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Ah, but it's a boot.

Congrats, Chuck.

Leonard Feather doesn't come off well in the article. To be fair, the bad stuff is largely hearsay. Still, it seems like he did much to dampen her career.

RIP.

http://drewfriedman.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-jerry-lewis-mural-at-browns.html

Just read the article (there's a link to it in the Mosaic Daily Jazz Gazette). Fascinating read. She seemed like someone I'd like to be friends with - someone who liked jazz for the art, but wasn't thrilled with the business. Was also nice to see Tom Evered's name again.

Hard to believe he's 75. He seems perpetually young. Happy birthday!

I had never heard of Sagittarius. Fascinating story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(band) I wouldn't have identified Campbell as the lead singer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Jazz

It's interesting how time marches on. Right now, the years are roughly equal where the Benedetti tapes were rumored about and their existence was questionable (30 years or so, 1955-85) and the Mosaic has been available for all to hear (1985 - present). They've gone from being a holy grail to just some more entries in the Parker discography. If Mosaic ever releases the Buddy Bolden cylinders, it'll probably go OOP in a couple of years!

Thanks for the NL post. Well-written, to the point, and believable. It didn't occur to me that the Benedetti box has been around 30 years! Can't imagine any of the majors keeping a box in print for that long. Let's look forward to a few more great Mosaic boxes! And thanks too for mentioning our Organissimo board.

Thanks for posting that, Moms.

I imagine any Bags is worth listening to, but, for the record, I haven't listened to JTWIHTB yet. But Teddy Edwards, Monty Alexander and Ray Brown? C'mon. As for Memphis Jackson, the first time I saw that title was on a CDJapan listing, so dunno. I'd guess all those Impulse Bags releases are due for a reevaluation. Hey, maybe Mosaic can do a box! Oh yeah...

I got that Milt Jackson/Ray Brown a few weeks ago from Dusty Groove, also on vinyl, $4.99 used. Now I have to find it's counterpart (recorded on the same night):

That's pretty funny, Chewy.

I really like this:

Per Wikipedia: In 1960, she provided the speech for Mattel's original "Chatty Cathy" doll.

My Clifford Jordan box is arriving today.

I'm sure that's not accidendal.

1 (888) 280-4331 (How did I get the #? Just google "Amazon customer service".)

Regarding "Got your water on," it's a phrase used on a track in the Mosaic James P. Johnson box: see disc 2, track 12, "Desert Blues" by Martha Copeland.

I've just learned that this reissue of Afro Blue Impressions remastered the tapes used on the Live Trane box, and some say the sound of these tracks is dramatically improved. Can anyone confirm that?

Terry Riley - Aleph, $0.49 on eMusic.

Why didn't ESP release this material?