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Question: There was a version of Dark Star that was released on the Revelations - Glastonbury Fayre 3-LP set back around 1974. The actual performance was from Empire Pool, Wembley, 4/8/72. Has this ever appeared on a GD release?

July 15: Sadik Hakim, piano, 1922 Philly Joe Jones, drums, 1923

Still doesn't answer whether Eager was Jewish. There were also Italian hotel enclaves in the Catskills, and I think also Irish. Will have to dig further.

That sounds amazing!

http://www.theonion.com/articles/rock-fans-outraged-as-bob-dylan-goes-electronica,17699/

Even though the members of violinist Jenny Scheinman's indie-jazz quartet have worked together before, they'll be performing new Scheinman compositions when they play a dozen shows at the Village Vanguard beginning Tuesday. During a brief meeting earlier this month with Ms. Scheinman and guitarist Nels Cline in the West Village, she was asked when the band would rehearse the songs. "At least the day before," she replied with a wry smile. As I was leaving, she handed Mr. Cline, on leave from Wilco, the sheet music for a new tune. A lack of rehearsal is merely a challenge for superb experimental musicians such as Ms. Scheinman, Mr. Cline and the muscular, adventurous rhythm section of Jim Black on drums and Todd Sickafoose on bass for the project the violinist calls Mischief & Mayhem. They are all members of a very loose coalition that descended from the music scene based in SoHo lofts and at the Knitting Factory on Houston Street in the late 1980s and early '90s. Mr. Cline used the expression "not straight-ahead jazz" to describe the ground-breaking music played back then by Julius Hemphill, Tim Berne, Bill Frisell, John Zorn and others, who went beyond the door swung open by Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman and other free-jazz icons. More here: WSJ

Any thoughts on this? eMusic

July 14: Billy Kyle, piano, 1914 George Lewis, trombone, 1952

What a pain ! I do not have any direct experience with MMFs or to be honest, the P1. Regardless, I wanted to add my $.02 to tell you that I have had a P3 for about five years once I decided that I wanted to go back and enjoy my vinyl and it has brought me countless hours of pleasure. While I have fought upgraditis several times, I still come back to the P3 and have no regrets. I think Rega makes an excellent, reliable product for each price point (though I can't speak for their new "high end" gear). There is a reason that Rega tables and the RB arms have been enjoyed by so many people over the years. Plus, and this is key for me, I don't have to spend countless hours "tweaking". I really do love the look of the P3 in red.

Does it mention which hotel?

July 13: George Lewis, clarinet, 1900 Albert Ayler, tenor and soprano sax, 1936

Ah, the Fugs. The ESPs, It Crawled Into My Hand Honest...wonderful stuff. RIP, Mr. Kupferberg.

If anyone doesn't have the first 5 Mahavishnu Orchestra albums, this price is too crazy to pass up... $7.76 for all 5: Amazon

July 12: Paul Gonsalves, tenor sax, 1920 Big John Patton, organ, 1935

July 11: Clyde Bernhardt, trombone, 1905

Does anyone have an opinion on the Rega - P1 Turntable w/Ortofon OM5e Cartridge, or the Music Hall MMF 2.2 Turntable? Thanks in advance.

First Kenny Drew:

Looks like they're starting to carry Lonehill in the US: eMusic - Lonehill

July 10: Lee Morgan, trumpet, 1938 Arnie Lawrence, sax, 1938

July 9: Joe Darensbourg, clarinet, 1906 June Richmond, singer, 1914 (boy, I hope someone can one-up me on these!)

My first Charlie Rouse: Kenny Burrell, Chauncey "Lord" Westbrook, Larry Gales, Willie Bobo, Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Garvin Masseaux, and (on the bonus track) Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins.

I'm just coolin'...

July 8: Louis Jordan, alto sax, singer, bandleader, 1908 Billy Eckstine, singer, bandleader, 1914

First Frank Foster: (The CD, which also included George Wallington Showcase) Here Comes Frank Foster: Benny Powell, Gildo Mahones, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke George Wallington Showcase: Dave Burns, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Foster, Danny Bank, Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke

I like Open Aspects '82. It's kind of a Braxton solo album, with Teitelbaum burbling underneath.