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What's on that, Matthew? Still wishing they'd put out an "official" complete BASEMENT TAPES.

Now re-reading Thomas Merton's NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION and ESSENTIAL WRITINGS. Thanks to Matthew's rec, I hope to soon pick up a copy, used or otherwise, of THE SIGN OF JONAS. And finally wading once again into some Indiana jazz books--JELLY ROLL, BIX & HOAGY and THE JAZZ STATE OF INDIANA.

Yep, that one came up as well on my short-list. Lots of gems in there that I'd never heard before ("I Must Move" is a particular favorite). Another short-list candidate was the 4-CD Joy Division box that came out first in England and then a year or two later in the States.

I don't know if it's necessarily my favorite, but it's the first one that came to mind: the Nuggets box from Rhino, which adds 3 CDs to the original 2-LP set (contained on CD 1). Lots of fun garage-pop stuff I'd never heard before and a great booklet to boot. The Velvet Underground's PEEL SLOWLY AND SEE might give it a run for its money, though. It compiles all of the band's albums and some interesting outtakes.

The concept of this album reminded me of the famous 1966 concert in which Coltrane, Ayler, and a third tenor saxophonist (Sanders?) all played into the same microphone. Did a recording of that ever surface? Maybe I should check the forthcoming Ayler box tracklist, eh?

I like the two tracks I've heard off it so far &, ironically enough, was just programming "Peace on Earth" for radio play when I saw this thread.

That's a sad, crazy story, J Larsen. Needless to say, I'm glad the jumper didn't land on you--would have compounded the tragedy.

Hey all, wanted to hip you to a very cool organization, the Midwest Pages to Prisoners project, that's based out of Bloomington. They're a volunteer group that sends books to people in jail--you can donate books and/or packing materials/reuseable manila envelopes (or checks for the postage) to the address listed on their website: PagesToPrisoners

Andrew Hill and Jack Wilson for me. Have the Rivers & Young as part of the Mosaic boxes, and want to learn a little more about the Horace & Hutch titles before picking them up... I liked IN PURSUIT OF THE 27TH MAN a lot.

Hope Dan has completed battening down the hatches and is all right:

Send me, Jackson! And pull my coat when the next QO platter hits the streets!

Yes, I kept passing over this thread because I thought it was a misplaced Berigan political topic... Dan, stay safe & hold on tight!

Some discussion of KKJZ going on over at AAJ here.

I notice that Nistico recorded only sporadically as a leader throughout his career... any recommendations on where to go next (besides the Herman Philips recordings) for more?

Even if he was a Russian spy who killed Charlie Parker, you understand... B-)

I had a jazz drummer friend once who used the word "cats" a lot, and could use it with conviction. His favorite term for a good guy or killer musician, though, was "Heavy hoss," as in, "Art Blakey is a heavy hoss!"

Not only will I face that fact, I'll listen to it!

That's the gig during which Ellington and Sid Kuehler conceived JUMP FOR JOY! Well, not that particular date, as far as I know, but Duke was doing an extended stay at the Casa Manana, & he & members of his band were jamming regularly at Sid's house afterwards (Sid was working on the Marx Brothers movie THE BIG STORE). Wow! I'd like to hear/see all of this material! Wish it had been around when I did the special on JFJ last year... I've got the red box, but I'll be picking this one up for sure.

I had a girlfriend who used to joke, "I'm stealing your male generative energy!" Or was she?

Got a large Fantasy order not too long ago & have been slowly, joyously working my way through it. I think there may have been discussion of the Sal Nistico twofer CD back on the old BNBB in 2002--if not, any fan of Nistico & his work with Woody Herman would be well advised to give this reissue a shot. I particularly like the lineup on the first half of the CD (the original HEAVYWEIGHTS LP, minus "Just Friends") which features Nat Adderley on cornet, Barry Harris on piano (really diggin' him on "Au Private"), Sam Jones on bass, and Walter Perkins on drums. Just great, swinging early-60's bop.

What about what Carla taught Paul?

Glitches aside, it's a gorgeous-sounding set. Mine came this a.m. and I immediately all but inhaled discs 1 & 2. The MEET THE JAZZTET material sounds much better than my old Chess CD of it. Of the 12 albums, I have only 5, so most of this is new to me. Great run Mosaic's been on in the past month and a half...

I'll be featuring the mid-1960s Philips recordings of Nina Simone on Night Lights this week: Nina The program airs Saturday at 11:10 p.m. (9:10 California, 12:10 a.m. New York) and can be heard online at WFIU. It is already available for listening on the home page under "Current Audio." All of the previous programs are now archived as well. And, just for grins, there's an article about the show in the local paper today: H-T Night Lights I was running on 4 hours of sleep & taping a Woody Herman big bands show right before going on the afternoon jazz program live, so please pardon the grimly focused look. In a couple of weeks I'll be doing a show on the Herbie Nichols Project; co-leader (and Organissimo poster) Frank Kimbrough will be the guest. Also hoping/planning to do "The Nessa Records Story" in the spring!

Well, I've grown to like Teagarden a lot in the past several years & remembered your positive comments about this set, which is one of the reasons why I pretty much instantly decided to keep it. Not that I needed much rationalization! "Gee, it would be a lot of hassle to re-seal the box & take it down to Airbourne Express... guess I'll just have to buy it instead." It's funny, Lon--a lot of times I like to listen to "early" jazz early in the day (and I would say the T set falls into that category, even though it was recorded circa 1960), but I put this set on late last night and it sounded great! Just a really nice vibe for the end of the day. Hoping to listen to more of it tonight, although Art Tatum keeps tempting me back to the musical bar... and Walt Dickerson's THIS IS WALT DICKERSON keeps crying out for another spin... Ah, what a dilemma! B-)

This Monday I ordered the new Jazztet Mosaic, and on Wednesday morning the gray Airbourne Express truck pulled up outside. It's the only time I ever feel like giving a guy flowers... that aside, I brought the box inside, lamenting only that because of a work-filled day I wouldn't have time to enjoy the Jazztet. Boy, was I right--I opened it, and inside was the Teagarden box! They'd charged me for the Jazztet and sent me Big T by mistake. Now, Mosaic being Mosaic, they immediately said they'd rectify the error, ship me the Jazztet, and take the Teagarden back. The Teagarden set was not a high-priority one for me, but I said "Don't worry, just send me the Jazztet and charge me for the Teagarden--I'm keeping it." And glad I did! I've listened only to the live material so far, but it's very nice stuff, and hell, I even kind of like Don Goldie's trumpet playing, despite the observations offered within the booklet (not necessarily by the writer--some may be quotes from others.) The kind of accidental bait-and-switch I love! The funny thing is that the Teagarden booklet is numbered incorrectly because of the mix-up--it's 0364 buts should be in the 1600s. I told Fred that that seemed like a low number for a set that had been out for a year and a half, and he said, "Yeah, if that were the case, we'd be in big trouble!"