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That session of 16 March 1956 (Captain Jetter/Nuzzolese Blues, etc) is very nice indeed. Pulled it out the other day during a "U.S. visitors to France" moment.  The session recorded the day before for the Club Francais du Disque (I Found A New Baby/Charlie Was in Rouen/Crazy Rhythm/Charlie Went To Cherbourg) is also worth a listen. I now see I discussed it briefly with King Ubu in this thread in 2007 (19 years on now ... this decidedly makes me feel OLD! ) For some reason the French original 10" has always gone for insane prices. I had found a clean copy of the German 10" release of this back in the early 90s and later was surprised to see the prices the French 10" on CfD went for on eBay even in the early 2000s. But it's been reissued several times by now. That 1961 Paris session has escaped me so far. Apparently reissued a million times in Japan but nowhere else ever. Will have to check it out anyway.

He is one of the greatest here in Europe. I have played with him...... You are right ! Sounds superb.  For me it is wonderful, to hear the ride cymbal of Tootie Heath so well.  This was the first Dexter Gordon I ever had.  Imagine: I came from Free Jazz, Electric Jazz and got to Bird and Bop only after I had read about him in essays about Mingus or Dolphy or Ornette Coleman..... So when I had bought my first Bird, I was eager to listen to the other Masters of Bop, like Diz, Fats, Bud, and be sure, Dexter. He was living in Europe then and it was most easy possible to hear him live. So.....after hearing him the first time, I got this LP in the record shop.....ain´t that a cute story ????  I have a certain weakness for Brew Moore since I had heard his tenor in some of the fastest company of Bop Greats that exists: With Howard McGhee, with Fats, with Miles, with Bird....., and he just kept his very Lester Young influenced style, never changed it, played all them incredible bop tunes at ultra fast tempos with his Lester Young influence.  Really nice......even if I must admit I listen much more to more advanced musicians, but got idea to go back and listen to that incredible "Miles Davis - Last Bop-Session, Birdland Juni 30th 1950).... that will be music for the small hours. I can spin my stuff at a very high volume and make "scandal" since I have my own house (not bought....jazz musicians are poor! but left to me after my parents died). My sweethearts of my dreams, Princess Andreea Irina is often touring as a model, like me as a musician, and we can´t be together nonstop, and when we together.....she digs the music, we fell in love when she was in the audience when I played a gig..... ! 

March 8 George Coleman - 1935

Strange career, Slagle. One of those guys I almost never see mentioned, even here.  I mostly know him as Steve Kuhn's saxophonist, but I know he actually did quite a few leader and co-leader dates.