.

A Date with Riverside (Riverside) Jay McShann--Confessin' the Blues (Classic Jazz)--with T Bone Walker on guitar.