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Per the Proper Music website: Personnel: Cedar Walton (piano & electric piano), Steve Turre (trombone), Manny Boyd (tenor saxophone), Tony Dumas (bass), Ralph Penland (drums). No recording date listed. See: http://www.propermusic.com/product-details/Cedar-Walton-Charmed-Circle-Live-at-the-Keystone-Korner-245542

It appears that the box set is now sold out. They are offering an "all music edition" box set which will only have the 11 CDs....for the same price as the box set with all the "stuff."

R.I.P. I saw him twice in the '70's... The Eleventh House opened for Captain Beefheart at Town Hall in NYC in 1972 or 1973 (around the time of The Real Great Escape), and when he played SUNY Binghamton around 1975.

Source?

BTW, for those interested in the true story of the Mudshark, read: https://www.amazon.com/Stick-Life-Drums-Rock-Roll/dp/1613735529/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1487603437&sr=1-1&keywords=carmen+appice

Clyde Stubblefield, a drummer for James Brown who created one of the most widely sampled drum breaks ever, died Saturday. He was 73. Stubblefield performed on several of Brown's classics in the 1960s and early 70s, including Cold Sweat, Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud, I've Got the Feelin', and the album Sex Machine. But he was best known for a short solo on Brown's 1970 single, Funky Drummer. See: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4238324/James-Browns-Funky-Drummer-Clyde-Stubblefield-dies-73.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Tapes,_Venue_3

I just completed the process and got a confirmation too.

One real problem is they're only making 15,000 of these. That's provoking anxiety and probably much hoarding. But why 15,000 - where did they come up with that number? And why is it hard and fast? They should announce they're upping it to 30,000.

Trying to get through, but boy the site's f-ed up. Looks like they're not currently accepting orders.

Here's a review of the Kremer/Weinberg from WSJ. PM me if you can't open it. It's titled "‘Chamber Symphonies—Piano Quintet’ by Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica Review." https://www.wsj.com/articles/chamber-symphoniespiano-quintet-by-gidon-kremer-and-kremerata-baltica-review-1485194421

For what it's worth, there's a mea culpa of sorts currently on the Mosaic homepage. In a mention of the Resonance release, Cuscuna writes: "The Three Sounds is the one Blue Note act that we always wanted to do a box on, but never did. Our “complete” concept would have pushed the size of a set by just the original trio, with Gene Harris, Andy Simpkins and Bill Dowdy, to more than 10 CDs!!!! Now that their Verve and Mercury/Limelight sessions are under the same ownership, such a set could take on enormous proportions."

Ordered the James P. Johnson and Eddie Condon/Bud Freeman sets.

RIP. Made some very listenable, enjoyable albums in the late '70's.

TMG, have you ever posted one of your great artist overviews about McDuff?

I have the Collectibles 2-fer. It lists Tom McIntosh as arranger on Darbin, Algo, Mallets, Blue Jubilee and Sweet Georgia Brown. No other arrangers are listed, including for the choir date.

Reading your book now. C'mon in...we need some greeeeeeeease!

Comedian Irwin Corey, known for playing an absent-minded professor in an act that called him the “World’s Foremost Authority,” has died at age 102. He died “peacefully, at home” on Monday according to his son, Richard. Known for his wordy mockery of intellectuals, messy hair, high tops, string necktie and unique opening line (“However…”), Corey had the praise of Damon Runyon and close friend Lenny Bruce. He spent his 80-year-long career visiting late night talk shows, playing “Oklahoma!” character Ali Hakim in a touring U.S.O. production, performing raucous stand-up comedy and perfecting his character, the “professor.”

That would seem more appropriate. If you have the box, let me know what you think.

I hear ya. When I was younger, my family would sometimes drive up the Major Deegan to visit an aunt in Riverdale, and we'd drive past the Stella D'Oro factory. The smell was of baked goods mixed with that anisette flavoring they often used. Yumm! I'd also sometimes walk past the local bakery in my neighborhood in the early morning hours - the smell was unbelievable. I think NYC now has laws calling this air pollution and making bakeries use filters to not let the smell into the atmosphere, which seems a particular kind of barbarism.

Really the story of a conglomerate, although the guy knew baking. All of the names listed above were independent companies eventually gobbled up by Bimbo.

Back to the box: May 11, 1966 Cardiff, Wales is an excellent show, very electric and intense. Dylan sounds a little bit like Mick Jagger. I also liked the snippet of "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" the house played at the end as the lights went up.

Very cool; thanks for pointing that out.

Just finished listening to Country For Old Men. Sco is back in my good graces. Excellent album, basically treating country standards as Great American Songbook standards and using them as jazz starting points. He's been playing with these guys for so long (Goldings, Swallow, Stewart) that they jell much like the classic quartet of Coltrane's. Sound quality is excellent - you feel like you're in the room with them, and I don't think Sco's guitar has ever been captured with this level of sensitivity and nuance. I really enjoyed this.

Bob Dylan’s First Three-Disc Album — Triplicate — Set For March 31 Release - bobdylan.com