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While ordering the new Lonnie Smith, there are other fine CDs on this label (for example, Bobby Previte's Set the Alarm for Monday, or Bobby Watson's Horizon Reassembled). My apologies if this suggestion casts a stone in anyone's pond of "jazz is dead" reveries.

Oh, shit, another case of crazy used sellers on amazon I love Langston Hughes' poetry, so I'd love to hear this some day... The CD is in fact a single 44 minute track. The Mingus group only plays the second half of the CD (Shafi Hadi, Jimmy Knepper, Horace Parlan, Kenny Dennis), the first half being "arranged and conducted by Leonard Feather" who is the producer of the record. The first group is not too shabby though, including Red Allen, Vic Dickenson and Milt Hinton.

Yet another example of the jazz industry's innate bias against the overweight.

It's $12.99, direct from the label, with free shipping in February. http://www.palmetto-records.net/

There's more "Oh Yeah" on Tonight at Noon. Oh yeah! I should've been more specific and mentioned that I was listening to the Rhino CD of the album (thanks to a fruitful stop at the Arlington Half-Price Books where someone had unloaded all three of Mingus' Atlantic Rhino CDs), the one that has all six tracks from that session. Oh Yeah indeed! There's an amazing incomplete version of Hog Callin' Blues on the Birdland Broadcasts, with Yusef Lateef playing solo tenor, and Kirk playing background riffs--it is fantastic, but then the tape abruptly ends after little more than 3 minutes.

There's more "Oh Yeah" on Tonight at Noon.

I imagine Curtis Fuller is less thrilled with the Spanish reissue of his works.

From the new series, Blueprints of Jazz: Volume 1 (Mike Clark) and Volume 2 (Billy Harper). Also, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Kinsman.

Buy whatever you can find in the Classics Blues and Rhythm series.

I believe Lucky Thompson in New York has finally been released, as I received a notice of shipment from Worlds Records on Thursday of this week.

I have an LP recorded in 1971 called Parisian Solos; it's on Musica Records--if this is the same, definitely pull the trigger, it's a good one.

MIles Davis--Relaxin' (Prestige)

Coleman Hawkins-- Soul (Swingville)

Yes, though it appears to be out of print. http://www.amazon.com/Weary-Blues-Charles-...7881&sr=1-1 I have it and didn't like the record very much (though it has been many years since I listened to it). The CD programing is also highly annoying as it is a single continuous track, with no indexing. I have a funny feeling this new issue is coincidentally the same.

I believe the U.S. releases of the Bethleham material are readily available at a modest price, so I fail to understand why anyone would buy this collection.

Yet another Sun Ra release, on Leo, Live in Cleveland 1975. http://www.jazzloft.com/p-49267-live-in-cleveland-1975.aspx

I've been intending to buy some Graham Bond since reading Dick Heckstall Smith's book--perhaps this is the one I should buy.

On CD, I could only find The Divine Drummer (I haven't heard it). http://www.amazon.com/Divine-Drummer-Guy-W...5428&sr=1-1

I've been enjoying the Muse Moonchild date, from 1991. It's a pretty nice date. It's been recently available from dustygroove for $4.99 (though currently out of stock).

The right thing to do is to keep the Handy set and pay for it.

I saw Benny Waters once at Sweet Basil--he was in his 90s, and playing well.

That's the only Keith Jarrett Trio record that I like (and I dislike the others I've heard).

The best part is the stritchography.

Abdullah Ibrihim--Ekaya (Blackhawk) Eric Kloss--The Essence (Muse) Little Jimmy Rushing and the Big Brass (Columbia, six eyes)

Freddy Cole at Irving Arts Center, February 3 at 7:30.