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Hi guys,

Hope ya'all goin' fine and healthy! Wintertime and cold temperatures, slower business activity, finally gave me plenty of time to read Curt's book, an excellent reading filled with a lot of pleasure and - faithful to WR's tradition - experimentation. I got in mind to read the book while playing at the same time the records associated to the chapters I was reading; if it went too fast, I would either supplement with live stuff from that same period and ... this was a lot of fun, having me to in fact listen back to all the band's official output!

And while I was doing this, I crossed something I wanted to share with you. I hadn't been aware of it before or even thinking of it but I found out that premises of Weather's hit Birdland already can be heard back to 1975! It happened while I was listening to the Live and Unreleased double CD. Listen to CD2's last track and at around 6:15, you clearly hear Joe playing what would become the tune's intro riff, later characterized by Jaco's harmonic's trade mark. Joe repeats it a few times before the tune moves on back to the Dr. Honoris Causa / Directions motive.

Maybe it's already known since long but I had never conscienceously thought of it before. I had also stumbled upon another live ocurrence of it (can't remember which) and finally today fell upon by pure chance on this video: (already at 0:30) so it has certainly been in the can many times, as a programmed part in the playing, not just a one-off improvisation.

Closing with a little comment on Curt's book. After having been accustomed to the track by track analysis and listing of players following, I was somehow wondering why - on the Black Market chapter - exception was made and tracks were dissecated as usual but without no mention of Jaco's name until quite late on the chapter (this for non afficionados). Curt, was there a specific reason behind? In any case many many thanks for the great passionate job and helping me to go through winter :-)

Cheers everyone,

Pierre