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Whose going to be remebered will probably be a surpise. Look at Tina Brooks; in 1965 would anyone had said Brooks would be as popular as he's become?

"Our warp drive has fractured the space-time continuum!" Star Trek has the answer to everything.

That would be cool... Make it so!

Someone gave me all three seasons of these guys as a gift.... I'm enojying it, especially junior...

I had that same trouble when I looked up John Coltrane -- every "John" would be included. Now I just type in Coltrane and that helps, I also do that with other artists names (type in the most unique half of the name), it seems to thin things out.

Thanks for the help Ed, that clears up some of the questions I had about '61. According to Dave Wild's website that discography is suppossed to come out in September but I'm not holding my breath on that.

Wow, wrong date? Now that interesting because that means Coltrane played the Chicago gig, then went to New York on March 20 and played with Miles on Someday My Prince Will Come number, with Teo coming on the 21. The date would also make sense because Dolphy was with 'Trane at the "Village Gate" gig for all of August; then the Newport Jazz Festival in CA. Yeah, it does make sense because the Village Vanguard cuts sound too put together not to have been worked out a lot before hand by the group. Thanks! Dmitry: Garrett was on the two you mentioned as well as Live in Seattle, and Selflessness.

Trying to get a handle on Coltrane in 1961 (very interesting year!) and I'm wondering if any tapes of his time in Chicago have been released. Only information I have been able to find is this: John Coltrane Quintet Donald Garrett (bcl, ts -1/5,10/12) John Coltrane (ss, ts) McCoy Tyner (p) Reggie Workman (b) Elvin Jones (d) "Sutherland", Chicago, IL, October 10-15, 1961 private tape. 1. Liberia 2. Vierd Blues - 3. Equinox - 4. Greensleeves - 5. Bye Bye Blackbird - 6. My Favorite Things - 7. unknown title - 8. Cousin Mary - 9. unknown title - 10. I Want to Talk About You - 11. Greensleeves - 12. 2 unknown titles - One of the interesting things about this date are the songs, a number of which are not played at the Village Vanguard only two weeks later. In fact, only Bye Bye Blackbird and Greensleeves show up on the VV set lists. It's clear that Dolphy's presence had a major influence on the set list which Donald Garrett did not have. Well, anyway, enough of my rambling on about 'Trane and 1961. So, have any of the Chicago songs seen the light of day? I can't find any record of it so far.

Speaking of prices: Why don't the B&M figure out that the lower the price, the more people will spend on cds? I would buy a lot more if the prices went down at Tower's but, outside of a sale, that never happens. A good example is the Concord sale; I bought way more cds that I never ever thought of getting because of price. Now, with all the orders Concord are getting, they have a nice cash influx. I know there has to be a mark up for running a B&M but sometimes the prices are ridiculous.

Thinking of putting in another order and I noticed that Eric Dolphy's k-2 of at the Five Spot and Outward Bound are gone.

I'm at 10 business days and still waiting word from Concord. It must take close to an hour for one persone to fill an order of 50+.

GoM: Thanks for the heads up. I know "Journey Into Fear" came out in VHS form but it doesn't seem to have been done DVD. Waiting for that to happen. Supposedly Orson Wells was the "real" director for JIF.

Happy Birthday!

Noticed that the Bill Evans box is off the site now....

Next thing you'll be telling us is that you don't like "Perfect Strangers."

J.J. Johnson: Complete Columbia Small Group Recordings. Disk 2.

"Yes, but where do we find a strap big enough for a B-3?"

Yikes!! I'm way down the line with my orders being around 6050. Hope they make it for my birthday in October.

It's not called a "where-house" for nothing.....

Looking at Francis Bacon & Robert Oppenheimer, it strikes me for the first time that there is some kind of connection between the two, like Newman captured something that is present in both. Hmmmmm....

I've been looking at a lot of Arnold Newman lately, just a masterful artist. I'm going have to sit down someday and do some serious studying about photography; it's fascinating.

Off topic, sorry: Isn't kind of amazing how far Steve Allen's coolness factor has dropped in the years after his death? I remember growing up that he was hailed as a genius, and very hip -- now he seems so very dated.

Elliot Smith: Either/Or Bob Dylan: The Complete Basement Tapes Remastered er... I haven't straightned out my cd pile in awhile.....

Truly -- all parties concerned are either dead or too old. Let them rest in peace and just listen to the music.

Ran into a great sale at Tower Record today; a bunch of Impulse! cds on sale for $9.99, and if you bought four, you got the fifth one free. So I was able to get a jump start on my late-Coltrane cds. John Coltrane: Living Space Stellar Regions Impressions Coltrane Meditations Interstellar Space Sun Ship Kulu Se Mama Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins On Impluse! Roy Haynes Quartet: Out Of The Afternoon