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Mike, Was Haden dealing with a drug problem around this time? Forgive my hazy recollection, but I seem to recall reading that somewhere... Could be way off.

Howdy, stranger! Say, hoss, you don't happen to hail from a little burg close to the central seat of government now, do ya? I, too, would be happy to see a Jutta Hipp Mosaic Select. I have only the Connoisseur and like it a lot. Pardon the forwardness, stranger, but how much all can you reckon Jutta Hipp recorded for the (and pardon my language) Blue Note label?

I bought the CENTRAL AVENUE SOUNDS box several years ago just to get the taste it offered of late-40's Mingus, which is a little jump blues, a little Third Stream, and mostly just Mingus beginning to flower. The Uptown release is one of the most--ah, we're not in Blue Note anymore, are we, Toto--KICK-ASS re-issues I've ever picked up.

Yeah, it is a shame, but this place does have some of the old Blue Note BB vibe about it... how could it not? I think many of the BNers on AAJ will begin to come over here more frequently as well. It feels pretty damned cozy if you ask me. I suppose what I miss is the certain edge that the old board had.

My list is pretty close to Green Dolphin's: Andrew Hill Brad Mehldau McCoy Tyner Keith Jarrett Coin-toss between Jason Moran & Uri Caine, with honorary nods to Myra Melford & Marilyn Crispell

Matthew, I've got both of those LOAs but haven't read all of the pulp stories yet. Last summer I read THE LITTLE SISTER & THE LONG GOODBYE back-to-back... will definitely re-read THE LONG GOODBYE. I could stand to re-read the earlier ones, too. Library of America also put out two anthologies of crime novels covering the 30's/40's and the 50's, which included some great ones like Kenneth Fearing's THE BIG CLOCK, Chester Himes' THE REAL COOL KILLERS, and William Gresham's NIGHTMARE ALLEY. Are you a fan of either Hammett or James Cain?

RAT RACE BLUES, Michael Fitzgerald and Noal Cohen's fascinating, well-researched bio of Gigi Gryce. RADICAL HOLLYWOOD, a sympathetic portrait of lefties in the 1930's/40's/50's film industry.

Some sets I have and like include Louis Jordan's LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL (lots of good songs that don't show up on the various anthologies and compilations), Nellie Lutcher's AND HER RHYTHM, Julia Lee's KANSAS CITY STAR (some Benny Carter/KC jazz on that set), and the NASHVILLE JUMPS collection, which documents the Nashville indie R & B scene from 1945-55. Some surprising jazz cameos on that one from the likes of John Coltrane and Phineas Newborn, among others. For those interested in the American left, SONGS FOR POLITICAL ACTION is an intriguing set, although some of the music leaves a little to be desired. It contains the complete Almanac Singers recordings. Only problem with Bear Family is that they're really pricey; I picked all of these up when I worked at Borders and could get a good discount. There's one online site that has most of these for prices that average out to about $16 or $17 a disc--I'll see if I can find the link. The set I'm hoping to get next is Piano Red's DR. FEELGOOD. The Carter Family is a monster, but the sound's better than the Rounder re-issues, and Charles Wolfe, who's at work on a bio of the Carters, wrote good liner notes for the book.

I concur. Given that musicians run this forum, and that CD-R trading of in-print material is detrimental to their livelihood, I would think that common courtesy and sense might dictate keeping such trades off-board. (IM passionately-felt HO.) And I AM glad to see this forum--like jazzbo, though, I fear for my wallet.

I was just listening to some of the sides done with Martial Solal last night on the BMG LUCKY THOMPSON/GIGI GRYCE IN PARIS CD. There are some interesting stories about Lucky in CENTRAL AVENUE SOUNDS, too. Check out the Chronological Classics Lucky Thompson CD 1944-47.

My wife was really sick this morning too... Maybe it's the Blue Note flu.

I'm also psyched about Eddie Costa's HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHTS, which is coming out on May 21. Been waiting a long time to hear that one.

Well, I think we've discovered the Greg of AAJ... Pharaohrock.

Berigan, I'll try to e-mail or call Mosaic on Monday and find out what the scheduled release date is for our boy Bunny.

That's about right, Mark. I noticed that thread was gone and thought, "Uh oh..." The only reason I could imagine was the moderator's concern that people might get the wrong impression, and I feel kind of bad if my remark was what triggered the deletion. I put a winky/smiley graemlin on the end of it to indicate that it was pretty funny--I mean, at first I really did think we had turned off one of the regulars. Relatively speaking, imagine how we at the Blue Note board would have felt if 1,000 new posters came cascading into that site. The AAJ poster's departure alluded to some earlier fracas which many of the AAJ regulars seem to recall with some trauma; perhaps the moderator just didn't want the reminder of it up there for everybody to see. I noticed, by the way, that the "I'm outta here" poster has re-surfaced and commented favorably on the new influx of members. I like B3-er's site quite a lot and intend to post over here and at AAJ. I really don't see any need to start a civil war between the two boards and think it would be an unnecessary continuation of the ugliness that marked the destruction of the Blue Note board. I've been keeping two browsers open at work for the past several days and actually enjoy being able to hop back and forth between both...

Now playing at the Blue Note board: THE SOUND OF SILENCE.

Last night: Various, THE DAWN OF DOO-WOP Radiohead, OK COMPUTER Tonight: New Jack Purvis set from Jazz Oracle + Gigi Gryce

Greetings fellow ex-Blue Noters and all, I've produced a one-hour radio special on Bix Beiderbecke that's airing tomorrow night at 9 p.m. on WFIU Bloomington, IN. Richard Sudhalter will be one of several guests. The URL is on Alan Lankin's webcast page: WFIUBix Monday, March 10 will be Bix's 100th birthday. I'm hoping/planning to do an afternoon show on Gigi Gryce with Mike Fitzgerald (co-author of the Gryce bio RAT RACE BLUES) in a couple of weeks.

I've bookmarked the site and will definitely visit it. I also think more ex-BNBBers will check in here more frequently as time goes on. Everybody had just shifted over to AAJ when B3-er got the board up and running over here, and IMO people are still a little dazed from the BN purge; AAJ may prove to be a life-raft and Organissimo the final destination. I like them both and enjoy having two places to go now rather than one.

sheldonm has hipped me to Wayne Shorter's forthcoming appearance at Clowes Hall in Indianapolis on April 4. You can check out Shorter's full tour schedule at his page on the Verve Records site (guess it has a few uses after all).

I read on one of the other boards (if it's Friday, this must be Organissimo) that the Berigan set, originally scheduled for a May release, has been delayed. Is this true?

Mark, I think it's generally a pretty good bio as well. I wrote a review of it when it came out for our local alterna-weekly and praised it for the most part, but I did get annoyed by Santoro's style at times; "Mingus was feeling the zeitgeist" was one refrain that got on my nerves. Santoro came across my review online and actually sent my editor a thank-you note, which surprised me, since I did make some pretty incisive remarks about his writing manner... but I found it a more lively read than Brian Priestly's rather pedestrian treatment (IMO), although I know many prefer it to Santoro's book.

Nice pad, B3-er! It feels so homey that I decided to reincarnate under my old BN handle. I've already bookmarked ya...