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Any thoughts on The Manhattan Jazz Quintet? 15 titles are being reissued in Japan on May 27, along with 7 by The Manhattan Jazz Orchestra. I'm unfamiliar with these titles. The Quintet is Lew Soloff, George Young, Dave Matthews, Charnett Moffett and Steve Gadd, so there's a lot of talent there.

The Blackwell was not on sale.

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I went for the Muhal, Cyrille and Threadgill.

Re Cassandra Wilson in Houston 5/29: it is a free concert. See: http://milleroutdoortheatre.com/events/650/ Also notable (and free) is June 6: Accordion Kings & Queens. See: http://milleroutdoortheatre.com/events/652/ 2015 Lineup Debra Peters & The Love Saints​ Jerome Batiste and the ZydeKo Players Big Squeeze Champions Los Texmaniacs​ with special guests Flaco Jimenez, Augie Meyers and Rick Treviño. Also: Inaugural Latin Jazz Jam 7/2/15 with Ignacio Berroa. See: http://milleroutdoortheatre.com/events/686/

Great interview; thanks for posting. I like EI's interviews much more than his music. Reading it, I couldn't help think of the Keith Jarrett thread... Jarrett, Carter and Joey Baron would be an interesting trio. Just sayin'.

My grandmother used to drink sour milk, past its expiration date. She thought it was healthier than regular milk.

There was an excellent, long interview with Peacock in Cadence back in (I think) 2001. Very memorable; interesting recollections of his varied career. Hope he continues for many more years.

Nice phrasing!

Because you love him. Here's another vote for Live at Lausanne 1962; he's backed by a lively local bassist and drummer that pushes him.

Here's the link to the track:

Really? That would either be news to me, or is one of several hundred things I once knew (but have long since forgotten). Any truth to this? (Of course the reference in the Wikipedia article isn't sourced, so it could easily be apocryphal.) Bob Belden posted a track on his website a few years ago of Betty Mabry doing Cream's "Politician." These are the details he listed: Produced by Miles Davis, recorded 5/20/69 at Columbia Studio B, Stan Tonkel - engineer. Betty Mabry, vocal; John McLaughlin, guitar; Larry Young, organ; Harvey Brooks, electric bass; Mitch Mitchell, drums. Interestingly, plosin.com doesn't list this session.

Songwriters have ASCAP and BMI behind them, as well as the publishing companies. I'm sure they still get paid by legitimate record companies.

Don't forget: I've always wished he'd varied the last 30 years more - the two quartets of the 70s were thrilling. Be great to hear him again in a quartet or quintet, preferably with some newer musicians rather than one of those all-star juggernauts. Yes, he needs to challenge himself again.

Saul Zaentz paid the original owners of Fantasy, and of Prestige, and of many other companies. He did so with the aim of making a profit. It seems like he did OK in that regard. Concord, less so. The profit motive is a great motivator; people need to get paid for their work or their investments. Let's not forget that the consumer will continue to pay, in one way or another. It's hard to imagine, but how much music will never be created because musicians or financiers don't see the ability to make a profit or to make a living? They'll do something else instead, and the jazz fan (the consumer) loses. Even "free" models aren't really free. Remember when you could just watch videos on YouTube? Now you're inundated with ads. And how many torrents contain viruses? There's a profit motive for sure. Agreed. But do the producers of cheap, multi CD reissues do so?

I'd like to hear him be a sideman in a group. I think he would provide something interesting in that role.

I'll give it a shot. This has little to do with government. It's not clear whether songwriters, for example, are paid for the use of their compositions. Moreover, Concord (to use one example) paid the original owners of Fantasy for the recording masters. Given the timing of their purchase (at the start of the record industry's decline), it's hard to say it was a wise purchase. Surely they have the right to make money off these masters. These cheap sets make it harder for them to do so.

Thanks, GA. Great photos on the microsite.

Orson Welles's thoughts on pastrami (4th letter down) from 1946: https://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/from-the-american-scene-one-touch-of-delicatessen/

I've just finished listening to Windmill Tilter, and found it lovely. The textures are great, but it also has a lot of drive, and the solos are consistently interesting. Thanks to all who recommended it, as I had never heard of it before this thread.

Happy birthday, Keith!

What is that? Never heard of it.

There's a good article on the upcoming Dead shows in today's WSJ. I liked the graphic which accompanied the article:

For those who do (legal) downloads, eMusic now has 170 Hat titles. Excellent way to get these at about $6.49 a title: http://www.emusic.com/browse/album/jazz/label:649435/page/1/

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