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https://www.discogs.com/Ben-Webster-Ben-At-His-Best/release/4124993 For the guy asking about Bens LP for the grocery store – Ben Op Zijn Best the above is a French reissue of the same LP that can be bought very cheaply. It’s a really good LP....in the book on Ben’s life it’s described as the best Ben LP you don’t already own.

Any news of whether this will be released on vinyl?

Fully agree with everyone about Tokyo and Last Great Concert but also a big fan of the Chet Baker and Ake Johansson Trio Lp. In regards to Chet books the best has to be Matthew Ruddicks Funny Valentine a perfect mix of Chet's lifestyle and the music results from it...also a great discography http://www.funnyvalentine.org/funnyvalentine.org/Discography,_Part_1.html The worst Chet book award just has to go to Angel Wings truly appalling don't even bother attempting it.

More shops this time in North London....first Alans Records in East Finchley, then Flashback in Crouch End and the Little Record Shop (right next to Konk studios home of the Kinks) also loads of vinyl in Audio Gold between Muswell Hill and Crouch End.....that little lot should keep you going for a bit...

Thanks for posting the YouTube link it was great to watch, alongside all the factual books there's also Bill Moody's novel http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/2002/04/bill-moody-author-of-looking-for-chet-baker/ which is a great read if you love jazz and detectives

This is a whole new scene to me but wouldn't Cannonball's "Mercy Mercy Me" and The Jazz Crusaders journey from Jazz to Funk feature fairly largely in the story of Soul Jazz?

Do you have a link to the EBay sale as I couldn't find any results when I searched earlier for the LP? Thanks for the reply Do you have a link to the EBay sale as I couldn't find any results when I searched earlier for the LP? Thanks for the reply

I found yesterday a copy of a 1969 MIchael Garrick LP called "A Jazz Cantato (For Martin Luther King)" it states on the back that it was only sold to Participants, Parents and Friends of the Farnham Festival 1969 so I'm guessing this was a private label release but if anyone has any further information I would be most grateful. Here's the front cover And the back cover As you can see it also features Ian Carr & Dan Rendell so a pretty impressive line up.

Well worth a read if you want to find out even more about Art Peeper's amazing life, after reading Straight Life this gives a completely different perspective of the events in Arts life and for me its makes Art's music seem even more incredible when you read about the conditions it was recorded under. Laurie has done an amazing job with the book and its complete honesty may prove shocking to some people. The only thing I wish is that a bit more effort had been taken in reproducing the photos as their reproduction in the book is not great (maybe something that can be fixed in future editions)

Surely the money kept rolling in from abroad, I'm sure the Japanese market alone (120 million people) would have been able to keep it afloat as Jazz on Vinyl is a much more mainstream interest than it ever was in the US or Europe.

Please let us know if it turns up, but somehow I doubt it a book like this when its published would generate a lot of press attention and so far I've seen nothing so fingers crossed & I'm proved wrong.

If you need any advice on setting up your turntable try this site it gives good straight forward advice & has plenty of pictures to explain everything http://www.soundfountain.com/amb/ttadjust.html Then just take it slow & steady and you will have a great sounding deck.

There's been a real revolution in book publishing with the advent of ebooks/kindle you can just do it yourself without the problems of trying to interest a publisher (the setup costs are very low so even with few sales money can be made). But jazz is a world wide interest and in some areas (Japan for instance is still fairly mainstream with a cover mount Blue Note magazine being advertised on TV last year)so you have a whole world to potentially sell the book to and I know for one I would love a book of jazz stars in Paris through the 50/60's) So come on Brownie back down into the cellar for you & get digging the world awaits!

I was wondering what the sound quality is like on these CD's, is it up to the official Columbia stuff like Carnegie Hall, Miles In Berlin etc? I guess different dates will vary but in general is this something a fairly interested fan would like, or is it a listen to it once only for completists job?

I recently managed to pick up both the Mole Jazz Lp's and love them, so its great to hear the views of people who were actually there on the night....if you have any more recollections please keep them coming!!