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Fantastic shot! Wonderful. Thanks! A cropped and colorized version of this shot is used (anachronistically?) on the cover of "Ella in Rome" . . .

Many many many more happy returns

Been "released" among collectors of course, but this is the first time I've seen it on cd. Please. . .it's "Lonehill". . .not "Lonhill". . . Lon doesn't want any association.

It's not due out for some time. I don't think that there are even reviewer copies out yet. . . .

Several sets fall oustide the mode of hardbop. . . the Abbey Lincoln material and the "Rich vs. Roach" stuff. . . the ensemble with tubs. . . . . Some very nice Booker Little and KD. . . some great Coleman and Turrentines. I'm hard pressed to say why but I value this set a lot. The material with Mobley and KD has always been a favorite, and I even like the "drum battle" lp. Everything sounds better here than it does no separate cds.

Many more happy returns!

Thanks for that headsup Bill. Been thinking of emailing you. Sort of a setback lately with my wife's counts. Going to Houston again tomorrow for a bone marrow aspiration biopsy and not too happy about it. . . . Been off the Dead wagon for a while, got wrapped up in a lot of AFRS Jubilee shows and Duke Ellington Treasury Shows, but I got to get back on the Dead trip!

Thanks for that headsup Bill. Been thinking of emailing you. Sort of a setback lately with my wife's counts. Going to Houston again tomorrow for a bone marrow aspiration biopsy and not too happy about it. . . . Been off the Dead wagon for a while, got wrapped up in a lot of AFRS Jubilee shows and Duke Ellington Treasury Shows, but I got to get back on the Dead trip!

Good one Brownie! (good lp too!)

Yes, sure looks expensive. Bet they're a nice warm glow of a guitar.

Reminds me of these. . . Notice he did not attempt to take off with Pops aboard. . .

I like it. It's one of my favorite Browns. Not sure how long it's been out of print, not too long I don't think. I'm not a big Moncur fan. . . he has as about as many solos as the other horns if I remember correctly. I sort of tune him out.

Hans, the Feb 67 session is not soft jazz. I have it on LP and really enjoy it. Stanley digs in quite a lot, and you can even hear the drummer urging him on at one point. The Jobim tracks are wonderful, and "Night Song" is a stunning performance and arrangement - the highlight of the session for me. I'm looking forward to hearing the unissued session, too. I like it too. It is a bit "smooth" in a bossanovan way but that's fine with me.

Coming Soon: A new album by Dexter Gordon Yes, please e-mail me when it's available.

Wait a little bit. .. it's not even Tuesday yet. . .a few more may show up.

I like it too!

He was the man. If I remember correctly, he played trumpet with a sax mouthpiece on occasion.

That's not Chick; this was after he had passed on (or after he had retired from the stage due to terminal illness) and Ella took over the Orchestra. I think that's Bill Beason drumming. Ted McRae is possibly the tenor saxophonist, and Taft Jordan is one of the trumpeters.

Whew!

Right. First used sfter Clark Terry? Before Miles? Before Miles, defintely. And a lot more "elaborately". Whe was the Terry thing done? Released in '67, but recorded when? Ellis was into a whole range of electronics besides the Varitone, btw. Ring modulators, multividers, god knows what else. If it was out there, he would try it. Looking at some of these things, you gotta consider the "industry background" of something like the Varitone. Terry & Trane were no doubt approached by Selmer, not the other way around. In the Selmer boardroom/wherever Trane was "the leading innovator in jazz today" & Terry was no doubt "one of America's most widely heard trumpeters" or soemthing like that. Believe me - neither one of them paid a cent to get hooked up with their Varitones. As for the others, I can't say, but I do know that endorsement deals are one of the best-kep secrets between musicians and the "general public", so nothing would surprise me, like if Selmer gave Konitz one w/o him even asking for it and he fiddled around with it and thought "hmmmmm....ok, interesting. Let's try it for a while..." as opposed to him waking up from a dream in a cold sweat and reaching for the phone saying "Goddamit, I got to check out this electric shit. Manny, send me a rig. NOW!!!" Thanks. I'm kindof ignorant of Ellis from about 1965 til about 1970 or so. I wouldn't doubt that Terry or Trane were approached and didn't pay a cent and didn't seek one out. Ironically. . .you think Eddie Harris might have had to shell out the dough>? Maybe. . . .

Don't think so!

You're quite right. Beautiful recording, beautiful music.

Right. First used sfter Clark Terry? Before Miles?

I have to agree he was spectacular with Ben Pollack.

Bob Weir interviewed, and looks like a lot of bits about the Dead upcoming on the CBS Sunday show this morning, probably in about 20 to 30 minutes!