Comments on: Jazz Collector In Box: Time Traveling in Jazz

By: Michel

Michel — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 07:50:28 +0000

True posters from this era rarely bear a year date. This one seems too good to be true, just like reliced Stratocasters.

By: Art Klempner

Art Klempner — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 21:54:20 +0000

I’m just wondering, there appears to be a connection between those much beloved and their l.p. price. I’m just not sure what that is … some of them didn’t even record for Blue note !

By: James Allen

James Allen — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:50:12 +0000

I’ve been lucky enough to see most of the people on your list Clifford plus many others.
I remember seeing Lester Bowie, with Amina Myers, at a theatre in Wimbledon performing amongst the set of Babes in the Wood which was showing there at the time.
A one off for sure!

By: Bill Lavin

Bill Lavin — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:25:53 +0000

I’ve had time-machine dreams. How about Monk-Coltrane at the Five Spot? Bird-Diz at Billy Berg’s? Mintons, 1941?

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:53:33 +0000

Time machine? Coltrane at any point in his career.

Four Days in December & the October Revolution presented by the Jazz Composers Guild.

London at Ronnie Scott’s Old Place or the Little Theatre Club. The Lila Eule in Bremen, late ’60s. Fasching in Stockholm, 1980s. Gyllen Cirkeln, early 1960s. The American Center in Paris in the mid-70s.

But I’ve been lucky to see many greats, sometimes multiple times — Cecil, Ornette, Wadada Leo Smith, Derek Bailey, Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, David S. Ware, William Parker, Ted Brown, Lee Konitz, Noah Howard, Bobby Few, Alan Silva, Tony Oxley, Barry Guy, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Misha Mengelberg, Evan Parker, Paul Bley, Joe Morris, the Arkestra (under Marshall Allen’s direction), all the AEC except for Lester Bowie, tons of young players that are and will be great… the list is long!

By: John Flexner

John Flexner — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:47:01 +0000

Bird, then Lester, after hours, late 40’s. Saw Mingus wirh Dolphy, Curson, Richmond (Five Spot); Trane with McCoy, Steve Davis, Elvin ( Judge’s Chamber, E. St. Louis); Miles with Shorter, Herbie et al (St. Louis); AEC (Taos, NM)—Jarman and Mitchell just incredible together. Ornette (New Orleans—pre Katrina. These are toward the top.

By: Jay K

Jay K — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:56:59 +0000

I’m assuming the signatures at the bottom of the letter were mechanical reproductions – but if not, wowee!

By: maarten kools

maarten kools — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:32:48 +0000

go back in time.. would go on a lazy sunday afternoon to the village vanguard on june 25 1961.. (with a small hangover from saturdaynight),.. guess the sun would be out there in the street, would smoke myself a small joint (i’m from amsterdam)
..go downstairs and sit at a table.. some 30 (?)other people there… get a cup of coffee and a whisky (i’m from amsterdam)… Bill would start to play .. people would talk softly, sound of glasses and coffee cups.. scott joins on the bass.. paul would play soft and sunday-morning- relaxed… slowly get in this relaxed and mesmerizing state… life is perfect.

By: don-lucky

don-lucky — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:12:50 +0000

…I like where your head is at on this issue Al ! (Note to self: Go back in time a bit early to hit up the local record shops for first pressings and bring sharpies… heh heh !)

By: gregory the fish

gregory the fish — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 14:53:36 +0000

in truth, the real result of taping, filesharing, etc, turned out to be a huge boon for creative, independent artists, with increased concert attendance, merch sales, and exposure, and no real dent to disc sales. there is hard data on this.

it only hurt huge top 40 crap peddlers and their labels. of course, the huge labels were the real ones who stood to lose, and exploited their artists for public image to stop taping, because when you base your whole business model on a top 40 artist only having one or two decent tracks on an album, taping kills those album sales and concert dollars.

i’m still tired and incoherent, but you know what i’m trying to say.