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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

what a wonderful photo! thanks, christiern, for that! keep boppin´ marcel

no, this is johnny miller on bass (he was with king cole from 1942 - 1948); wesley prince was earlier (from 1937 - 1942) and from 1948 - 1951 was joe comfort. keep boppin´ marcel

first i thought of the nat king cole trio. ?????

in the meantime, this broadcasts are also available on the definitive label: http://www.jazzmessengers.com/ProductInfo.asp?ref=114410 keep boppin´ marcel

yes, and they will do it also with the charlie parker (complete on verve) and lester young (complete verve studio sessions). i found them here (unfortunately without information. they are without the good booklets, im sure): http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/detail/-/hnum...ome/rsk/hitlist http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/detail/-/hnum...ome/rsk/hitlist http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/detail/-/hnum...ome/rsk/hitlist (i´m waiting for the complete verve bud powell set) keep boppin´ marcel

this sessions are out for a long time on the italien philology "label" in the "brownie´s eyes" serie. good music, sound is o.k. (for a brownie afficionado, every sound is o.k.) keep boppin´ marcel

and don´t forget that in that "box" are the two interviews with prez that i was looking for so long. a must for every prez afficionado!!!! keep boppin´ marcel