Dan Gould

Or certainly a Moody Select!

BETTY Carter with the Messengers? And on what do you base your ironclad assertion? Is there a handbill in the Fitzgerald archives?

the best way would be to let us all listen to what the announcer has to say. And while you're at it, you might as well throw the entire show out way I'm sorry, what did you say? I can't hear you over this primo private recording of the Monk Quartet. Did you know that Coltrane joined them at Birdland on February 22nd, 1963?

Looking at it again, I guess the Porter book is saying that the Coltrane Quartet was in Birdland, February 23rd for a radio broadcast, which makes sense since the announcer says Monk will be there for another week, meaning he would have cleared out by then, and the 23rd makes sense because it was a Friday and that's when they broadcast from Birdland. I don't think the February 19th date is correct though, because I'd think that if the Coltrane Quartet was starting an engagement then, the announcer would have made note of it, instead of saying that Monk will be there for another week, with Coltrane joining him the next Thursday. Porter doesn't really clear it up ...

Porter's book, p369: Well there's the answer, except that, if a Thursday as the DJ said, it would have been the 22nd of February. Then again, the radio broadcasts were Friday night, so if a radio broadcast exists, maybe it was Friday. Too bad there's no indication of whether Benny Carter actually joined the band, too. Thanks, RC.

might actually be we will feature John Coltrane and the quartet , and that they're referring to a multi-artist lineup - Monk's band, Tran'es band, and some kind of Benny Carter group all appearing over the course of a night. Birfland often had multiple bands booked like that. I've seen photos of the signs out front, and the lineups amount to what today would pass for a jazz festival! Well, the explanation may be plausible, but I listened to the announcement over and over again, and he clearly says, "in the Quartet" and note also I know they were running double features here-the second show on this night in particular was the Cannonball Sextet. So, to me this says that the second show is the Messengers, and "Again with Benny Carter" says that Benny Carter is also sitting in with the Messengers. The best way to put this to rest would be to document where Trane was in the third week of February, 1963.

OK, I guess Coltrane did gig with Monk after he'd become a successful leader. I always thought that he just had the gig at the Five Spot and that was it (or mostly it), certainly not that he was gigging with him five years later. But I'd kill to have heard Monk with Coltrane and Benny Carter! Or Benny with the Messengers!

OK, so I'm listening to a reel to reel tape of the Monk Quartet at Birdland, February 16 1963 (don't ask, I'm not at liberty to discuss), its a radio broadcast and the DJ starts talking about the upcoming shows. And this is what he says (I transcribed it so I'd be sure): Now, my understanding was that Coltrane only gigged with Monk in, what, '58, right? Is it common knowledge that Coltrane got back with Monk, on at least one occassion? And how about that front line? Coltrane and Benny Carter with the Monk Quartet?! Granted, its not real clear, exactly what he means, but I think the Messengers are actually the second act of the evening (and Carter is sitting in with them, too???!!!) To put an exact date on this, the radio broadcast was a Friday night, so the following Thursday was February 22nd, 1963. Maybe Mike Fitzgerald can shed light on this.

Ray Charles: Ain't That Fine (Drive Archive, its his very first recording session) Teddy Charles: Three for Duke (Jubilee) Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham and the Baby Blues Band Blues and the Boogie Masters Basket Full of Blues Luv in the Afternoon Homeward Bound Midnight Mama Gud Nuz Bluz (Got most of these at that Barnes and Noble Concord Jazz sale. Fun music, but geez, 6 in a row of this band was much harder sledding than the days and days of Blakey!) Don Cherry: Art Deco Cyrus Chestnut: Soul Food Nut Earth Stories Revelation Looks like a Sonny Clark Friday. I can think of worse things ... like actually working while I listen

Maybe we should have a follow-up question: How many time do you visit the facilities each day? I'd answer that but I'm running out the door right now to answer nature's call.

Regardless of the ultimate outcome, I don't think anyone would not count the '88 Sox as an example of a team that switched managers in the middle of the season and had an extraordinary result after. The team won 19 of 20-did the Yankees do that with Bob Lemon? Don't think so. They just got healthy and the Red Sox started slumping, and they had the rest of the season to catch up. The Sox went on an incredible tear and took over first place and didn't relinquish it the rest of the way.

I don't know what the fuck you're talking about. *********** Couw, yes, Joe Chambers, what the heck was I thinking??? Guess I better correct that.

I drink quite a bit of regular coffee in the morning, but none thereafter, and its almost always decaffinated sodas in the house, so unless I'm out drinking caffenated Diet Coke, I'd say the caffeine intake ceases by about 9 AM for me.

Terri Lynn Carrington: And Friends (thanks again, Barak! The girl is like 17, 18 years old and plays her butt off) Serge Chaloff Blue Serge Joe Castro: Lush Life (on some obscure LA label, I paired it up with the equally obscure Don Goldie Verve LP, Trumpet Exodus) Jazz Funk Soul Joe Chambers: Mirrors Paul Chambers: 1st Bassman Go Quintet Chamber's Music Whims of Chambers Eddie Chamblee Blowing in Paris Doodlin' Ray Charles Best of (the Atlantic Years) Blues + Jazz Genius + Soul=Jazz/My Kind of Jazz Two disc live private recording, from Italy in the early 90s, the last 25 minutes is Ray with BB King and the Gene Harris Super Band. Too bad Gene only solos on one tune) Soul Brothers/Soul Meeting - the two disc Atlantic reissue of his collaborations with Milt Jackson Edited for silly spelling error.

Um... lemme think... oh, I remember! 1978 NY Yankees. Uh, its happened a bit more recently than that. In 1988, the Red Sox were struggling at the break, they fired John McNamara, and named Joe Morgan interim manager (not that Joe Morgan) and suddenly Morgan's Magic took off and the Sox won 12 in a row and 19 of 20 on their way to the division championship. Only the A's ended their run.

Since he is a newbie, my "more surly" approach just might make him do something, like get his friend to respond to you. He may not know yet how gently ebay treats deadbeats.

Hey David, If the material is "unreleased," do you have any concern about clearance for the material?

My number one advice is to remind the bidder that he is legally responsible for payment of the purchase price, and that you will pursue all legal remedies available. That might get his attention. If it doesn't, you need to wait thirty days (I think) and then file a non-payment complaint with ebay. They won't really do anything, but its the only thing you can do. One question, does this bidder have a lot of feedback? Is he the guy who uses ebay a lot, and just did his friend a favor? It might be nice if he had to start a new account because ebay suspends him.

While I may be wrong, I believe in an episode of Cheers, John Cleese plays a marriage counselor who has a session with Sam and Diane, and when Diane gushes, "You are the smartest man I know!" he replies, "Faint praise, indeed!"

Thanks for hipping me to this, Tony. McIntosh added some nice tunes to the Jazztet's book, if I'm not mistaken. Good to see a date like this, I'll have to look for it.

I thought it had been established that they do not ship sets sequentially, its whatever box gets pulled when they receive the order.

Sending email!

That's funny-in South Florida the highway information system is used for Amber Alerts. I have no idea if its saved anyone yet or not ...

Lord knows I'd rather be associated with Mike Fitzgerald and this site than AAJ.

OH, sure, thanks ever so much. You just had to share that, didn't you???