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I'd add his appearance on Chico Freeman's Destiny's Dance to that list. (Hard to imagine him keeping that kind of company these days) When I interviewed Wynton in April, 1982, he said that "Destiny's Dance" was a very poor experience for him because Chico Freeman did not know the changes to his own songs, and that he would not be getting involved in any projects with musicians like that again. What a douche bag. He meant, I won't play anymore with musicians who have more talent and personality than I do.

I don't know but he has been posting the articles he used to post here over at allaboutjazz.com recently.

No thanks.

I really like the first side of Carnival Sketches. Is there such a thing as a Near Mint Argo?

I actually have the original LP of this one--it has the "deep groove" and is pressed on see-through orange vinyl. Wow, orange vinyl! I've found that LP's pressed on translucent colored vinyl tend to sound extra good for some reason. I've got it on boring old opaque black vinyl (and CD too.) I overspent to buy it though ($5).

I actually have the original LP of this one--it has the "deep groove" and is pressed on see-through orange vinyl. Another LP I have--Live in Europe, on the Impro label, with George Arvanitas, Jacky Samson and Charles Saudrais, recorded in 1977.

I wouldn't pass by the recording with the Orchestra either. It's good. Plus, on the CD reissue, The Washington Concerts, there is 35 minutes of additional music of Bird from two other performances in D.C., in small groups, where he is in great form. These added tracks are actually better than the tracks with the Orchestra.

Pepper Adams Plays the Music of Charles Mingus (Fresh Sounds).

I'm surprised by that comment as the few Inner City LPs I have are all good pressings with a nice full sound. They weren't as bad as Trip, but their pressings were generally pretty mediocre (cheap vinyl, I would guess).

Yes, all three volumes, and in addition they have put out a Sonnyboy Williamson and Memphis Slim disc that is really good.

The Larry Kart review posted here is much better than the Hentoff review. http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=30144 I've watched the Blakey, Baker and Armstrong so far, and I love this series.

Ornette Coleman--Town Hall 1962, The Great London Concert and Live at the Golden Circle Thomas Chapin--Menagerie Dream, Sky Piece, and Night Bird Song

I just bought a Mistubishi 57 inch DLP (1080P) model, and I must say that I am very happy with it. With a good DVD, the picture is just great--really fabulous. The only viewing issue I have is that if you are standing and looking down at the screen, the picture quality is diminished, but I solve that issue by sitting down. I am glad that I stopped waiting for a better technology to come out--this one is really good.

Do you have Summit Meeting at Birdland (Columbia LP)? The jam session with Chet Baker and Sonny Criss? The JATP date that came out in the last couple of years with Sonny Criss (with the special bonus small group cuts with Coleman Hawkins and Fats Navarro)? The 1947 Carnegie Hall concert (with Dizzy)? The 1949 Carnegie Hall concert (with Red Rodney)?

He played a number of times at the Caravan of Dreams back in the mid-1980s, usually with Larry Willis on piano and Idris Muhammad on drums--a terrific rhythm section, playing with the likes of Freddie Hubbard, David Newman and Roy Hargrove.

This site has links to the websites of most of the clubs. http://www.bigapplejazz.com/ Roy Haynes is at Birdland that weekend, the Cedar Walton Trio at the Village Vanguard, and Mose Allison at Jazz Standard.

I was taking the bus to the Apollo Theater with Henry and Margaret earlier this year and they were telling me about this upcoming show....they were excited as well. m~ I wasn't sure what to expect (have kind of a lukewarm reaction to most of the Dave Douglas CDs I've heard), so it was a real unexpected treat to be blown away by the music (a wonderful venue as well). My apologies to J.D. Allen, the tenor player (not J.T. Brown, who was Elmore James' saxophonist).

Why do these rockers consent to be grilled by chewy, I'm wondering?

The Don Cherry tribute concert at Merkin Hall, with the Dave Douglas Quartet (Henry Grimes, Andrew Cyrille and J.T. Brown) and the Roy Campbell Quartet (Lee Rozie, William Parker, and Hamid Drake), performing separately and as a double quartet, was the best concert I saw this year.

Thanks.

Sounds interesting. Know any good sources for this label? (The CD is $28 on amazon.com.)

This is now available in the U.S. from dustygroove.com for $30.

You sound normal to me. It's all those other people who would rather go to a bar than to the Village Vanguard who are nuts.

This hasn't been on CD has it? I've had the LP for many years, and really like this recording.

On early live recordings, when it's a good recording, the rhythm section may be too faint, but often I find that the horns sound more natural than current recordings.