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Very fine player. Seems that he never had his own recording session. Unbelievable! Interesting company he used to keep, according to his discography ... Q

Gene diNovi: jammed with Bird on 52nd Street at age 15, recorded with Lester on Aladdin in '47, was with Fats and Wardell on Goodman's "Stealin' Apples" date ... and that's just for starters. He's been living in Toronto for many years ... now in his mid-eighties and still playing! Q

Dennard can be seen and heard here on youtube with the Hampton band in Belgium 1958. (This is apparently from a DVD entitled ‘Lionel Hampton: Live in 1958’ issued by Jazz Icons). Dennard is featured on “I Found a New Baby” which unfortunately is a something of a "dixieland" novelty - still, you can get an idea of his musicianship. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWT69ukNztM　 More interesting, although no visual, are the following from a group of 10 discs(?) from a Stuttgart concert from 1958 now on youtube, presumably by the same band - personnel is not listed but it is certainly Dennard. In particular hear him on “Midnite” (small group) and “Confirmation”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fH1ujIZoyc Round about Midnite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF58wbtsnms The Move https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4crXphTq4w Confirmation Q

It's one of those threads - I'll get the popcorn. Q

Interview with his black friend. Something doesn't make sense. Drugs? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33209654 Q

Personally I think it's a very fine set. The music is interspersed with interviews with Bird or with the musicians who were there at the time - Max, Maggie, Teddy Edwards etc. The musical selections are mainly non-studio (acetates, broadcasts etc). If you are still in need PM me and I'll see what I can do. Q

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6575935/jazz-hall-of-fame-dexter-gordon-lennie-tristano-james-p-johnson-newest-members Q

Very, very nice. It often takes Lee a while to find the wave, but when he does, it's a great ride. This rhythm section certainly gave him great support. In most of the recordings from about '54 on, there are those times when he gets the flow going, excelling even what can be heard here. It's always beautiful to hear. Thanks for posting. Q

Sure Jim - whatever you say ... Q

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Fasstrack said: This recording (For Losers) is anathama, at least to me, b/c it features two dear friends, Clarence C. Sharpe and wife China Lynne Perault. They're given the tune of I Got it Bad, but unfortunately Shepp plays an obnoxious obbligato over both the vocal and C's alto solo and ruins the track. I hear you man. That is pretty sad. He couldn't play at that time - but to his credit, he learned. Q

Thanks for the reminder. The '53 aggregation was one of the great bands. Q

As Bird says it, it sounds pretty classy. Is there a problem with that? Q

He is very much involved with what he sees as institutionalized racism at UCSD - 1.3% of the 25,000 student body is African American ... that would have been his point. Sad all round. Q

Any news on this? It's over 2 years now ... Q

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Blacked out? Q

So that's it! If I was a dog I could pick up on that far-out shit. Q

Alto sounds very strained - you kidding? Q

Maybe the title should read "20 Minutes to Heaven"? Q

Many thanks. I'm interested in orchestral and harpsichord ... the Winschermann was both. It had a nice flow, as I recall. I have heard some versions that are pretty dry. I'll have to check these out. Q

Any recommendations for "The Art of Fugue"? In memory I recall a haunting reading of Helmut Winschermann's orchestration by Karl Ristenpart and the Chamber Orchestra of the Sarre on the Erato label ... but that has long gone ... Q

The Warne Marsh groups are Tristano School plus Art Pepper, not withstanding that Warne was originally from LA. Sometimes labels have meaning - if it says "Tristano School" that's what you get. I rather like what Larry said about the West Coast Jazz label, " ... a whole lot of people (I being one of them) found WCJ (when applied to the music to which it was commonly applied at the time) to be as accurate a label as could be, in the sense that the music so labeled had a good deal of stylistic coherence". I was one of them too. Bingo!

Yeah Dave. Q

That "Manhattan Studio" is a great video. Q