Lazaro Vega

Herbie Hancock as featured artist starting in about 10 minutes.....

That trio is also playing at Founders Brew Company on Monroe April 19th. I guess the Grand Rapids Press did a story about the lack of regular jazz in town and Talaga took a copy of it to The B.O.B. and said, Let's do something about this. http://www.thebob.com/

This sounds like a great time, Cats. Thanks for the thread. Who is writing liner notes? (None?)

RARE JAZZ TAPES UNCOVERED AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS At a press conference today in Washington, D.C., the Library of Congress announced that historically significant concert tapes, featuring the legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk and iconic saxophonist John Coltrane, had been uncovered in the Library’s recorded sound collection during preparation for preservation. The 1957 tapes were recorded at Carnegie Hall by the Voice of America (VOA) for broadcast overseas but have never been heard in the United States. The VOA concert tapes also include performances that same evening by the late Ray Charles, tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra and the Zoot Sims Quartet with Chet Baker. “These previously unknown tapes are a major find for scholars and collectors of post-war jazz,” said Larry Appelbaum, the Library’s recording engineer and jazz specialist in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, who found the tapes among material to be digitized as part of the Library’s continuing audio preservation program. “A significant discovery like this reminds us why it’s so important to preserve these unique materials.” The announcement was made as part of a press briefing on Librarian of Congress James H. Billington’s annual selection of 50 sound recordings for the National Recording Registry. Under the terms of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, the Librarian is responsible for annually selecting recordings that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.” The list can be found on the Library’s Web site at www.loc.gov. The content of VOA’s original 10-inch mono acetate tapes of the Carnegie Hall concert will be preserved in high-resolution digital files, which will be stored and backed up on the Library’s servers. Along with introductions by VOA program host Willis Conover, the tapes feature approximately 55 minutes of previously unheard Monk and Coltrane and early and late show performances by all of the groups who performed that evening. The Monk Quartet with Coltrane plays “Evidence,” “Monk’s Mood,” “ Crepescule With Nellie,” “Nutty,” “Epistrophy,” “Bye-Ya, Sweet and Lovely” and “Blue Monk.” The Library of Congress holds the nation’s largest public collection of sound recordings (music and spoken word) and radio broadcasts. The collection of nearly 3 million recordings representing almost every sound recording format includes more than 500,000 LPs, 450,000 78-rpm discs, 500,000 unpublished discs, 200,000 compact discs, 175,000 tape reels, 150,000 45-rpm discs and 75,000 cassettes. Among the unusual formats in the collection are wires, instantaneous discs, cylinders, music box discs, rolls, bands, dictabelts and Memovox discs. The Library’s collection includes more than 50,000 VOA tapes and discs of musical events broadcast from 1946-1988. The Library ’s jazz collections include musical scores, manuscripts, photographs and personal recording collections of Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Mingus, Milt Hinton, Carmen McRae, Billy Taylor, Charlie Barnett, Louis Bellson and others. # # # PR 05-90 04/06/05 ISSN 0731-3527

Ah, heard Schapp shlep this afternoon right before 5. Right. When Sidney Bechet's grand neice is contributing to your station you can say, "Bubber, we're not in Washington anymore." He did a great job, then went into Lady in Satin, all of it -- alternate takes, studio talk. "And Bub, I don't think we're going back." That type of radio IS rare. We've done similar things in that once upon a time a week of broadcasting radio waves that carried all of Bird's Dial Recordings has long since past Neptune in their flight to infinity. In the terrestrial human realm we heard incredulous voices over the telephone, people helping us, nice people calling to say, "Hey, you're playing the same song again." If you can gather a large enough group of people who "get" the alternate take is one more window into an artist's conception of the song as it turns into a commercial artifact, well, then you woke up in New York. And Sunday, Tavern on the Green, what will the people talk about? "Teacher! I know! John Pizzarelli!?" "No, those people were from Connecticut. Anyone else?" And using the author of a jazz book on the air to promote the station is an exciting resonation from New York's jazz aorta where those "Main Vein" taps save another piece of soul. "Call me when you get some money," Amri Baraka said over the coat slung from his shoulder as he walked down the Holiday Inn hallway towards another room after another night. Too bad I blew discretionary cash on the election. Bet on Black. That sounds like a good logo line for a jazz radio station's fund drive. Nightly.

Billie Holiday featured tonight on Jazz From Blue Lake, though the stream will be blocked until 11:30 p.m. edt. Drummer Pete La Roca this Friday night, following a daring program by The New York Philharmonic, and the web stream will be continious -- no blocking this Friday. LV

Randy Weston featured tonight with the web stream beginning at 10 p.m. est (so it just stays on from the classical music). Out On Blue Lake at midnight featuring Kyle Bruckman amongst others.

I see...It would be nice to be a privately funded station, to have as much money as needs be to do live radio with bands that need to fill a night whenever their need arises....working towards that at our end...and yes, if they have to fundraise to stay on the air, then stay on the air -- By all means.

Clem, wa? That they don't fundraise as much as stations who have a reliable audience for survival means that taking a 20 minute break is o.k.? I'm all for phone number, anecdote about music, fone number, anecdote about the station, fewn number, into music. Repeat ad naseum. Shorter breaks and more music don't work for that audience is what you're saying? On a bus to Alban Berg's house....

I could drive just about from Lake Michigan to Grand Rapids in 20 minutes. Point is if I turned on the radio to hear music and heard talk for that length of time, well, there are other stations to turn on for that: they're called Talk Radio. If it is "Jazz Profiles" that's one thing -- a well done mix of talk, info and music, but just reading a book? 5 minutes is plenty, and then at least 2 cuts by Billie so the music is longer than the talking. But that's for a music program. Maybe he does a "Talk Jazz Radio" show.

That's a "new" Delmark. Hey, I'll have "LaRoca" down by Friday. La-ROW-ka.

Randy! Yikes, 45 this time -- I'm nearly to my own mid-century! April 30th, the day after Duke's.....

Isn't that cool, too, that "The Poet of the Piano" as Jordan is called by his Japanese fans just happened to be featured on the first night we heard from a listener in Japan? Thanks Ghost. Man, these late night hours are starting to feel more social already! LV

I just returned from the GMT converter to see Jazz From Blue Lake would be heard from 11:30 a.m. most weekdays in Tokoyo. Tonight is one of the occassional nights we'll begin at 10 p.m. -- 10 a.m. in Tokoyo. Thanks for trying us out. Hope you come back. Please tell any friends in Japan who you think might enjoy us. If you have a minute to post any of the jazz stations in Japan, especially Tokoyo, that would be much appreciated. I've been talking to a concert producer in Toronto who wants to see about broadcasting recordings in Japan. Lazaro

Tonight, Monday, the web stream begins at 10 p.m. and we'll be listening to the music of Duke Jordan.

Please join us this evening for a celebration of baritone saxophonist Harry Carney -- the web stream commences at 11:30 p.m. (gmt plus 5) and jazz is heard until 11 a.m. Saturday morning.

Man, Fred Anderson! You bet Sal. Wish I was in his place more often. This came in from Margaret Davis. Readers in Europe take note: Fred Anderson's trio + special guest Ernest Khabeer Dawkins will also play at Espace 1789 in Saint Ouen, France on a double bill with Anthony Braxton on April 8th as part of the huge, spectacular Banlieues Bleues Festival running from March 11th to April 25th in various towns in France. (I'm happy to say the great Henry Grimes will play in the festival at the same venue as featured artist with Marc Ribot's Spiritual Unity Quartet playing all Albert Ayler music on April 12th.) If I may meander from the topic at hand for a minute, as I'm sure you know, the artistic scope of this festival is awesome: Charles Gayle, Yusef Lateef, Joe McPhee, David Murray, Evan Parker, Wadada Leo Smith, McCoy Tyner... hundreds and hundreds more, as can be seen on www.banlieuesbleues.org/english/english.htm (click on "all the concerts").

Dear Chicago and lovers of Chicago music, As most of you already know, Fred Anderson is going to have to relocate the Velvet Lounge very soon. For a lot of us, the Velvet Lounge has been a home base, a Mecca of Music. For many years, Baba Fred has not only been a great musical inspiration, but he has provided a space for so many musicians to perform and to continue the development of creative music. He has been tireless in his efforts. This is our moment to step up and come together as a community to help him out. There is already a new development around the corner on Cermak that is designated for the new Velvet Lounge's location, but it's going to take an enormous amount of work and money for this transition. In order for Fred to move into the new space, he is going to have to build up the place from scratch--and it's an overwhelming task! In fact, the costs for this transformation are near $100,000. The visual image, for those of you not living in Chicago, is that 2128 1/2 S. Indiana is a lone box on a flattened landscape. The large abandoned buildings surrounding the Velvet have already been torn down and the wrecking vehicles are parked on the side of the Velvet's walls. Even Fitzies BBQ is gone! We have two dates planned for fundraising concerts at the moment. Sunday, May 22nd Afternoon (exact time TBA) at the HotHouse--Marguerite has offered her space for this event Friday, May 27th at the Velvet (9:30pm until-) Later this week, a formal press release will be disseminated and by next week, the Velvet Lounge website: www.velvetlounge.net, should be accessible for internet contributions and also publicize the fundraising activities. Here are ways you can help: 1. Chicago Musicians: All musicians interested in performing please email me. If we end up with more musicians than can fit on these dates, we'll make another date somewhere else. 2. Musicians at Large: If you have ideas to share, or would like to do a fundraising concert in your area, please let us know. 3. Writers/Promoters/DJs: Anyone who has the ability to publicize this story and get the word out, it would be really appreciated. A formal press release will be published on chi-improv by the end of the week. 4. Fundraisers/Grantwriters: If you have any great ideas about how to raise this money ASAP, please email me and we can plan a meeting. 5. Music Lovers/Organizers: If you want to make a contribution, or want to help organize activities, please email me. Peace and Blessings, Nicole Mitchell dreamtme3@aol.com www.nicolemitchell.com

Paul Motian is our featured artist tonight, and the web cast might begin at 10 rather than 11:30 because of the kindness of independant record labels.

He claims it was years ago from a "tape trader." Who knows. Charlie works at Stereo Jacks where all kinds of jazz heads go to get a fix.

I just e-mailed Charlie Kohlhase alerting him to this thread. We'll see if there's anything he might be able to do in terms of finding the source here....

Happy belated birthday to Fred Anderson featured tonight on Blue Lake, with the web stream on early, at 10 p.m. due to the kindness of independant record label owners! (p.s. heard through the grapevine that the new "book" on local FM radio audience has 4,000 people tuning in to Jazz From Blue Lake every night, and our daytime classical music is earning a 2.5 share of this growing market. A 2.5 adds up to around 28,000 people a week just to hear our daytime classical programming...Of course since we didn't pay for this info, I can't use it so please don't tell anyone. )

$500 plus for the Basie set? Think I'll wait for the single CD reissues....

Thanks for the mention, Ghost. Yes, we're on late,or very early if you live in the UK. Here's hoping some of the West Coast members will pick up on Blue Lake as we're in prime time out there. Our Saturday morning program is well heard, 7 to 10 a.m. est (that's GMT plus 5 I think). http://bluelake.ncats.net/ (p.s. we're the WBLV in RJ's post. RJ both WGVU and WBLV /WBLU stream on the web, too).

"The Turbinator"