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But Duke, man, that cat is in there, if you know what I mean. EVERY day is "Ellington Day" in my life in some form or fashion Couldn't have said it better. I agree 100%. Everyday is Ellington day for me.

Does Tchicai live in Denmark now or is he working in the states?

Well, thank good there are a few serious radio outlets for serious improvised music. Check out KSDS 88.3 FM, San Diego, CA. It’s a hip community college radio station that I recommend listening to. Leo Gates has a Monday evening show from 9 pm till midnight. He also subs during the week. OUSTANDING! Straight ahead hard core music. None of the predictable wimpy white wine and jacuzzi jazz. The guy gets down! Andrew Hill, Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin, Miles with Coltrane, Woody Shaw, Jackie Mclean, Clifford Jordan, et al, is the music of choice! Miff Mole has an interesting program on Thursdays from 9 pm till 11 pm (straight ahead music -no silly smooth jazz) and from 11 pm till midnight he features his "Free Time" show. The last hour is dedicated to free improvised music (e.g. Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Impulse Coltrane, WSQ, Steve Lacy, Albert Ayler, et al). Well worth checking out.

Outstanding recording..!

Nice tip. Kevin Whitehead has done a number of interesting stories on the music. Gonna start archiving his jazz talks.

Nice website with some very hip pics. Woody Shaw has always been one of my favorite players. Loved his sound and intensity. A great talent that ended tragically.

The box is nice. I picked up a used copy. Haven't regretted it as of yet. But I've only listened to two discs so far. B-)

I agree. I love Herbies recordings with Miles and Blue Note. But soon after that, his music headed south and very rapidly. I think he is a very talented artist but I can't get with his techno-hip-bop-funk antics. It's very depressing seeing such talent being wasted on a genre of musical entertainment that requires little to no serious creativity or talent.

This is late entry, but that was a very interesting story. Thanks for sharing it Chris. I'm sure you have many more that we would sincerely be interested in hearing.

It will be interesting to see what the music format will be.

Sounds like a read that is worth looking into.

Sorry for crashing in on the tail end of the Ayler thread but I just got back on line after about a two or three month hiatus. Anyway, I really enjoyed that story by Late. My first Alyer record was Spiritual Unity also. I do recall how it quickly became one of my favorite recordings. At that time in my life (I was about 21 or 22), I was very hard core about the music. I was living on a steady diet of Archie Shepp, Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor, Alan Silva, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, all the ESP and Actuel BYG recordings. Albert was a welcomed addition.

I have to break ranks with this MJQ love fest. I know the group was very talented but I never could get excited with the "third Stream" genre. I recognize the musicians who developed and performed but I could never connect to this hybrid experiment.

Yeah, when did that happen? I missed it also. Details please....

Maybe they thought we would not notice?

I saw that box and I could not believe someone would authorize it to be released. It is pathetic. A great diservice to Hancocks music.

That's very unfortunate. You are missing out on a genre of very fascinating music.

Sounds like an outstanding show. I'm very sorry I missed it. I've been having problems with my computer. It's an ongoing war. So I've been down for a while. How did the show turn out?

I opened up 2005 with "Miles Live at the Plaza". You can never go wrong by starting anything off by Miles.

I first heard Blame on my Youth when I was in Singapore back in 1989. I was in a music store and it was being played. I picked it up and I thought it was a nice CD. As I recall it was a live recording. Not bad. I purchased another CD by her and it was ok also. Not a big fan but the CD is not bad. I have no idea what she is doing these days. I think the Blame it on my Youth was her best.

Well, I certainly did not know that.

Well, not much to say at this point other than he was a fine guitar player and a seriously talented blues artist. I do recall his laying down the blues hard and fast in Chicago. Another major figure in the world of blues and jazz is no longer with us. Thank God for the many fine recordings he left that documents his talent and artistic accomplishments.

Has anyone on the board read this book yet and is willing to post a review or comments?

I agree. Hentoff is a fine writer. I do recall initially becoming familiar with him for his writings for Downbeat back in the 1960’s. He and Amiri Baraka (aka LeRoy Jones) were defenders and interpolators of the so called new music. There were intense debates about the validity and purpose of the not always accessible artistic creations of Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler and Sun Ra. Many people were enraged by racial comments made by Archie Shepp in an Down Beat interview in which he stated his premise about the white man attempting to play the black mans music (jazz). Needless to say, Shepps comments created a firestorm of protest and indignation from white readers. Hentoff and Baraka made valiant efforts to explain Shepps incendiary assessments. At that time, most of the so called jazz critics were very hostile and not very understanding of so called free jazz along with its political implications. It was very interesting reading Hentoffs commentary that defended these young warriors and practitioners of the advant garde. Hentoff and Baraka were the only two writers at that time (that I recall) who openly embraced this new genre of music. Over the years, I also learned a lot reading his political and legal articles that are featured in the Village Voice. I have archived a number of Voice articles he has written over the past ten years that covered a variety of subjects. Many of them were very intriguing and informative. I have not always agreed with Hentoff, but I do respect his writing and his unrelenting passion for civil liberties. He is a constitutional law guru and he does make compelling points in many of his arguments and writings. And as expected, you will always have your detractors. At one board, I have seen posters declare that he was a marginal at best writer. I have found such criticism rooted in other personal issues rather that the reality of the Hentoffs writing abilities. Writing is somewhat like sex, music and art –highly subjective and open to individual taste and preference. For me, Hentoff works just fine. B-)