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Archie Shepp: The Tradition (Horo)

Last I heard, Gusto owned King - except for the James Brown and associated recordings - and the tapes were stored in Nashville.

Very much looking forward to the Roscoe Mitchell. And if Chuck has fine tuned the sound on the Von Freeman, I'll be buying it for the third time. That may seem nuts, but I have to help support the cats who are still doing it - both Von and Chuck.

Hope it's a great birthday, Joe!

Does your copy have Talkin' John Birch Society Blues?? No such luck.

Saw that when you originally posted it. I'm still hoping you're right.

Sitting here waiting on Irene, I'd probably go for it if it were possible.

Perhaps there will be a serendipitous event like Ernest Hemingway's trunk with some early writings turning up in the basement of the Ritz Hotel in Paris many years after he had left it there in storage. That helped lead to the writing of A Moveable Feast. We can only hope that Herbie Nichols' lost Bethlehem recordings will turn up someday.

I'll trade you a week of heat for Irene.

Johnny Olson hosted a radio show in NYC in the early 50s. Our family was in the audience and he invited my mom onstage and did a short interview with her. Hadn't thought about that in years. Thanks for bringing back a memory.

Mack the Knife Jenny Diver Lotte Lenya

Khan Jamal/Johnny Dyani/Pierre Dorge: Three (Steeplechase)

Have to say that I enjoy LHR more for their vocalese than for the scatting. I did enjoy the first clip, but wouldn't want a steady diet of that.

Steve Jobs. Don't know the other person. Jobs looks to be in very bad shape in that photo.

Don't know if this makes sense, but much of the time - though not always - I feel that musicians comunicate to me best when they seem to be playing for themselves rather than playing for me or the rest of the audience. I'm sure that musicians have their own feelings about this.

Ralph Sutton/Jay McShann: The Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players (Chaz Jazz)

Marilyn Horne Alonzo Stagg Bucky Dent

Teddy Wilson: Three Little Words (Black and Blue) Some of the most joyous and energetic later Teddy Wilson that I've heard. And Milt Hinton's bass playing is a wonder (as usual).

George Coleman/Tete Montoliu Duo: 'Meditation' (Timeless)

Dilly Dally Sammy Turner Jimmy Page

Killer Kowalski Yukon Eric Farmer Marlin

Bo Jackson Deion Sanders Gene Conley

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Columbia mono)

Hemingway: A Moveable Feast

Reginald Hill: Exit Lines