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Glad to see they're still around. Release date May 15: On his second Criss Cross record, From Here To Here, guitar master David Gilmore picks up where he left off on his well-received 2017 label debut, Transitions (Criss 1393). Here, joined by a quartet of New York all-stars comprising pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Brad Jones, and drummer E.J. Strickland, Gilmore navigates 8 recently-penned originals as well as Sam Rivers' Cyclic Episodes and the Bill Evans-Jim Hall classic Interplay. Throughout the proceedings, Gilmore unfailingly displays virtuosic technical and conceptual chops, exhaustive harmonic knowledge, melodic gifts, luminous sound, and sense of focus and proportion. These qualities made him an indispensable sideman several decades ago during long-term engagements with Steve Coleman and Wayne Shorter -- they've only developed and evolved over time.

Release date June 5: In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Frank Sinatra's Nice 'n' Easy, the album will be remastered and released on June 5th. Features the original 12 tracks like "The Nearness of You", as well as full sessions of "I've Got A Crush on You" and "Nice 'n' Easy" that include previously unreleased alternate takes and reveals Sinatra studio chatter.

Listed here on "disc 5": http://ubu-space.blogspot.com/2011/02/lester-young-live-and-in-chronological.html Would be nice to have an official release of these recordings.

I would love to find a decently-priced stereo reel-to-reel machine. In my teens, I had one for about a year. I didn't have a lot of money in those days and tapes were expensive, and this was before I got a real stereo. I would record off the radio, using the microphone that came with the machine. Because it was all mono, I recorded as four separate mono tracks (rather than two stereo tracks). I still have the tapes, and would love to hear them again.

A fine date that's on the new Mobley Mosaic; Slide, Dizzy Reece, Philly Joe:

Some sweet George Benson on this:

From deadlists.com: One Cold Rain And Snow [5:49] ; Me And Bobby McGee [5:56] ; Loser [5:45] ; Easy Wind [8:10] ; Playing In The Band [4:45] ; Bertha [5:16] ; Me And My Uncle [3:13] ; Ripple [4:24] ; Next Time You See Me [4:08] ; Sugar Magnolia [5:19] ; Greatest Story Ever Told [4:04] > Johnny B. Goode [3:13] Two China Cat Sunflower [5:24] > I Know You Rider [4:35] ; Bird Song [6:05] ; Cumberland Blues [4:41] ; I'm A King Bee [7:00] ; Beat It On Down The Line [2:57] ; Wharf Rat [9:09] ; Truckin' [8:03] ; Casey Jones [4:38] ; Good Lovin' > Drums > Good Lovin' [16:43] > Uncle John's Band [7:12]

Dead.net just announced the 50th anniversary deluxe edition of Workingman's Dead, which will include the complete 2/21/71 concert from the Capitol Theatre. Release date July 10.

Good advice, Jim.

Happy birthday, Mr. Carter, and many more.

I have no inside info. There are a few titles I've been watching on Amazon. One is arriving tomorrow (Jeri Southern). The titles have gone in and out of stock, but they do seem to be regularly restocked. Jazz Messengers sent a promotional email on April 2 that said the following; perhaps they know something we don't? RECOMMENDED!! With the passing of Bob Sunenblick in 2018, the jazz world lost one of the best ‘detectives’ it had. Mr. Sunenblick catalogue in Uptown Records contains a vast array of rare treasures by some of the giants of the music as well as some of the more unsung heroes. It is truly a collector’s heaven and with the passing of time, these will become harder and harder to find!!! Grab them now!!

Wow, this was great. I started watching, and couldn't stop until it was done. Thanks for posting it. As an aside, I know what Tripp said about Beefheart has been said by many other musicians, but for me, the aural evidence doesn't support the idea that Beefheart really wasn't the composer, didn't "know what was going on" or didn't "know how the parts of the music went together." There was a consistent conception and progression from "Plain Brown Wrapper" through "Decals." This was obviously Beefheart's music, and he in some way got the musicians to play that sound. Certainly what would clear that up would be if Beefheart's famed piano improvisation tapes would surface, so we could hear the building blocks that became the "Trout Mask" and "Decals" compositions. Perhaps the John French book would shed more light on this, but I can't bring myself to read it.

Any relation to Fats Theus?

I'm also not a big fan of this session. It's of its time: long, unfocused tracks, lots of modal tunes (IIRC), intensity at the expense of relaxedness and humor. I have the 2014 Japanese release, which I guess has the saw solo - I don't remember it, but probably also chalked it up to its being "of its time." When I saw The Cookers here in Houston a few years ago, David Weiss took pains to introduce Billy Harper as being from Houston and also the composer of Croquet Ballet. He was surprised there wasn't a huge roar of recognition when he mentioned the title.

That was my response too. Order is in.

There's at least one track on here from 1908:

I'll just leave this here; try to make it to the end.

Listening now to disc 4. Ace Deuce Trey is such a strange composition! I really like it.

Your commentary is fascinating. I never liked this record, found it sloppy or needed rehearsal. In light of what you wrote I relistened. I still think it sounds sloppy (IMHO), but more think the culprit is the interplay between Dexter and Freddie. Dexter is just a little too behind the beat, and isn't matching up well with Freddie on the unisons. Buster's bass is also a little off, not really hitting the groove with Cedar and Billy. As for Cedar... I know that Billy was Dexter's favorite drummer, but Dex recorded very sparingly with Cedar - just these few Prestiges and some Columbia dates late in his career. I think Dex sounded best with more blues-based pianists, less so with the more baroque inclined (I'm also not a fan of George Cables's work with Dex). So, yeah, this performance just doesn't jell for me. Glad you enjoyed it, though.

It's not a "pocket" thing (Farmer wasn't a "pocket" player), but the work that Walton, Jones and Higgins did behind Art Farmer on those EastWind releases was sublime.

Checking in on the Village Vanguard: https://jewishinsider.com/2020/04/checking-in-on-the-village-vanguard-the-worlds-oldest-jazz-club/?fbclid=IwAR23ecMqm6M1maqkWz3xJF7JDTiTRj5Lnp7boeeMwxY1_M0xLradu6nyTWg

So many...I can't pare them down. But try these:

Designed by the same art house?

Happy birthday, to one of our unsung heroes! I'll play this: