BillF

Returning to this after many years. Though to me it will always look like this.

A newbie who knows where it's at!

That's a nice one, Peter. I saw that Anglo-American band play a few years ago at Southport, but with Jeb Patton on piano and Mike Karn on bass.

I think I saw him play in Leeds in the 1960s. The outfit was called the Polish Modern Jazz Quartet. I recall my pianist friend Paul Woodrow having a "discussion" at the keyboard with their pianist in which their only shared words were "Wynton Kelly" and "McCoy Tyner".

I guess my favorites are Cool and Crazy, Portrait of Shorty, The Wild One and the Modern Sounds album with the Mulligan session on the other side. I'm also a sucker for just about anything in the Herman and Kenton catalogues that was composed/arranged by Shorty. I was lucky enough to to see him during a brief renaissance he had over here in the 1980s (his "Blues Express" went to the top of the jazz charts) when he toured with our National Youth Jazz Orchestra. I saw them at the Davenport Theater, Stockport and the show included a beautiful new composition which he called "Davenport" (a name, of course, with great jazz connections), but which I think was never committed to record.

Just started listening on Spotify. Sounds identifiably Rogers, which is a surprise as the blurb led me to expect electronic instruments, etc. But the album's Wikipedia entry tells me the album was aimed as a hi-fi stereo demonstration, which helps explain. Looking forward to hearing the rest, as this one was unknown to me and I'm a huge Rogers fan.

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For aficionados only - but I guess you're one of those!

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Yes indeed. Read today's Jazzwax for a comprehensive account of Niehaus' contributions to the music. https://www.jazzwax.com/

I recall Jim Pugh from way back in the days of the Thad/Mel Orch. The Rhyne is a good 'un, too.

Yes, some nice things in that Jam Session series.

British drummer Johnny Butts died aged 25 in a road accident in Bermuda in 1966. He is remembered in Tubby Hayes' wonderful composition "Dear Johnny B". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDpxkMdFGyw

Wow! A bit of a giant in his way. Recall Claxton's photos of a cool Niehaus which I first saw in 1961. And still listening to his octets, quintets, etc, not to mention "Bird".