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You want to puke? For some unfathomable reason, she was chosen to 'play' Abbey Lincoln in a recreation of Max Roach's We Insist. Nasheet Waits was leading the band, maybe he just did not know. An insult to Abbey's memory and everything she and Max fought for. Several us boycotted the gig.

My friends at work kindly gave me a gift certificate for KC. I still have $65 left on it, no idea how I will use it, except the gift shop may have some CDs. I attended the April Jason Moran and friends concert. Great lineup on paper but somewhat underwhelming, I felt it did not quite gel. I saw a couple of things that I was surprised were able to go through: 1) Sun Ra Arkestra when Marshall Allen was receiving his Jazz Masters award in April. I have never sung along to 'Space Is The Place' with more glee. 2) Fay Victor's Herbie Nichols SUNG in May. Fantastic project, but definitely 'left of center'. My last visit there was a free event for the DC Jazz Festival. There was some unpleasantness on the shuttle bus on the way over which I cannot discuss here per forum rules.

They made a CD together, The More I See You.

Ellen Brooks was the one who stabbed or shot him?

I agree, they had some great concerts there. A real shame. In a normal world, it would have been a great place to put on concerts related to whatever goodies might be found in the Wayne Shorter Archive once it is cataloged. Kevin had a good rapport with Wayne and Carolina and brought him there several times. I will have to find another venue...

I heard the Harold Vick tune Our Miss Brooks at a gig on Friday. Could it have been written for Tina? Vick declines to comment on the title in the liner notes. Of course it was also a radio then TV show with Eve Arden. I always liked her. I would like to see the show.

I am very excited about the news and hope to visit as soon as it is ready, hopefully I can do so on a weekend. Sheet music will probably only be viewable onsite. There is also material at the Library of Congress which I made them bring in from copyright 30 years ago. I had sent Wayne copies of all of it, I wonder if what I sent him will wind up at NYPL! I am very curious about a number of unknown pieces, including Mass '65. One piece that was not at LC was his very first composition, La Vie Et La Mort, intended for two organs but eventually played on solo piano. I hope NYPL will have it. I attended the lecture where this blog post was presented. The presenter did not address where the material came from, but I suspect he thought the Library had somehow acquired it. Jazz Scholar Willard Jenkins Reflects on the Library’s Jazz Collections | In The Muse

Alto sax Erena Terakubo at Takoma Station in DC - fabulous! She just started teaching at Michigan State in East Lansing so maybe she will team up with Jim and the cats from Organissimo!

Same guy who recorded Hassan.

Is it too late to tell Blue Note?

That session with Cannonball exists?

What the hell is that??? Is it real? FM records had a motto: 'no static at all'.

Never noticed that! Did Blue Note try to sign Dolphy away? So FM records is Kay and Kameron, but the name Fred Miles also pops up. What a mess.

Not familiar with this label at all. So what label did Iron Man come out on? Blue Note had to ask permission for Out To Lunch?

Really? What is FM records?