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I received my shipping notice yesterday (9 January), and delivery is still announced for next Monday (12 January). Keeping my fingers crossed now ... Am really looking forward to that book. Though I am sorry to say that the earlier "Listening To Prestige" session presentation Vol. 1 (1949-53) I ordered and received before Christmas, though really interesting, is a bit of a mixed bag (or "uneven", to put it another way) IMO and to the extent I've so far read it.

Yes, I love that one too!

You made me hesitate, but I checked the early posts in this thread again and I see that on 24 June last year I posted "10 months till publication might be an unbearably long time, though." Which does indicate April 2026. So it's good to see everything seems to be going to plan with readying the book for publication. (It has happened before that long-awaited books have been been postponed almost endlessly) So I'm definitely looking forward to April.

Mike Stern: Big Neighborhood. Heads Up International HUCD 3157 [US 2009]

January 10 Mike Stern - 1953 Met him at the Göttingen Jazzfestivals November 12, 2000 and November 6, 2009

Some kind of box set? Love that Robert Mitchum.

Great one. Now on to this monster

Happy Birthday, congrats !!!

This is a night where I have a day off, I didn´t have to play so I decided to relax at home, with some good vegan food and great music from two albums that arrived today: First, since I am into those things, I spinned the wonderful "Goin´Home". I love Albert Aylor, I love his spirituality in general, in another manner than Trane or my beloved Pharoah Sanders, but just beautiful and deep. This special mood let me go out for a walk in the small hours. Usually I don´t comment the weather since I´m not so interested in it, but this night was special. Since we have a rare year with some snow here in Viena/Austria, I forget how beautiful the snow is in the night and enjoyed walkin in that silence... I recaptured the music and did my prayers where I thank the Godnesses for watching over me, thank my late wife Serena whose spirit also is watchin over me, and thank the Godnesses for the great love I found with that wonderful young girl I am with.... After that, I did somethin good for me, takin a hot shower, washing my hair thats gettin longer and longer and while let it dry just with room temperatura I spinned the fantastic "Obsession". Well I´m so happy to hear the great Cindy Blackman here, and all those fantastic guys.

Sounds great, I have an album with the same group live at Onkel Pö´s (Germania) Must be nice. From the cover it looks like those legendary Black Lion albums of Americans in Paris, in the 60´s. I have some of them: One Dexter Gordon, one Bud Powell, and one Don Byas if I remember right.

Can Blue Note contracts be obtained this way as well?

Disc 2 of this treasure trove, which includes the set with Chet Baker and Miles Davis (which has been issued before, iirc, but most of the music on this L.A. Jazz Institute collection has not) A classic! Gotta revisit that one soon.

Pretty sure mine was a June 2026 date when I pre-ordered, but that was quite awhile ago at this point.

AlAyAG (was Hat Hut Records) alay.ch https://www.alay.ch AlAy are the first two letters of the late Albert Ayler. The new name of my company was chosen to pay tribute to and in great appreciation of the saxophonist/ ...

Am I totally mistaken or hasn't the release & delivery date for that book been April 2026 all along? At least that's what amazon.de said all the time.

Her vocal duets with Eddie Erickson were always fun at jazz parties.