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Francesco's avatar

good luck with finding findings

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Brandon Ezzell's avatar

I found a copy of ‚Findings‘ once upon a time in the public library in Portland, Oregon.

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Jim Brown's avatar

There are two copies of Findings on ebay. Not cheap. I just bought the "Conversations" book from Australia, a bit over $50 with shipping. I buy a lot of books and records on that platform, good prices, and no issues that weren't fixed right away. I DO check ratings for vendors, look for numbers 98-99% positive. Shipping sometimes slow, CD cases are sometimes cracked in shipping.

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Francesco's avatar

i translated it into italian adding two missing interviews from italy

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Lewis Porter's avatar

That's great. I added a sentence to the end of the essay about your Italian edition. THANK YOU FRANCESCO

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Jacques Ponzio's avatar

https://fr.scribd.com/doc/289397012/Findings-Steve-Lacy I think it's free. I have the original but .pdf is easyer to use…

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Lewis Porter's avatar

Hello Jacques, no that is only the first 64 pages of the book, and actually it is not legal. The full book as you know is 221 pages. However that PDF file is a good sample. THANK YOU

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Lewis Porter's avatar

Yes, those of us who bought it when it was new are the lucky ones.

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Brandon Ezzell's avatar

Thank you for the three-part series on Steve Lacy

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Brandon Ezzell's avatar

I really appreciate your work and especially your insights, which are like invitations to little parties in far-away places.

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Lewis Porter's avatar

Thank you Brandon!

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Jim Brown's avatar

I've not paid much attention to Lacy, but always enjoyed his playing when I've heard it. And these recordings are especially nice. I've appreciate suggestions for some of his CDs to listen to.

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Lewis Porter's avatar

There are so many great ones, including Evidence with Don Cherry that I mentioned in Part 1, and the Straight Horn of Steve Lacy that Camila Hamel mentioned in the comments to Part 2. I also love his solo sax albums of Monk—Only Monk and More Monk. Maybe our readers will name some more favorites.

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Cliff Preiss's avatar

Thanks, Lewis! I've seen this session listed for so many years in the Atlantic Records discography but assumed like others have that the tape was lost in the Atlantic vaults fire. Glad to know it still exists. I wish the company had put the material out way back when!

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Lewis Porter's avatar

THANKS CLIFF!

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Jacques Ponzio's avatar

Lewis, I don't know which book you think of, maybe I'll publish one soon.

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Lewis Porter's avatar

I didn't know that you are working on one! Please tell me the information (you can send me a private email). I know of another author here in NYC, but he is not yet ready to share the details. THANK YOU JACQUES

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Chad's avatar

This was a great series. My copy of "Findings", which had been gifted to me, walked away with a student years ago and I've never been the same since.

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Lewis Porter's avatar

Too bad--due to such incidents, I don't loan any of my library out anymore, to anyone. If you email me privately I may have a solution for you. THANK YOU CHAD

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