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OK - checked it out - some mixed reports but it would seem not cousins as in family - maybe bass cousins

Agree with that - weren't he and Paul Chambers cousins? There is some (family) resemblance in their playing ... both playing / pushing right on top of the beat ...

The site has just added audio clips ...

Sounds like a lot of fun. I presume it lives up to its title?

What this album really needed was for Clifford to take solo choruses - his playing, exquisite as it is, is limited to "melody and embellishment", yet he was one of the great improvisors! More Clifford would certainly have relieved the "tedium" of Hefti's charts. Seems like a lost opportunity to me ...

Dot Time also put out a CD "Lennie Tristano - The Duo Sessions" a year or so ago - previously unreleased tracks of Lennie with Lennie Popkin, Connie Crothers and Roger Mancuso. Carol Tristano wrote the liners and Lennie Popkin was also involved in the production. So there's a connection ...

There was a story about this that I can't quite recall. James Harrod will probably know ...

Don't we all.

Chewy probably has a copy, too ...

Murakami has a short story on Bird, which is not really sci-fi, but then again, maybe it is. Anyway it’s great, and you can read the whole thing here – it’s short, naturally. Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova: Haruki Murakami https://penangholiaw.blogspot.com/2020/06/charlie-parker-plays-bossa-nova-by.html

Opinions may vary ...

I caught Freddie in Hawaii 1978 with a local group including Gabe Balthazar on alto. Be-bop and standards. Great night ...

Beautiful - Mulligan, Zoot, Al Cohn, Lee, Allen Eager + Freddie Green (!), Henry Grimes, Dave Bailey play Mulligan arranged by Bill Holman. Allen's short, dark alto solo on 'Revelation' always kills me ....

Recorded at the Midway Lounge, Pittsburgh 1957

RIP Phil.

More favorite early Art ...

For Peter Ind ...

Sorry to hear that. Great bassist, interesting character. RIP

Played great baritone, too, but not often. A little taste from 1951.

Daughter of tenor Ted Brown - fine writing, playing.

Well, I read somewhere that Lennie could play the accordion, and as "Blue Velvet" was recorded in Chicago there could be a connection. However he was most probably in New York at that time. Billy Bauer did mention Lennie liked to drive, but it's unlikely he would make it as far as Chicago in one piece. Still, one never knows ... he was remarkable in many ways. I agree the accordion on "Blue Velvet" is very nice - as is the piano.

Allen! Good to hear from you. Hope you are well.

Beautiful!