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Maybe?: CX-196...v/a: Groovin' High with Great Sax Stars LP (196?), Bill Holman, Pepper Adams, Jay Care, Richie Kamuca, Phil Woods, Gabe Baltazar

Holes from abscesses and needles, Chewy.

What was the date Chuck? Maybe I can have one of my friends find it. I found the information: Saturday, September 5, 1981 Jimmy Smith Jam Session Jimmy Smith, organ/ Bill Hardman, trumpet; Lou Donaldson, alto sax; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Ray Crawford, guitar; Kenny Dixon, drums

I saw the Hardman / Cook band also, Peter. They had Mickey Tucker and Billy Higgins in it. A very dynamic band. I also remember being schocked by the huge holes in Higgins' arms, and I came from a neighborhood where fiends were rampant! The only other time I saw him was with Blakey at Alice Tully Hall, around the same time. This one is good:

Add Gillespie to that group.

For Mr. Fields ( and all owners of material), it's the gift that keeps on giving. Although I believe that those types of recordings are $2 less than a recent release.

Happy Birthday Rod!

Happy Birthday Ken! (one of the good guys) It's my daughter's too!

I taped this show of the TV when it was shown. At the end, while the Basie band is playing and the credits are rolling IIRC, Dizzy grabs Ella and does a jitterbug with her.

I saw a recent interview with Keith Jarrett that says he has a turntable that has a laser eye. Here it is: ELP Laser Turntable "Recently, Jarrett put a couple finishing touches on his dream system, which he uses for work as well as for his rare moments of leisure: “I was completely blown away by one of the most revelatory things I’ve ever heard: the ELP turntable, the laser turntable. The presentation is not like anything I’ve ever heard before from an LP. As soon as it arrived, instantly, my entire record collection was brand new. I’ve never had that experience. I’m listening to real people and real bass—you even get depth and layers out of mono recordings.'"

If you go this route he'll tell you that music is like a gumbo and New Orleans is the nucleus. Ask him about the universiality of jazz music and how it has expanded from just american folk music to encompass folk music from many different cultures.

I'd ask him questions about music education, which is his real forte' and where he will really make a lasting mark.

You know Chris, I might have kept this one too. Think of all of the possible movie themes, TV projects and novels you could come up with from this letter. Like a Hitchcock film!

I came across this recent image of Steve Grossman. He looks real good!

A very,very Happy Birthday Ronald.

I know Joe Romano very,very well. I'm sad to say that right now, he had lung cancer and has come back to his hometown of Rochester to be with friends and family. I'll try to see him this week. Joe Cheese!

If you don't mind me asking Chris, just how big is your apartment? I mean 30, 40 and 50 year old letters and photos are one thing, but a 50 year old suitcase? With the tags still on it for chistsakes!

"Backbeat -- The Earl Palmer Story." is a fine book. Like he says at one point when a later rock group asks him if he wants to rehearse "No. I invented this shit!".

Thanks Ron, I just ordered it too. This one is really great also:

Joe Locke arranged a vocal version ( vocal by Mark Ledford) on his State of Soul cd on Sirocco: Hello To the Wind - 7:08 (Joe Chambers, Gene McDaniels) / arr: Joe Locke

in April 1968 Ayler presented “Universal Message: Rainbow of Love” at NYC’s Hotel Diplomat – an opera that featured his sextet, his brother Donald’s poetry, five singers, and dancers. Sometime afterwards, Donald’s mental and alcohol problems led Ayler to fire him from the band

I agree Larry. Here's a guy who had very high standards in his own playing, who played with all the greats of his era, so he had every right to go off about the quality of the music he was getting from some of those later bands. The band from the mid 70's was really great.

I have that one too, Ted. Barry made another duo recording with basist Frank Pulara called "Live at the Strath" that is very good also. Here's Barry:

Thanks Paul. Barry had one of the greatest LP collections and he was obsessive about collecting Blue Notes. In those days there were no Japanese reissues. Here's the Buddy Rich Trio with Barry Kiener and Tom Warrington: Our Love is Here To Stay

For the record, here's a photo of Barry Kiener on his first record. Bob Porter produced it: