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I would imagine that recordings of pop groups like the Beatles, Rolling Stones etc. recreating their hits in a studio in 1967 would be of widespread interest, and would be a big seller if commercially released. There have been Live at the BBC releases for the Beatles, Hendrix, Cream, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, The Yardbirds, and others. Are these a different cache of recordings?

Jimmy Smith--Groovin' At Smalls Paradise, volume 1 (Blue Note, New York USA)

An excellent venue.

In a week or so, All About Jazz New York for November will be available online, and it has a daily concert listing in the back which is fairly complete. In addition, when you get to New York, buy a copy of Time Out New York. Between the two of them, you should have a pretty complete list of the alternatives--there could be something more interesting to you in some venue other than the mainstay jazz clubs.

I would opt for the Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra at the Blue Note.

Yes, the green labels are post-Fantasy acquisition issues. They could be reissues or new issues, as they kept putting out new albums on Prestige for awhile after the change in ownership.

I saw Christian Scott earlier this year playing in Mike Clark's band. A pretty nice young trumpeter

Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than the Day--The Stone.

Bobby Previte and New Bump, with Bill Ware on Vibes and Ellery Eskelin--Blue Note late-night set (1-3 a.m.)

The loudest good concert I've attended was Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society at the Caravan of Dreams--Vernon Reid on guitar, Melvin Gibbs and Bruce Johnson on bass guitars, Zane Massey saxophone, Henry Scott trumpet, Akbar Ali violin. The horns and violin players each had their own Fender amps, in addition of course to Vernon Reid's set-up and the twin bass guitars of Gibbs and Johnson. This was way louder than Ornette and Prime Time, who played the same venue multiple times.

Last night, Don Braden Quartet, with Winard Harper, at Sweet Rhythm.

At the Jazz Standard: First set, Sara Serpa Group. Second set, Greg Osby's Nine Levels.

Last night, Marco Di Gennaro Quartet, with Lee Konitz, at Smalls. A fine trio of Italian jazz musicians, with Lee Konitz in masterful form--both sets of standards were most pleasing.

I think I know where Amelia Airhart has been hiding.

For Harry Carney--Charles Mingus--broadcast of 1975 University of Missouri concert--even better than the Changes Two version, with a great and profound bass solo.

Steve Kuhn--Non-Fiction (ECM) Miroslav Vitous--First Meeting (ECM)

With regard to Frank Kofsky, I found an article about a posthumous meeting celebrating his work. In light of the exchanges above, this passage was especially amusing: Messages from friends and colleagues around the country, read by his wife, Bonnie Kofsky, and others characterized Kofsky as "a man of passion," someone who "loved a good argument," and one who "vigorously defended his views." Several, including colleague Joe Morrow, noted the fight that Kofsky - an outspoken partisan of the movements against the Vietnam War and for Black rights - had to wage to keep his teaching post. A number of the messages noted, as one put it, that Kofsky had a "quality that allowed him to take seriously the views of those with whom he disagreed and propose they continue the discussion." A former student told of a series of lectures Kofsky gave on the Vietnam War, which were attended by several veterans, some of whom still defended the U.S. role in that war. "The discussions were quite heated," she recalled, "but Frank always left them with a sense that while he disagreed with their views, he respected them." http://www.themilitant.com/1998/623/623_16.html

I've seen four violinists live that I've really enjoyed: Stephane Grappelli. Mark Feldman--with John Abercrombie. I enjoy all of the Abercrombie/Feldman recordings on ECM. There's also an excellent Michael Musillami recording with Feldman. Feldman's own recent ECM date was a bit disappointing. Charlie Burnham--I just had the good fortune to see him again recently with Michael Blake's Hellbent. But the best was with James Blood Ulmer's Odyssey band. John Blake--with the McCoy Tyner Quintet, a great band. Blake's two Gramavision recordings had a commercial bent, but there were a few good tracks.

superb choices! i have enjoyed both of those selections for decades. I'm late, as I just bought these two in the past week (perfect copies for a few dollars). So many great recordings still to be found and heard!

Larry Coryell--The Restless Mind (Vanguard) Joe Farrell--The Song of the Wind (CTI)

Theramin, celeste, and tuba.

That situation can (and should) be rectified: http://www.amazon.com/After-Hours-Ira-Sull...1867&sr=1-5 http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Within-Red-Ro...1867&sr=1-6 http://www.amazon.com/Sprint-Red-Rodney-Ir...1867&sr=1-7

Two Jazztones I found this week: Joe Newman--The Count's Men Joe Newman and Billy Byers--New Sounds in Swing

A few years back, I saw him perform a solo concert on piano and vocals at one of the local colleges. He was impressive.

The undubbed version and the dubbed version were both released in the Mingus Debut box, the first release of the undubbed version, I believe.