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I bought Band of Gypsies when it first came out. My older brother had Are You Experienced and Electric Ladyland. I remember seeing Monterey Pop when it was released, and also seeing Hendrix appearing on Dick Cavett (I don't recall if he also appeared on the Smothers Brothers, which also used to have rock bands perform).

That book is full of fascinating information. Dick Shurman asking Earl Hooker about who he jammed with on the west coast in 1969: "Oh I had a good time ... You see, there was this one guy, he plays left-handed, with a big head of hair, played real loud." Shurman says "Jimi Hendrix?" "Oh yeah, that was his name." Delmark has just released a new Otis Rush live recording from the 1970s by the way.

According to the Earl Hooker biography, in 1956, Fred Below, Louis Myers and Otis Rush formed a trio and, adding Earl Hooker on guitar, a bass guitar, plus six or seven horns, which Louis Myers describes as the "biggest band" and the "best band" in Chicago at the time. Both Fred Below and Odie Payne played drums with this band (the book isn't clear as to whether they played together or not).

I don't think you can wear a plaid jacket and play the (Chicago) blues.

This psychic sounds rather evil. Also, alarming (for a Virgo) since I am very nearsighted. The Onion is the funniest publication there is.

Did this label have many releases? I have the excellent George Adams and Don Pullen LP All That Funk and a copy of their other LP for the label, More Funk. What else is there?

I have that one, and also the Evidence recording, Blue Planet Man. Are these the only two post-Blue Note sesssions he recorded as a leader?

Freddie Hubbard--Keep Your Soul Together (CTI)--one of his best recordings.

I've always found Kirk in Copenhagen to be his least interesting live recording. I don't see any reason to buy an unauthorized release of these recordings. Save your money toward buying the Mercury box, which is mostly great. I have the Stitt/Kirk Au Privave on a Philology Sonny Stitt release, and it is poorly recorded.

It's an excellent CD. I also recommend Nocturne.

Freddie Hubbard--Outpost (Enja).

The Moffett Family Jazz Band, Magic of Love, is one great recording.

David Murray Octet - Home (Soul Note).

I was in Chicago for a couple of days last week and was able to get out on Tuesday evening to see Bud Shank at the Jazz Showplace. This was my first visit to the Jazz Showcase and I was most impressed with the club, though the attendance for both sets on opening night was pretty meager (20-30 people). I thought Bud Shank was rather terrific (again, the first time I've seen him live; the new CD he was selling, a dual alto band with Phil Woods is a good one, by the way). I also made it to the Jazz Record Mart (again for the first time), a privilege which cost me big time. Then add a trip to Legend's Wednesday night and an otherwise dull business trip turned out rather well. (Nice photos.)

Freddie Webster. Clarence Shaw.

Bill Lee Buster Smith

As a general rule, Americans who are not movie buffs will not attend movies with subtitles. (Reading is really hard, you know.) Hence, the multiplex theaters which are dominant in the U.S. will rarely, if ever, show foreign films. Most major cities will have one or two "arthouse" theaters, which will show a mixture of U.S. independent films and foreign films. I couldn't say how many foreign films are shown in such theaters over the course of the year, but I would guess the number is likely surprisingly small.

The track from the Monterey anthology is different from the track on the EP, by the way--Don't Let It Happen Here on the former, and They Trespass the Land of the Sacred Sioux on the latter. The personnel of this octet is as follows (in addition to Mingus and Dannie Richmond): Charles McPherson (alto) Julius Watkins (French Horn) Howard Johnson (tuba) Trumpets: Hobart Dotson, Lonnie Hillyer, and Jimmy Owens.

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There is a track from the 1965 Monterey performance on the Monterey Jazz Festival 4 CD anthology, so I would assume this was taped by the festival. I do recall reading somewhere (years ago) that the source tapes subsequently (after the LP reissue) were located and had not been destroyed.

Signed by Sue Mingus? The EP was issued as a bonus along with the LP reissue of the UCLA concert, which as I recall occurred subsequent to Mr. Mingus' death.

The EP is from the Monterey performance. The LP set is a subsequent concert at UCLA.

I don't think they mean that the CD release will be limited, only that prior issues were limited. Hopefully they will also release the complete Monterey performance by the same group (admittedly short in length).

From the Mingus website: Limited edition release coming April 2006 Thu, Oct. 27 2005 The second release from SueMingusMusic/ Universal will be a Charles Mingus album from l965, originally issued as a limited edition on the Charles Mingus Enterprises label, and entitled "Music Written For Monterey, Not Played, Performed At UCLA 1965". It will be issued in April, 2006, for the first time on CD, with Mingus's cartoon ads, new photographs and up-dated liner notes.

This is not the first time two bad singers have recorded a duet.