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Which of the Dagger releases has the best sound quality? I don't have any, but I've been tempted.

Benny Goodman is at the Waldorf Astoria (where Carmen Miranda sings at supper) Artie Shaw is at the Pennsylvania Fats Waller is at the Famous Door Louis Prima is at the Hickory House Bud Freeman is at Nick's Joe Sullivan and Billie Holiday are at Cafe Society Louis Armstrong is at the Cotton Club, And the Savoy Ballroom has the Benny Goodman Orchestra and (late) Dickie Wells. Pardon my typing error, the Benny CARTER Orchestra is at the Savoy.

Benny Goodman is at the Waldorf Astoria (where Carmen Miranda sings at supper) Artie Shaw is at the Pennsylvania Fats Waller is at the Famous Door Louis Prima is at the Hickory House Bud Freeman is at Nick's Joe Sullivan and Billie Holiday are at Cafe Society Louis Armstrong is at the Cotton Club, And the Savoy Ballroom has the Benny Goodman Orchestra and (late) Dickie Wells. Many thanks, kh1958 Very difficult choice. I might have opted for Cafe Society. Wish I had been there! Sounds like an excellent choice, except, is it possible that Dickie Wells had Lester Young with his group?

Benny Goodman is still at the Waldorf Astoria (20 years later). Dave Brubeck at Basin Street Kenny Clarke at the Cafe Bohemia Carmen McRae at Birdland.

Benny Goodman is at the Waldorf Astoria (where Carmen Miranda sings at supper) Artie Shaw is at the Pennsylvania Fats Waller is at the Famous Door Louis Prima is at the Hickory House Bud Freeman is at Nick's Joe Sullivan and Billie Holiday are at Cafe Society Louis Armstrong is at the Cotton Club, And the Savoy Ballroom has the Benny Goodman Orchestra and (late) Dickie Wells.

I'm going to Boomers to hear the George Adams Quartet. On May 2, Rahsaan Roland Kirk is at Town Hall. On May 6-7, Mingus is at the Village Gate. While that should be enough, there's this double bill at the Village Gate: Cecil Taylor and Charles Earland. If you want to hear piano/bass duets, there's Hank Jones and Richard Davis at Beefsteak Charlies, And Jimmy Rowles and George Mraz at Bradley's. More saxophone, there's Stan Getz at Hopper's, and Zoot Simms at Sweet Basil, as well as the Lee Konitz Nonet (with Jimmy Knepper) at Stryker's. Also, Elvin Jones at the Village Vanguard and Cecil McBee at Ali's Alley. And at Gregory's, Russell Procope and Sonny Greer perform.

Eastern Sounds, Cry--Tender, The Centaur and the Phoenix are three OJCs I like alot.

A very good week for jazz: Duke Ellington is at the Hurricane, Count Basie is at the Lincoln, Art Hodes is at Jimmy Ryan's, Oscar Pettiford and Hot Lips Page are at the Onyx, Coleman Hawkins is at the Downbeat, and Sidney Catlett at the Three Deuces.

No, it's actually rather fun to look this up. Village Vanguard--Stan Getz Quartet Jazz Gallery--Kenny Dorham Village Gate--Randy Weston Half Note--Zoot Sims and Al Cohn Five Spot--Yusef Lateef and Cecil Taylor.

Yes, with Leroy Cooper on baritone, Jimmy Owens on trumpet and Kenny Barron on piano. I received the Curtis Amy Select for Christmas and really love it, so I brought this one out for the first time in many a year. Terrific album!! MG

Now you make me want to take another viewing, to find out if I'm recalling with rose-colored ears (?).

The Village Vanguard has a great double bill--the Modern Jazz Quartet and the Don Ellis Trio. Basin Street East--another double bill, Errol Garner Trio and Red Norvo Sextet. Birdland--Slide Hampton Octet Embers--one more double bill, Joe Bushkin Trio with Jo Jones, and Buck Clayton. Five Spot--Gigi Gryce Sextet Half Note--Zoot Sims, Al Cohn.

I have a laserdisc of the Paris Reunion Band. Not sure if it's the same, but it's Live at the Theaterhuase, Stuttgart, with Woody Shaw, Curtis Fuller, Nat Adderley, Walter Bishop, Joe Henderson, Nathan Davis, Idris Muhammad, and Jimmy Woode, recorded in 1988. I haven't watched this in a while, but I certainly recall enjoying it very much.

Curtis Amy--Mustang (Verve).

I have the Tapscott also (on CD), and it is excellent. Can you give some more details of the recording please. Recorded 1979 and originally released by Interplay. Tapscott - Piano Art Davis - Bass Roy Haynes - Drums I agree, it is a good one.

If I were you, I would probably head to Birdland first, to see the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Then to the Cafe Bohemia, to see Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Finally, in the unlikely event of getting enough of Duke and Blakey, to the Composer, for Eddie Costa.

Couldn't find Bird, but still a pretty good week... Downbeat has Sidney Catlett and Billie Holiday Onyx has Roy Eldridge and Ben Webster Three Deuces has Slam Stewart Trio with Erroll Garner Zanzibar has Duke Ellington Cafe Society Uptown has Mary Lou Williams Stuyvessant Casino has Bunk Johnson and Baby Dodds

Dizzy Gillespie, Slim Gaillard and Dinah Washington are all at Birdland. Bobby Hackett (with Vic Dickenson and Zutty Singleton) and Red Norvo are at the Embers. Not much modern jazz coverage this issue. It's a bit strange to see the Village Vanguard listed under Supper Clubs, with Shoshanna Damari (a small, fetching siren from Israel), Orson Bean, and the Clarence Williams trio (playing for dancers).

A small world! I don't usually liike to bother musicians, but I did introduce myself to Dannie Richmond when he appeared with the Mingus Dynasty at the Caravan of Dreams. He was very friendly. I surmise he had been approached by many Mingus fanatics (including me) over the years, as he gently expressed the hope that I did not concentrate exclusively on Mingus in my jazz listening, though he said he could understand that fascination. Dannie Richmond Quintet closes on May 3 (Sunday) at the Village Vanguard (followed on Tuesday by the Elvin Jones group) I have a tape of that Dannie Richmond band that I made during that very week when I saw them. The band included Bob Berg on tenor and Oliver Beener on trumpet.

If you were in New York now and had the current issue of the New Yorker, I can assure you that it would not be depressing, but rather quite exciting, even today.

The only thing depressing is that I didn't get to see what was playing that week-- Jaki Byard at Angry Squire (actually May 1 and 2), Dannie Richmond Quintet closes on May 3 (Sunday) at the Village Vanguard (followed on Tuesday by the Elvin Jones group) Fat Tuesday has Chet Baker West Boondock's has Sadik Hakim (who I thought recorded with Charlie Parker and disappeared thereafter).

I can't decide whether to go see the Louis Armstrong All Stars (with Earl Hines, Jack Teagarden and Barney Bigard) at Bop City (Broadway and 49th Street); or Erroll Garner, plus Bud Powell, Fats Navarro and J. J. Johnson at Birdland (Broadway and 52d St.). Only three short blocks apart!

Are these the discs, without the booklet and large box?

Village Vanguard--another incredible double bill with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver Village Gate--Jimmy Smith Half Note--Zoot Sims Slug's--Curtis Fuller

I tried but it appears jazz was still beneath the New Yorker at that time, as they do not have jazz club listings or ads. It was the third week of showings of Chaplin's Modern Times.