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In September, Monterey Jazz Festival, it was Roy Hargrove on trumpet. It wasn't Roy Hargrove (whom I've seen many times since he was a teenager).

It wasn't Payton or Roney. He looked like a pretty young fellow.

The best recorded Bird session, I think, is the final Verve one, his incomplete Cole Porter session. Love for Sale is the best of the session, and you can really hear his sound on this one. The other small group sessions recorded for circa 1953-54 also sound quite good. I've always found the Savoy studio sessions to be well recorded, and the source material has been well taken care of. I also like the sound of the Quintet recordings on Dial, but the source material here is more haphazard and seems to have been less well preserved. If I could only keep one jazz soloist in my music collection, it would definitely be Bird.

Anyone else see McCoy in Austin last night? I enjoyed the concert alot--I hadn't seen McCoy live since 1993, so it was a bit of a shock to see him look so frail. The trio of Tyner/Moffett/Gravatt sounded great to me--I hope they make a trio record. The solo pieces were really nice. I enjoyed hearing the horns playing some classic pieces--of the group I prefer Donald Harrison. Steve Turre is fine also; Eric Alexander was slightly less boring than usual. I didn't recognize the trumpet player (in the Dizzy vein). I was wishing to see the trio (plus Donald Harrison of the horn players) in a small club.

Last night in Austin: McCoy Tyner Septet--with Charnett Moffett, Eric Gravatt, Donald Harrison, Steve Turre, Eric Alexander, and I didn't catch the trumpeter's name (it was not Wallace Roney as announced in the program).

Ronald Shannon Jackson--Street Priest (Moers)

At least he didn't get tasered!

The Dallas store is now 40% off everything.

The Hot Line is a long time favorite, but I've heard none of the others.

I only have seven genuine, Alfred Lion era original Blue Note LPs: Sidney Bechet, vol. 1 and vol. 2 The Fabulous Sidney Bechet Hank Mobley--Workout Dexter Gordon--A Swingin' Affair George Braith--Two Souls in One Big John Patton--Got a Good Thing Goin' I have quite a few more Liberty era LPs, a few Japanese reissues, and lots of the dreaded DMM reissues.

If you play like Peter Green, will you play like Peter Green in 1969, or now?

On Wednesday it was still 30% off CDs, plus a 10% election day reduction, plus the 5% off coupons that were emailed.

Priestley's Mingus biography says the 10 piece group performed at the Village Vanguard from November 27 to December 19, 1962. The club only paid Mingus for a sextet. The group also performed in February at Carnegie Hall in a benefit concert (Dannie Richmond was a no show). Otherwise, the book says Mingus was inactive public-appearance wise until August.

Kenny Dorham, Round Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia, volume 3 (Japanese Blue Note)

Chunga's Revenuge, and Jazz from Hell.

Grant Green--Slothful Moments

The K-Fed story... http://perezhilton.com/topics/kevin_federline/

The two LPs are pretty rare, I believe. Here's the only auction I could find. http://www.popsike.com/php/detaildata.php?itemnr=4016920637

It's a blasphemy in my book. Yes, you're not getting into jazz heaven (the bebop wing anyway) if you don't love Max.

Can Britney even make her own crap sell 1 million any more? Maybe worldwide, but not domestic US. I'm not really up on such things, but got the impression she jumped the shark a few years ago. She ate the shark.

The one under Dannie Richmond's name, which also has Adams and Pullen, as well as Jack Walrath, is a really good one as well.

Why? A drum solo with every song is really boring, in my opinion. Drum solos in jazz, as a general rule, should occur only in moderation.

Any drummer, other than a certifiable jazz giant, who takes more than one solo per set.

Doesn't she know about the organissimo board groupies who constantly proposition the denizens of this site?

Who has a link to a Britney discography?