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Well, I wouldn't mind seeing her show up in one or two dream sequences.

Re track #7: While "Miles Mode" is performed on the VIM 'N VIGOR album (recorded in '83 BTW), the cut you chose is "Three Little Words". Also, Farrell and Louis Hayes are credited as co-leaders on this album.

I recently won this on an eBay auction but have yet to view it. (Common problem here). Anyway, thanks for the heads up. Looking forward to taking in the archival footage.

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Yes, I was joking....to a degree as Dustin Hoffman is one of my favorite actors. I don't think there's anyone else alive who could convincingly take on such disparate roles as "Tootsie" and "Rain Man". However when it came to "Lenny", I thought DH was great when he was "off stage". He was not convincing doing Lenny's stand up material, which in a way is very understandable as stand up comedy is, IMO, the hardest thing to do. I'm afraid that I've listened to Bruce's Fantasy LPs so many times over the years that I wasn't going to be completely satisfied no matter who played the role. All this aside, I bow to your opinion as it is based on first hand knowledge of the subject.

Dustin Hoffman, of course. Hey, he played Lenny Bruce, that casting was equally as

My thanks to one and all, especially Claude Schlouch for clarifying these dates and personnel. It appears that the tapes I have of each of these sessions are incomplete, a situation I hope to rectify.

I'd like to clarify the details of a date KD did in the spring of '67. I have two open reel tapes of mostly identical music, but with contradictory location data. Personnel is KD (tp); Sonny Red (as); Cedar Walton (p), Paul Chambers (b); unknown drums; add Joe Lee Wilson* (vcl) on last track. 1. Bags' Groove 2. Blue Bossa 3. Four/The Theme 4) *I'll Remember April One tape has the complete set as above with the location as "The Blue Morocco", Bronx, NY, April 16, 1967. The other tape is missing track #4 and has the location as "Minton's", NYC, sometime in '67. Anyone, e.g., Michael F., have the correct data on this? Googling only produces studio dates.

Dizzy Reece: STAR BRIGHT, a very nice date that includes Hank, Wynton K, PC & AT. I have a mono Blue Note copy, but would love to have it on CD as well.

I once met a young woman who had the name of another tune Coltrane did: Aisha.

The New Yorker is running a nice special on this book/8 DVD box: total price of $42.49 (+ applicable state sales tax; no S&H) including 15% off coupon TNYS3VD15 which you input at checkout. New Yorker Link

Quite a list. No mention of a number of pianists that most readers here have recordings of, e.g., Sonny Clark, Walter Davis Jr., Herbie Nichols, Dodo Marmarosa, Freddie Redd, Randy Weston, Mulgrew Miller, Barry Harris. We can all add more I'm sure, especially when some of our collections feature piano led dates by Brad Mehldau, George Cables, John Hicks, Don Pullen, etc.

Yeah, right, the greatest of all time! And Previn at #7 to boot. What a joke!!!

Getting to this BFT kind of late and still have yet to hear Disc 2 but here goes some impressions and positive identifications of two tracks. Usual disclaimers re not having seen previous responses altho I was tempted. 1) Gots to be Horace, he's so identifiable both playing and compositionally. However the sidemen have me very stumped as they're not from one of his earlier Blue Note dates, and most probably younger cats within the past ten years or so. Trumpeter is great and reminds me of Ryan Kisor. Can't place anyone else. Very nice, typically cooking, Silver track. 2) Liked the alto, but afraid I have no guesses here. 3) Well, I know the tune - "Bohemia After Dark" - but I'm pathetic when it comes to id'g organists. Enjoyable. 4) Ooh, NMCOT. If a trombone isn't melodic, it becomes rough listening for me. 5) Must be Joe Henderson on tenor but can't recognize anyone else, except there's a phrase in the melody of this piece that's very evocative of "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child". 6) Can't contribute here. 7) Definitely Joe Farrell on a standard that Rollins still plays. I then went to my stacks and, sure enough, found the CD (eye catching cover, BTW) with which I'm not really familiar with, having picked it up a year or so ago with a bunch of other European label CDs for only $5. Anyway, here's the link: Farrell-Hayes 8) see #6 9) Well, I suspect this one has been id'd by others in this thread as it comes from an essential Cedar CD. The tenor, BTW, is instantly identifiable. A real giant. Cedar-GC 10) Pleasant enough soprano playing, but that's about it. 11) I love this tune - "The Coaster" - but the version from Moncur's EVOLUTION session (with Tony, Jackie, Hutch, Lee, !!!!) is the definitive one by far. This may be the composer on trombone but this version pales severely. All in all, interesting listening. Some very good tracks.

And sold out! A couple of friends just arrived from NY and wanted to go, but too late.

This story may be apocryphal as it was told to many years ago by a friend who was involved in the record business in NYC in the '50s but who did not actually witness it but here goes. Back in '56 when Miles recorded a quintet session with Sonny Rollins, the group decided to play a blues. Bob Weinstock's father, an immigrant from central Europe, remarked after the performance, "That's a vierd blues", hence the title "Vierd Blues". True or not, that's just one of so many Prestige recordings I've listened to and enjoyed over the years. He truly left a great legacy of recordings, a jazz record producer's dream catalog. R.I.P.

I know what you mean. The chemistry she had with Jude Law was electric! Oh yeah, there was a newer "Alfie". Never saw it. -_- The recent version wasn't bad - in fact, I liked the way they slightly changed the story to accommodate the social changes since the late '60s e.g., there's no need to do an illegal abortion now, so the challenge was to create an equally dramatic event that has a profound effect on the Alfie character. And they did come up with a good, convincing one. BUT even so, how do you improve upon Michael Caine in the lead with a Sonny Rollins soundtrack?!!!! Can't be done. Back to Shelly Winters. As Alfie says in the original film, she was in "byoo..ful condition". When she looks Alfie in the eye in their final scene and says with such calm devastation, "He's younger than you are. Get it?", ...well, it knocks me out every time. Oh, I've only seen the film maybe 25 times.

I have two live recordings of the Coleman Octet, one done at the Village Gate in NYC on April 28, 1975, the other done at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 17, 1980. "Robert Garner" is not listed as performing on either broadcast.

Hey, Bacharach wrote a nice tune of which there are many nice versions - a vocal rendition I particularly like is that done by Carmen McRae on an old Mainstream LP I have - but for soundtrack consistency and all around musical excellence, Sonny playing his version of "Alfie" over the closing credits cannot be topped.

Anyone who has seen this film knows that after hearing some wonderful Rollins playing original music throughout, the film inexplicably ends with the Bacharach version of "Alfie" sung by Cher over the closing credits. However, an interesting discovery I made a few years ago is that the VHS copy of "Alfie" ends with Rollins wailing his "Alfie" theme beautifully during the closing credits. This convinced me that the conception of the director, Lewis Gilbert, was that Rollins' music would be present throughout the film and that the imposition of the Bacharach theme at the end had to be a commercial decision. Unfortunately, the DVD reinforces this impression as it contains the Bacharach ending, a fact I discovered when I borrowed a DVD copy from the local library. Obviously, I'll keep that VHS copy.

That set is available on the "vine" circuit: Stan Getz Quartet Newport, RI; 3 July 1961 Stan Getz (ts) Steve Kuhn (p) Scott LaFaro (b) Roy Haynes (d) 1. Baubles, Bangles and Beads (8:18) 2. Where Do You Go? (8:16) 3. Airegin (8:26) Total time - 25:01

Just offering my "2 cents" here - that's insane!

Well, most of us can cite times we experienced Dex. One of the most sublime live moments I can recall is when Dexter introduced Sonny Stitt in the audience at the Vanguard, stating tongue in cheek, "I'd like to call up an old.....old.......VERY old friend to the bandstand" and they both tore into McShann's "Jumping Blues". Just fabulous, a real highlight among quite a few I've witnessed. Just wanted to add a highly positive note about a great jazz artist.

Got my copies today. No problem with the Netflix-styled mailer. Will listen soon.