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Even better: Gatefold reissue from Blue Note's Rare Groove series

I agree, and what did they need Ravi Coltrane for? Every time there is one of these "jazz" tributes on American TV they have to crowd the stage and play truncated medleys with short. meaningless solos. I guess the blame lays with the "music director" Christian McBride. Just one well chosen song with a great saxophonist would have been much better.

Thanks. It's always nice to see some footage of Joe "Joe Cheese" Romano.

This is for you, Pete: Besides seeing him here several times ( I took this on the 4th of July, 1976) a particularly remember a concert by Sam, Dave Holland and Barry Altschul at a college that was a truly amazing. A vortex of sound and spirit, with Sam going from one instrument to another for at least a hour.

Totally different people, and I don't see how they look alike, but I still dig you, Chewy.

Yep, try this link:Fresh Air Interview

1953 Radio Inteview Not the 50's but: Playboy 1962 1969 Blindfold Test 1964 1976

When I built my new home a couple of years ago, I incorporated a listening library in the floor plan with built in storage for my records/cds, a comfortable sofa, TV and computer. My wife even allows me to have some of my photography ( not by me, but by others like Roy DeCarava) collection on the walls! Me and the dog enjoy it though.

Yep, I have the same LP. Great set(s) I remember reading a interview with Eddie Higgins about that set. He said he never met Hawkins before and that there was a hardly a word said before the performance. All The Things You Are Centrepiece Body And Soul Just You, Just Me The Way You Look Tonight I Can't Get Started Moonglow

Not a "new" release, but one that's somewhat uncommon: Coleman Hawkins at the Golden Circle 1963 (Dragon). Hawk is in fine form, sounding relaxed and comfortable (that may not always be a good thing, but it is in this case). He plays a wonderful 2 1/2 minute unaccompanied solo at the beginning of "If I Had You". The four tracks recorded on the first night of the date are some of my favorite Coleman Hawkins. Three tracks from 1950 and 1954 are added to the 1963 recordings. You may already know this music, but I thought I'd mention it, just in case. Thanks Paul, I didn't know about that one.

There is a pension, if you join the Union. This is about something else. Singling out jazz (sorry Payton)clubs, is detrimental to the scene, since it would raise already high ticket prices.

Geez...I loves me some Coleman Hawkins, and am always looking for a new issue. Anybody want to pull my coat?

Boyd Lee was part of the jazz scene in Western N.Y. that was made up partly by less talented players that had some experience playing with name bands in their past, but ultimately, returned home. What they offered to the scene was a mentoring to the players of a younger generation and teaching them both the musical language and sharing what they knew and learned as players involved in the whole culture. I'm sure this was repeated in many cities across the country, and it was a important part of the process of being a jazz musician (Black and White) and the community. They made their contributions.

I believe so. Good Luck Clark!!

Well, he was never great, but a lot of fun! He was so consistently off the wall, he sure could make things interesting in short doses.

I knew Boyd Lee in the 70's when he used to play around the usual spots around here. He was always a crazy fucker! I remember once when he showed up for a gig that he was playing for a leader in a upscale spot, and he showed up wearing the required tux but without shoes or socks! Hi cousin is drummer Nasar Abadey (in D.C.).

Chris A, turned me on to this forum for help: Applenova Otherwise, did you run "Correct Permissions" in the "Utilities"?

DownBeat Review of Have No Fear: BY AARON COHEN Von Freeman, Have No Fear (Nessa) This year, all of us at DownBeat were thrilled to hear that Von Freeman was officially invited to become part of America’s musical elite when the National Endowment for the Arts recognized him as a Jazz Master. It is the formal recognition of a superlative talent that Chicagoans have known about for decades, even during those years when this tenor saxophone legend had few opportunities to record. But one of those opportunities was provided by the city’s Nessa label in 1975, and the result, Have No Fear, has just been reissued. Freeman, who was 53 at the time, laid out everything that would give him the national recognition more than 35 years later: the joyful twists and harmonic extensions on Henry Mancini’s “Mr. Lucky,” the potent determination on Count Basie’s “Swinging The Blues,” an enveloping and personal warmth on a standard (“Polka Dots And Moonbeams”) and his own quiet strengths as a composer (“Have No Fear, Soul Is Here” and the bonus track, “Boomerang”). But what also makes this session stand out is that it illustrates how Freeman’s valuable, longtime sidemen understood his approach perfectly, like how pianist John Young and bassist David Shipp answer his unusual lines on “Polka Dots” and how drummer Wilbur Campbell brings an understated power to “Have No Fear.”

Tom Williams

The Bop Shop

You mean this?: Montreux Summit volume 2 Special Radio Edition Columbia AS 440, 1978 (LP)

A little searching brought up this: Meridian West featuring Larry Vogt (guitar), Julie Iger-Roseman (flute), Nat Johnson (bass) and Al Pimental (percussion). Read more HERE

I bought and read it this weekend. Sometimes it's hard to follow up all the crazy talk, but the editor does a good job of explaining and guiding you through. Schaap's piece is fine, though.