Tom in RI

I've been a Cadence subscriber for a long time and I can't understand why anyone on this board wouldn't be.

I don't think anyone has mentioned the Mighty One, Mighty Sam McClain. Check him out.

I am partial to two on Pacific Jazz, Groove, with Ben Webster, and Groovin with Jug, with Gene Ammons, obviously. I could use recs on other dates with Holmes.

Does Mosaic send these out by number order? I received both the Green and Weston sets Thursday and number on the Weston was over 1500. The number itself matters not to me but does that mean they've sold that many already? Here'shoping so.

I poked around on the web and I don't see where he has recorded anything since the mid '90's (East Down Septet). Anybody know if he's still active?

Sorry to have left out this suggestion last night (it was in my office) but Uptown's "Boston 1952" features good broadcast sound, complete songs, Symphony SId, and, of course, the great notes.

Ouch, sorry about that Chuck, I edited the post. What sort of malfeasance was Stash involved with?

Another couple of good sounding broadcasts to look for are the Sept/Nov 1947 shows organized by Barry Ulanov originally issued, I think, on Spotlite and licensed by Zim Records. Don't know what label has put these out on cd.

Live Bird, you buys your ticket and you takes your chances. I started picking up Bird boots on vinyl in the '70's and since they usually mixed sessions you could get great fidelity (relatively speaking) next to pretty indifferent sound. Pressings generally weren't too good either on these. One of these was Invincible Bird which included the session with Chet Baker and Sonny Criss, that has since been out on cd also, 4 tunes in good boot sound and exciting performances too. Another, Parktec 4627, included notes from "Dr. Claude Donkke" who was proported to have an additional 12 volumes to issue (this was part of the Boris Rose stuff I believe) and included a great sounding live Dance of the Infidels. Jim, I agree on Bird Seed, I bought it and could not listen to it after several tries. Some of the other Stash issues are quite good including Early Bird (wonderful sounding broadcasts with Jay McShann) and Rara Avis and The Bird You Never Heard. Another lp that my small circle of young jazz addicts considered essential listening way back when was Bird on the Air which had the Parker, Benny Carter, Willie Smith broadcast where each takes a feature with the Nat Cole trio, Cherokee in Bird's case. I don't know its status on cd but I have a fine sounding Carnegie Hall concert from Nov. 14, 1952 that features Bird on about 20 minutes of music, 3 cuts with strings and 2 in quintet with Dizzy. Along the same lines is The Birdland Allstars Live at Carnegie Hall that was issued on vinyl on Roulette. This dates from Sept. 25, 1954 and has three very good sounding Bird cuts. Great to hear Uptown has more live Bird on the way (and Don Byas too!). I'll be looking for the Allen Eager also. Thanks for the news, Chuck.

I saw Wayne Shorter Sunday night in Boston. Here's a reveiw from the Boston Globe. I thougt Wayne sounded a little tentative on tenor and more forceful on soprano. Short night, 50 minute set or so and one encore. MUSIC REVIEW Shorter Quartet: four brains, one being By Steve Greenlee, Globe Staff, 4/8/2003 ayne Shorter, jazz's greatest living composer, for the most part eschewed form for the entirety of his quartet's concert Sunday night at Berklee Performance Center. Instead, the group engaged in a free-flowing exchange of ideas that created a long series of peaks and valleys that only hinted at composition. It was an enthralling event. Anyone who expected the saxophonist and his rhythm section -- pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade -- to ''play'' selections from their new album, ''Alegria,'' was in for a shock. Not only does the album revel in the composed form, but half of the compositions don't belong to Shorter, and they aren't jazz tunes, either. Also, the quartet creates only the core of the disc's music; woodwinds, cellos, horns, and percussion round out the sound, which is equal parts jazz, classical, and world music. What they played Sunday may not have technically fit the definition of free jazz, but it came as close as you can without crossing that line. The quartet seemed less a collection of personnel than a large organism with four brains. One musician introduced an idea, another picked up the thread, and all conversed over it, until someone decided how to alter it. Shorter's ideas were clearly there, though it would be wrong to say that any one of the five pieces the group played was a ''song.'' Snippets of composition served as only the barest of frames for improvisation. Shorter wanted the audience to know right from the beginning that something was up. It wasn't immediately clear whether Perez and Patitucci were warming up their fingers, adjusting their instruments, or actually starting to play -- until Blade started striking the rims of his drums with his sticks, and then Shorter furtively blew a few notes. Aha, this is the first tune. Shorter hadn't led an acoustic band in three decades before he assembled Perez, Patitucci, and Blade a couple of years ago. Not only is he making better music than ever, but at 69 years old he's one of the most relevant, exciting artists around. Wayne Shorter Quartet At: Berklee Performance Center, Sunday night This story ran on page D7 of the Boston Globe on 4/8/2003. © Copyright 2003 Globe Newspaper Company.

I came to the Joe Henderson party really late. The first disc I had with him featured, still one of my favorites, is Bruce Forman's Forman on the Job. Henderson is featured on a little over half the tunes. Outstanding. Hey Barak, I recognize your avatar!

You can't go wrong with any of the the Art Farmer dates from the '80's that featured Clifford Jordan on Soul Note and Contemporary. Another date on Strata East that I tend to reach for more than "In the World" is a live date called "Reasons in Tonality" which features Jordan along side George Coleman and Julius Watkins. I think it was primarily drummer Keno Duke's date. Tom in RI (formerly Happyguy-99)