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Track-listings would probably sell me on either or both of these — if anyone can dig that up. Thx!

No, actually it was at Record Exchange on Hampton (just south of 44). I hadn’t been there in 15+ years — maybe 20 years! But it was such a disorganized mess back then, I just stopped going all together. Its a LOT better organized now, but their jazz selection (at least CD’s) — while pretty darn large, actually — looked like it had been well-picked over years ago. I might even go back again in a year and go thru everything again, A to Z — but I also don’t think I’ll really discover any more than another small handful of half-interesting discs (and it looks like their jazz stock barely changes year over year). A friend who’s been there more over the years says their Rock CD’s change a lot more frequently — and those seem to be their bread and butter.

I’ve been on the lookout for John Dennis’ lone leader-date on CD for about 4 years… but I’m visiting my dad this week here in St. Louis, and yesterday I finally snagged a nearly mint used copy of New Piano Expressions on CD for just $8. Pretty sure all the copies I’d ever found/seen online were always for like $20 (give or take), plus shipping. About dropped my teeth when I saw it too — I’d never seen one out in the wild before, ever.

Me too (re: “Hello Dad, I’m in Jail”). Never exactly caught the Was Now Was bug, but for a couple months my senior year of college I had “Hell Dad” as the greeting on my answering machine (all 2 minutes of it).

Not jazz, but I had a dream just last night that Keith Richards(!?) and I were trying to make a mushroom risotto. It started with both of us sifting thru dozens of different risotto recipes online, trying to pick one — and then we tried to make the best one (or some combo of several different recipes). And now. reflecting back on the dream as I’m typing this, I’m convinced it may have actually been a scene in some sitcom too — i.e. there may have been a laugh-track and/or studio audience watching while Keith and I were trying to work it all out. (Note: I don’t like mushrooms, but I have made shrimp risotto a few times.)

This was uploaded to YouTube about (or at least) a year ago — with the same “cover” image that Dusty has in their listing. (Which makes me wonder if the image Dusty has up will really be the actual cover of the legit release coming out next month.)

I know Buck Hill’s story, now that I live in DC and literally have a 5-story reminder that I walk by several times a week… https://dcist.com/story/19/08/28/theres-a-new-tallest-mural-in-town-honoring-local-jazz-legend-buck-hill/ (And for the record, I did learn about Hill’s story before the mural, but only because Hill became part of my education about “DC” musicians, which I felt obligated to learn more of when I moved here a dozen+ years ago.) THAT SAID, what was Wes Montgomery’s similar story? Had he specially been a postman? — or what other non-music job did he hold? — for what I gather from your post was a longer stretch. (My Wes knowledge is pretty limited.)

So, in the parlance of Siskel and Ebert, that makes two thumbs up! 👍👍

You know, that’s a pretty fantastic album actually — long been a favorite of mine (of hers) for 25+ years. Some great modern big band charts, and interesting arranging. 👍

Just discovered this moments ago!!

Just stumbled on this footage for the first time — which seems to be a newer upload of the same thing that started this thread a few years ago.

Land and Hutch live in ‘71, great color footage!! Never seen this before this moment, seems to have been uploaded about a year ago.

Yeah, opening that link triggers my WashPo app to open — but no story appears for me. I’ll try on our laptop at some point (maybe tomorrow), but I sorta doubt it’ll work any better.

I can’t seem to find a link to any sort of WashPo obit for him — but my wife and I are WashPo subscribers. Also, searching on “roland cumberland“ on the WashPo app doesn’t seem to bring anything up. But if you or anyone can provide a link, I’m glad to get behind their paywall and share what I find.

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Who was it that quoted the Woody Woodpecker theme?? — more than just once, iirc. I know Woody Shaw actually recorded the tune (in the studio no less). But somebody, Woody? — and/or maybe Dex too? — did it as just a quote in one or more solos. That always sorta cracked me up — although I haven’t heard it in decades now (which leads me to believe it was Dex).

Willette doesn’t have enough general name recognition, even among jazz fans — would be his argument (not mine). But if Grant Green was on the date, sure! — Zev would go for that quick, I’d bet. That said, Zev has helped get a few obscure-ish things out… Larry Young in Paris (helped that Woody Shaw was on a bunch of it) — and Roy Brooks at the Left Bank (also with Woody Shaw). Probably some others I’m forgetting.

He’s mostly allergic to names that won’t sell.

I imagine all of us do. What some of us might not have are the bonus material that only surfaced in the last decade, and only in Japan. That would be the only reason for many folks to upgrade — and it’s a real shame they didn’t include those ‘new’ (newish) alternates. Real missed opportunity.

Appreciate this second-person (i.e. fairly direct) insight, Allen — but I also appreciate your abbreviated level of detail — which seems wholly appropriate in a public forum. (Enough for folks to get a sense of the situation, without getting too far into personal details.) Thank you, Allen.

Yeah, that’s a crime they haven’t included any of the recent Japanese-exclusive alternates. I’m glad I got all those I wanted with those alternates (Unity and Out To Lunch especially, plus Mode For Joe had a really nice one — maybe a couple others that were less revelatory).

Where’d/how’d you end up with a copy of that Habiliment LP??!!!

Which way is up?? 🤣

Was that this Herbie comp?? (Not seeing anything on Discogs with quite a ‘paper bag’ color to it, unless this is it. https://www.discogs.com/release/5686851-Herbie-Hancock-The-Best-Of-Herbie-Hancock Yeah, when I found The Prisoner up at JRM, I had literally never even heard of it before, had no idea of its existence. It was a brand new CD, but a cut-out, so it was already OOP. I was SO excited to get it home to listen to, especially since it had Joe Henderson on it! — who I already knew from two of his albums being half the my very first 4 jazz albums ever.

Check my link to that earlier thread — there’s definitely auditory evidence there!!