Adam

I think properly marketed at the right locations (a loaded term), you could sell 750 in LA alone. There were that many people or more at the concert to raise money for him when he was near death. But I suppose I could be wrong.

I saw it a couple of times in LA. It has a lot of great things in it; it's a little loose as a show. But long video documents of some great bands; art that has jazz & blues as a direct subject, or that is somehow "influenced by" jazz & blues. Dependent on your views of the curator's views of the essential qualities of blues that are being captured directly or indirectly in the art.

Same article (I presume) in the LA Times today, but I can't locate it yet in their online edition.

LA Times review: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-miles-davis-review-20130129,0,4008028.story

Much easier to never follow professional sports. Not sure why anyone thinks any of them are "clean." They are all just mass entertainment systems designed to relieve people of their money. Why should any athlete in any of them not use drugs? People get better entertainment value when the athletes are drugged.

I'm just impressed by the photos of the set that you did receive.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-0108-huell-howser-appreciation-20130108,0,1545800.story

This is sad, a bit surprising (but he did "suddenly" retire last year). I met him a couple of times in passing through the LA Conservancy, and he was a really good person, as far as I know. And the shows are great.

I've thought this band was fantastic each time I've seen it. I don't seem to listen much to the CDs though, but I think they require more attention than I have given them. I probably won't run out to buy it thoughl

Big Jay McNeely told me that Parker once stayed at his home in Watts when he played in LA, and his mother did his laundry, but I don't think that he actually played with him.

I wish I were capable of unloading that many CDs from my collection. My living room would love it.

up. Might finally get this set this year. Not a lot of commentary on it in a while. Is it worth getting?

That's great. I showed it as part of a Shirley Clarke retrospective in 1998, and have a VHS tape from them. Milestone Films intends to release it on DVD at some point as part of their Shirley Clarke DVD series. They issued The Connection already (with Jackie McLean, Freddie Redd); are working on Portrait of Jason; and Ornette would be next. I like this film; others have issues with it. It is of its time, and has some long interview segments with Ornette, lots of playing by his bands in Fort Worth, and a few reenactments of "young Ornette" walking around in Ft. Worth. Does the Caravan of Dreams still exist? The producer of the film was associated with them, and I think they own the rights to it, or whatever that organization has become.

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Would it be appropriate for you to contact Bluiett, raise the question, and ask him for a dub to check it out?

That's been on my short list to get for over a year now... I have these as well, and second the rec... Adam, buy that set. It's a stunning set, well compiled and researched. The second set is good too, but not as good as the first. Also, this: Fire in My Bones has arrived, and disc 1 so far is all that it's been cracked up to be. Funny, that Nuggets of Gospel box has also been on my list for a year or two.

I'd be interested in tango, although honestly I would end up getting only a few. I know tango people here in LA, and took lessons, so maybe they would also be interested.

A national tour is good. I remember going as a boy to the original unveiling (or one of them) of the first test Space Shuttle Enterprise at Edwards Air Force Base, I think in the late 1970s. Full circle. But the shuttles had more flights in them.

The Endeavor flying over Los Angeles today, my video: http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

That's been on my short list to get for over a year now... I have these as well, and second the rec...

How About "School of Thieves" for the album. :-)

For which? Willoughby might well have been smart enough to retain copyright on all of his photos, and not sign any normal Work for Hire contracts, but it's all conjecture. And my guess is for the other book that they licensed the photos. However, it is an academic text analyzing them, so they could fall under Fair Use.

Commentary on the Willoughby book: http://jazzlives.wordpress.com/tag/big-jay-mcneely/ And a website for the book: http://www.jazzbodyandsoul.us/home

How about the Blues set?