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Looks like that will be rereleased soon in Japan: https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UVJZ-30178

I wore watches since I was a tween. There was a patch of arm hair missing from my left wrist. Then, sometime in the last decade, I saw that the iPhone (which I always had with me) was sufficient, and I stopped wearing a watch. Haven't felt the urge since.

Very sad. She had a true talent for writing pop songs, and had a lovely voice. Perfect, really (had to throw that in). R.I.P.

Tony Scott is pretty good on this:

Speaking of Bechet, I recently listened to his disc in the Ken Burns Jazz series. Perusing the liner notes, I find I need the following RCA 3-CD set:

I find Bechet to be consistently interesting, with an energy that enlivens the ensembles he plays in. I know that trill can become a bit much, but I think of that aspect in a similar vein to Coleman Hawkins's eighth notes - he learned it early on and he ain't gonna stop doing it; it probably helped to be heard in the age before amplification. I don't know if those Bechet BNs were released on CD in the US. I have all that material on the Bechet Mosaic big box, but those are LPs.

I've been collecting those Benny Carter Pablos as I see them. I have The King, Montreux '77, Wonderland, Carter Gillespie Inc., and this one, which (IMHO) is the best of the batch - really exciting "small big band" music (with the requisite ugly Pablo cover):

Reading the liner notes to the CD reissue of "Meet Betty Carter And Ray Bryant," I'm struck yet again by how well Cuscuna writes: he's concise, pithy, to the point, and has a lively writing style that never calls attention to himself. I've love to read a book that compiles his liner notes; perhaps he could also pen a fresh essay about his years in jazz. I'd buy it!

The copyright on the Amazon pages says "℗© 2022 National Jazz Museum in Harlem". But you can also stream them, assuming you have an Amazon Music subscription. I'm wary of buying these downloads because I bought 3 downloads of Savory tapes from Apple, only to subsequently see Mosaic release their box set. Perhaps these 8 Benny Carter dates will also eventually come out as a Mosaic box?

Turns out Amazon has all 8 volumes - do a search on Amazon for benny carter Princeton concerts. $8.99 a volume. Unfortunately, no discographical info provided.

Looks like at least some of the volumes are available to purchase via download from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0B9FHD6C3?ref=sr_1_3&keywords=benny+carter+live+at+princeton&crid=168CIVCUUHQDB&sprefix=benny+carter%2Caps%2C82&qid=1668721051&sr=8-3 https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BBZDVLGN?ref=sr_1_4&keywords=benny+carter+live+at+princeton&crid=168CIVCUUHQDB&sprefix=benny+carter%2Caps%2C82&qid=1668721051&sr=8-4 I also came across this intriguing but uninformative Amazon page; tune in tomorrow! https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BF8KCLQR?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&trackAsin=B0BF986DM1&ref=sr_1_6&keywords=benny+carter+live+at+princeton&crid=168CIVCUUHQDB&sprefix=benny+carter%2Caps%2C82&qid=1668721051&sr=8-6

Picked it up at a used record fair. Yet another Bley album I cannot get into. And while many people say Keith Jarrett imitates Bley, I do not hear the similarity.

https://archive.org/details/dexter-gordon-friends-keystone-sf-nye-1980 Dexter Gordon Quartet & Friends live at The Keystone Korner jazz club in San Francisco on New Year's Eve 1980. This concert was broadcast as a NPR Jazz Alive special, and was recorded from WBEZ FM in Chicago. Thanks to Mark Rabin for sharing this recording from his collection. The full recording has been restored, someone steered me to a full copy after reading about this in Marc Myers' JazzWax blog. Read about Dexter's concert at Ronnie Scott's in London earlier that year: https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2020/06/29/jj-06-80-dexter-gordon-quartet-at-ronnie-scotts/ Musicians: Dexter Gordon Quartet: Dexter Gordon - tenor sax Kirk Lightsey - piano David Eubanks - bass Eddie Gladden - drums Friends: Kenny Burrell - guitar Cedar Walton - piano Buster Williams - bass Billy Higgins - drums Woody Shaw - trumpet Sonny Stitt - tenor sax Ernie Andrews - vocal

Release date November 18:

It would be great if we had the ability to "like" a post.

Still no Kenny Burrell - Freedom.