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Thanks a lot for the info Augustin, I had seen mentions of the 1967 tape but now I can move it to the "reliable" category. Would you by any chance own a copy of the recording ? Hearing those musicians play "Frère Jacques" must be quite something. Thanks also for the Musica Jazz references, I'll see if I can locate the concert reviews. As I was saying in my previous message, I have a good collection of French magazines so if you need scans for your Montoliu work, let me know. And Steve, I sent you an email.

Hi brownie, I have not contacted Barbieri, Berger or Romano yet. I prefer to establish a chronology as solid as possible before contacting musicians because in most cases they don't remember the dates precisely after 40 years ... so I'm waiting until I have enough material to direct the questions as precisely as possible, and enough material to make the most sense of their answers ! But I will try to contact them in due time. Romano was interviewed during the broadcast of the recent concert in tribute to Don Cherry with Texier, and he said "there's a book to be written about all that" ... promising! Regarding your Sounds & Fury collection, I'd be very interested if we could exchange scans or photocopies. Those magazines are really hard to find and it would be nice to have some of this material at hand for future research. If you want things from Jazz Hot or Jazz Mag, let me know because I have a nearly complete collection spanning 1957 to the 80's. Best, Pierre

Thanks for the encouragements John, I need some as Mr. Cherry is not an easy subject of research ! Clifford, if you're in an university, could you see if you have access to the "Black Thought & Culture" electronic collection ? http://alexanderstreet.com/products/bltc.htm It contains the full run of the "Artist and Influence" magazine, in which an interview with Cherry was published (and also an interview with Rashied Ali which should also be interesting as there aren't too many Ali interviews around). Something not related but which might interest you, Clifford (given your nickname) : do you know that the movie shot by William Klein at the 1969 Panafrican Festival has recently been issued on DVD in France ? The publisher is Arte Editions, and I think it is the first time ever the movie is released for home video. The final sequence of the film shows Archie Shepp with the Algerian musicians and his own band which includes Clifford Thornton. Let me know if you want more details, I have the DVD at home. Anyway, thanks for the help offer ! Best, Pierre

Dear organissimo members, I am working on a project of article about Don Cherry's work during the 60's and I am looking for people willing to devote a little time to help. The first step that needs to be taken is to establish a solid chronology of Don's activities and this is something which, to my knowledge, has not been done in a thorough manner for the moment. The period I'm working on is 1963 to 1970, from Don's first visit to Europe with Sonny Rollins to the begining of his work at the Tagarp school in Sweden. I think I already have a good basis thanks to the sources to which I have had access (the French press, a good part of Down Beat 60's issues, Cadence interviews, material from Dartmouth College ....) but this basis needs to be fleshed out to be really complete and for this purpose, I would like to get in touch with people having access to some of the following : - Magazines from European countries such as Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Italy ... to find concert dates, reviews, news flashes. - English language magazines such as Coda, Melody Maker, or lesser profile publications such as Sounds & Fury. - Interviews of people who played with Don (and yes, I'm aware that it means most of the "free" players from the 60's !). - Unreleased recordings. - Any of the following articles (mostly interviews) : Down Beat Music Annual 1964 yearbook / African Revolution 1964-jan / Melody Maker 1967-apr-22 / Soho Weekly News 1975-jun-05 / Down Beat 1975-oct-09 / Down Beat 1978-jul-13 / Melody Maker 1979-sep-22 / Down Beat 1980-jun / Down Beat 1983-jun / Down Beat 1986-may / Artist & Influence 1986 (vol IV) [accessible through the electronic collection Black Thought & Culture from Alexander Street Press, which many universities in the US have subscribed to] / Jazziz 1989-aug/sep / Down Beat 1989-nov / Jazzthetik 1990-dec / Jazz Journal 1991-sep / Jazz Now 1994-aug / Jazzthetik 1995-sep / Option 1990-nov/dec / Windplayer #41 / Gallery 41 CD-ROM : An interview with a Jazz legend [couldn't get an answer from the publishers] - Mike Hames and Roy Wilbraham's "Don Cherry on Disc and Tape" book. - And of course, any other type of original documents, testimonies of encounters etc. would be very welcomed. For those who would be interested, I have some rarities to trade in exchange for scans or help : for example the "It Is Revealed" LP and the Bengt Nordström recording from 1963. I also have a good deal of digitized documentation about free musicians that I would be happy to share. If you'd like to get in touch, please use the following address : freejazzlibrary@free.fr Thanks for reading me and best regards, Pierre