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It would be great is Buster Williams would join the reunion at some point.

It might be the trio music with Dave Holland and Barry Altschul. Sam said he priately recroded a lot of the stuff that went on in the Studio Rivbea club/loft. He went on to discuss the trio and how he caught a ton of flack from the black musicians for hiring two white musicians. In fact Barry was at the concert and came up on the stage and said a few words. Sam said he played with Barry and Dave since they were the only two who followed what he was writing. No one else listen to him. If your guess is correct that's very promising! Could cause further ructions over in the Dave Holland thread... It's no guess. Sam blurted this out. His daughter said "Be quite Dad. Michael Cuscuna and I still are working on the liner notes and some legal stuff." Sam called Cuscuna up on stage and said tell them (meaning the audience). Michael said yes it is happening and he was shooting for a November release, that is if Sam finishes what needs for the booklet. His daughter then said, I have what you need back at the hotel.

It might be the trio music with Dave Holland and Barry Altschul. Sam said he privately recroded a lot of the stuff that went on in the Studio Rivbea club/loft. He went on to discuss the trio and how he caught a ton of flack from the black musicians for hiring two white musicians. In fact Barry was at the concert and came up on the stage and said a few words. Sam said he played with Barry and Dave since they were the only two who followed what he was writing. No one else listen to him.

November is a half a year away, you can start saving.

I would have to say live recordings since that was what that club was all about.

For those Sam Rivers fans, there will be a Mosaic released this November. It will cover his Studio Rivbea days of the 1970s. This should be a nice set. It will contain a lot of his private recordings he made at the loft. This was mentioned by both Sam Rivers and Michael Cuscuna at the Sam Rivers concert Friday night.

What are the thoughts here regarding this? I find it sad the estates of the Basie family is not paid. May 12, 2010 We are the producers of the award-winning Jazz Icons DVD series, a series which to date has released 30 separate titles of concerts by the greatest artists in the history of jazz from the 1950s through the 1970s. These are by far the most successful jazz DVDs of all time. Perhaps youve heard of us. Then again, maybe not. The reason for this letter is to express our outrage at a serious problem regarding the 2010 Jazz Journalists Association Awards. This being the nomination of Count Basie & His Orchestra- Live in Berlin & Stockholm 1968 as the Jazz DVD of the Year. Of all the DVDs released in the past few years, you chose to honor a DVD that is an absolute 100% BOOTLEG. This is a fact. We have spoken with Count Basies estate and the rights-holder to the footage filmed in Sweden in 1968 and neither of them has given permission for this material to be released. You should be ashamed of yourselves! The horrendous multi-generation VHS video quality alone would be enough to convince even the casual fan that this is a bootleg. It is irresponsible and reprehensible that an organization that purports to be arbiters of quality in jazz would nominate such a subpar and illegitimate release for a major award. Your support hurts everyone involved, from the artists to the footage holders. Every time we see bootleg releases reviewed in mainstream jazz publications it makes our blood boil. Especially when these publications ignore or downplay releases by legitimate companies who pay advances to the artists, pay for the footage, pay the side musicians through the union, pay royalties, re-transfer the footage from master tapes or film, not to mention including booklets with liner notes and photographs. There are many of us out there doing it right, and yet this is whom you choose to honor? Sad. At the risk of this sounding like sour grapes at not being nominated, we would have been very happy if all of the nominees were relevant music DVDs legitimately released by reputable companies in 2009. This was not the case and is an embarrassment to the industry and a source of anger and frustration to those of us going the extra mile to create quality DVDs in an increasingly anemic jazz marketplace. Please do your homework, it's not that difficult. Regrettably yours, The Producers of the Jazz Icons Series

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My point is this, at one point there existed this micro TVs that you could carry around and small TV sets that were portable and moved from one room to another, which today cease to exist. True the new format in TV broadcasting played a large part in this, but few consumers were sitting in parks with battery operated TVs. The visual experience juxtaposed with the listening aspect was and still is more important to consumers then just audio alone. Go to Best Buy today and all stereo equipment is all for one's computer. You have to and, as the article in the Times mentions, find these declining audio equipment stores. Just where I live in NY, there existed up to 5 years ago two Harvey Electronics; now both are gone. What's left and slowly phasing away, is the audio section at 6th Ave electronics. For the large part consumers are not intelligent enough to understand or care about the loss of sound with MP3 players.

Grimes and Hall were two names someone told me that were flying around. I have no way of confirming that. Also, and this is just my thoughts, how about the musicians from the Bridge. That would be Hall, Crenshaw and Riley. Yeah, David Lee would be nice to hear again on drums.

When you think about this for a moment, consumers want Blue Ray, high def TVs, but are willing to settle on low quality audio. I just am amazed.

Getting my ticket tomorrow. Don't want to miss this. Someone who has some insight told me he will play with different musicans for this concerts. Not that I dislike his current band, but Sonny is leagues above the rest of his band. Bobby Broom colse close. I hope Sonny chooses to use an upright bass for this concert too. Sonny Rollins Returns to the Beacon Theatre Friday, September 10, His First NYC Concert in Three Years Rollins & His Oleo Productions to Present the Concert, "Sonny Rollins @80 -- A Celebration with Special Guests" Sonny Rollins will present a special concert at the Beacon Theatre on Friday, September 10 at 8:00 pm. The concert, "Sonny Rollins @80 - A Celebration with Special Guests," comes three days after the jazz legend's 80th birthday. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 14 at 9:00 a.m. Rollins's last New York concert was at Carnegie Hall on September 18, 2007, which marked the 50th anniversary of his Carnegie debut. He last played the Beacon in 1995. "The Beacon Theatre is one of my favorite venues in the world," says Rollins. "It's great to be coming back after such a long absence. I hope to see you there." Other than the West Coast dates now in progress (Seattle, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Davis), and a June 12 performance at the Discover Jazz Festival in Burlington, VT, "Sonny Rollins @80" will be Rollins's only U.S. appearance for the remainder of 2010. (Tours of Japan and Europe are booked for the fall and winter.) Sonny plans to announce personnel details for the Beacon event in August. Ticket prices are $120, $85, $65, $40, and $35, online at www.beacontheatre.com; or at the Beacon Theatre box office at 2124 Broadway between West 74th and 75th Streets (Mon-Sat. 11:00 am-7:00 pm). Tickets are also available through www.ticketmaster.com. (A $4.50 ticket surcharge will be applied.) For general information, call 212-465-6500. Sonny Rollins Elected Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

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Wow, I didn't ever think it would be a heart stopper.

I plan on going to hear Sam Rivers. I hate to admit I have never seen him live. I will remedy this on Friday. Can anyone tell me how is Sam's playing in recent years? He is in his 80s. Ali’s Alley, Jazz Cultural Theatre & Studio Rivbea Lost Jazz Shrines Part 2: Celebrating Studio Rivbea Featuring Sam Rivers and his Band Friday, May 14 - 7:00 PM Lecture One-on-One with Sam Rivers & Willard Jenkins FREE Friday, May 14 - 8:30 PM Concert $25, $15 students/seniors Buy Tickets Studio Rivbea (1969-1978) Multi-instrumentalist/composer Sam Rivers and his wife Beatrice ("Riv" - for Rivers and "bea" for Beatrice = Rivbea) opened this loft space on 24 Bond Street. The loft was important in the development of jazz because it exemplified artist creation of performance space and its freedom from concerns posed by nightclub or concert hall settings. For rising artists, Studio Rivbea was their introduction to performance opportunities in NYC. The Lost Jazz Shrines series is dedicated to bringing legendary NYC jazz clubs south of 14th street back into the consciousness of the world with a thorough remembrance and celebration. This year, the series celebrates Ali’s Alley, Jazz Cultural Theatre and Studio Rivbea. The series will encompass three concerts (Fridays, May 7, May 14 and May 21), each of them preceded by a FREE Humanities Program with live interviews and films that showcase some of the celebrated figures associated with this year’s honorees.

Glad you enjoyed the show.

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He has pulled out of Death's clutches in the past, heartache and soforth, hopefully he can do it once more.

He is at Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC. If not mistaken this is a hospital for cancer treatment, and other ailments. Even at nearly 92 today, he had so much energy when I saw him in November of 2008. So hopefully he can abate whatever is ailing him now. When I saw him at Dizzy's in NYC he was siting at the piano talking to the audience. When he began to play the MIC rolled off the piano towards the floor. Before it hit the fllor he swooped it up with his hand like a dog grabbing a Frisbee.

So it comes down to Monk looking for someone to swing. I do admit both could swing. I just don't hear too much beyond that. I will have to do some more listening.

Recently Hank has been in the hospital. His shows that were scheduled at Birdland this month have been canceled. Does anyone know more about his condition? Get week Hank.

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Sad news. RIP Lena.

This past April while I was at the Randy Weston's 84 birthday's party, I started speaking with a woman that had just paid a visit to Abbey Lincoln that day in the nursing home she is at. Albiet good spirits, I doubt she will ever perform again. This lady did say Abbey does enjoy visits from friends and fans.