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Listening now to 2/21/95, the last concert in the box. I approached this one with some trepidation, fearing it might be sad or pathetic. Rather, it's very strong, very lively, and very much up to the standard of the other concerts in the box. A lot of Garcia, both singing and playing. A great "Drums." All in all, a satisfying send-off. https://archive.org/details/gd95-02-21.dsbd.stephens.8840.sbeok.shnf

This is from jazzdisco.org: Miles Davis All Stars Miles Davis (trumpet) John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins (tenor sax) Gil Coggins (piano) Paul Chambers (bass) Art Taylor (drums) Long Island, NY, November or December, 1957 All Of You private tape Love For Sale - On Green Dolphin Street - unknown title -

Good luck! Hope all goes well.

I'm in. Prefer streaming, but can do DL.

George Wein, the festival’s artistic director for six decades, will be succeeded by Christian McBride

Looks like Apple's been working on this: http://www.macworld.com/article/3093473/streaming-services/apple-improves-icloud-music-library-matching-ditches-drm-files-for-apple-music.html

SBD is soundboard (although that claim may not always be accurate) vs. AUD for a recording by someone in the audience. AUDs can be a lot of fun, since you're "in the crowd" and can hear the audience reaction - it's like you're there at the concert.

They continue to confound my expectations. The leadoff track from 10/1/94 (Help On The Way>Slipknot>Franklin's Tower) is amazing. 1994! https://archive.org/details/gd1994-10-01.mtx.seamons.95066.sbeok.flac16

This site might help you: http://www.thebestofwebsite.com/Bands/Grateful_Dead/Grateful_Dead_Live.htm

There's so much out there...besides the "serieses" (DP, Road Trips, Dave's Picks, Download Series, the Vault series, complete Europe 72), there are the titles packaged for sales in stores: Fallout From The Phil Zone, Closing of Winterland, Nightfall of Diamonds, Dozin' At The Knick, Hundred Year Hall, Rockin' The Rhein, Sunshine Daydream, and lots more. Like Lon says, just dive in.

It's certainly imposing. Attractive, but full of stuff I'll never look at again. Here's a guided tour:

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Another thumbs up for Tommy Flanagan's Thelonica. And a big thumbs up for:

I've just started the 1994 show. It's been an interesting ride.

I have two concerts where Scarlet Begonias/Fire On The Mountain end the side: 5/13/77 (Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL) 5/3/86 (Cal Expo Amphitheatre,  Sacramento, CA) Good luck!

Review in WSJ.

I think it's simply the lack of new releases.

Click on each title, and a page will appear with the CD title. The first one, for example, is Cannonball's Somethin' Else.

I also like the A. K. Salim "Pretty For The People" (the first album that shows alphabetically by artist for me in iTunes) and "Ernie Wilkins Presents Five Trumpets."

I don't think they had 8-track recorders in the early 60's; they had 3, maybe 4 tracks to work with.

Interesting. I was just listening to Art's The Discovery Sessions (Savoy), and thinking that the unison sections with Art and Jack Montrose sounded very Tristano-ish. I followed the above link to the Art & Lee album, and there was a banner on that page for the Art & Warne session at Donte's. So was Art, even peripherally, in the Tristano camp?

A quick perusal of the Brubeck discography at jazzdisco.org shows this: The Dave Brubeck Quartet Paul Desmond (alto sax) Dave Brubeck (piano) Gene Wright (bass) Joe Morello (drums) "Newport Jazz Festival", Newport, RI, July 5, 1959 Gone With The Wind Moon (It) MLP 028-1 Lonesome Road - Blues - Blue Rondo A La Turk - * Moon (It) MLP 028-1, MCD 028-2 Dave Brubeck/Paul Desmond - St. Louis Blues This is the only live recording shown for July 1959, and it isn't from New York. As for "In Europe," I'm thinking these are the bonus tracks (again, not from New York): The Dave Brubeck Quartet Paul Desmond (alto sax) Dave Brubeck (piano) Norman Bates (bass) Joe Dodge (drums) live in concert in Ontario, Canada, 1956 Shish Kebab Joker (It) SM 3804 Fairy Day - Don't Worry About Me - Lover Come Back To Me - Royal Garden Blues - Love Walked In - How High The Moon - * Joker (It) SM 3804 Dave Brubeck= Blue Vox (Swi) B/90174 Dave Brubeck Feat. Paul Desmond - Live Together

Track #8: Has to be Gato Barbieri. From Chapter 4: Latin America? Track #9: Sonny? Boy, that sounds like something I should have, but I don’t. Wonderful track. Track #10: What is the name of this track? Is it an Erik Satie composition? They used to play a version of this all the time on free-form FM radio in NYC in the early ’70’s. This is another very nice performance; I have no idea who it is. Track #11: Round Midnight. A different take on it; I like it. No idea who it is.

My notes thus far: Track #1: Hmmm…The Dartmouth Drunken Frat-Boys Sing Love Songs To Dick Cheney And Other Embarrassments (Rounder)? Track #2: An interesting approach to string quartets. Sounds more composed than improvised. It reminds me of the Villa-Lobos string quartets as performed by Cuarteto Latinoamericano. If it does have a jazz provenance, is it Mark Feldman on violin? Track #3: Jean-Luc Ponty? Or Michel Urbaniak with Urszula Dudziak? Nice; reminiscent of that whole mid-70’s time, when jazz-rock ruled. Track #4: Pensive, tender, stately. I don’t recognize the musicians. Nice; the solos are well-played within the composition. Track #5: Overtones of Blue Note, but the way it stretches out makes me think the CD era. Since the trumpeter reminds me of Freddie, is this V.S.O.P.? Track #6: Ah, that glorious era of gospel-tinged jazz. Powerful trumpeter with ease-of-control. Interesting that the sax only comes in with his solo. Sounds like Sonny! Is the pianist Walter Davis Jr.? Track #7: The vibes player has that lush Milt Jackson tone, but I don’t think that’s him, mostly because of the style of music. Nice track; I like the interplay of the vibes and piano.

1) Back Door, “Vienna Breakdown,” from the album Back Door (Warner Bros.). Colin Hodgkinson, Fender bass; Ron Aspery, alto sax; Tony Hicks, drums. June 1972. 2) Abdullah Ibrahim (aka Dollar Brand), “The Homecoming Song,” from the album African Marketplace (Elektra). Musicians include: Craig Harris, trombone; Carlos Ward, alto & soprano sax; Abdullah Ibrahim, keyboards, soprano sax; Cecil McBee, bass; Andre Strobert, drums. December 1979. 3) John French, “Hair Pie Drums,” from the album O Solo Drumbo (Disk Union). John French, drums. November 1996. Thought there’d be more Beefheart fans here. 4) Lee Morgan, “Claw-Til-Da,” from the bonus session included in Sonic Boom (Blue Note), although others have it on other releases. Lee Morgan, trumpet; Julian Priester, trombone; George Coleman, tenor sax; Harold Mabern, piano; Walter Booker, bass; Mickey Roker, drums. October 1969. 5) Leo Kottke, “Taxco Steps,” from the album Regards From Chuck Pink (Private Music). Leo Kottke, guitar; Peter Erskine and/or Jim Keltner, percussion; produced by Buell Neidlinger. 1988. 6) Maceo Parker, “Walking Home Together,” from the album Southern Exposure (Novus/RCA). Maceo Parker, alto sax, with The Rebirth Brass Band: Kermit Ruffins, trumpet; Philip Frazier, tuba; Derrick Shezbie, trumpet; Stafford Agee, trombone; Reginald Steward, trombone; Roderick Paulin, tenor sax; Ajay Mallory, snare drum; Keith Frazier, bass drum. 1993. Glad so many here enjoyed this track; was amazed that felser caught the JB connection; kudos also to randyhersom. 7) Mae Barnes, “On The Sunny Side Of The Street,” from the album The Erteguns' New York: New York Cabaret Music (Atlantic). Mae Barnes, vocals; Garland Wilson, Roy Testamark, pianos; Tiger Haynes, guitar; Avril Pollard, bass. January 1953. For more about Mae Barnes, see: http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/18/arts/mae-barnes-89-jazz-singer-famous-for-the-charleston.html 8) Art Farmer, “Ditty,” from the album The Summer Knows (East Wind). Art Farmer, flugelhorn; Cedar Walton, piano; Sam Jones, bass; Billy Higgins, drums. May 1976. 9) Sun Ra, “Dorothy’s Dance,” from the album Holiday For Soul Dance (Saturn/Evidence). Sun Ra, piano; Phil Cohran, cornet; Marshall Allen, alto sax, flute; John Gilmore, tenor sax; Ronnie Boykins, bass; Jon Hardy, drums. Late 1960. 10) Trudy Pitts, “It Was A Very Good Year,” from the album Introducing The Fabulous Trudy Pitts (Prestige). Trudy Pitts, organ; Pat Martino, guitar; Bill Carney, drums; Carmell Johnson, conga. February 1967. 11) Ike Quebec, “Loie,” from the album Bossa Nova Soul Samba (Blue Note). Ike Quebec, tenor sax; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Wendell Marshall, electric bass; Willie Bobo, drums; Garvin Masseaux, chekere. October 1962. 12) Oscar Pettiford, “Pendulum At Falcon’s Lair,” from the album The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet (Debut). Oscar Pettiford, cello; Phil Urso, tenor sax; Julius Watkins, french horn; Walter Bishop, piano; Charles Mingus, bass; Percy Brice, drums. December 1953. Much love for Oscar shown here. 13) Lucky Thompson, “Translation,” from the album Tricotism (CD)/Dancing Sunbeam (LP) (Impulse). Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Jimmy Cleveland, trombone; Hank Jones, piano; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Osie Johnson, drums. January 1956. 14) Dexter Gordon, “Seven Come Eleven,” from the album Cute: The Lionel Hampton Sessions (Universe) (originally released on Who’s Who Of Jazz). Dexter Gordon, soprano sax; Lionel Hampton, vibes; Hank Jones, piano; Bucky Pizzarelli, guitar; George Duvivier, bass; Oliver Jackson, drums; Candido, conga. November 1977. It was fun stumping some with this. 15) John Scofield, “Whip The Mule,” from the album Hand Jive (Blue Note). Eddie Harris, tenor sax; John Scofield, guitar; Larry Goldings, organ, piano; Dennis Irwin, bass; Bill Stewart, drums; Don Alias, percussion. October 1993. This was fun! Thanks to everyone who participated, and much thanks again to Thom Keith for technical facilitation.