Yes the Paris Rue de Navarre store is still open. The owner (Arnaud Boubet) has moved to Sommieres in southern France where he has opened another Paris Jazz Corner shop.
The LP series started in 1981 and kept publishing thru the decade.
I had the full set and sold it with the rest of my vinyls. I am now getting the CDs with the added material. All invaluable music. God bless Jerry Valburn!
Eddie Henderson, Julian Priester, Bennie Maupin, Buster Williams and Billy Hart were with Hancock when he performed at the Juan les Pins festival on July 21, 1971.
I was at the 1969 Antibes festival. Hancock did not play then (Miles was there with Chick Corea, so was Bobby Hutcherson with Harold Land).
Hancock played with his band at the Antibes festival in 1971.
My copy (brand new!) comes from the secondhand section of my record store. It often sells discarded copies that were used for records reviews.
The store does not carry the regular CDs yet.
The Chris Sheridan Bio-Discography does not list any Royal Suite, no mention of a 1948 Carnegie Hall concert either. Work was scarce at the time for many bands.
Sad to hear of his disappearance!
Most of his albums are very enjoyable. Pleasant, uncomplicated and swinging music!
He was also a very good photographer.
The music - and its sound - are splendid. At that prize it's a no-brainer.
Favorite track (and there are plenty of them) is the rarely played Neal Hefti's 'Pensive Miss' that gets a five-star treatment from Snooky Young on disc 2.
I strongly suspect the set comes from the busy Spain/Andorra contingent. But this is not meant as a criticism!