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really? Oi. Also, btw, the tenor solo is terrific.

I'm with you - also, just before 2:00 he does a little interval jump which is very Dolphy-esque, in embryo. But who are they calling the best big-band drummer ever? Silly; my money is on John Markham for the best big band drummer, not this guy, who is still fine.

look, send me your money and I'll fly out there and pick the order up for you. But you gotta send me cash, small bills. And no dye.

I actually know Ken well and have recorded with him on several CDs; on the last, In the Dark, he does some free improvising, and does it beautifully. He is a much more versatile musician than people realize. Also a great guy.

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sale has ended. To the landfill.

I loved John R.T., nicest guy ever - and he was able to transfer music in the best possible way - and the key, other than his expertise, was the sources he had. He and Brian Rust were able to acquire test pressings and metal masters from sometimes mysterious sources (meaning someone spirited them out of certain places), clean sources in mint shape. The tragedy of American music is the loss of masters, from Victor, Okeh, Columbia - though some still exist, clueless engineers have no idea how to handle them (and also, note, that Davies, by the time of the above transfers, was using CEDAR digital noise reduction; he was no Luddite).

I would tend to ignore anything recorded after, maybe 1955, in order to get an accurate aural picture of the times. Don't forget Kid Rena, one of the first to record in the revival. Tons of Bunk Johnson, inconsistent but some moments of real beauty; I would pick up the Decca sessions for a start. Some else mentioned American Music, Bill Russell's label, I think, and almost everything on that is worthwhile. Tom Brown (trombonist, not so known, but may have even been playing jazz in Chicago and elsewhere even before the ODJB). He recorded in the 1950s Johnny Wiggs, fine trumpeter, distinctive player and even more distinctive for being an active supporter of MLK; also had a clear Bix influence. Sharkey Bonnano Paul Barbarin, great drummer. Lizzie Miles, a singer who, at her peak, was, IMHO, the equal of Bessie Smith. Ann Cook, singer, who recorded in the 1920s with Louis Dumaine, and then later on for American Music after, IIRC, she got out of prison for stabbing someone. She became a church lady. Big Eye Nelson. Geroge Lewis. JELLY MORTON - get the General Recordings of his solo piano, amazing, brilliant stuff reissued on Commodore. Made just before the revival, as, sadly, Morton died too soon, but gives you a clear picture of what a more progressive New Orleans player was thinking about. Louis Prima - few people realize what a terrific trumpeter he was before he became a star. Irving Fazola - beautiful clarinetist. One of the best. Died young. I am sure there is lots more; I would avoid Al Hirt and Pete Fountain. That's really tourist music, though both were excellent musicians.

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thanks, I will check it out.

I am interested to see the interest in Matlock. He lives around here and we have worked together, but I have yet to hear him do anything that really moved me. Can you guys give me some recommendations?

it was Doc Cheatham who told me how Percy died; quite awful.

what a tragic story. I never knew how he died, and was hoping it was not the usual musician's drug trajectory story. Now he's out there with Eddie Costa and Dave Lambert and Clifford Brown, just for starters.

it may be time for me to revisit Ran. I just never warmed to his playing, I tended to admire it without liking it. When I listen I always find myself waiting for something to happen. But I am an impatient listener, so I cannot say that is my final verdict.

it's probably not a popular opinion, but non jazz musicians do not realize how much of the music they admire in the creative/free music scene is simple to play or re-create. I think this is an aspect of simplification which we don't talk about much. I was able to play in that style when I was 16, and play in it sometimes now, but am shocked at how lazy and repetitive so much of it is as supposedly "composed" and performed today. It is the path of lease resistance.

but if the pond is huge - really an ocean - the Scum Also Rises.

well, you cannot avoid the stagnancy; if you are a musician, or any other kind of artist, the stagnancy becomes the standard, and makes it harder to function except as a rebel, and rebels are often rejected and prevented from working.

well, from the way this guy responded to me, I would still wonder; chances are that what they are doing is converting their back catalog to CDR,

I like the label, but for a while, and maybe now, they were/are using CDRs and not informing anyone. When I sent an email complaining politely the guy who answered got pretty nasty.

thanks, much appreciated -

just to correct, not that it was mastered too hot, but that there was a lot of distortion introduced with whatever system they used to re-do it.

probably not; check back with me in the Fall -

yes, ESP will set that up.

thanks - I want to mention that this was recorded without isolation, basically live in the studio; I've been talking about this idea a lot lately, and our new project is all recorded au natural.

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