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The Library of Congress has a bunch of unreleased Heider recordings. I listened to several when I was there ostensibly for other research ca. '95. http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/lccn-n92-9311/ A friend of mine caught Miles in S.F. when Tony was a minor and he remembers that no alcohol was served during the group's engagement. I can't remember if he said it was the JW or Both/And.

Or your "personal habits."

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Tom, I just remembered that I saw the octet once at a free outdoor show in midtown Manhattan--you might have shot some photos of it. Maybe late '70s? I remember Harold Vick and Frank Strozier.

IIRC it was either Hentoff or Ira Gitler who said that, in the late '50s, and the writer later explained that he was referring to his tone, not the quality of playing. Mobley's tone in the '50s was more Lester-leaning than it later became, but it was somewhere between the "brothers" school and the Hawk/Byas/Webster/Rollins tone school. The rhythm section was so damn hot at that point it was probably inevitable that they'd spin off as a working trio.

For years the only Coleman I knew was with Miles, and I was very underwhelmed. Then I saw him some time in the '80s at Fat Tuesdays and he blew me away. He played tenor, soprano, and fabulous alto. How much has he recorded on alto? I saw him several times after and his mileage varied, but at the North Sea Festival in 2000 (w/ John Hicks) I remember a particularly gripping ballad performance, but I forget the tune. I caught him with Michael and Louis Hayes and I think John Weber at Smoke a couple of years after that and I think he stuck to tenor.

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agreed

That's fabulous, with one of my favorite versions of I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry. About the only Tete recording I didn't like was the one on Concord with Tana & Reid--Tana being a much too heavy-handed a drummer for him. My favorite bassist for Tete is NHOP. I like the duo and trio sessions. The two volumes of duos with Mundell Lowe are fantastic too. Interesting, but I've never heard either in his playing. I find his touch very similar to Chick Corea when Chick plays standards.

If Lloyd brought his band we could have heard what Jarrett & DeJohnette would have sounded like with Miles...Oh, wait...

I'd love to have heard more Sonny Sharrock with Miles in the 70s. I think Pharoah Sanders might have worked well in Miles' sound of the early-mid '70s. I like the idea of Jackie McLean being added to the 2nd quintet and making it the 2nd sextet.

I don't know if you were responding to me, but Megaupload also had a free option. If it was Dan, the free option didn't pre-empt their profitable offerings. On the blog Inconstant Sol I'm now seeing files listed as being on Multiupload.

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Yeah. I suppose my sending files to 4 or 5 people using YouSendIt is technically infringement too, but it's not public, not searchable, and nobody's making any money. Didn't Rapidshare change their rules drastically only a short while ago? I suppose in anticipation of this sort of thing.

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Maybe they'll redo it with a kinder, gentler Jack Johnson.

No, they don't. One can search the catalog: http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First Here's a list of libraries that own VHS copies from WorldCat (NYU has a film copy): http://www.worldcat.org/title/jack-johnson/oclc/46973173&referer=brief_results It appears that it was released in 1996 on VHS by MPI Home Video. By doing a search on "Jack Johnson" and "MPI Home Video" I discovered it was released as "Jack Johnson: Breaking Barriers" (regarding the title, see http://milesdavisonline.com/culture/miles-davis-the-boxer-3/ ), and there are some copies for sale: http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Ring-Johnson-Breaking-Barriers/dp/6304097034 The 88-minute length is further confirmation it's the same film. I used to have a VHS to DVD dubbing machine, but no longer. If anybody has the wherewithal to buy a copy and convert to DVD, I certainly wouldn't refuse a copy in appreciation of my research efforts

One inaccuracy: Update 9: Major record label BMI is down for the count.

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Here we differ. I prefer the Roulette studio dates because here Basie's use of the cream of the crop arrangers, which started in the Verve years, hits full force. These are real writer/arrangers' showcases. The Verves are sort of transitional from the Old Testament to this. Amazing work from Hefti, Quincy, Foster, Wilkins, Thad, Benny Carter. For me Atomic and Chairman of the Board are simply two of the greatest big band albums ever. There's so much duplication of tunes I find it overkill.