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No doubt, but I didn't know he was 'healthy' enough to travel at all.

Wayne was there? Wow - that's great!

Happy to pass on my good fortune to the next in line. I'll be happy to see my name inscribed on the plaque, though

Things I didn’t know about him [from the NYT Obit]: In 1960, at 30, he was finally persuaded by the saxophonist Cannonball Adderley to join the tide of Detroit musicians who had moved to New York. He continued living in the metropolitan area for the rest of his life, teaching and performing almost nonstop and appearing on albums like the trumpeter Lee Morgan’s 1964 hit “The Sidewinder.” Not long after arriving, he became friends with Pannonica de Koenigswarter, the heiress and musicians’ advocate known as the jazz baroness, and she invited him to take up residence at her sprawling home in Weehawken, N.J., overlooking Manhattan and teeming with scores of cats. (Ms. de Koenigswarter arranged for Mr. Harris to stay in the house after she died; he continued living there for the rest of his life.) In 1972, Thelonious Monk moved in, and he stayed until his death 10 years later. So Mr. Harris carried on at the elbow of a fellow master, trading information and further soaking up his language. The Monk songbook remained a pillar of Mr. Harris’s repertoire throughout his life; perhaps thanks in part to his time spent living with Monk, his playing grew both more lyrical and more tautly rhythmic as he got older.

I bet there's a lot of unreleased live stuff that Mosaic could put together into a nice box

It's a great album!

Yes - that one, too

I always liked this album that Cannonball produced, although the title makes no sense

I always get sad seeing that cover, knowing that he was afflicted with emphysema over his last years

Here we GO! Bombers - 60

Last night: L.A. Confidential one of those films that once you start watching it, you can't turn it off.

Nat has been sorely under-recognized, too

Wicked!

Had a chance to see him at the Big Ears Festival a few years ago. I opted for a different show. Sorry I missed him.

I remember those EmArcy sets. That was a nice series - also Sarah Vaughan, Clifford Brown, etc

I was bowled over by Stanley Clarke when he came on the scene, and always thought of Jaco as a Clarke wanna-be. He had his moments for sure, but Weather Report was never the same after he "took over". They made a lot of money, though.

I've been wondering for years why no one has put out any kind of retrospective (or "complete") box of anything by Cannonball. Since he made his mark on multiple labels, you'd think at least one of them would have done it. A lot of "lesser" players have certainly been honored with them. Some of my favorite Cannonball albums are his 60s-era live disks. Tons of energy and personality jump out of the speakers of each one!

Never seen those. They do look impressive, though!

My friends saw that show. Amazing she's still going. I saw her a few years ago at SFJAZZ with Cameron Brown

Eyedentity: Diana Purim & Krishna Booker Fun new album!