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Terrance Blanchard--The Levees from A Tale of God's Will.

The Best of Lightnin' Hopkins (Prestige, blue label) Russ Garcia Orchestra--Four Horns and a Lush Life (Bethleham)

I'd probably go along with DMP on this one, although I haven't listened to these recording in a while, I like them rather than love them. If I remember correctly, when I first heard these recordings I felt he started off playing pretty well on the Thursday night but dipped a little bit each night, which if you've read "Straight Life" is perfectly understandable. Would love to hear more about those first Vanguard sets DMP, don't know much about the guys in the band except Gumbs, just from his Woody Shaw recordings. Onaje Alan Gumbs is still active. He leads a group featuring Mark Shim (the group is excellent live) and also plays in a group under the leadership of Avery Sharpe. Return to Form (on Half Note, live at the Blue Note) is probably the best of his recent recordings. http://www.amazon.com/Return-Form-Onaje-Al...1493&sr=1-3

I didn't know there were single versions of Spanish Lady and If Only We Knew. The Carnegie Hall tracks are unfamilar. A few unreleased tracks. Temptation to buy what I already have the majority of, once again.

This set arrived today--new and sealed, with a black mark over the bar code. A great deal.

I've been stocking up on Muse CDs from dustygroove at $4.99 apiece lately.

The liner notes are pretty long. Even so, I was typing this one up on Saturday and was about 80% done when my computer froze.

Yes, the new identity could hardly be more obvious.

The Art of Freddie Hubbard (Atlantic)

Getz, Cohn, Moore, Eager, Simms, the Brothers (Prestige, blue label Italian pressing) Count Basie--Kansas City Suite (Roulette)

David Newman--Newmanism (Atlantic)

David Newman--Resurgence! and Still Hard Times (Muse)

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)