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Oh, and by the way, what do you teach?

You can get an idea of jazz happenings here: phillyjazz.Jazzmatazz.info. (Listings from earlier in the year can be found here.) I could probably also answer questions about the various venues. (And I live in Mount Airy neighborhood in Philly.)

mmmm, I'm gonna....

It'll be available on DVD in the States tomorrow: Keith Jarrett – Keith Jarrett: The Art of Improvisation - DVD (Euroarts/Naxos) May 17 — documentary celebrating his 60th birthday — includes interviews with Jarrett and also with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette — 85 minutes; subtitles - English, German, French, Italian, Spanish

Woody Shaw – Woody Shaw Live, Volume Four (HighNote 7139) Apr 26 — Woody Shaw (trumpet); Steve Turre (trombone); Larry Willis (piano); Stafford James (double bass); Victor Lewis (drums); recorded live at Keystone Korner, San Francisco, Fall 1981 Nice.

This is fantastic news! I've been hoping for the live Vanguard material to come out on CD for a long time. " Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard" is currently due out on Columbia/Legacy on 7/26.

Which ones make your list?

All that I know is that you don't have to be a genius to know that you shouldn't let Ray Charles drive!

How many producers of the national media know who Dave Burrell is, let alone put him on the air for half an hour to talk and play? (He was on yesterday's Fresh Air.)

He has a new one coming out on June 7th --> This Is It! (Savant)

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Would he consider adding several of the unissued tracks to the 1958-62 Selects that he's planning?

Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet -> in Philly 5/17 — Peter Brotzmann: reeds, Mats Gustafsson: reeds, Ken Vandermark: reeds, Magnus Broo: trumpet, Per-Ake Holmlander: tuba, Joe McPhee: trumpet: saxophone, Kent Kessler: bass, Fred Lonberg-Holm: cello, Paal Nilssen-Love: drums, Michael Zerang: drums — Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Ave, Philadelphia PA May 17 (Tue) — 8 & 10 pm — $15 ($12 students)

It still isn't, alas...

I found an answer to my own question: "Eugene the Jeep" is a character that E.C. Segar added to Thimble Theatre on 3/3/1936. Could Hodges's nickname been derived from the Popeye character?

Wasn't Jeep also originally character in Thimble Theater (AKA "Popeye") ?

Here's a map of the neighboorhood: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=West+Somerse...,0.014594&hl=en The Stadium was between Somerset & Lehigh, 20th & 21st. The block the stadium is on had a large church built on it several years ago. I pass the site often on the train. Here's a satellite image taken within the last few years: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Lehigh+Ave++...07918&t=k&hl=en The church has a blue roof. The building in the lower left is a high school. The Septa (formerly Penn Central) R8 train tracks are on the lower right.

Where was it located in Philly?

Largest unavailable catalog? Probably Steve Lacy, too!

That's true, but think of all the Ellington material that isn't available on CDU!

Three Sounds?

Does anyone here have the set? If so, what do you think of it?

He's 50 years old and been recording for about 28 years...