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'One of the best actor of his generation...

A Very Happy Birthday to you!

Many, many thanks to Fer Urbina for allowing us a brief visit to the VV kitchen...d

At that rime, Mobley was not world famous. He had trouble making ends meet. The hospital room you mention was at the Hopital La Rochefoucauld on the avenue du Général Leclerc on the Paris Left Bank. I was with Mobley at one of the Byg recording session (in August 1969) where he was invited to play by Archie Shepp and I went with him from the Studio Davout and the two of us traveled back on the Métropolitain to the hospital. I could not enter the hospital at night.. I already mentioned this in a Mobley in Europe thread here several years ago. Incidentally we did not speak about thé Algerian war then.

I have the vinyl set and enjoy listening to it from time to time. Great quintet and great box. Wish they had some photos from those gigs included in thé liner notes. Glad I purchased that LP music when it was available Also have thé Miles/Gil Evans LP Mosaic box. Wish I had gotten some more sets.

Rest in Peace. Sweet Soulful master player.

Oh NO!!!

Better (as far as sound, content and booklets are concerned) was the remarkable Masters of Jazz series. They issued eight Lunceford volumes up to the April 1941 session for Decca. They had planned vol. 9 and 10 but these two were never released.

Been awaré of the garlic shortage problems for some time. Hope that our regular suppliers in southern France keep our stocks available. They keep producing their ëxcellent pink colored stuff near Lautrec (as in Toulouse Lautrec). Need to keep our health in these troubled times....

Very sad news... Saw him with Art Blakey's Messengers (Morgan, Golson, Timmons) when they appeared at the Paris Club Saint-Germain back in 1958. Great player, very nice and discreet man.

Buddy Jones was the bass player on that one.

Another victim of the Coronavirus disease is sax player Manu Dibango who died today, his family annonced this morning. He was 86.

Life is going to be more difficult to cope with these next months. Hoping to have thé people in charge will be taking the right décisions. Glad we have several knowledgeable ones over here. Now there are some saying that the annual Tour de France race may be postponed. Damn! This is getting serious...

Hé was the tower of strength in the classic Coltrane quartet whenever I heard them. His disappearance is very sad news.

My thoughts are with you and your wife.

Averty was Jean-Christophe. I miss his radio shows on the French ORTF broadcasts.

Not really my favorite film with Kirk Douglas but he was a rather crédible trumpet player in thé 1950 Michael Curtiiz opus 'Young Man With a Horn' very loosely inspiréd by Bix Beiderbecke..

Another Giant goes away. And a superb composer disappears...

Same here... hoping it was a Happy Birthday!

Richie Kamuca 'Richie' on Concord

What à great trumpet payer he was... and quite an amazing character too! Wish I had heard him and seen him live!

Happy Birthday, young man!

A Very Happy Birthday to you....

Actress Anna Karina who starred in several films by New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard including Pierrot le Fou died of cancer in Paris Saturday.

A Very Happy Birthday David!!!