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Jack Bruce made some nice recordings with Kip Hanrahan. For instance, Vertical's Currency pairs Bruce on vocals with David Murray. There are others, where Bruce plays with the likes of Don Pullen, George Adams and others under the production leadership of Hanrahan. Some of these are kind of hit and miss, but the good tracks are quite good.

This is a great group, and the release of this DVD is a major event for Mingus fans. The Changes quintet plays The Devil Blues, Free Cell Block F, and an epic Sue's Changes. Then guests Benny Bailey and Gerry Mulligan are featured (with Pullen and Mingus) on Goodbye Pork Pie Hat and Take the A Trane. The sound is generally good, except that George Adams is somewhat erratically recorded.

I'm content with having most of the CD sets--the Hawkins, Eldridge and the Swing Trumpets, Lester Young, Benny Carter, Lennie Tristano, Fabulous Ellingtonians. Some great music in these sets.

I sure recommend those Ned Rothenberg Double Band CDs.

Somewhere a plastic surgeon is driving a Porsche.

Reflections in Blue is an excellent Blakey date, with the Blanchard/Harrison/Toussaint/Miller edition of the Jazz Messengers. Timeless released a number of recordings by George Adams and Don Pullen that I strongly recommend. In addition, there is the Kirk Lightsey-Freddie Hubbard date Temptation, which is one of Freddie's greatest recordings.

I decided to make the drive to see Ornette Coleman. I must say he sounds great; his sound is so pure and beautiful. And, unlike with Prime Time, in an accoustic setting, you can hear his sound so clearly. He played with Denardo on drums, and two bassists, one of whom was Greg Cohen. Alas, no Charnet Moffett. The highlight for me was the stunning version of Lonely Woman. They played one set, about and hour and a half. I was pleased to see Ornette treated with such deserved reverence by the audience. Anyone else see this?

I like Solo Saxophone on Sweet Earth.

I have the Scofield on laserdisc. It's a good one.

I'm planning on heading to Austin on Sunday to see Ornette Coleman.

Have you heard Moffett's new release? It's awfully good.

Yes indeed. Mingus has been an automatic purchase for me in all instances since I first heard Mingus Moves in 1974.

I bought one in the late 1980s that has a blank cover and blank labels on the LP.

I've never run across this before. The only bootlegs of the Mingus Moves/Changes group I've heard have been of very poor quality.

It's available for pre-order at amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...?v=glance&s=dvd

That's quite an interesting database. Were all of these performances actually recorded?

After Hours is the only fairly recent recording by Ira Sullivan I've come across. It's a good one. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=glance&s=music

Breakthru, Debut in Blues, and Carnival Sketches, all by trumpter Gene Shaw, on Argo.

Does anyone else have Sun Ra meets John Cage? As I recall, they don't actually play at the same time. I wondered about the rarity of this LP, which I bought from the band in the late 1980s.

I have the original vinyl of this one (purchased used), but the pressing is so noisy, I could never really listen to it.

Mingus lives in the form of the Mingus Big Band, which has been playing weekly at the Fez in New York City for the last dozen or so years. Their recordings are worthwhile, though I would get all the Mingus-led sessions first. I don't think there is anyone comparable to Mingus today. I hear a little Mingus parallel in drummer/leader Bobby Previte, who is an interesting composer and fine leader who has been making really good recordings in relative obscurity since the 1980s. http://www.bobbyprevite.com/

I started buying Mingus in 1974, and those two Bethleham LPs were among the hardest to find. They were reissued on LP by Affinity in 1982-83; I was very happy to finally obtain copies. As for underappreciated, I would nominate the group with Charle McPherson, Bobby Jones, Eddie Preston, Jaki Byard and Dannie Richmond that recorded to 2LPs for the French America label (reissued as a twofer, Reincarnation of a Lovebird).

The April 19th concert on The Great Concert... is the better concert.

Perhaps not the equal to the Morgan/Shorter, Hubbard/Shorter, or Mobley/Byrd/Silver edition of the Jazz Messengers, but that edition of Blakey's group with Terence Blanchard as musical director was sure good. They sure took me to musical heights two nights when they played at the Caravan of Dreams.

Fortunately, the Bush/Cheney team, making the music world safe from Cat Stevens, stepped in and silenced the horror.