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Press release: On November 22, Blue Note Records will release of Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’, a never-before-issued live recording of jazz legends McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson leading a stellar quartet with bassist Henry Grimes and drummer Jack DeJohnette at the hallowed lost NYC jazz shrine, Slugs' Saloon, in 1966. The release was produced by Zev Feldman, Jack DeJohnette, and Lydia DeJohnette. Forces of Nature includes an elaborate booklet with rare photos by Francis Wolff, Raymond Ross, and Robert Polillo; plus liner notes by esteemed author and critic Nate Chinen, and interviews and statements with DeJohnette, Jason Moran, Joe Lovano, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Nasheet Waits, and Terri Lyne Carrington. Originally recorded by the legendary engineer Orville O’Brien — who recorded classic 1960s jazz albums such as Freddie Hubbard’s The Night of the Cookers, Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc. and Alice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda — the tape has been in DeJohnette's personal archives for nearly 60 years. The 2-LP 180g vinyl set is transferred from the original tape reel and mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab, who also mastered the 2-CD and digital.

Friends of mine in a baseball text chain commenting on how the AL Central has placed three teams in the playoffs: >>And the Twins aren’t one of them. Tigers look really good. They swept the Rays this week in 3 very well played games by both teams. Rays manager Kevin Cash called them “dangerous in the playoffs, they do a lot of things well and they play an unpredictable style.”<<

Much credit, I’m sure, to the stewardship of A.J. Hinch. AL postseason opponents beware!

Congrats to the Detroit Tigers, who clinched an AL wild-card spot tonight after being 55-63 on August 11 (they’ve been 31-11 since). And condolences to the team they defeated, the Chicago White Sox, who have now displaced the 1962 NY Mets as holders of the worst-ever MLB season record.

Upping this for Bud's centennial today, and because we're re-airing it this week: The Scene Changes: The Life and Music of Bud Powell, Part 2

Bumping for Bud's centennial today: Burning With Bud: Bud Powell Live 1944-1953

Mosaic’s hoping to have the first Vanguard small-group box out in time for this year’s Christmas. So sayeth Mr. Wenzel this morning when I called to pre-order the V-Disc set.

Unlikely—didn’t Christian pass away in 1942? Is he with Benny at all after 1941? In any case, I’m pretty sure he was off the scene before the V-Disc program got underway. The unreleased Goodman recordings in the Savory collection may be an altogether different affair when it comes to Mr. Christian! Don’t know if they extend past his joining date in 1939 or not. But that set seems all but permanently stymied.

1993 Japanese import CD that I was thrilled to find on my first trip to Chicago’s Jazz Record Mart in 1995. I’d read about Brooks in David Rosenthal’s Hard Bop book and had bought True Blue just a few months before the JRM trip, when Blue Note reissued it on CD in its initial wave of Connoisseur titles. Iirc the CD was $28 (in 1995) and I was living on record-store clerk wages, but I happily and without hesitation bought it. Only got to the JRM one more time after that, but listening to this CD reminds me of what it was like to walk into that store for the first time.

Up for Bud's centennial this Friday, and also because we re-aired the program last week: Time Flies: The Life and Music of Bud Powell, Part 1

A set of Goodman V-Discs as well?! Maybe the apparent PD status of these recordings is going to enable Mosaic to bypass the notoriously obstinate Goodman estate?

Fantastic news! Looking forward to the larger-ensemble set as well.

Detroit’s finishing up with a homestand against the middling Rays and the gawdawful White Sox… I like their chances for staying in the postseason WC lane. Co-sign. And still miss the early/mid 1970s A’s, which was right around the time that I began to follow baseball. I need to look for a good book about that team and era. 1973 A’s-Mets was the first World Series I remember watching, and it was a good ‘un.

Saw him in concert 20 years ago with fellow boardmember sheldonm and knew I was in the presence of greatness. A lot of compositional nuggets in his legacy that could be mined beyond the Killer Joe and I Remember Clifford usual suspects. A warm and compelling storyteller, both conversationally and musically. Also known one of the last musicians left from the Great Day in Harlem photo… only Sonny’s left now. Think I’ll throw on some Jazztet and chase it with The Philadelphians.

Stritch plus organ!

Yankees benefitted two nights in a row from Mariner mishaps involving runners at third. Tuesday night, with bases loaded on a 3-0 count and Yankee starter Luis Gil seemingly unable to find the strike zone, Victor Robles decided to try to steal home: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/745205/video/luis-gil-throws-out-victor-robles-at-home And last night, after Randy Arozarena lost control of his bat while striking out, Julio Rodriguez, apparently not realizing that the ball was still live, got picked off: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/745199/video/ian-hamilton-swinging-strike-to-randy-arozarena-s8yzbu

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Prompted to pull this one off the shelf last night after a friend mentioned that he’d been listening to it. The set includes a session that Getz and Raney recorded for Prestige in 1953. Are there any other Mosaic sets that include dates done for any of the labels that eventually came under the Fantasy umbrella? (Later absorbed into Concord) That catalogue always seemed to be a no-fly zone for Mosaic—I’m assuming that was because Fantasy preferred to issue their catalogue themselves. The Getz-Raney Prestige date on the Mosaic was done under Raney’s leadership… maybe that factored into Fantasy’s willingness to license when this set was being put together in 1989/90?

Disc 2 of this set, with thanks to the poster(s) who mentioned it somewhere here on the forum recently:

As a Yankee fan I’m extremely grateful to them for besting the Orioles in the series that ended today. They’re on track to post their first winning record since Hinch took over. My feelings about the “Trashtro” era aside, he was a great hire for Detroit coming off his suspension. Good to see the Tigers make a WC run… and WCs can even lead to WSs! Also pretty wild that Ohtani seems a good bet (sorry, I couldn’t resist green smiley) to become the first player to hit 50 HRs and steal 50 bases in the same season.