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Just had my second Pfizer shot. Sitting now in the recovery room.

RIP. His Connoisseurs were revelatory - as good as the albums that were originally released. A sharp musical mind. He will be missed.

Release date March 19: Previously unreleased solo recording from American jazz piano great Tommy Flanagan, from October 9th, 1994 at the Birdland Jazz Club in Neuburg on the Danube in Germany, playing on a Bösendorfer Grand Piano. This is the story of a concert, which almost didn't happen. A story of a culture shock that struck somewhere between an American metropolis and a Bavarian small town. A story of a strong woman, who wants to shelter her husband at any price. And a story of a very special recording, which slumbered in the archives for over 26 years and would now see the light of day for the first time. Now that the legendary solo recording has been released the happy end is perfect. A quiet, deliberate, wonderful final point closes the incredible career of Thomas Lee Flanagan, who everybody called Tommy, and who passed away on November 16th, 2001.

Ethel Waters:

Per the image below, Club Carousel was hosting a band consisting of Mary Harris, Rochelle Carter, Bonnie Russel, Ruth Lebrun and Lois Walsh. I know nothing about them, though. The book also mentions Ella Fitzgerald. This site mentions Dorothy Donegan: https://www.classicchicagomagazine.com/21-club-and-52nd-street/ How about Chippie Hill? Lee Wiley, Frances Faye? Yes to Ella:

When I attended college in the mid-70's, our radio station was true free-form: whatever you wanted to play. Jocks were allotted slots based on defined categories (rock, jazz, classical, soul, oldies), but you could really play whatever you wanted. There were no playlists, no preferred songs, no limitations on track time...really, our only restriction was no obscenities, per the FCC requirement. It was a wonderful time for music, and we regularly mixed genres, eras, themes. I still make "mix tapes," only now they're CD-Rs. I swap a mix once a month with a good friend of mine. It's a great creative outlet for me. My most recent disc included Gerry Mulligan, John Scofield, Larry Young, Sun Ra, B.B. King, Count Basie with Billie Holiday, Jimmy Smith, Ry Cooder, Casey Bill Weldon, T-Bone Burnett, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Chicago, Captain Beefheart, Iggy Pop, Ramones, Hot Tuna, Deep Purple, Bob Marley, and The Wailing Souls.

Pretty horse.

A Lou Donaldson set? News to me.

I bought an NM- copy of the original Pablo LP from Dusty Groove less than two years ago for $2.99. They get Pablo titles in all the time, so I’d watch that space. BTW, my reaction was very different from Larry’s. I thought it was a nice enough date, but nothing notable. Different strokes. In the liner notes, Granz seems to say that J.J. wanted to harken back to his Jay & Kai dates.

On the Subway Club release, the writer credit for It's You Or No One is given as Sammy Cahn, Lee Konitz, and Jule Styne. I've never seen Konitz mentioned as a co-writer. What's the story?

Onrop. Cute. Thanks for digging.

Just finished listening to the first disc of Subway Club. It's mastered at an oddly low volume. I had to really turn it up to get a feel for the music. When I did, it revealed some wonderful performances. Kudos to Haverhoek on bass.

I noticed this on Dex's Wikipedia page: "While in Copenhagen, Gordon and Drew's trio appeared onscreen in Ole Ege's theatrically released hardcore pornographic film Pornografi (1971), for which they composed and performed the score." Was this ever released on CD or LP?

This is the last Dexter album I have. He sounds fine, identifiably himself:

Not sure how many 90-year olds have the wind to continue playing sax. I saw Benny Carter when he turned 90, and he played very faintly. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/15/style/chronicle-626619.html

I presume the question is not "What's the best jazz concert you've attended," but rather "which concert had the largest number of star names to participate"? The one that comes to mind for me was a tribute to Barney Kessel that was part of the 1997 Kool Jazz Festival. Kessel had had a stroke, but he was in attendance. Kenny Burrell (not in the picture) closed the show. Johnny Smith said a few words from the stage praising Kessel, but did not play. Also not in the picture is the supporting band. I believe Winard Harper was the drummer. I also remember seeing Russell Malone in a nearby coffee shop before the show, but I think he was just an attendee. See: https://benedettoguitarsarchives.com/kudos-to-kessel/

And then what if your music starts disappearing from the cloud because of cancel culture...

They are worth picking up. I’ve just finished listening to Vol. 1, and it is fabulous. They’re released by Timeless/UltraVybe - legit.

Today I received an order that was shipped 2/25 via Media Mail. So I'd say the problem that the Chicago USPS was having in December is now resolved.

So there are four WR albums left "unboxed": Procession, Domino Theory, Sportin' Life, and This Is This. If they could come up with two discs of unreleased stuff or live concerts, there could be another boxed set here. Alternately, maybe BGO could issue some twofers.

I actually put them on in concert once. I was the head of the jazz concert commission at my college, and we booked them for November 1975. I think we got them on the tail end of a European tour. The current album was Tale Spinnin'. Alphonso Johnson on bass, Daryl Brown on drums, and a percussionist (don't remember who). Two shows; we charged $2.50 a ticket, in a room that held 700. The first show was really good, but the second show...the walls were sweating, it was that hot. I remember the contract called for a fresh fruit platter for Wayne, and (specifically) Courvoisier cognac for Joe.

Just received the box today. Wondering: Did Zawinul and Shorter have any personal chemistry? Did they like each other?

My FedEx Ground order shipped Wednesday and arrived today, in great condition. DG always packs things so nicely; it could've come from Nordstrom. If Nordstrom's sold CDs and used LPs.

Really digging this now: The only solution to not enough Dexter is more Dexter! I second this request, and change the name of the thread to Dexter Gordon Corner.

Was that the double-bill with Ornette doing Skies of America? If so, I was there too.