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Village Voice - The Ongoing Improvement of Sonny Rollins

Depends how many listeners you want to reach. I see no contradiction between trying to make the 24/96 master sound as good as possible, and trying to make the .mp3 master sound as good as possible. You could do both, and sell them both ways. You might even make more money off the .mp3.

September 9: Elvin Jones, drums, 1927 George Mraz, bass, 1944

Exclusively .mp3's. So much so that I see these CDs as a burden - where to put them all, how to find one when I want to consult the liner notes, etc. I've digitized a good part of my LP and cassette collection, and continue to do so. We have Internet radio on the iPod - we play it through a clock radio with an iPod connection in the kitchen. We use that exclusively for country music (there are no country stations in the NYC region).

September 8: Wilbur Ware, bass, 1932 Marion Brown, alto sax, 1935

I liked this paragraph: During the 1930s, Mr. Rollins spent many afternoons at the nearby Odeon (on 145th Street) and Roosevelt (Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.) movie theaters, watching Westerns. "The screen cowboys taught me about fairness, justice and improvising when you're alone," he said, laughing.

September 7: Sonny Rollins, tenor sax, 1930 Marcus Roberts, piano, 1963

I saw Sun Ra once at Soundscape, somewhere around 1978. I remember walking up the stairs.

Also on September 6: Andrew White, tenor sax, 1942

Yes, a lot of fun. And a good indicator of where art on the Web is going.

Can we talk? Sonny really needs a haircut.

Many more Black Lions dropped today: Charles Tolliver - Grand Max (Originally released by Strata East as Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival) Buck Clayton Meets Joe Turner Larry Coryell - Standing Ovation (originally on Novus, I believe) Paul Gonsalves Meets Earl Hines Johnny Griffin - The Man I Love Julius Hemphill - Reflections (originally 'Coon Bidness) Earl Hines - Tour De Force Encore Freddie Hubbard - Minor Mishap (originally under Willie Wilson's name) Helen Humes - On The Sunny Side of the Street Philly Joe Jones - Mo' Joe Brew Moore - Svinget 14 Oscar Pettiford - Vienna Blues: The Complete Session Sammy Price - Barrelhouse and Blues Roland Hanna - Perugia Archie Shepp - There's A Trumpet In My Soul Archie Shepp - Montreux One Stephane Grappelli - Live In London Stephane Grappelli Meets Barney Kessel Stephane Grappelli Meets Earl Hines Teddy Wilson - Stomping At The Savoy Eddie Cleanhead Vinson - Jamming The Blues Miroslav Vitous - Miroslav Ben Webster Meets Bill Coleman Ben Webster - The Jeep Is Jumping

Will a VPI clean 7" 45s?

September 5: Albert Mangelsdorf, trombone, 1928 Richie Powell, piano, 1931

See, I do have a recent Mac, and my OS is up to date, and I find Safari relatively unsatisfying. It can be slow in loading pages, and will occasionally crash unexpectedly, both probably because of incompatibilities with Flash. Plus there are many sites, developed with IE in mind, that won't perform well under Safari. Some bank sites, for example, won't load at all. But they will work under Firefox. Look, none of these solutions cost any money. So experiment with a few and see which you like best.

September 4: Meade Lux Lewis, piano, 1905 Gerald Wilson, trumpet, composer, bandleader, 1918

September 3: Mickey Roker, drums, 1932 Roy Brooks, drums, 1938

I just listened to Stepping Stones, an album he did with John Renbourn; great stuff. Glad he's healing.

I did a search on iTunes for "capitol vault" and came up with the same 4 titles. Andrew Hill = $16.99, Hank Mobley = $39.99, Bob Brookmeyer = $19.99, and Dexter Gordon = $9.99. The Dexter seems an especially good deal.

September 2: Horace Silver, piano, composer, bandleader, 1928 Clifford Jordan, tenor sax, 1931

No, that's just accurate.

September 1: Art Pepper, alto sax, 1925 Gene Harris, piano, 1933

On my Mac, Safari is much slower and flakier than Firefox. It also has problems with Flash; Apple complains that Adobe's code is flawed, but at this point it just sounds like whining. Chrome seems blazingly fast.

It was on Cuscuna's show on WABC-FM in 1970 that I first heard Coltrane's My Favorite Things (the version from Newport). I thought it was great - reminded me of Cream.

A silent movie about jazz? When filmmaker Dan Pritzker first met with trumpeter-bandleader Wynton Marsalis, the objective was to discuss a proposed movie about the quasi-mythical "first" jazz musician, Charles "Buddy" Bolden. They instantly agreed on one point: Since so little is known about Bolden (only one photo and no music survive), you might as well make up something interesting about his life if you're going to tell a story about him. But before Messrs. Pritzker and Marsalis were able to finish their film ("Bolden!" will get a theatrical release next year), they were sidetracked into making another movie about the birth of jazz that also blends truth and fiction. This film would be centered on a considerably more legendary figure, around whom they would construct a more elaborate mythology. The result is "Louis," a 70-minute silent film about the early life of Louis Armstrong and his entry into the world of jazz. The movie began a five-city tour in Chicago on Wednesday, and will arrive at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Monday. The performances feature live accompaniment courtesy of Mr. Marsalis and a 10-piece contingent of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, as well as classical pianist Cecile Licad. More here: WSJ