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23 hours ago, BillF said:

And, if we're going to be exact, the shot in the album booklet looks like it was taken a second or so before or after the one I've posted here.

 

23 hours ago, bichos said:

wow, this high Studio ceiling is not (in my) takin´off Album! never see the whole Picture! only the musicians. but anyway i was also not Aware that sir charles was with us so Long. love his tunes and the way he accompaninemt the musicians during their solos!

 

In fact the photo COMPLETE with the ceiling (even a wee bit more) is in the "Celebrating Bird" book by Gary Giddins, and cropped versions (showing only part of the ceiling) are in "Black Beauty White Heat" and Ken Vail's "Bird's Diary" (and certainly in others). So the photo in the "Taking Off" booklet seems to be the rarer one which is not seen often.

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1 hour ago, Big Beat Steve said:

Probably the sessions EXCEPT the 1955 trio session, right? Seems like that latter one has not been served that well by easily acessible reissues.

Apart from that, the above reissue probably is the one Lazaro Vega saw mentioned. But again -  "For the Ears" and Coleman Hawkins is a confusing combination because this refers to two separate sessions.

 

As you say, no 1955 trio session. Included are 4 tracks from a 1956 trio session: "Best By Test", etc.

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1 hour ago, Big Beat Steve said:

Looks like that's the one I was referring to ("Best by Test" is one of the tracks, though the complete session actually includes six tracks).  Could Jepsen and Bruyninckx both have been wrong about the recording date? They give a date of 16 Feb. 1955.

The tracks on this album from a session simply dated as 1956 are Best By Test, Love for Sale, Stompin' at the Savoy and Hey There. As there are inaccuracies in the numbering of the tracks on the album, the session date is probably also incorrect.

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9 hours ago, BillF said:

The tracks on this album from a session simply dated as 1956 are Best By Test, Love for Sale, Stompin' at the Savoy and Hey There. As there are inaccuracies in the numbering of the tracks on the album, the session date is probably also incorrect.

Yes, these are four of the six tracks from the 16 Feb. 1955 session. Missing are "Sonny Howard's Blues" (maybe a bit too R&B-ish for the compilers?) and "Mr. Sandman" (a bit too pop-ish? But still very nice and a surprise in this setting ...)

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On ‎21‎.‎06‎.‎2016 at 8:32 PM, Big Beat Steve said:

 

In fact the photo COMPLETE with the ceiling (even a wee bit more) is in the "Celebrating Bird" book by Gary Giddins, and cropped versions (showing only part of the ceiling) are in "Black Beauty White Heat" and Ken Vail's "Bird's Diary" (and certainly in others). So the photo in the "Taking Off" booklet seems to be the rarer one which is not seen often.

the photo is credited to charles b. nadell. he is also the photographer from bird´s and dizzy´s town hall concert may 16, 1945 (four months earlier as the sir charles session). it seems that he was at the right places...   who was he?  charles b. nadell!

 

Keep boppin´

marcel  

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2 hours ago, bichos said:

the photo is credited to charles b. nadell. he is also the photographer from bird´s and dizzy´s town hall concert may 16, 1945 (four months earlier as the sir charles session). it seems that he was at the right places...   who was he?  charles b. nadell!

 

Keep boppin´

marcel  

Very good photographer, anyway!

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