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I realize that the repertoire is much the same, but is there any actual overlap with the ESP set?

Happy birthday and best wishes for an enjoyable year ahead that includes a NY Yankees return to the World Series! You're almost exactly the same age as my father (1945, it was a very good year!).

That's what he said a few weeks ago, the interview can be found here http://gregosby.blogspot.nl/2017/09/interview-for-jazzsoulpl-sopot-jazz-2017.html Great news, thanks much!

Not late-period, but there are always the Frank Tiberi tapes. Didn't those amount to 86 discs worth of transferred material or some such? I've heard two different accounts as to why they haven't been released: (1) the Coltrane estate wanted too much money to sign off on such a project (2) sound quality isn't good enough. If it's (2), hard to believe that with modern audio technology they couldn't cull a nice box-set worth of material from those performances.

Thanks for the heads-up, Don! Can never get enough mid-1940s bonus material from the Hurricane.

What's Osby up to these days? Only one leader date that I know of in the past 12 years... his Inner Circle label and website still seems to be active: Inner Circle Music

Listening to this recent Blue Note release right now from long-time Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen and enjoying it a great deal. Here's a review from the online magazine Pitchfork: Tony Allen: The Source I somehow missed the Blakey EP tribute that came out earlier this year but would be curious to hear it as well.

Haven't heard it, but curious to check out Scott's newest releases: Pitchfork review of The Centennial Trilogy

I think Members Only Guy is a red herring and that this fellow emerged from the men's room (where he'd gone to wash his balls in ice water first) to shoot Tony.

Rahsaan's a terrific musician--I saw him and his brother perform numerous times when they were both here at IU. Nice of him to namecheck Tom Walsh as well as David Baker, too.

Thanks for the recommendation--I'll definitely check this out. Ken has deep knowledge of West Coast jazz and was very helpful when I was putting together a Night Lights show about the Lighthouse in the 1960s/early 70s. He's also the founder and director of the L.A. Jazz Institute.

Yes, with Alex Cora going to the Red Sox, the Phillies tapping Gabe Kapler, and the Nats signing Dave Martinez, the Yankees have the only current managerial vacancy in baseball: List of MLB managers

PM sent re Oliver Nelson BB & B and Shorty Rogers' Shorty Swings.

I'd still offer him a one-year contract, if he's willing to play for $6-7 million or so. If NY somehow lands Shohei Otani, maybe not... but Otani's potential move to the MLB seems to be running into a snag: Money dispute could leave Japan's Babe Ruth stuck there

PM sent re Pentangle, Sweet Child, and Basket Of Light Castle reissues. Sorry I missed the box set!

Let the moves, speculations, rants, and wintry dreams begin! Masahiro Tanaka declines to opt out, stays with Yankees Very happy about this, and a wise move on Tanaka's part IMO, after the up-and-down season he had and the ongoing concern about his elbow. Hopefully this also means there's no chance that the Yankees will chase either Yu Darvish (though much respect to him as a pitcher and a person) or Jake Arrieta, as both will turn 32 next year and will most likely be seeking multi-year deals that take them to the end of their careers. So this puts NY's rotation next year as Severino/Tanaka/Gray, with Jordan Montgomery and possibly CC (will NY resign him to a one-year deal? I would, if I were Brian Cashman and company), or Chance Adams, if he's MLB-ready, filling out the back end. With Chapman, Kahnle, Robertson and Warren all coming back in the bullpen, the big question there is whether or not Dellin Betances can return to form... even if he can't, the bullpen looks pretty good right now.

Yeah, bummer about Yu Darvish getting knocked out so early. George Springer has a chance now to break the record for most HRs in a World Series--oddly enough, he just tied not only Refgie Jackson but also Chase Utley, who's with the Dodgers now. My appreciation as well, Jim, for that great Roberts-Koufax story, and glad that you've passed along the good-dad legacy to your own son.

We re-aired Hipsters, Flipsters, And On-The-Scenesters last week, and it remains archived for online listening.

Very sorry to hear this--just pulled out the Black Saint/Soul Note set and some of the Delmarks for revisiting. Such an incredible artist.

Game 7 on the way, baby, with Yu Darvish on the mound!

Agreed--for whatever reason, it still seems in this culture that slurs against those of Asian ethnicity are not regarded on some level as being as bad. Also agree with Jsngry that MLB could stand to institute some sort of sensitivity training on these matters. It would behoove them to do so, given the increasingly multicultural makeup of both baseball's players and its audience.

Game 5 an exhilarating, exhausting ride Dan: I remember both of those moments, the Dwight Evans catch and throw (was it Ken Griffey who was nearly all the way to third from first?) in the 11th inning, and I think it was Denny Doyle who tried to score on Fred Lynn's fly ball to left field. (I was a huge Fred Lynn fan, which was why I was watching that series with such attention. He had a three-run homer right out of the gate that night, but also a scary moment when he crashed into the centerfield wall late in the game.) Another good recap of last night's game via the Washington Post: Game 5 not the best ever, but an instant classic

As a little kid I stayed up late with my dad to watch the end of Game 6 in the 1975 World Series. This game is making a bid to rival that one, maybe even surpass it.