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Yes, a favorite record of mine, and just prior to its recording, November 19, 1974, was the night of my sole fortunate opportunity to see Mr. Mingus and this group. Remember Rockefellar at Attica is a great composition. Mingus played it with Pullen and Adams on Changes One. ←

I have the Lacy/Watson Mingus tribute, and it is indeed a good one. I especially like their versions of Free Cell Block F, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat and Remember Rockefellar at Attica.

The sale is still ongoing, by the way.

Not jaded, just idiots.

I also received an email yesterday, saying all but one that I ordered had been shipped, with one cancelled.

I don't recall hearing any better sounding live recordings from this era.

He already answered that question in this very thread.

Sonny Fortune has an excellent recent CD, Continuum, with George Cables, Steve Johns, and Wayne Dockery, on his own label, Sound Reason, available from CDbaby. http://www.sonnyfortune.com/current.html

Bird's Eyes volume 18. It appears to be a recording for radio broadcast, from Los Angeles, March to April 1946; my Bird discography says AFRS Jubilee 186, so does this mean this is a V disc?--with Bird, Benny Carter, and Willie Smith on altos (no Hodges, my memory failed me there). Benny Carter introduces Bird, who introduces Willie Smith. They then play a medley, Tea For Two (Willie Smith feature), Body and Soul (Benny Carter feature), and Cherokee (Bird feature). The sound quality is very good (near the best in the whole Bird's Eyes series). The length is about 10 minutes. The band is Nat King Cole, Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass), and Buddy Rich.

My copy also arrived today. Much thanks.

Speaking of Small's (the club and the label), I must say that the Ari Hoenig Trio, with Jean Michel Pilc on piano, which I heard there last Monday, is one fine group.

One of the coolest recordings in the Bird's Eyes Philology series (perhaps this also has appeared elsewhere) is a recording of Charlie Parker, Willie Smith, Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter together. As I recall, Bird actually introduces Willie Smith.

I was able to see Mr. Terry at the VV a week ago Friday. He was not moving around very well, needing some assistance to reach the stage. He was still able to play, at least for brief passages, in his identifiable style. At times, he could no longer execute his ideas. (As he said, "the Golden Years suck.") Still, I enjoyed seeing him. His best performance was a very quiet and beautiful muted version of Mood Indigo. Red Holloway was on tenor, and his playing was quite strong.

An ipod and a cassette adaptor have revolutionized long car drives for me. They are now a pleasure.

I used to (back when their albums were coming out) like the Rolling Stones, the Doors, the Who, and Led Zeppelin. Now I can't really bear to listen to any of them, the main reason being that I can't stand hearing their lead singers. On the other hand, I still like the voices of John Lennon, George Harrison, and Jack Bruce, so the Beatles and Cream still provide listening pleasure.

My one opportunity to see Woody came in 1984, at the Caravan of Dreams, where he appeared with Steve Turre as his frontline partner. Hence, I've always been partial to the then recently issued Lotus Flower, on Enja. Another favorite is Bobby Hutherson's Live at Montreux, which is an amazing performance by Hutcherson and Shaw. However, I'm noticing on Amazon.com that this one may be out of print, as the only copy for sale is for $85. Woody can be seen on DVD already--Mal Waldron Live at the Village Vanguard (with Charlie Rouse, Reggie Workman and Ed Blackwell).

My favorite "bootleg" series was the "France's Concerts" label (Mingus in Chateauvallon, for example). Also, the Jazzbuhne Berlin series was another good one (George Adams-Don Pullen live). I've never had too much luck with the quality of isolated bootleg issues.

Is it possible to remaster Robert Plant out of these recordings?

I picked up his new CD yesterday, and on first listen, it sounds like another really good one.

Which Columbia Armstrong transfers are you talking about. I dumped the JSP box for sound reasons. There are other transfers "out there" that beat the JSPs as well. The early Columbias sucked. The early Columbia's are the ones I have.

Has anyone compared the sound of the JSP Charlie Christian box set to the Columbia box set? The sound on the JSP Armstrong Hot Fives/Sevens box is great (far better than the Columbia CDs that I have), so I was wondering if the same was true for the Christian box set.

Definitely Breezin'. I saw him live at an outdoor touring jazz festival a dozen or more years ago, which also had Miles Davis and Wynton. Benson's set was truly awful. I hated every song, which were all vocals, and I couldn't stand the brief guitar solos he played either.

So as not to confuse matters, I have created a separate "After-the-Fact" thread.

Post here to publicize significant concerts after they have already happened. This thread serves the alternative of allowing those depressed about missing an underpublicized concert to commisserate. Or, if you want to rub it in that you found out just in time and were the only person there...

After the Melvin Sparks debacle, I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread where anyone in the Dallas or Austin area might give advance warning on upcoming significant jazz concerts. Unfortunately, I don't know of anything at present.