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It came out yesterday in the U.S. --> Richard Cook & Brian Morton - The Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD, 7th Edition (Penguin Books) Sept 28 -- 1,728 pages

He'll be playing in the Philly burbs on 10/8.

Phillip Johnston has a new CD out on Innova called Rub Me The Wrong Way. The CD has three quirky compositions that he did for a dance troupe. Sounds pretty good on my first listen.

Bangor, Maine isn't as out-of-the-way as one might think. Why didn't they just have a Cat Stevens performance there recently?

Welcome to Pennsylvania, home of alcohol socialism.

Sam Brown also plays some memorable guitar on Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse!, 1969) and Keith Jarrett's Treasure Island (Impulse!, 1974).

Because Sony is releasing the set a year after originally scheduled? How many months (years?) old will the Cellar Door liner notes be when that set is finally released?

I've only heard the CD layer, but I thought it sounded pretty fabulous.

He's the son of Elmer and Leonard Bernstein.

I just received the Bopland set. I've only heard a part of the first disc on my PC; sounds pretty good so far. Reissue was produced by Dan Marx; notes by Maxine Gordon. (Keepnews isn't mention.) Notes as posted on Jazzmatazz: -- July 6, 1947 Los Angeles concert with Wardell Gray, Howard Mcghee, Sonny Criss, a.o. -- researched and annotated by Maxine Gordon -- reissue produced by Dan Mark; engineering by Paul Reid III -- music transferred from the original 16" transcription acetates; pitch corrected -- includes about 25 minutes of previously unreleased music -- groups included the Howard McGhee Orchestra, the Bill Moore Orchestra, the Bopland Boys and the Al Killian Orchestra -- other musicians include Trummy Young, Hampton Hawes, Russ Freeman, Barney Kessel, Red Callender, Roy Porter I've updated and added times to the track listings: DISC 1: 1. Tune-up/announcement - 2'44 2. Bopera (aka Disorder at the Border) 19'18 3. What Is This Thing Called Love? 13'35 4. Body And Soul 1'31 [previously unreleased] 5. Back Breaker 16'22 DISC 2: 1. Tune-up/announcement - 2'09 2. Bopland (aka Byas-A-Drink) - 19'07 3. Bop After Hours (aka After Hours Bop) - 18'28 [part 4 (Red Callender bass solo) previously unreleased] 4. The Hunt (aka Rocks 'n' Shoals) - 18'08 DISC 3: 1. Perdido- 20'21 [parts 2 & 3 previously unreleased] 2. Merry Go Round Blues - 0'12 [previously unreleased] 3. Blowin' with Bass - 5'04 [previously unreleased] 4. Blow, Blow, Blow - 14'00 5. Geronimo (aka Cherokee) - 21'21 6. Unknown Theme take 1 - 0'51 [previously unreleased] 7. Unknown Theme take 2 0'53 [previously unreleased] (And then there's The Complete Prestige Recordings, which I've just noticed have been listed on CD Universe, but that's for another discussion, I suppose.)

I'm just going to guess the time period. Late 1950s? Early 1960s?

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I've heard that Carla Bley is working with Haden on a new Liberation Music Orchestra work.

Alan Lankin's Jazzmatazz, you mean... Unfortunately he hasn't posted a link yet. He's come in from the cold and has now posted a link. Miles Davis - Seven Steps: Complete The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis, 1963-64 - 7 CDs (Columbia) Sept 28 -- includes material from the following albums: -- Seven Steps to Heaven (studio, Apr-May 1963), with George Coleman (tenor sax), Ron Carter (bass) and either Victor Feldman (piano) & Frank Butler (drums) or Herbie Hancock (piano) & Tony Williams (drums); includes previously unreleased alternate takes of "Joshua" and two of "Seven Steps" with Feldman and a rehearsal take of "Seven Steps" with Hancock -- Miles in Europe (Antibes, 27Jul1963), continuing w/ Coleman/Herbie Hancock/Carter/Tony Williams, with the previously unissued tunes "Bye Bye Blackbird" (16'47) & "Theme" (6'06), plus the unedited versions of "Autumn Leaves" (13'55), "Joshua" (11'36) and "All of You" (16'54) -- the complete Philharmonic Hall concert (12Feb1964), with both sets complete and in performance order (originally issued out-of-sequence as My Funny Valentine and Four & More); includes previously unissued tune "Autumn Leaves" (10'40), plus introductions by Mort Fega & Billy Taylor -- Miles in Tokyo (14Jul1964), with Sam Rivers on tenor sax -- Miles in Berlin (25Sep1964), with Wayne Shorter on tenor sax; includes a previously unissued version of "Stella by Starlight" (12'54) -- in all, set includes over an hour of previously unreleased music

None of whom are related to Stan Lee. [sorry, I couldn't resist!]

But, seriously, if a thread has a lot of pages I generally look at the first page and then, if it seems interesting, I go to the last page. I then back up a page by page until I've gone back a few days or so and then go forward. (The problem is remembering where you've left off if you don't visit every day. I must confess I sometimes keep track of thread pages numbers in my calendar...)

The "Funny Rat" thread sure has grown:

See my email reply...

I have extras of a few of the Jazz Tribunes of Armstrong, Benny Carter, Benny Goodman 3-4, Fletcher Henderson 5-6 and Earl Hines 5-6. See salelist.Jazzmatazz.info for details...

Good points, Chuck. How long do you think copyright should last, though? The current human life-span or...?

I like this better than the original. I kinda like this one, but it makes me think of electronica (circuit-like street diagrams?) rather than jazz.

Thanks for the info Brownie. Gonna place an order for it at CDZone UK, about the only online store that offers to procure it. Will probably be backordered for ages, but no harm trying. Yikes! Just found my Lunceford vol.8 hiding under a stack of other long untouched discs. Time to rein in the unbridled buying. Gotta cancel that order too. I think I have an extra Lunceford Vol. 8. (As well as a few of the earlier volumes.)

True, he did approach me. I replied after a few days, offering to collaborate. He declined my offer, saying he found some other guys to do it. I also no longer see a link to my site.

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Ian Rankin - "Dead Souls"