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Paul Horn's early recordings on Columbia. The live Gary Burton with Larry Coryell on RCA. The live Lenny Breau LP on RCA.

Bill Holman's Great Big Band (Capitol) Elvin Jones--Poly-Currents (Blue Note, black and blue label)

Bobby Hutcherson--San Francisco (Blue Note, black and blue UA label)

Lee Morgan--Caramba (Blue Note, Liberty, blue and white label)

Wayne Shorter--Moto Grosso Feio (Blue Note)

A better man than Robert Plant.

Yesterday, I found a copy of John Patton's Accent on the Blues. But I didn't notice that it was warped. Damn.

I don't know most of these records, but Kirk's We Free Kings is a fantastic record. That would be my first choice. Next, curiosity would lead me to the Phineas Newborn.

Sidney Bechet--Bechet of New Orleans (RCA Vintage Series)

Jelly Roll Morton--Mr. Jelly Lord (RCA Vintage Series).

I only have Melvin Sparks Akilah and Houston Person Broken Windows on LP. All the rest are unfamiliar.

I have a few on the label. On the good side: Mauger--The Beautiful Enabler. This recent release is a trio with alto saxophonisit Rudresh Mahanthappa (Vijay Iyer's frequent collaborator), Mark Dresser, and Gary Hemingway. Ze Eduardo/Jack Walrath--Bad Guys. On the other hand, I didn't care for Tony Malaby's Tamarindo.

Yes, it is. What does "audition copy" mean? MG I've assumed this is the same as DJ copy--a copy given free to radio stations.

You're right! I'm talking about Saturday the 29th. Is Schneider Sunday or Saturday? They are there both nights. Also on Saturday, Jean Michel Pilc at the Jazz Gallery. Here's a complete list: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/newyork/aaj_ny_200811.pdf

Lonnie Smith Trio at the Iridium Maria Schneider Orchestra at Jazz Standard. (11/30 is a Sunday though, not a Sunday)

Thanks. Ordered.

The Folkways CD--The Original James P. Johnson, 1942-45, is available and really good. Another I like is Snowy Mountain Blues. And of course James P. Johnson's Blue Note Jazzmen.

Yes, I do.

All Music has almost everything I've done. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&s...3cfqxql5ldfe~T4 That's quite an impressive list. I see you recorded the final album by George Adams, Old Feelin'. What was it like to work with him? There were a few albums with George at that time: Nightingale, America, along with Old Feelin' Old Feelin' had an interesting, young rhythm section: Lewis on drums, Santi on bass, and Ray on piano along with the 'old guys': George, etc. and it might have been the first time that he had played with them. It pushed him in some different directions that he might not normally go. You know that was 16 years ago and the fact that I'm having trouble thinking of any stories of George, means the sessions went smoothly. Not that you only remember the 'bad' ones or the 'hard' ones, but the more 'difficult' sessions do have a way of etching themselves in the memory. I can clearly see the session at Clinton Studio B and remembering working on a different approach to the drum sound for the album. It was a little more 'pop,' than jazz for the time and that approach was the right one for the album. It may have been direct to two track, as well. My partner, Kazunori Sugiyama, would remember, I'm sure. I'll ask him if he has any tales from the sessions. My friend, Kazunori Sugiyama, producer of the three George Adams sessions for Somethin' Else, writes: Multi-track recording. George sang on a few, tunes. He needed some takes, certainly. It was mixed at Effanel Music. (Only Nightingale is Live to Two. America is also multi-track.) This is the band that went to play Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival that year. It could be that the band/booking was set first, and that made this recording as a release for their appearance. George and Hannibal go back a long time and Jean-Paul knows George from Pullen/Adams days --- JP might have toured with them in Europe (probably he was with McCoy’s or Elvin’s then), or something. Ray Gallon was a pianist for George’s Quartet for previous year’s Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival. See, my memory is not infallible. Kaz said he'd check his notes for any other insights. Thanks. George Adams is an underappreciated giant of the tenor, in my opinion.

An excellent group which I had the good fortune to see in person about a year ago.

Clarke-Boland Big Band--Jazz is Universal (Atlantic, blue green label)

Wayne Shorter--Native Dancer (Columbia) Duke Ellington--Ellington Indigos (Columbia six eyes)

Jonah Jones at the Embers. I guess only the title is fake, since there is no fake applause.

That's my reaction to China Boy on the HRS Mosaic.

All Music has almost everything I've done. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&s...3cfqxql5ldfe~T4 That's quite an impressive list. I see you recorded the final album by George Adams, Old Feelin'. What was it like to work with him?