Dan Gould

OK most seem to agree the greatest period for Hank's career was the 1960-61 series of records he led. But I just wanted to point out the outstanding sidemen dates he was on for BN around that time - late November 1959: Dizzy Reece, Star Bright Late December 1960: Kenny Drew, Undercurrent (a month after Roll Call) Mid January 1961: Kenny Dorham Whistle Stop Three of my all-time favorite BNs, all with Hank, and all in the midst of, or practically adjacent to the holy triumvirate of his greatest recordings. (Not to mention Byrd in Flight and Freddie's Goin Up is in there as well, even if they aren't as close to the top of my faves as those three.)

Just revisited Thinking Of Home - totally agree. As good as any Hank of any era ...

August 13 1998 is the date of the Jon Hendricks show.

No it doesn't say but I posted the question to them I am sure we'll get an answer soon. And - great news for the former GHF - I got a reply that they have at least one Gene Harris set in audio, which awaits delivery of a DAT to transfer and he promises to upload. He says the videos weren't organized that well when they started this project. But Gene was popular with them so he's going to keep looking.

Well I jumped on this, the Clark Terry w Wess and Heath is just one tune but Jon Hendricks, Max Roach and Elvin are each full sets, 1 hour or a little longer. The Elvin band is Carlos McKinney, Cecil McBee, Robin Eubanks and Sonny Fortune. Not sure on Max - two trumpets, a trombone and a tuba? And by joining, I get to message the Blue Note so I've already put in my plea for a Gene Harris. or three.

https://www.patreon.com/bluenotenyc Blue Note Jazz Clubs are currently closed as a result of Covid-19 and in keeping with the local, state and federal mandates. We’ve been spending our time sorting through our archives & we are excited to share these historic moments in jazz at the Blue Note. Experience our favorite memories from concert performances, photos, interviews & more! New content will be added daily and the archive will remain open for a short period of time. Proceeds generated will help sustain Blue Note New York while we are closed. Your support will ensure that we will reopen and continue to present the biggest names in jazz! $10 a month, for at least daily postings of archived concerts. Four months only. The page has Ray Brown with Stanley Turrentine available in full right now and you can see the other concerts posted so far. Pretty cool but if I sign up they better deliver at least a Ray Brown Trio with Gene or Gene Harris Quartet.

Well I think there's a little more to it than that. He was West Coast geographically, very much East Coast musically. I think if his family had moved out of the south to the northeast instead of LA his career path would have been a little different. Imagine him signed to Blue Note. Anyway also found this on Amazon but haven't gotten it yet. 90 minutes of music headlined by Teddy and Conte Candoli. Another $3 copy is available from the outfit I purchased from, and Amazon has it for $11 with Prime eligibility.

Yes I understand those caveats. But only two died out of 113 "severe" cases and the rest recovered? That's pretty damn impressive, now let's see what the other locations report.

Encouraging news from one treatment study at one hospital (the same study is ongoing elsewhere): https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/16/early-peek-at-data-on-gilead-coronavirus-drug-suggests-patients-are-responding-to-treatment/ An effective treatment - if the drug won't be impossible to produce in sufficient quantities - would be a game changer in terms of movement toward "normality".

Sad news - really always great wherever he appeared.

I can't believe I missed this thread originally. Great player and composer, I sometimes think of him like Mobley but with a harder edge in his sound. Anyway I found new (to me) Teddy last weekend and the PO dropped it off today: Sunset Eyes 2000 - This was right around the time when Teddy was recording some fine things for HighNote, and its got a nice mix of Teddy's best tunes and some standards. Ernie Andrews sings on a few cuts too. Discogs and Amazon had copies when I snagged mine.

Well I pre-ordered, then cancelled in anticipation of tight finances last summer. Don't expect any Hanklovian response to alter that but I have been kind of listening to my own Mobley in the 60s on BN, having pulled all the CDs he led and aligning them in what was my best recollection of chronology. Only I started with the Workout - Soul Station classics. I think one overlooked aspect of Hank's artistry is his way with a ballad - I Should Care, and The Good Life being particularly huge favorites here.

Especially with Kenny Drew and the rest of the rhythm section!

Too bad about Hank. He was the one who could have created a reinstatement of the worst of his dear old Dad.

I haven't followed this thread since late era Cannon isn't my go-to, but damn this made me smile on a shitty work day.

Certainly makes sense, can you share the source of this confirmation?

To a Dexaholic this info was disconcerting, but maybe I knew back then that this was new Montmartre material, as I did find it in the archives. Just seeing name and dates I think I'd have assumed a new packaging of existing Black Lion material.

March 7 here so only a week later than usual. She must not have taken as much off because it feels like I am about three weeks past due. I was thinking how long to catch up when they can work again. If everyone was on a monthly schedule, then one month to get everyone, more or less, right?

I re-listened to the "newly discovered" release and have decided to withdraw my prior belief that it wasn't worthy. The chosen takes make up a decent enough picture of the group and I am sure some people will really enjoy it especially Morgan's contributions. But this dissing of the Jazz Corner of the World release beggars belief. Alfred made the right call in shelving the studio session for this release, and it is very fine as far as I am concerned.

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Well these are strange and difficult times Mr. Felser.

Oh how I wish this post were more positive, as the compiler reached out to let me know that his BFT was going to be mainstream, and encouraged me to give it a listen. I don't disagree with his description, of course, but I really only liked 7 & 8. Otherwise nothing else stood out to me, I have no guesses (no real surprise there), and there was too much flute. YMMV of course.

There was so much talk about the need for ventilators and then I heard reports about 20-30% of ventilated COVID victims even surviving. Now it might be the case that ventilators just aren't the answer in the first place: https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/08/doctors-say-ventilators-overused-for-covid-19/ If the iconoclasts are right, putting coronavirus patients on ventilators could be of little benefit to many and even harmful to some. What’s driving this reassessment is a baffling observation about Covid-19: Many patients have blood oxygen levels so low they should be dead. But they’re not gasping for air, their hearts aren’t racing, and their brains show no signs of blinking off from lack of oxygen. That is making critical care physicians suspect that blood levels of oxygen, which for decades have driven decisions about breathing support for patients with pneumonia and acute respiratory distress, might be misleading them about how to care for those with Covid-19. In particular, more and more are concerned about the use of intubation and mechanical ventilators. They argue that more patients could receive simpler, noninvasive respiratory support, such as the breathing masks used in sleep apnea, at least to start with and maybe for the duration of the illness.

When Robin Williams sits in with the jazz group in Moscow on the Hudson, that's George Kelly playing the tenor sax well while Robin kinda bungles the opportunity.

This was good but the best part of TWIB from the past aren't the familiar highlights and names but the guys you barely remember, or just now, Whitey Herzog without gray hair, and having just been hired by the Cardinals. Or the look at rookies making a splash ... Bull Durham (didn't even know he was with the Cards before the Cubs) and Jeff Reardon with the Mets, with about half of the beard that he would ultimately sport, and with 15 big league seasons ahead of him. I've probably mentioned this before but in 1983 my father took me to Vegas during my senior year for the NATPE convention (National Association of Television Program Executives) and introduced me to Mel Allen who was in the booth of whatever company was selling that show back then. I remember his enormous hands, and what I guess was a NY Yankee World Series ring. I was pretty much in awe and I don't think I put together more than 4 words while standing there.