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June 16th. Recorded on this date: 1952, Charlie Parker performs at the 'Trade Winds' in Los Angeles with Chet Baker, Sonny Criss, Al Haig, Harry Babsin & Lawrence Marable: "The Squirrel", "Irresistable You ", "Donna Lee", "Liza". 1960, Gene Ammons with Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor & Ray Barretto - BOSS TENOR (Prestige): 1963, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers perform at 'Birdland', NYC; with Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton & Reggie Workman - UGETSU (Riverside): 1965, John Coltrane Quartet with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison & Elvin Jones record for Impulse: "Living Space", "Dusk Dawn", "Vigil", "Untitled Original 90320".

Dermot Mulroney Dylan McDermott Matt Dillon

June 15th. Also recorded on this date: 1966, Yusef Lateef Quartet with Hugh Lawson, Herman Wright & Roy Brooks - THE GOLDEN FLUTE (Impulse, completed 6/16): 1967, Gary Burton Quartet with Larry Coryell, Steve Swallow & Bobby Moses - LOFTY FAKE ANAGRAM (RCA Victor):

Kermit Moore Bobby Moore Pele ←

June 14th. Also recorded on this date: 1991, McCoy Tyner Trio with Avery Sharpe & Aaron Scott perform at 'Sweet Basil', NYC - SOLAR (Compose): 1994, Chris Potter combo with Larry Goldings, Larry Grenadier, John Hart & Al Foster - PURE (Concord, completed 6/15): 1995, ROOTS featuring Arthur Blythe, Nathan Davis, Chico Freeman, Sam Rivers, Don Pullen & others - STABLEMATES (In + Out): 1997, Jacky Terrasson Trio with Ugonna Okegwo & Leon Parker perform at the 'Iridium Club', NYC - ALIVE (Blue Note): 2000, Joe Lovano with a variety of trio settings that include Cameron Brown, Idrees Muhammad, Billy Drewes, Joey Baron, Toots Thielemans, Kenny Werner - FLIGHTS OF FANCY: TRIO FASCINATION TWO (Blue Note, completed 6/15):

Isaac Singer Elias Howe Betsy Ross ←

And then get the fabulous DVD for terrific visuals as well as music: Getz Last Recording DVD

June 13th. Recorded on this date: 1960, Howard McGhee leads a septet that includes Bennie Green, Roland Alexander, Pepper Adams, Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter & Walter Bolden - DUSTY BLUE (Bethlehem): 1961 (completed 6/14), Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers with Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter,Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton & Jymie Merritt - (Impulse): 1965, Freddie Hubbard with Jimmy Heath backed by Gus Simms, Wilbur Little & Bertell Knox - LIVE AT THE LEFT BANK (Label M): 1980 (completed 6/14), Andrew Hill Trio with Alan Silva & Freddie Waits - STRANGE SERENADE (Soul Note):

June 12th. Also recorded on this date: 1942, Billie Holiday with orchestra directed by Paul Whiteman, arrangement by Jimmy Mundy: "Trav'lin' Light". 1963, Roland Kirk Quartet with Harold Mabert, Abdullah Rafik & Sonny Brown for Mercury: "I've Got Your Number", "Between the Fourth and Fifth Step", "April Morning", "Get in the Basement", "Abstract Improvisation". 1999 (completed 6/13) Jackie McLean leads a quartet that includes Cedar Walton, David Williams & Billy Higgins - NATURE BOY (Blue Note):

A damned good question, and one that we're still trying to come to grips with. ← ...which makes me recall what Sam Rivers said to me about 30 years ago, when I posed a similar question to him in conversation: "It's all been done". In light of his continual creativity and tenor mastery even at his advanced age, a hell of a statement to make, don't you think?

June 10th. Also recorded on this date: 1963, Sonny Stitt leads a quartet that includes Hank Jones, Al Lucas & Osie Johnson recording 8 titles for Impulse (available on SALT AND PEPPER, cd only). 1981 (completed 6/11), Billy Bang Quintet with Charles Tyler, Michele Rosewoman, Wilbur Morris & Dennis Charles - RAINBOW GLADIATOR (Soul Note).

OK, I figured out why I have a problem and it certainly does not reflect well on All Music.com. It seems AMG no longer fully supports a Netscape browser which is the one I primarily use. When I accessed the site via Internet Explorer I got everything as before, i.e., photos of the individual artists as well as album cover jpgs.

I don't know from where you're pulling the album jpg files. I just looked up McCoy Tyner's ILLIMINATIONS, a recent album. Here's the link to the site which specifies all the tunes performed on the album. Where's the photo jpg of the album cover? http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:b7f8zff3eh6k AFAICS, you have to click on "buy" which takes you to an Amazon.com site wherein you can see a small jpg of the album cover. The album covers though are no longer on the All Music site. Martin

They got rid of the pictures which makes for a print-riddled, eye unappetizing, site. No photos of the musicians of which you used to be able to catch 3 or 4 of a particular artist at different stages of his/her career, as well as, no jpgs of the individual albums. Can't understand the thinking that went into ths revamp.

June 9th. Recorded on this date: 1953, Clifford Brown leads a quintet that includes Lou Donaldson, Elmo Hope, Percy Heath and Philly Joe Jones for Blue Note: "Bellarosa", "Carvin' the Rock", "Cookin'", "Brownie Speaks", "De-Dah", "You Go to My Head". 1954, Serge Chaloff Quintet with Boots Mussulli, Russ Freeman, Jimmy Woode & Buzzy Drootin recording: "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me", "Zdot", "Oh! Baby", "Love is Just Around the Corner", "Easy Street", All I do is Dream of You". 1958, Cecil Taylor Quartet with Earl Griffith, Buell Neidlinger & Dennis Charles - LOOKING AHEAD! (Contemporary):

Fabulous! I'm amazed at how tremendously together Diz and Bird are as early as June 1945. The disc is not just historically interesting, it's damn essential! Great music. Sidenote: It's a kick also listening to Catlett speak.

June 8th. Also recorded on this date: 1954, Bud Powell Trio with Percy Heath & Art Taylor: "It Never Entered My Mind", "A Foggy Day", "Time Was", "My Funny Valentine" (Verve). 1980, Bill Evans Trio with Marc Johnson & Joe Labarbera perform at the Village Vanguard - Disc 6 of TURN OUT THE STARS box set (Warner Brothers). 1988, Mingus Big Band performs at the Theatre-Boulogne-Billancourt - LIVE IN PARIS, Vol. 1 (Soul Note).

I had a late friend who couldn't abide Mingus's music primarily due to personal reasons, i.e., he had witnessed a couple of incidents in which Mingus's legendary temper was displayed. Anyway he got a kick out of a misspelling I noticed on the edge of the original United Artists LP, MONEY JUNGLE, mono copy. Anyone who has this LP will notice that on the spine, along with the names of Ellington & Roach, there is this: "Charlie Minus."

Thanks for the link. I'm listening to the show right now.

Beautiful, Jim, a terrific review. This is the one Milestone that I listen to with some kind of frequency and your analysis is quite insightful for the lay person and I'm sure, enlightening to the reed player who reads it. Much appreciated!

I took this out of the mailbox on my way to the gym and decided to put it on my personal CD player while getting my aerobic workout on the elliptical cross trainer. The opening of that first track nearly threw me off the machine! Chaotic beginning but then settled in and while it traversed a lot of territory, I particularly liked the South African (at least, to my ears) closing. Don't know who it is, but I enjoyed it. 2. Nice muted trumpet on what sounds to me like "Nom di Menticar" - excuse my spelling. Again, no guess. 3. Alto player sure has chops but solo alto is definitely not my thing. Too self indulgent for my taste. 4. Can't remember this track, oh wait, was it alto with percussion? Alto wasn't as up front recording-wise as #3. Don't know who. 5. How can a band play for 14 minutes and then have a fadeout ending? I detest fadeouts but they're particularly inexcusable on long tracks. Otherwise, didn't do much for me. OK, will get back to the disc sometime soon.

>That 25 years separates the Getz and ECM versions isn't discouraging >since "Jacob's Ladder" was in the Getz repertoire and didn't make it >to an issued album until 1989 with Hank Jones. Likewise for "The >Oracle", not issued until 1989 as well. I wrote several songs for Stan which were to be recorded by him. These plans were cancelled after he said he would only record my compositions if they were owned by his publishing company. This was something that I wouldn't agree to. All the best, Dave. ←

June 3rd. Also recorded on this date: 1957, Max Roach Quintet with Booker Little, George Coleman, Eddie Baker & Bob Cranshaw record 6 tracks for Mercury. 1989, Randy Weston leads a quartet that includes Jamil Nasser, Idris Muhammad & Eric Assante - PORTRAITS OF THELONIOUS MONK (Verve). 1998, Abbey Lincoln begins a three day recording session featuring Bobby Hutcherson, Nicholas Payton, Marc Carey and others WHOLLY EARTH (Verve):

June 2nd. Also recorded on this date: 1964, Eric Dolphy leads a quartet that inclues Misha Mengelberg, Jacques Schols & Han Bennink on a live date - LAST DATE (currently Verve). 1977, Joe Henderson Trio with Wayne Darling & Ed Soph perform at Wichita State University - BARCELONA (Enja). 1996, Joe Lovano group with strings records a two day tribute to Frank Sinatra - CELEBRATING SINATRA (Blue Note).