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No, neither of those are available in the US on eMusic.

Found this: eMusic

In the liner notes to Monk & Coltrane: The Complete Riverside Recordings, Keepnews wrote: "All four of the sessions reproduced here were held in the same place: the only recording room (despite the plural spelling of the name) at Reeves Sound Studios in Manhattan, on Second Avenue between 44th and 45th Streets. It was Riverside's home studio for our first several years, under terms of a deal made by my late partner, Bill Grauer, an arrangement which I had not been involved in making and which I originally resented. The studio was too big for our mostly three- to five-man sessions, I insisted; it was a hard and angular space and too well-lit - but I had to live with what had been done. We had contracted to use this studio, mostly at night, for an annual-guarantee total amount that came to only a small fraction of what similar recording time, computed on a normal basis, would have amounted to just about anywhere else. In our original chronically impoverished but highly ambitious condition, it was a lifesaver. When I later discovered that the studio's previous jazz-recording use had been by Milt Gabler, in the early years of his pioneering Commodore Records, the very first of the independent jazz labels, I had no trouble recognizing that as a meaningful omen."

It is sad. Her music meant a lot to a lot of people. RIP, and may the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

Laughing women with salad

Orrin Keepnews can be prickly. The celebrated co-founder of the Riverside, Milestone and Landmark jazz record labels has been known to scare off the uninitiated with his blunt temperament. But when the 87-year-old greeted me at the front door of his ranch-style home here last month, he was borderline cuddly. "Cranky?" he asked, dismissing my description. "Impatient—I'll go along with that, but not cranky." On Tuesday, the National Endowment for the Arts will honor the five-time Grammy winner with its Jazz Masters Award. For nearly 60 years Mr. Keepnews has produced a sizable chunk of jazz's most enduring recordings—including classic releases by Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, Wes Montgomery and Sonny Rollins. Mr. Keepnews was the creative force behind Riverside, the influential independent record label where he produced 300-plus LPs between 1954 and 1964. An accidental entrepreneur, he leveraged a simple idea: Find promising jazz musicians and inspire them to be original. Today, he is keenly aware of his place in jazz history and role in preserving the music of geniuses at the height of their powers. "I have no musical training, which turned out to be my strong point," he said. "When you subtract what I don't know, you're left with my taste, enthusiasm and respect for what jazz musicians were trying to do." More here: WSJ

And don't forget this is the gov't that now has possession of these masters. Why presume they'll take good care of this material?

Happy birthday!

January 8: Wendell Culley, trumpet, 1906 Bill Goodwin, drums, 1942

There was once a mention in a thread, and it's driving me nuts that I can't find it. Re iTunes, and the cover art it displays in the lower left corner of the screen. Someone once posted that if you first drag the artwork for the back of the CD to the artwork field, then drag the artwork for the front of the CD, then you'll be able to click that corner and see both, one after the other (first front, then back, then front again). I tried it tonight and couldn't get those results. I don't know if there's a trick to doing it, or whether it was a feature on an older version of iTunes that's now gone. Does anyone recollect this thread, or can anyone shed some light on this subject???

Those aren't lyrics, though...they're more just sounds. And there aren't many of them. The sax is easily the lead voice on the record.

January 7: Chano Pozo, percussion, singer, 1915 Kenny Davern, clarinet, 1935

January 6: Bobby Stark, trumpet, 1906 Barry Altschul, drums, 1943

Saw this posted today at eMusic. The cover tries to make it seem like an official WDR release. Thoughts? The same company also posted Bud Powell, 1960 Essen, Grugahalle.

January 5: Wild Bill Davison, trumpet, 1906 Dizzy Reece, trumpet, 1931

January 4: Frank Wess, sax, flute, 1922 John McLaughlin, guitar, 1942

January 3: Preston Jackson, trombone, 1902 Herbie Nichols, piano, 1919

LOL!!!

January 2: Nick Fatool, drums, 1915 Arthur Prysock, singer, 1929

Yet two more new releases: Amazon Amazon Release date for both is March 15.

Great album!

Is America's #1 Band still in print?

No comparison; they're in two different worlds. The Mosaic box is of Dean Benedetti's homemade recordings (poor sound quality), chopped to only preserve Parker's solos. The Savoy box is the real deal: mostly studio sessions, with great sound quality. They really hit it out of the park on this one.

Jump on that Rollins Complete Prestige if you don't already have it.