Fer Urbina

You'd better. You'd better not.

Thanks for posting that, Larry, although I will have to read it properly later. As for Harrison, I'm a fan. I don't always agree with him, but 1) he knows his music, more so than many of his peers, it seems to me, and 2) he almost always provides insight and reasons to his arguments. Last but not least, his use of language is very idiomatic, very English. I know because I've translated his article on Ellington's longer works (here) and that was hard. Unfortunately he's stopped writing about jazz and has published a biography of Rachmaninoff, and there's one called "Bartok at the piano" in the pipeline. F (Edited for silly mistake.)

THANKS FOR THAT AND THE LETTER!!! F (the "ex" Christian fanatic)

There's an earlier recording from two months earlier, also with Urbie Green on board but with a smaller ensemble, for a John Carisi album that wasn't released at the time. It's in the "RCA Victor Jazz Workshop - The Arrangers" compilation (it also has a new take on Carisi's "Israel"). F

Moody's Mood For Love is also in the Prestige Records Story Boxed Set, the original instrumental version *and* King Pleasure's vocalese back to back. CD1 also has "Twisted" by Wardell Gray (instrumental) and Annie Ross (vocalese). F

For any Londoners around here, in Love Joys, in Charing Cross Road right opposite Maccaris, they have copies of Chris Albertson's Bessie in paperback, for £3.99 F

From the JPC product description of the JATP set In Babelfish English: The Lester Young booklet was 100 pages long, the Bud Powell 150 IIRC. F

Jews in Hell has also been reviewed in Spanish magazines "Cuadernos de Jazz" and "Ruta 66" (this one, a rock mag) by me and Pachi Tapiz respectively. Both reviews are positive to very positive. F

PM sent on the Vandermark and Saudades. F

Tony Williams, owner of Spotlite records? As far as I know he's still in business. F

In September's Jazzwise, in an interview by Duncan Heining, Paul Bley is told about this reissue, and he Anyone for an extended, official reissue of this, with plenty of unreleased stuff (if tapes still exist)? F

IIRC all relevant original LP covers are reproduced in the booklet (12x12cm). Excellent album indeed., another example of Verve/PolyGram's excellent reissue work from the nineties, with Richard Seidel, Ben Young, etc. F

Oh, I didn't mean to offend you! Takes one to know one... F

When you think you know someone... "Allen Lowe" on eBay F

Same here F

Incorrect. Well, I may be misled by the various repackagings of the material. It's on Jackson's Wizard of the Vibes album (including the vocal tracks which seem to be absent from Genius of Modern Music Vol 2). Is it co-led, or what is it exactly? Never sounded like Monk to me on the Minton's material I've heard. A previous post on the material with Charlie Christian He was the house pianist at Minton's and there are a few recordings... F

Apparently the first bit of Bird's bio is already available for pre-order, it already has been assigned a ISBN number, and, according to Amazon, it will be published in 2020 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kansas-City-Lightn...r/dp/0679438149 As for what's been said about myths, I'm against them through and through for many reasons, one being that musicians like Ellington, Satchmo, Bird, Coltrane, Miles... not only don't really need any mythology added, but it may hinder our appreciation of their actual greatness. F

AFAIK, yes. F

Exactly. AFAIK Granz taped *everything* from that Festival and the complete tapes still exist (possibly two sets). F

I second Allen's comments. The biography part is very likely to be definitive. The musical analysis is very thorough (perhaps a bit heavy for someone with no musical knowledge at all - but it reads like an accurate representation of what Tristano's music is about). All in all, I think anyone interested in Tristano should get it. F PS BTW, I think I saw a copy of a Japanese CD reissue of Tristano's "Descent into the Maelstrom" go for more than $100 on eBay...

If I'm not wrong this is the site of the current owners of Mainstream, and AFAIK the email works. http://www.mainstreamrecords.com/ F

I agree with John Tapscott and Christiern, although it might be added that Herman's band from 1945-46 was quite a profitable venture. (There was a ban in 1948, that's the reason for the December 47 sessions by the Second Herd, "Four Brothers", "Goof and I", "Summer Sequence, part IV", etc) IIRC Donald Clarke's "Rise and Fall of Popular Music" adds to the mix the decay of public transport, at least in the West Coast, as well as the soldiers coming back from war to start families and not going out as much as before. Basie giving up the big band for the octet was probably the lowest point of all, or at least the most visible. F

Have compared the Definitive and JSP listings in allmusic, and they look exactly the same (titles and times), except that JSP has one more track, "South of the border", which makes it more interesting because it was never recorded in the studio by the Goodman/Christian combination. So, yep, Chuck's correct in many fewer words I'll shut up now F

I have checked with Chris Sheridan's biodiscography of Monk and apparently there's some contention regarding Monk at Minton's. Some say that he's not with Christian on the recordings (Henri Renaud) and some say he is (Brian Priestley). Apparently the labels on the original acetates say he *is* F (Gosh, it's true... )

Hi Cliff Relapse? Moi? F RE Costa, I don't make more promises... I'll let you know when it's ready (only last week yet another record turned up... )