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Paolo also had these interviews of musicians who worked with Bird on cdrs, which I regret not following up and have never seen/ heard anywhere. (The Al Haig interviews on 80 & 82 may be duplicates). BIRD'S EYES 63 apparently contains a tape of Bird's 'Blindfold Test' with Leonard Feather BIRD'S EYES VOL. 78 RAY BROWN INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD September 20,1989 44' RED RODNEY INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD April 22, 1982 4' DIZZY GILLESPIE INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD June 15, 1984 10' BIRD'S EYES VOL. 79 HOWARD MC GHEE INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD 61' WIELERT DOODLEY INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD 3' (W.D. worked for King Sax Company and repaired Bird's Sax) BIRD'S EYES VOL. 80 AL HAIG INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD August 1973 41'' DUKE JORDAN INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD August 19 37' BIRD'S EYES VOL. 81 MAX ROACH INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD September 1989 39' BARRY ULANOV INTERVIEWED ABOUT BIRD August 1973 27' BIRD'S EYES VOL. 82 AL HAIG INTERVIEW ABOUT BIRD 08.73 / 41 MIN 27

I see founder/ owner Paolo Piangiarelli died Jan 2 2022. The label was probably best known for its Bird's Eyes series (well over 100 rare/ historical releases, a Lester series, and numerous recordings of Konitz, Phil Woods, Chet Baker and various European musicians etc. RIP

. I think most of us appreciate Chambers as one of the great bass players - however, to these ears, there are times where he overdid it with the bow. Long arco solos, often poorly recorded on noisy band stands, can be seriously anti-climactic...

Imagine if he'd been bowing ...

"Dee's Dilemma" from "Live at the Moonlight" (1985), Macerata, Italy - Michel Grallier (piano), Massimo Moriconi (bass)

Sorry to hear that - incredible what he put out! A lot of love went into that catalogue! RIP.

Interesting that you went back to Bird, Bud, Fats, Dameron etc. Many don't.

Thanks folks. Listening to Lennie's changes behind the bass solo, I hear "You Can Depend on Me" (Wow) - but I can't hear that through the line. And I can't hear "It's You or No One" either ... or, as yet... Time will tell... amazing.

Enjoying disk V (duos/ trios with Sonny Dallas). Would anybody know the changes for "Forever Lines" (track 4)? I can't quite place them and it's driving me nuts. Often there is a hint in the title but if so, it eludes me.

Audio CD is here (+ 4 tracks of Tristano / Marsh quartet at Half Note 1958)

"Ebullient" was how he was often described in the jazz press - apparently had a vaudeville family background. Lennie Tristano was pianist in "The Chubby Jackson Quartet" when he (Lennie) arrived from Chicago in 1946, but there were personality problems, as you might imagine. I always thought he was the guy who shouted out "Here comes Charlie Parker!" on that "Your Father's Moustache" track by the Harris-Jackson Herd broadcast from Birdland in '53 but on checking (Losin) it seems it was drummer Morey Feld . Anyway, wild band, wild track and great Bird ...

It's not perfect, but It's a pick-up group in the early days of TV. We're lucky to have it! You're getting a bit mean in your old age, Gheorghe .

Wasn't it Lester and Bird? I seem to remember doing that ...

I thought I was the only one ...

Thanks for that, Mark - hours of enjoyment ahead.

RIP Barry - thanks for the beautiful, meaningful, swinging jazz ....

Right! No "underwater" playing from Haig here (Tristano) - he's on fire! Diz is great too!

I received the cds a couple of weeks ago and feel it’s a worthwhile package. Essentially it’s an historical document of Bird's various visits to the West Coast - there is greater Bird available, so primarily it’s for completest Bird fans – I’m one of them so the sound (not great/ not too bad/ heard and enjoyed much worse) is not a problem for me. Beef is too much Harry the Hipster, included for the scene, I guess. Highlights for me are the opening “How High the Moon” with Diz, Cherokee with Nat Cole (which I had from long ago), and the session with Miles and Albany. All the Bird is interesting. The slightly stoned sound of the ranch party adds to the stoned atmosphere.

Amazon Japan says release 11/24 (￥3960).

OK - checked it out - some mixed reports but it would seem not cousins as in family - maybe bass cousins

Agree with that - weren't he and Paul Chambers cousins? There is some (family) resemblance in their playing ... both playing / pushing right on top of the beat ...

The site has just added audio clips ...

Sounds like a lot of fun. I presume it lives up to its title?

What this album really needed was for Clifford to take solo choruses - his playing, exquisite as it is, is limited to "melody and embellishment", yet he was one of the great improvisors! More Clifford would certainly have relieved the "tedium" of Hefti's charts. Seems like a lost opportunity to me ...