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That week: Elvin Jones with Joe Farrell at La Boheme, on double bill with the "Izenzon Quintet" (David?) (except on the 16th, Booker Ervin substitutes for Izenzon) Art Blakey at Slugs, followed on the 16th by Freddie Hubbard Quartet Roland Kirk at the Village Vanguard, followed on the 16th by Sonny Rollins Quartet.

I might add that the Moffett Family Jazz Band, who I got to see live at the Caravan of Dreams on several occasions, is truly one of the finest jazz bands I've ever seen.

He's the son of drummer Charles Moffett, who played with Ornette Coleman, and who attended the same High School in Fort Worth, Texas as Ornette, Dewey Redman, and Prince Lasha, among others. The family is from Fort Worth, but I don't think Charnett lives there any more. He's accomplished on both accoustic and Electric bass; you must have seen him on electric bass. This concert was unreal, essentially a solo bass concert, with some minimal accompaniment by his son (on drums) and daughter (on keyboards). It was stunning in every way. I actually sat at a table with one of his uncles, who told me about how Charnett attended Julliard at the age of 13 (or something like that), as well as a bit about segregation in DFW in the 1950s. I saw Charett Moffett playing with someone this year (who escapes me). I wasn't really familiar with him before. Not exactly my style and I generally don't like that much funk in my jazz, but man, he was good. Almost good enough to convert me. I'll look forward to seeing more of him in the future. Is he from Dallas? Product of Arts Magnet and UNT perhaps? I don't really know anything about him. Cat can play, though.

I recently acquired a CD of Dexter's early recordings on Savoy, and I was amazed at how fully formed his style was circa 1946, and how excellent these recordings are. So if, like me, you are a big fan of his Blue Note, Prestige, and Steeplechase recordings, don't ignore his early works.

Sure, I would be happy to look up more dates, but it won't be until late this evening when I get home.

At Slugs, the McCoy Tyner Quintet played a one-night engagement on March 18, 1969. The night before, the Sun Ra Arkestra (every Monday night). Otherwise, it says Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers play practically every night (from 9 too 4). Village Vanguard, closed on Tuesday and Wednesday night (this is kind of shocking), but on the 20th, the Sonny Rollins Quartet. The prior week, the Tony Williams Quartet. On Sundays, Duke Pearson leads a 16 piece orchestra. At the Half Note, Roy Eldridge and Richie Kamucha.

In my case (8/28/58), Lennie Tristano at the Half Note, Thelonious Monk at the Five Spot Horace Silver at the Village Vanguard Sonny Rollins Trio at Birdland Unfortunately, as a newborn baby 1400 miles away or so, I was unable to make any of these performances, but how in any event could one decide which to attend?

I do also. Don't avoid.

The Cool World is great, Dizzy Does Hollywood isn't.

Three Mosaic Selects--Curtis Amy, Dizzy Reece and Art Pepper.

My favorite concert of the year was Charnett Moffett, performing with family members in Dallas. Other outstanding concerts I was fortunate to see this year: Jason Moran and Bandwagon at the Village Vanguard Steve Kuhn Trio at Kitano Mike Stern at 55 Bar Roy Hargrove and Marcus Belgrave at Jazz Gallery Mingus Big Band at Iridium Billy Harper and Charles Tolliver at Iridium Pat Martino at Birdland

An ipod and noise reduction headphones almost accomplish the impossible--making an airplane ride a pleasant experience. Alas, I have just 2.14 gb of free space left and with Christmas, my 60 gb model is likely to be full in the next week or so.

That's the only Keith Jarrett Trio recording I have that I like. I have a number of their standards recordings and never listen to any of them.

I believe the "fair market value" issue is not so clear. Here's what the IRS recently said about donating cars: "The Service and the Treasury Department intend to issue regulations under § 170 clarifying that for purposes of § 170, the dealer retail value listed in a used vehicle pricing guide for a particular vehicle is not an acceptable measure of fair market value of a similar vehicle. The regulations will clarify that, for purposes of § 170, an acceptable measure of the fair market value of a vehicle, for contributions made after June 3, 2005, and before the date regulations become effective, is an amount not in excess of the price listed in a used vehicle pricing guide for a private party sale of a similar vehicle. The regulations [*17] limiting the fair market value of a vehicle to an amount not in excess of the private party sale price will apply to contributions of vehicles made after June 3, 2005. In addition, the Service and the Treasury Department will consider whether other values, such as the dealer trade-in value, are appropriate measures of the fair market value of a vehicle for purposes of § 170."

If you are donating used CDs to a charity, any charitable contribution is based on the "fair market value" of what you are donating--that is, the value of used CDs, not new ones.

Is she possibly the least talented person on the face of the earth?

Also love Fathead and Lee with Lonnie Smith on Think.

Unless you live in the state where Dusty Groove is located, there should be no sales tax imposed. They've never charged me one for shipping to Texas. That's thanks to the Supreme Court's decision in National Bellas Hess, which ruled that simply making an out-of-state order was not sufficient contacts with a state for the imposition of sales taxes.

I have the Elvin Jones and like it.

Happy birthday and Merry Christmas. (Sorry I only got you one present.)

The Great Concert presents almost the entire repertoire performed by this group. Town Hall Concert was originally advertised, I believe, as volume 1. So I don't think the entire performance has been released. I also thought this was recorded at a Town Hall in another city (Minnesota?), not in New York. These are actually my two favorite releases by this group, in terms of the combination of performance quality and recording quality. Here's hoping the Cornell University concert by the group that Sue Mingus says she has is released someday soon.

Eric Kloss---In the Land of the Giants (Prestige)--with Booker Ervin, Jaki Byard, Alan Dawson, and Richard Davis.

Melvin Sparks (with Leon Spencer on organ)--Akilah (Prestige)

I was able to see Jason Moran at the Village Vanguard on two consecutive nights a month or so ago, with the Same Mother group. It was outstanding. He played quite a lot from the Same Mother CD (I had to wait to the second night for I'll Play the Blues for You, but it was worth the wait). He still plays Body and Soul, which I would have thought could not be made fresh, but he does so. He's certainly among my preferred current jazz musicians. (Modernistic, a solo disc, is another good place to start).

A few personal favorites from the 1980s: George Adams-Don Pullen--Breakthrough and A Song Everlasting (Blue Note) Jack DeJohnette Special Edition--Album Album (ECM) Freddie Hubbard-Kirk Lightsey--Temptation (Timeless) Woody Shaw--In My Own Sweet Way Don Pullen and the Afro-Brazilian Connection--Live Again (Blue Note) Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society--When Colors Play and Texas (Caravan of Dreams) McCoy Tyner--Dimensions and Just Feelin' David Murray Octet--Home (Black Saint) James Blood Ulmer--Odyssey (Columbia) George Adams--Old Feeling (Blue Note) Ornette Coleman--In All Languages (Caravan of Dreams) Sun Ra--Mayan Temples (Black Saint) Max Roach--Scott Free (Soul Note) Frank Morgan with the McCoy Tyner Trio--Contemporary Horace Silver--Spiritualizing the Senses (Silveto) Art Pepper--Winter Moon (Galaxy)