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ODJB NORK NYJO

Warne Marsh Steve Waterman Wishee Washee

Bags Don Bagley Laurent Gbagbo

http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/the-wayne-shorter-songbook/ Say no more!

Eric Dolphy Sharkey Bonano Joe Bananas

alocispepraluger Duke of Orange Pops Foster

Touché, David!

Guardi Gaudi Neil Gow

You'll be pleased to hear I've now placed my order for a copy, after perusing a library reference copy yesterday. Well, that was a trip down memory lane! Not only are the visiting American greats covered in text and pictures, but also local musicians whom I remember well, e.g. the Sheffield/Manchester quintet of Clifford Brown-influenced trumpeter, Barry Whitworth and Mobley-style tenorman, Julius Hasford. Very pleased, too, to see photos of student musicians who were my friends in those days, pianist John Rubin and altoist Jack Massarik, later London Evening Standard jazz correspondent. Among those acknowledged as assisting publication by pre-ordering copies are John Rubin and David Bradbury, the latter my great friend in those days, a jazz enthusiast who went far in his later career in newspapers. A bit of research reveals that in recent years he's authored books on Armstrong and Ellington, something I never knew about. The book covers the Manchester scene from 1946 to 1972. I was a student at Manchester University from 1958 to 1961 and then at Leeds University from 1962 to 1965, returning to Manchester as a college lecturer from 1965, with frequent visits to Leeds. The book reveals that many of the musicians I saw in Leeds also appeared in Manchester on the same tour. These include Lee Konitz, Cecil Payne, Johnny Griffin, Freddie Hubbard with the Ronnie Scott Quartet, Joe Harriott, Tubby Hayes and Chris McGregor with Dudu Pukwana. The book reveals that an amazing number of jazz greats passed through this city in those years. I was reminded of this a couple of years ago when I first posted a comment on New York journalist and jazz historian Marc Myers' JazzWax blog. Marc asked me my location and I replied: "I live - and have lived for many years - in Manchester. A great place for indie bands, which unfortunately isn't my sort of music. Mind you, in this city I heard Basie, Duke, Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, Ben Webster, Gil Evans, Monk, Blakey, Roach, Philly Joe, Kenny Clarke, Lee Morgan, Roland Kirk, Mobley, Griffin, Dexter - need I go on?" Marc replied: "Ah, good ol' Manchester. You're right. You were directly in the path of all the band stops. What an education and experience. Most of us can only dream ..." One photo in the book caught my imagination more than any other. It was taken in a Manchester club and showed a quintet of local rhythm section and front line of Maynard Ferguson and Johnny Griffin. Now, what must that have sounded like?

I Pulham The Drill Sergeant Arthur Dent

Ben Nicholson

Zoot Sims, One to Blow On

Kent Larsen Clark Kent

Leonard Rossiter Leonard Feather Lennie the Lion

Charles Jencks Capability Brown William Kent

Reckless Records must have reopened. Last time I looked at their place in Berwick Street, they were shuttered and derelict.

Your Father('s Moustache) (O) Mein Papa (Beat Me) Daddy (Eight to the Bar)

Me too! Be what the devil was "Neville Dickie — The Robin’s Return"? Sounded like Mrs Mills. I'm as bewildered as the chap who requested it said he is about most of what they play on JRR. A new one on me, despite (or because of) his chart-busting activities! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Dickie

Jazz Record Requests from BBC Radio 3 Now playing: Jimmy Rowles, "Ballad of Thelonious Monk"

Lucky you!

Steve Lacy Brother Soul James Last

Kay Starr Ringo Starr Rango