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Nice; thanks for posting that.

Battle over royalty rates for digital services headed to federal court - NY Post

Per "The John Coltrane Reference" book, a letter dated 7/28/60 from Nesuhi Ertegun of Atlantic to Teddy Reig of Roulette gave permission for Roulette to record Coltrane under these conditions: 1) Only one side of an LP could be released, and it would be part of Symphony Sid's "Birdland" series on Roulette. 2) The LP must say "by arrangement with" or "by courtesy of" Atlantic Records. 3) Roulette must allow Atlantic to record one of Roulette's artists at a future date.

A portable oxygen tank, painted vivid colors and fashioned with a drumhead, sits near a wooden crutch adorned with bells, beads and wheels. These objects—improvised instruments and freestanding sculptures—were made by multi-instrumentalist Douglas Ewart from items found on the street. They make perfect sense among the 83 items in “Free at First: The Audacious Journey of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians,” an exhibition curated by Carol L. Adams and Janis Lane-Ewart at the DuSable Museum of African American History through Sept. 6, one of many events commemorating the 50th anniversary of an organization now best known by its abbreviation, AACM. More here: WSJ

Stollman's Wikipedia page will answer some of your questions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Stollman I wonder whether his parents were Holocaust survivors.

You probably haven’t heard of Place, but it’s likely that you’ve heard his work. Over the past three decades, Place has been the central figure researching, organizing and ultimately releasing the recordings represented in one of the world’s most important collections of 20th-century music. The Rinzler archives includes the 12 record labels now collectively known as Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, with the original Folkways acquisition featuring the key works of Guthrie, Pete Seeger and, of course, Lead Belly. More here: Washington Post

Next Dave's Picks: Academy of Music, NYC, 3/26/72:

He definitely fit his times. I can't imagine an East Village without Stollman (but that East Village is long gone, I guess). RIP.

I just finished listening to Bird Calls, and found it an odd experience. He seems to intend it as an homage to Charlie Parker (on the album's Amazon product page, you can read his liner notes about the project's intent). I hear a lot of music here, but very little Bird. Bird's music could be intense, but was also upbeat and swinging. Mahanthappa's music here sounds to me like a combination of the anxiety-based, urgent music of McCoy Tyner (from his Milestone days) and the fill-every-moment-with-a-note-and-drum-accent fusion music of Return To Forever and Billy Cobham. Some compositions have an ECM eastern-European feel. All well and good, but no Bird. I think the impulse on Mahanthappa's part was sincere (not just a marketing aspect), but really don't know what he was thinking. His playing is good, btw; his sound on the alto reminds me of Cannonball.

That's OK; the one thing I don't have is time. I like recording things on Tivo and then getting to them whenever, which may be months from now. The other thing I often need is something shoved under my nose, reminding me to watch or listen to it. That's why I prefer the Tivo approach to Netflix or HBO Go or Spotify; I like the access, but am often overwhelmed by choice. Works for other people, doesn't work for me.

I looked in the HBO listings yesterday, and saw only part 1 forthcoming (which I Tivo'd).

We had a bad electrical storm last night, and my neighborhood blacked out for about a minute. The Isobar sailed through it just fine.

I didn't state (or mean) that the Fuller date might have been recorded by Alderson. What I'm asking is, are you certain it was recorded by RVG? Well, I'll correct myself: it seems the LP back cover credits RVG:

Interesting article on Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto; seems his "official" version is only now being released. See: Shining New Light on an Old Standard

I saw a fascinating documentary on klezmer music on PBS sometime in the '80's. Klezmer music in the late 19th - early 20th century was played seamlessly by a band: one melody leading into another, taking cues from various band members, performances going on for long stretches of time. Melodies weren't named, they were just known. It sounds reminiscent of what New Orleans bands did, or Miles Davis's '70's band, or Indian music, or the Grateful Dead, to give just some examples. This all changed once records were introduced. Now, excerpts of these performances were tailored for 3-minute segments, thought of as songs. They were named, and more importantly (as Jim points out) they were copyrighted as having a composer. Then there was infighting: you can't use my melody, etc. So, bottom line, the 78 record absolutely changed klezmer music.

Re the Tascam rack mounting: it's easy to take them off (I did); just two screws on either side. Once off, it looks like a regular deck.

Are you sure that CFWRG was recorded at RVG's? There was a thread on the old BNBB about how Fantasy was stating dates were recorded at RVG even when they weren't - it was just a typesetting trope they got into. I remember a Sonny Criss CD that sounded very harsh; it said it was recorded by RVG but was actually recorded by Richard Alderson. (There was a poster who was working on something called "The RVG Project" who confirmed this, and confirmed that Fantasy was just automatically stating RVG on every release; I wonder whatever happened to him or that project?)

Dylan's playing Houston on May 5. I got a ticket.

I recognize the other 3, so by the process of elimination it's Larry Willis.

This arrived in the mail today. Very fast service!

Some background on Mario Kreutzberger; very surprising to me when I first read it: http://forward.com/articles/12664/sabado-gigante-host-gets-personal-and-brings-/

For the vast stretch between Dallas and Houston, the rail route would probably parallel I45. So we're probably just talking about getting into downtown in both cities. At least in Houston, there are a lot of freight rail lines that perhaps could be repurposed or shared.

Very sad. Enjoy it while it's around. I'm actually thankful there are no English subtitles; the show's probably more enjoyable that way.

Release date July 10:

Release date May 19: