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more information about the birdland recordings is found in the book:"the music and life of theodore "fats" navarro, infatuation" by leif bo petersen and theo rehak (scarecrow, 2009). the audience tapes are made by bill hirsch, he was a government contractor and sound engineer who pioneered and specialized in early reel-to-reel tape devices....it is now thought that the boris rose birdland material from the first half of 1950 is the result of hirsch´s experiments with tape recordings on location. his friend rose dubbed them to disc for sale to collectors, finally selling a selection of the parker/navarro items on disc to an enthusiatic bruce lundevall, then at columbia, for commercial issue. (according to the wonderful navarro book, page 311/312. keep boppin´ marcel

just read that uan rasey died today. he was born 21. august 1921. rip! keep boppin´ marcel

the entire booklet inside is in comic style! keep boppin´ marcel

Most people have trouble recognizing the drummer-- including Diz! There's an interview with him and Max Roach on a double cd of them playing in Paris (IIRC) during which they're shown that clip and begin musing about who was the left-handed drummer. (I gotta admit I thought it was Max when I first saw it. Didn't notice the drummer was a lefty. ) here it is. keep boppin´ marcel

happy 50, gslade and all the best to you!!! keep boppin´ marcel

wow!!! thanks for this news!! keep boppin´ marcel

let´s wait!! the six amsterdam tracks from september 17, 1955 are on the market officially since 2007 on the dutch jazz archive label via the dutch jazz archive. the cd is the first of an ongoing series called "jazz at the concertgebouw". look here: http://www.jazzarchief.nl/diensten/cds.html or more recent: http://www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl/en/music-information-center/order-compact-discs/ keep boppin´ marcel

just read that wolfgang lauth is death. i wonder if anyone here (beside some german readers) know him.... a little tribute keep boppin´ marcel

hope no spiders in the house this year... keep boppin´ marcel

dear manfred, just coming back from my holidays from lisboa. there is a jazz bar in the bairro alto, rua do diário de noticias, 85, called "páginas tantas" with live music on the 30. august. pedro madaleno trio. the famouse hot jazz club at praca da alegria is now closed. i don´t know the new adress in the moment. the (only)? other jazz cd shop i know (beside the two "fnac" shops, without a large jazz departement) is "trem azul" at Rua do Alecrim 21 A. here is the page: http://www.tremazul.com/ but they have holidays ´till 07. september. there is another second hand shop at rua das pretas called "carbono". metro station: avenida. they have all kind of styles. the jazz festival in cascais is over now. (i think). so not a "jazz city" with lot of shops like paris, london or copenhagen. my wife is from lisboa and mentioned that you can hear fado in the bairro alto but this is also touristic. she don´t mentioned other places. sorry, but nevertheless i love this city!!!!!! have a nice trip! keep boppin´ marcel

happy birthday from my holidays to you, jazzbo! keep boppin´ marcel

thank you all for the wishes! i heard some woody herman discs yesterday on the "first heard" label and was again surprised and enthusiasmed about the absolute good sound quality of this 1948 performances (it is the "rhapsody in wood" lp, fh-29)! also heard the day/night before phil schaap´s traditions in swing broadcast. he played records from the pianist freddie johnson/arthur briggs´ all star orchestra and johnsons´ harlemites. now i´m looking for this recordings. beside an "tax"-lp, are these swinging recordings avaiable on cd? thanks and keep boppin´ marcel

I guess the assumption is that he still might be lurking. But I wish he would come back too. Chris hasn't been here since May 13, 2008. He's a regular at the Blindman's Blues Forum, though. even he is not able to readt this (because he is a blindman...): happy birthday, chris olivarez. keep boppin´ marcel

here is more rare bud: the legendary stop for bud keep boppin´ marcel

another great link! thanks a lot, brownie!!! as always, your taste is very good! keep boppin´ marcel

thanks for the info, brownie, i have vol. 6 and 7 and vol. 7 has by error 1955 instead of 1945 on the front cover. keep boppin´ marcel

i have two lp´s of the treasury series on the swedish "phontastic - nostalgia" label from 1982. they re-issued the whole serie from the first lp release for the members of the merrit record society. i hope that storyville will continue their d.e.t.s. cd´s! keep boppin´ marcel

nobody noticed that the photo in the article is a fake? it is composed from two different photos by alan scharf. in the original are seen musicaians from the cbc all-stars left behind dizzy and bird is standing in the back but with front to the photographer. here the room left behind dizzy is black and bird is insert from another alan scharf picture but -- mirror inverted!! why?? keep boppin´ marcel

the other man is don manning, a jazz musician/fan from portland, oregon. he recorded this two telephone conversations with brownie during the roach-brown quintet´s engagement at the basin street club, new york city (beginning of may 1956). btw: the name don manning rings a bell to bird afficionados: he plays drums on some of the gene roland orchestra tracks ("the band that never was")from nola studios, april 3, 1950. keep boppin´ marcel

johnny guarnieri comes to mind with artie shaw´s first gramercy five from 1940 and it sounds great!!!!! keep boppin´ marcel

i think "uptown" does it again! "When Columbia Records released the Minneapolis' after hours recordings of Charlie Christian, the listener was warned, 'The technical quality of these selections is admittedly inferior to the commercial recordings.' Not anymore! New digital transfers from the original acetates restore the sound quality. Dating from 1939-40, Christian leaps into the room with his driving rhythm guitar and ultra-modern solos." no more informations. just ordered it! keep boppin´ marcel

here is a rare photo with all the musicians around the same time pictured also in europe. unfortunately not better quality. keep boppin´ marcel

here is another great find: the legendary lionel hampton band from 1953 in helsinki. can anyone see clifford brown? i love this little/great clips. a shame that there is not more!! keep boppin´ marcel

searching the world wide web for newsreels of jazz greats in the hope of some footage of bird, charlie christian, lester young (found him with basie on the same site live with sound from 1944!). there is also goodman with a young zoot sims(?). takes time but brings fun... keep boppin´ marcel

thanks, but this two tracks are also on my lp!! so i miss nothing. keep boppin´ marcel