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This month's downloads: (19 albums...a personal best!) Red Garland - All Mornin' Long Red Garland - Can't See For Lookin' Red Garland - Dig It! Mobley/Cohn/Coltrane/Sims - Tenor Conclave Tony Oxley & Derek Bailey - The Advocate Coltrane, Burrell - The Cats John Coltrane - Traneing In Burrell, Byrd - All Day Long Richard Teitelbaum - Blends Jackie McLean & Co. Jackie McLean - A Long Drink of the Blues Jackie McLean - Strange Blues Jackie McLean - Alto Madness Red Garland - It's A Blue World Red Garland - Soul Junction Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors Red Garland - High Pressure Charles Mingus - Reincarnation of a Love Bird (Candid) The Mel Lewis Sextet (VSOP)

Just noticed that Mo-Roc is available from iTunes for $7.92.

It could also include the 3 tracks left off the Bennie Green Mosaic Select that contained the rest of the "Congo Lament" session.

Jazz great Rufus Reid to perform at Rich Forum (from The Stamford Times, 3/18/07) - On Monday, March 19, the University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts will pres- ent the premiere of "Quiet Pride," a new work by jazz great Rufus Reid, the 2006 winner of the annual Raymond and Beverly Sackler Music Composition Prize. The original composition will be per- formed by the University of Connecticut Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Jazz Studies Director Earl MacDonald at 7 p.m. at the Rich Forum in Stamford. Admission is free. Sponsored by the University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts, the Sackler Music Composition Prize supports and promotes aspiring composers and the performance of their new musical works. Each year, the competition focuses on a dif- ferent genre of music. This year, the com- position competition was in the area of jazz. One of today's premiere bassists on the international jazz scene, Reid has firmly established his reputation in the education arena and now adds composition to his vitae. The 2006 Sackler Music Composition Prize allowed him to fulfill a dream he had to compose a work dedicated to the artist Elizabeth Catlett. Her life and work inspired in Reid a desire to honor her and to introduce her to people who might not know about her work. Entitled "Quiet Pride," this four-movement work for Jazz Big Band was inspired by four of her sculp- tures. "I am delighted that the world renown jazz artist, Rufus Reid, won the competition this year and will be in Stamford to perform his winning composition," said David G. Woods, dean of the school of fine arts. "The Rufus Reid concert will be one of the finest in the competition's history." The competition received 75 entries from composers across the United States as well as from Austria, Canada, Chile, Germany, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Finalists for the 2006 prize were com- posers Vince Mendoza, Ed Neumeister and John Hollenbeck. Past winners include Gabriela Frank, Karim AI-Zand, Orianna Webb and Stacy Garrop. The prize was established five years ago through a generous gift given by Raymond and Beverly Sackler, philanthropists and frequent University of Connecticut donors, and it remains the largest cash composition prize administered by a public university. For additional information call 325-4466 or visit www.stamfordcenterforthearts.org.

I visited them a few weeks ago, to pick up some titles. The office was bustling, people were very nice and friendly; nothing seemed amiss.

"A La Modal" has Dex on soprano sax. On the whole, I'd say the music's worthwhile to get, although it may mirror many other collector tapes of the period.

I like these better than the original Prestiges, which could be pretty artless.

Just noticed there's a radio ad in the midst of one of the Woody Shaw performances. Now think sound quality's not that great.

No. I'll let you know if that changes. Glad you asked, though. I did a search for Dewey Redman, and found that eMusic now carries the Palmetto label!

eMusic has just added At The Bimhuis 1982: http://www.emusic.com/album/11011/11011661.html

eMusic is now carrying a label called Tuff City; their titles seem to be singles sessions with alternate takes. Does anyone know about this Dexter Gordon session? There's only two tracks: Jingle Jangle Jump (take 1; 2:28) and Jingle Jangle Jump (take 2; 2:29). Here's the cover:

I've listened to them on my computer with Aiwa speakers (not bad, but not great). The sound quality of the music is listenable and enjoyable. "In Your Own Sweet Way," "Invitation," and "Stepping Stone" are Woody Shaw only; "The Panther" and "Body and Soul" are Dexter Gordon only; and "Green Dolphin Street" and "A La Modal" are Dexter with Woody. It's very possible that the Woody and the Dexter/Dexter with Woody tracks were recorded at different concerts, as the Woody tracks have better sound quality. The tracks do not list recording dates, locations or personnel, so it's hard to be definitive (Dexter does announce his band as Ronnie Matthews, Stafford James and Louis Hayes, but who knows if that's for all his tracks?). The Dexters sound like cassette quality, but from the mixing board; the bass is LOUD. Woody's trumpet is a little low in the mix on his tracks.

I've just looked these up on iTunes. They're both pretty cheap: $3.96 for volume 1 (4 tunes, ~ 54 minutes), $2.97 for volume 2 (3 tunes, ~ 65 minutes), if that matters to you (it does to me!).

Just noticed that the Biograph release is now available on eMusic: http://www.emusic.com/album/11014/11014269.html

It's funny how perspective means everything. The original free-form FM radio station in the NYC area was WABC-FM (they were so free-form that, when they decided to change their call letters into something individual, they chose the title of the Zappa cover "WPLJ"). So I always heard WNEW-FM as a watered-down version of WPLJ, and I always heard them as pretty commercial. I read the article as about nostalgia. There's nothing wrong with that. Think of how many people get misty-eyed over The Brady Bunch. Well, it means a lot to them.

I think there was a thread about this recently, but I can't find it.

What's your favorite jazz cover of a Dylan tune? One that comes to mind is David "Fathead" Newman's version of "Just Like A Woman."

I'll be needing a refill of Discwasher D4 fluid soon, and did a web search. There's a site, Jerry Raskin's Needle Doctor (http://www.needledoctor.com/Online-Store/Audio-Accessories) that has excellent prices. Is anyone familiar with them, or has used them?

Emily Remler. The first time I heard Catwalk, I was struck by how her sound and tone was similar to Metheny's. And she was a very good guitarist.

This is the part that got me: "He also claims that he has not made vast amounts of money from what he has done – and that the number of recordings sold by his company (including non-Hatto discs) between April 2006 and the time of writing only number 5595. The number of recordings sold in the previous year was only 3051 (he confirmed these figures to Gramophone)." While the story, I guess, is intellectually interesting, it's sad that so much work was expended for so little payoff. It sounds like the classical community is as small (or smaller) than the jazz community.

What's your experience buying from them - are they reliable and trustworthy?

Very sad. RIP.

For Costco members, they're carrying What It Is for $49.95: http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?...av=&browse=

As a reminder, these can be purchased directly from Yazoo: http://www.yazoorecords.com/order.htm "Web Special: For every 4 items purchased — receive a 5th item free!" No mention on the website that they're ceasing production.

When they started carrying Candid, they started with just a few titles; each month, they add more. Now they have a large part of the catalog. Here's hoping they'll do the same with Storyville. I've just noticed that they have a lot more Storyville titles! It's interesting that I don't recall seeing these listed in the "New This Week" lists. Anyway, check out: Billy Strayhorn - Piano Passion: http://www.emusic.com/album/10985/10985109.html Louis Armstrong In Scandinavia Vol. 1: http://www.emusic.com/album/10985/10985147.html Duke Ellington - 1943 Carnegie Concert: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984546.html Ben Webster Live At Ronnie Scott 1964: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984954.html Thad Jones - Eclipse: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984502.html The Noble Art Of Teddy Wilson: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984606.html Duke Ellington - Togo Brava Suite: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984908.html Horace Parlan - Relaxin' With Horace: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984951.html Ben Webster plays Duke Ellington: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984535.html Stuff Smith Quartet - Swingin' Stuff: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984372.html Sahib Shihab - Sentiments: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984815.html Clark Terry And His Orchestra feat. Paul Gonsalves: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984605.html Stuff Smith Quartet - Hot Stuff: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984375.html Ed Thigpen - It's entertainment: http://www.emusic.com/album/10984/10984673.html