BFrank

I've seen Billy Harper a bunch of times - with the Cookers, his own group, Randy Weston and Max Roach. Also saw Blakey a number of times through the 70s-80s. More recently I seem to catch Jason Moran on a regular basis.

Spring Quartet - Jack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, Esperanza Spalding, Leo Genovese Saw this show tonight. Great show - and surprisingly heavy on the free jazz. These guys can PLAY. If they're coming to YOUR town, don't miss them!

Thanks for the heads up. Will check it out.

The best looking ones are those who don't try too hard to look 25 years old.

Great live album - no argument from me. LOVE it!

JJ Johnson - disk 5 Blue Mitchell - disk 4

Blue Note has been recognizing these on Facebook lately. It might be nice to do the same here for all those great albums of the 60s from BN and everyone else. Today's anniversary is one of the great ones.

That Seven Steps box is a real gem, actually. I don't think it got as much recognition as some of the others when it was released. One of my favorites from the 'metal spine' series.

50th Anniversary of this session today. One of the greats!

Yes, but 'enhanced' with complete/unedited versions of "Autumn Leaves", "Joshua" and "All of You" - and previously unissued "Introduction", "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "The Theme". This is a very good box, BTW. You also get Tokyo (w/Sam Rivers), Berlin (one of Wayne's first gigs), Seven Steps to Heaven and Quiet Nights.

I know those two albums were a mix of tunes from both sets. I just couldn't remember specifically if the reviewer got it wrong. The liner notes in the Seven Steps box are very clear about which tunes were played when. Also in the Seven Steps liners, Bob Blumenthal talks about the band playing for free: "Words were exchanged between the trumpeter and more than one member of the band on the subject of money before the quintet took the stage." I agree that the comment about "speed-metal, punk, thrash-jazz" is ridiculous.

Good enough for ME! I just ordered Andrew and Bobby.

Thanks for the 'Booby' input. His 60's stuff is 'must-have' for sure, but the clips on the site didn't bowl me over. On a side note, I see him at SFJazz events periodically and he seems quite frail - always has his oxygen with him. The plus side is, he has a string of performances scheduled there for next week, so he must be doing OK overall.

I haven't gone back to listen to that NPR piece again, but I could have sworn that he said "My Funny Valentine" and "Four and More" were recorded from different sets (MFV from the first set, and F&M from the second).

I still need to get the Andrew Hill Select (MS-016). And now that I look at the 'Running Low' list, that Dizzy box looks mighty tempting, too. Kind of on the fence about the Hutcherson set - any opinions?

Curtis Amy Select - disk 1

I saw that Watson/Schnitter/Ponomarev edition a few times, too. VERY under-rated.

Looks like it, Jim. They got inspired and decided to blow the roof off of Rudy's living room!

Today is the 50th anniversary of this recording.

Carmell Jones - disc 1 MAN, I keep forgetting how great Harold Land was!

Wow, you guys are going REAL "Hoffman" on us here. [not that there's anything wrong with it]

A very sad piece in the NY Times today. Especially in light of the fact that neither he nor any of his friends or loved ones were able to do anything. It's not like there was any secret that he was in trouble. A Complicated Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman, in His Last Days

Jackie Mac - disk 1

Yep.........he does it ALL!

Here's a pretty good take on the commercial: Bob Dylan Didn't Sell Out to Sell Chrysler And here's another commercial he did.........42 years ago!