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yes, the second dvd is amazing with all the photos by paul nodler including this unique charlie parker sleeping on a table!!! only one sequence is missing (or i don´t see it) compare with the original "improvisation" issue that i have on a japanese vhs from 1996: coleman hawkins dismounting his sax and smoking during this incident. and something only for bird aficionados: jacques muyal mentioned in the liner notes that only 52 second of bird appeard on film during the famous metronome session where they played "groovin´ high". that must be of course "hot house". nevertheless it´s a great dvd with all the material together in great quality. (you can get the whole japt film on youtube and other video portales but in what quality...?) keep boppin´ marcel

no, no, when they release the webster-box, it will be more than 35 years ago..... and i think that they will continue the d.e.t.s. at the 100th anniversary of the first "date with the duke" broadcast...... never give up hope. keep swingin´ marcel

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there must be a recording (poor quality tape) from the blue note club, philadelphia, pa, with bird and brownie from between 04. - 09. january 1954. it is reported in piet koster "bird lore" charlie parker discography (almere 2002) and also in the brownie discography by bob weir (almere 2004). similar details in the koster book of a second poor quality tape of brownie and bird at the same club on 14 - 19 june 1954 are incorrect because brownie was in california at this time. but: there exist a privat tap of bird and brownie jamming at brown´s house in philadelphia!! larue brown metioned this in an long interview with phil schaap in ca. june 1991 at larue´s home. schaap asked if they played together and larue brown answered that they played in philadelphia at a gig but never recorded professionally togehter. and than she continued: "...i´m in the posession of the tapes because they were done in our home and they are in the (?) bold (?) and perhaps our grandson clifford brown III will do something with them one day." that´s the stuff every brownie and bird fanatic wants to hear...! keep boppin´ marcel

gene krupa is arrested 1943

artie shaw with one of his wifes

bird lives! keep boppin´ marcel

happy birthday, sidewinder, and save the vinyl! keep boppin´ marcel

basel, switzerland, september 25, 1953: a new cd on the swiss „tcb“ label in it´s „swiss radio days jazz series“ vol. 17, is out now. with this concert recording of lionel hampton and his orchestra from his european tour 1953 there are new recordings of clifford brown!! the sound quality is superb! it is a welcome in the rare recordings of this big band of 1953. (to my knowlegde there are only 7 other concert-recordings by hampton on this tour (and only 3 with clifford brown solos!) the répertoire is part of well known hampton features (on vibes and piano) and exciting big band jump. there are solos by oscar estelle, baritone sax, anthony ortega, alto and clarinet, james cleveland, tb, the tenor saxes of clifford scott and clifford solomon and the trumpet section of walter williams, art farmer, benny bailey, clifford brown and quincy jones (he is also on piano because the original pianist george wallington was fired a few days earlier). there is more from this concert in basel on part 2 coming out in autumn this year. keep boppin´ marcel

i hope it´s not too late to wish you a very happy birthday. and also all the best to your wife!! keep boppin´ marcel

hi durium, look here: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/natlib/ihas/warehous...028017/0001.pdf this is the online version of david meeker´s book "jazz in the movies". i´m sure you will find a lot of information. keep boppin´ (or in your case: swingin´) marcel

thanks a lot to all of you!! one year older and so much jazz to discover! let´s keep going on! keep boppin´ marcel

here you find a lot of information ´bout the hipster: http://www.hyzercreek.com/harry.htm keep boppin´ marcel

let´s keep the tradition alive: happy birthday, chris olivarez! keep boppin´ marcel

and don´t forget his brother hubert fol on alto-sax. also most forgotten today and with a small discography. as i remember he had a lot of troubles in his life and a sad and early ending. keep boppin´ marcel

hi, what happend with the long awaited release on uptown "detroit- jazz before motown"? is there a release date? i´m waiting for this for a long time but never heard about it... thanks! keep boppin´ marcel

hi steven, i think that "gambit" copied the old "royal jazz" cd. i don´t have an adress but i think that they are operating from spain or andorra. and all the labels like "gambit", "rlr", "jazz factory", "lonehilljazz", "impro-jazz dvd", "definitive" and a few more are from the same people. www.jazzmessengers.com is the only source i have. b.t.w.: for me the sound on the royal jazz cd is o.k. but you hear only what you will hear. was the "roayl jazz" cd (from denmark, i think) official (means your friend alain knows about it?) i think the gambit isn´t it. keep boppin´ marcel

the CD isn't on Lonehill but on one of their associated labels, the one they use for live tapes. they're both releases of collector live tapes, not label owned material. if they have been released before it will have been in the same manner as now. and i think i heard the Köln concert was unreleased before. i think there's also an unissued Dutch concert (Den Haag?) from that tour. or wasn't that also recently released by the same label? i think so. i'm normally not very interested in this kind of live tapes, since they tend to be of very very low sonic quality. they're normally fan recordings made on some home taperecorder. the two dutch concerts from chet baker (amsterdam and scheveningen) are now out officially on the label of the dutch jazz archieve. you can get this release from their site (unfortunately only in the dutch language) http://www.jazzarchief.nl/diensten/cds.html remember: the pianist is dick twardzik!!!! keep boppin´ marcel

just saw at www.jazzmessengers.com the "gambit" reissue of the long out of print cd from "royal jazz" "rene thomas - pony poindexter- at the blue note in paris from october 1964. (the al anthon privat recordings). exactly the same 9 tracks as on the rjd 512 cd from 17 years ago. (again thanks to andorra.....) keep boppin´ marcel http://www.jazzmessengers.com/ProductInfo.asp?ref=116354

it seems that i have the same lp (no it´s an ep) and called "besuch auf einem wolkenkratzer" but it looks exactly as you escribe yours!! (maybe from the same party?) keep boppin´ marcel

Hmmm .... I know that site, but there's no mention of a Philology issue, nor on Noal Cohen's Lucky Thompson Discography. If you have details on that issue, please forward it to them. that´s why i wrote "label" in brackets. it´s on cd-r and not official. (like so many things from philology, the 86 volumes in the bird´s eyes series or the 36 volumes in the brownie´s eyes) but let us not talk about private issues and bootlegs.... keep boppin´ marcel

yes, "the gordons", honi, george jr. and richard. one of my favourites. and so little output! i found nothing of them on the internet. on "take the a-train" no discography mentioned them. even not the original liner notes of the jazztone lp. the "philology" "label" has the complete set for years in it´s "historical series". here´s a good link for that session: http://themenschmidt.de/oscar56.htm keep boppin´ marcel

but the music is wonderful!!! keep boppin´ marcel

it seems that no one is interested. (but no wonder, without knowing what´s on it) keep boppin´ marcel