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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.

Just tested it by removing the "allrovi" suffix from the URL (everything after .jpg); it then posted here fine. Something to keep in mind.

I ordered from DG recently, and also saw that "Media Mail" note. Totally believe it; a December order took 6 weeks to get to Houston. It didn't even leave Chicago for more than a month, then somehow got routed to Wichita, and then slowly meandered down here. My Tuesday order was sent FedEx Ground, since it was only a couple of dollars more than Priority Mail, and it got me out of the USPS system. My recent order was an eclectic mix: 4 ska/reggae compilations (Ska From Jamaica, Can't Stop The Dread, I Love The Reggay - Boss Sounds From Randy's Records, and Different Fashion - The High Note Dancehall Collection), Harpers Bizarre - The Complete Warner Brothers Recordings, Stanley Cowell - Live At Keystone Korner Baltimore, and a Near Mint- LP of Cecil Payne, Phil Woods, & Others - Birds Night - A Celebration Of The Music Of Charlie Parker (Savoy). And thanks for the heads-up about the second volume of Dexter's All Souls.

Seriously? I watched this thinking someone would actually explain Harmolodics, using complete, understandable sentences that led to a point, perhaps with some diagrams or musical examples, that would actually be instructive. This film instead showed worshipful testimonies to Ornette (talk about a cult!), a lot of footage of people walking quickly, some dancing, some pithy aphorisms that tried to sound deep ("sound is everywhere," "music has no face," and the like), and Ornette disparaging prior musical systems but never actually explaining his own (which I was led to believe was the whole point of the film: "Coleman's Intro to Harmolodics"). Sad and disappointing. There really seems to be no "there" there.

Just ordered this from Dusty:

Django Reinhardt - L'edition Du Centenaire (Fremeaux & Associates - the first 14 discs), $91.17: https://www.amazon.com/Ledition-Du-Centenaire-DJANGO-REINHARDT/dp/B002PNFIQG/ref=sr_1_69?dchild=1&keywords=django+reinhardt&qid=1614122506&s=music&sr=1-69

https://www.namelesssound.org/nameless-20-years-of-sound/edition-1-joe-mcphee

IIRC, the compilations were only available to libraries. I tried buying some of them but couldn't. I think the situation persists today: https://www.newworldrecords.org/collections/the-original-100-lps/products/nicos-dream-small-jazz-groups-of-the-50s-and-early-60s Album/track(s) not available for download, but you may listen to clips below.

Thanks for writing that, Mark; very incisive. I've hesitated to offer my opinion on Chick's playing; he was never a favorite of mine, so I never went deep on him. I thought he played too many notes, and was in a way glib and facile. Bombastic, especially the mid-70's RTF, which was to my mind the worst of fusion; it was like the musical equivalent of a Star Wars movie - all bombast and flash, little depth. When I think of Chick, I also always think of Miles' Black Beauty at the Fillmore West. Chick seems to think he's an equal in the band to Miles; he takes as much time as Miles and seems intent on drowning him out. So I liked Mark's piece because, first, he let me know that I wasn't alone in what I disliked about Chick's playing, but, two, that it was possible to dislike much of Chick's output but there was much more out there that I might like. I intend to pursue those areas further.