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I have the Dutch pressing bearing exactly that matking in the wax. So you got the (grand)mother of my LP, Hans .... You a Don Ellis fan?

I just opened one of these in your honour: Happy Birthday, Chris!!!

ad 1) Branford always admitted Lucky's influence ad 2) The Urania sessions are quite different, in a rather traditional swing style, and both available from Fresh Sound (but on Lucky's two tracks that were on the original 10" LPs are missing). Stylistically, too diverse for a Mosaic. And too far apart: The Uranias are from 1954, the Rivolis from the mid 1960's with plenty of French and US sessions in between. I'd say, too much work to get all the licenses. Some of the French material still has to be reissued on CD and is extremely rare. ad 3) again: I doubt there is ...

... and the Prestige twofer CD Happy Days, which combines two LPs with either Hank Jones or Tommy Flanagan. Of course my answers to question 3 is a clear NO!!!

Ordered today: Warner Jams Vol. 2 - James Moody & Mark Turner Greg Osby - Inner Circle Richie Beirach - Snow Leopard

I'd recommend the following as they feature his working band of many years: Brasil Universo (Som da Gente 1988) Lagoa da Canoa, Município de Arapiraca (Som da Gente 1987) Só Nao Toca Quem Nao Quer (veraBra 1987) and these for solo performances: Zabumbê-bum-á (Warner Bros. 1979) A Musica Livre de Hermeto Paschoal (EMI 1985) I consider him one of the great avant-garde geniusses of Brazilian music, along with Moacir Santos and perhaps Egberto Gismonti. I had the pleasure to sit in with his band on a jam session many years ago after his Frankfurt concert - I will never forget. A wild player and such a nice and humble man.

Welcome to the board, Hans! You should use your swinging chicken as an avatar! Great to have a site on Oscar Alemán!

Now this is the band I really wanted to salute you:

Mon salutations à ton anniversaire!!!! (Pardon my French, en cas this is appropriate! I do my best .... )

Seems faster even on my slooooowwwwww connection. I started thinking it was me .... every time I am on the road and have finally hunted down some internet café, the borad is down ... Life without the big O? Unthinkable!!! Can somebody write a song "The Big O"?

I'm afraid I can't follow you here, Chuck: please explain (probably only my English).

They sell it for $ 13.98 plus shipping.

Okay, found it thanks to the post above: http://www.rockandgrooverecords.com/

Found out its on Rock & Groove 4 - but no more. Wonder what the first three were.

Click here for a nice gallery of Vitous album covers.

Yeah, who did save this rare bird? Never saw a copy of these LPs. I have read somewhere that the rave about them was indeed a little too much, but nevertheless ...

That was only the third LP of this quartet: First Meeting ECM 1145 recorded May 1979, Oslo John Surman, Kenny Kirkland, Miroslav Vitous, Jon Christensen Miroslav Vitous Group ECM 1185 recorded July 1980, Oslo same lineup Journey's End ECM 1242 recorded July 1982, Oslo John Taylor for Kirkland I like them - but saw the band live in 1982, and they played much hotter on stage than on the albums. As I said, his reworkings of early Weather Report material on these is very interesting.

They did one or two more duo records for Concord. These are all verrry nice!

Hah! You sure?!

Jim, as serious as I take your concern, wasn't it you who said you have to be crazy to play like that - about Johnny Griffin, that is? Maybe this is a new case of tenor madeness?

Can you post a participants list while the burner's workin'? Thanks, especially big thanks considering your work situation!

Here are available Tjader jazz CDs with Fantasy material from the 1950's without any Latin stuff on 'em: Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-275-2 Cal Tjader/Stan Getz Sextet Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-436-2 Cal Tjader - Jazz At The Blackhawk Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-950-2 Cal Tjader Quartet Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-988-2 Cal Tjader - Tjader Plays Jazz Fantasy FCD-24771-2 Cal Tjader - Our Blues Fantasy FCD-24775-2 Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen & West Side Story This one has the early trios coupled with a jazz session with Hank Jones on Rhodes piano and Shelly Manne from 1976: Fantasy FCD-24764-2 Cal Tjader - Extremes And this one has the San Francisco Moods Suite I love so much but also a Latin Bolero ballads album: Fantasy FCD-24742-2 Cal Tjader - Sentimental Moods Finally, two live CDs with mixed material - the first is 2/3 jazz, the second 1/3 jazz: Prestige PRCD-24026-2 Cal Tjader - Monterey Concerts Fantasy FCD-24755-2 Cal Tjader - Black Hawk Nights The later jazzy stuff on Verve, Fantasy or Concord is unavailable except for the 1976 Galaxy on the Extremes CD above, or the 1981 Concord with Scott Hamilton The Shining Sea, which was reissued in a double package with a Latin LP.

The Watson was a British reissue, IIRC, and should be available used somewhere. Ask for the cover! As for Tjader, you want to start with Latin or Jazz?

Got the Prez King, too, VERRRRRy nice! Gotta look for the others on King and Argo.