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At any rate it's interesting to see this set is put into some sort of spotlight again. I must admit it's been an awful long time since I listened to it. I picked up a mint late 60s MCA stereo reissue of the 4 LP box set dirt cheap at a clearance sale years ago (a 50s original of Vol. III of the individually released LPs on German Brunswick had come my way at some point back then too), figuring that it WAS an important element of his discography and at that outlay you could not go wrong. But I listened to it once after purchase, trying to skip the narrations (not easy to do with no silent grooves proper between the tracks) which I found non-essential too (and even a bit wearisome over the course of 4 LPs) and that was that ... Louis Armstrong's All Stars just never were at the top of my priorities. Time to revisit that set at a leisurely moment now, I guess ...

Tony Scott: Dedications. Core Records COCD 9.00803 O [Germany 1989]

I probably would too!! 👍

Bria Skonberg's last recording, released just a few days ago. Excellent disc, with the focus on her trumpet playing -covering a wide range of styles and registers- rather than on her otherwise excellent vocalist skills. Highly recommended!

Yes. Like several others on this forum. And the link provided by Andybleaden last night shows a fine way (again) to access individual issues directly. Wish they'd put more issues of METRONOME online too. But their archives still are as spotty as they were in 2023.

March 16 John Lindberg - 1959

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I think he’s a very technically skilled and good pianist, but to be honest, based on the video, I don’t really understand why Allen Lowe is so excited.

I'd buy that.👌

don't have that one. Apparently it is a 7".

C.J. Box: The Crossroads

So you have PDFs of years of downbeat up to 1969???

Thanks.

I enjoy the narration but I agree it's not essential. The music is amazing.

short story collection

no one's interested in this incredible pianist? Come on folks.

I honestly think the narration is not particularly interesting or important. What is interesting and important is that Armstrong, in these performances, breaks out of the formulas he had gotten into as a matter of touring. They made him a star, but THIS made him an artist. yes, this has been released in a few formats. And any discography that is dismissive of this, one of Armstrong's great post-War efforts, ought to be tossed in the garbage, after being burned.

I personally have the three discs that Lon posted above on Jazz Unlimited. But I assume that the newer set is the same, maybe with better sound.

Charlie Byrd: Hollywood Byrd. Columbia CS-9452 [US 1967]

Like alot of sites - as soon as someone moves things - everything gets moved Here is what and how I found it again https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Down-Beat_copy(1).htm So...as today is March 15th (depends when you read this 🙂 ) https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/DownBeat/60s/62/Downbeat-1962-03-15.pdf Here is March 15th from 1962 and - oh boy this threw me when I read it on page 15 "THE ROAD CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM The jazz world was saddened by the sudden death of bassist Doug Watkins, killed in an automobile accident near Holbrook, Ariz., in the early morning hours of Feb. 5. Arizona Highway Patrolman Kenneth G. Hagin told Down Beat that Watkins, driving his own car, crossed the highway and rammed head on into an oncoming pickup truck. The bassist apparently had fallen asleep at the wheel. The-driver of the truck, Hagin said, was uninjured. Also unharmed were Watkins’ passengers—trumpeter Bill Hardman, 29; tenorist Roland Alexander, 26; and Fred Green, 28. The party was enroute to San Francisco where Watkins, Hardman, and Alexander were to join the new Philly Joe Jones group at the Jazz Workshop. Jones and pianist Elmo Hope had flown to San Francisco from New York. Watkins, a native of the jazz-rich Detroit area, was among a wave of young jazzmen from that city (including his cousin bassist Paul Chambers) who caused a flurry of excitement when they descended en masse on New York City in the mid-1950s. Prior to leaving Detroit, Watkins toured with the James Moody Band and worked with pianist Barry Harris. Coming to New York City in August, 1954, he played with trumpeter Kenny Dorham and worked briefly at Minton’s".... Thats my Sunday evening filled back with sadness