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This is good news, if it does happen. I thought it was a great show, sharp, inventive, satirical and very, very funny. As big a Simpsons fan as I am, a always felt like they cancelled the wrong show. The Simpsons has had a great run but the last few series have definitely felt low on inspiration. Futurama had plenty of milage left in it. Not holding my breath on this one though.

July 30th- 1953: Charlie Parker- session for Verve (the date I have for the session previously listed by Brownie as the 28th) 1964: Blue Mitchell- The Thing to Do (Blue Note) 1977: Another night of Art Pepper at the Village Vanguard (various Contemporary albums)

Deepest condolences to you and your family. Thank you for sharing your thoughts at this difficult time. I was really moved by your recollections.

cluedo and audio here

Oh great. Now Stevie's worst ever song can become Herbie's too.

As further evidence, I'll mention an early album by Sweden's Esbjorn Svensson Trio- EST Plays Monk (ACT). Monk purists would probably hate it, but the trio take the compositions and make them sound absolutely un-Monkian; there's a touch of funk, a hint of Euro icyness, some Jarretteque angularity. It's all the more refreshing for taking the source material somewhere else entirely. There's a lot of meat in these tunes and plenty of directions to go in. Monk's music is often perceived as 'difficult' and it's a pity more players aren't tempted to take up the challenge.

You do?!! I always thought Shorter was most unconventional... Even in the early days his take on (post-)bop seemed quite different to anyone else's. All in the ear of the behearer, obviously...

Maybe these days, but in 1959 it might have worked. Early Wayne had a sort of gritty funkiness to it (although, as with Monk, very much more idiosyncratic and cerebral than those terms suggest). Think of his playing with Blakey and it doesn't become such a stretch. After the mid 60s Wayne found his own thing and maybe it wouldn't have worked so well after that. I've always thought that Shorter's compositions were influenced by Monk in their juxtaposition of unconventional harmony and structure with resolutely logical musicality.

Maybe it's just that good!!!

July 29- 1936: Duke Ellington records for Brunswick 1938: Teddy Wilson Orchestra (Benny Carter, Ben Webster, Jonah Jones, etc) records for Brunswick 1946: Charlie Parker & Howard McGhee record for Dial… the infamous ‘Lover Man’ session after which Bird has a breakdown and is committed to Camarillo for six months 1955: Cannonball Adderley- another session for Julian Cannonball Adderley (Emarcy) 1958: Miles Davis & Gil Evans Orchestra- session for Porgy and Bess (Columbia) 1960: Stan Getz- airshot in Stockholm, issued on Stan Getz in Sweden 1958-60 (Dragon) 1960: John Lewis with Jim Hall, George Duvivier & Connie Kay- tracks from Wonder World of Jazz (Atlantic) 1961: Oscar Peterson at London House, Chicago- tracks from The Trio Live From Chicago, Sound of the Trio (Verve) 1963: Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith- one track from Blue Bash! (Verve) 1967: Mike Westbrook- Celebration (Deram) 1969 (29th & 30th): Archie Shepp- Live at the Pan-African Festival (BYG) 1974: Herbie Hancock in Tokyo- Dedication (CBS Japan) 1977: Art Pepper live at the Village Vanguard- various albums and the boxed set (Contemporary) 1979: Herbie Hancock & VSOP- Five Stars (CBS Japan)

America the Beautiful (originally on Concord) has been reissued on Arbors with extra material. The cat no. is ARCD 19269

Unlike Dick Wellstood... ... which seems like more of a boast...

Oops... pipped by Stereojack!

Didn't he do an album with Dick Hyman playing pipe organ? Could it be that?

Just put on Charlie's Right Now Live DVD and realized something about it that I had completely forgotten about... The 'camera angles' option gives you the choice of watching the gig normally or as a close up of Hunter playing! Just the thing for guitarists wanting to copy his licks.

Ah! Posted at the same moment as Bright Moments... It's gotta be, then!

Total guess, but the first thing that springs to mind... 'Clue', the movie based on Cluedo?

Ah!

Also... The Stars of Modern Jazz session was broadcast on Voice of America and originally issued as IAJRC 20. December 25th is usually given as the date for this session, but I would guess the concert actualy started the evening of the 24th in the early hours of Christmas day.

Really? Credited to Mercer Records on the Cool & Blue CD... ... and which one is Serge?

Well, now... In Phil Schaap's notes to the Bird box, he states emphatically that this session was July 30, not 28 or August 4. Of course, Shaap states everything emphatically. Any... if you'll pardon the pun... confirmation on this? There's a good (and typically Parkeresque) story in the notes about Bird turning up to the session two and a quarter hours late, and the whole session being done in 45 minutes.

July 28- 1942: Duke Ellington Orchestra record for RCA Victor (Hayfoot Strawfoot, Sentimental Lady [aka I Didn't Know About You], A Slip of the Lip, Sherman Shuffle) 1965: Duke Ellington with the Boston Pops Orchestra (!)- The Duke at Tanglewood (RCA Victor Red Seal) (one of Duke's rare clinkers! ) 1970: Albert Ayler in St. Paul de Vence- airshot recording included in Holy Ghost (Revenant)

I don't think I've had a jazz dream since I was 14... Oh, wait... wrong thread...

Thanks, gentlemen! Knowledgeable as always. Much appreciated (and thanks to Couw for the extra info)

Yep, I have the second one with Never Let It End and A Jazz Tune I Hope, a smoking 1978 session with Elvin... good stuff. (By coincidence, I was listening to these discs the morning I found out Albert had died) These sets came out in 1995 (cat no. for the second one is MPS 529090-2); never came across the first one and I can't imagine they stayed around too long. Pity, these discs are great enough to convince me I need more Mangelsdorff in my collection.