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North Dorset Jazz Society Ollie North Ollie Beak J P Morgan J D Sports Rossano Sportiello

Chu Berry Duc de Berri The Bury Jazz Society

Happy Birthday, MG! :party:

Everyman The Man on the Clapham Omnibus John Antrobus

Fine work with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and the John Fedchock New York Big Band, too.

Stevie Nicks Garth Nix Bill Hicks Tom Mix Max Geldray Man Ray

Bought it at a record collectors' fair a dozen years ago for about £5 (=c.$8). Like new.

Calcutta Cutie Asiatic Raes Bombay Micks

I believe that cover photo is from "UGETSU" and is the group without Lee and Bobby. Yes, looks like the Ugetsu photo. Totally inappropriate, as the Free Trade Hall group was Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt and Art.

Wow. And I thought everyone had forgotten about Osborne. I wrote a dissertation about him in 1966. If people ask me about it I now usually have to explain who he was and why he was important. Forgotten man. Deserves to be remembered.

Titus Salt Titus Oates Evelyn Laye

Gilbert O'Sullivan Van Morrison Laurie Pepper

Mason Williams Bill Dixon Johnny Cash Zoot Money Zoot Horn Rollo Luke the Wailer

Tate & Lyle Art Tatum Rumble Tummy Tommy

Yes, Golson is very clearly in the line of descent from Dameron and only slightly less so, Gryce too. That 1953 band that Tadd led with them both and Clifford Brown must have been a very formative unit. Gigi Gryce is another estimable talent, player-composer. I wonder if he and Benny were in the Bullmoose Jackson band together. That had to be some band! I've been meaning to get around to reading Rat Race Blues. I hope it's not too depressing, since word is he was run out of the business when he tried to control and publish his own compositions and those of others. I haven't read Rat Race Blues either, but I have listened to board member David Brent Johnson's 2-part radio show on Gryce in which he interviews Mike Fitzgerald, author of Rat Race Blues. A great deal is said about Gryce's attempt to reform music publishing and the impact on him of the retaliation. http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/gigi-gryce-part-1-social-call/ http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/gigi-gryce-part-2-rat-race-blues/

Edward Rubbra Dubya Dense Thornton

Angel Clare Martin Guerre Peter Warlock

Claude Rains Chris Torrance Umbrella Man

Dave Pike Vincent Herring Clare Fischer

Maria Bello Tim Bell Big Ben

Bobby Shew Chewbacca The Linebacker

No contact, but I had quite a good seat - about 10 rows back from the stage, so I could see them well. The problem was hearing - see my post above.