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hello all, i don´t think that it´s the grafton sax on the picture with monk. on this (more focused) picture it looks different to me: and i don´t think that bird used the plastic grafton on his tour in sweden. i´m not at home in the moment but tomorrow i´ll be back with a list how often bird is documented with the white one. (as far as i know...) keep boppin´ marcel

hello all, here is an article from 1948 by mr. earl wilson that speaks for itself: http://birdlives.co.uk/zoom/Itemid,116/pag...1/key,10/hit,1/ keep boppin´ marcel

here is one picture: Maurice Rocco Plays Piano And Dances Original caption: 05/10/1946-New York: "Zanzibar" inaugurates a new era in night clubs. Right in the heart of Broadway, with its theaters, movie houses, and big name hotels the Cafe Zanzibar draws a large portion of New York's night club trade. One of the highlights of the Zanzibar entertainment is the versatile Maurice Rocco, who is seen here during the show as he bangs out a rousing "Boogie Samba" on the piano, and dances at the same time. Image: © Bettmann/CORBIS i remember hearing him on one of the "jubilee" shows from the mid 40´s. boogie-woogie piano and clowning around in the manner of harry "the hipster" gibbson or cecil gant.

hello durium, here are three jazz clubs in lisboa with live music. (but i don´t know the actual program) Hot Clube de Portugal. Praça da Alegria, 39, 1250 Lisboa. Catacumbas Jazz Bar. Travessa água da flor, 43. Tel: 21 3463969 [contact: Manuel Pais] Speakeasy. Armazém 115, 1350 Lisboa. tel. - fax: (01) 3964257 / 3957308 a link for jazz clubs world wide (not all are updated) is here: http://www.jazz-clubs-worldwide.com/docs/portugal.htm i´m also in lisboa at the end of the month and maybe go to the hot clube de portugal (it´s near the middle of the city) keep boppin´ marcel

hello jazzhound, not exactly an answer to your question but here is a listing of columbias 78´s listings: http://settlet.fateback.com/discography.html keep boppin´ marcel

hello, thank you all for informations! jpf: a little correction (to jeroen de valk), the names of pianist and bass players are bianchi, not biachi. elsie was also a fine singer. she made some recordings in the 60´s with her trio. couw: sorry, my technic equipment and my know how don´t allow me to send mp3´s. dave james: the sound of the two cd´s (i think you mean "köln concert" and "lost holland concert") is passable for privat amateur recordings. köln and scheveningen is good, mainz is overmodulated and zürich (without twardzik) has an opera singer in the backround (from another radio station near by). but musically it´s wonderful. and, hey, it´s baker and twardzik!! for me a must!! keep boppin´ marcel

Hello all, i just finished to hear the new chet baker cd „the lost holland concert featuring dick twardzik“ on rlr records. There are three concert recordings from september 18, 1955 in scheveningen, netherlands, september 21, 1955 in mainz, germany (formerly on philology records) and september 24, 1955 in zürich, switzerland. Wonderful music and new jewels in the short discography of pianist dick twardzik! Now my question: the last two tracks on this cd are from september 24, 1955 in zürich („happy little sunbeam“ and „moonlight in vermont“, incomplete). Liner notes by one matías rinar mentioned twardzik on piano, jimmy bond on bass and peter littman on drums but here is chet´s announcement: „thank you very much, it´s very groovy to be here this evening in switzerland my first trip to switzerland. Just finished doing little television bit (?) and now come over here to play a few tunes for you with a very wonderful rhythm section. Siro and elsie bianchi and rene nathworth (?) in the rhythm section...“ So, it´s not his quartet with twardzik, bond and littman! Siro bianchi plays bass and elsie bianchi piano but knows anybody the right name of the drummer? I understand „rene nathworth“.... and where are the others of chet´s regular quartet? Is there any tv appearence of baker from switzerland? (he mentioned it!) There is no answer in the online version of jack chamber´s dick twardzik biography and discography here http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~chambers/twardzik2.html and here http://www.jazzitude.com/chambers_sadwalk01.htm maybe in the now(?) coming book „bouncing with bartok“ by jack chambers. (man, we are waiting for years for the publishing!!) any suggestions are welcome! Thanks in advance! Keep boppin´ Marcel

Who will achieve his work ? hi, Tom Cullen, a longtime friend and collaborator of White, said he resumed working on the project after White's death because "I felt an obligation" and he hopes it will be published later this year. It will have two volumes, be 1,500 pages long and have numerous photographs, he said. Here´s the complete article: http://www.jazzcornertalk.com/speakeasy/sh...ead.php?t=15788 keep boppin´ marcel

hello, here is a link with more infos: http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2006/06-092.html keep boppin´ marcel

hello, here it is: http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2006/06-092.html keep boppin´ marcel

hello all, i found on the dutch online jazzmagazin in februrary www.jazzflits.nl a short report, that larry applebaum found in the archives of the library of congress in washington, d.c. unknown acetates of a jam session from 1942 with lester young. he reported this via wbgo-radio. applebaum found last year the monk/coltrane carnegie hall tapes from 1957. has anybody more informations about that new find? Is this jam session aircheck from 1942 known to collectors? personal, titles, date and circumstances? no plans in the moment to issue the new find… thanks in advance keep boppin´ marcel

I've had the Twardzik book on order for about a year; the most recent release date I've been given is June, 2006. I'll believe that when it's in my hands. jpf, thanks for updating. hard to wait so long ! keep boppin´ marcel

just get the information from www.jazzmessengers.com (not online but via normal mail) that there is a new release on the rlr records label: chet baker quartet featuring dick twardzik "the lost holland concert", september 18, 1955. plus the germany concert in mainz from september 21, 1955 plus two tracks from zürich, switzerland, september 24, 1955. all previously unissued on any format. beside the germany tracks are on a philology cd from years ago. any new richard twardzik is welcome!!! btw: when comes the twardzik biography by jack chambers?????? keep boppin´ marcel

here is another art tatum clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYcmWIrtK-E...rch=art%20tatum keep boppin´ marcel

hello philip, look at this wonderful site http://www.birdlives.co.uk/ you will find a lot of informations!!! keep boppin´ marcel

according to mark miller´s wonderful book "cool blues, charlie parker in canada 1953" (london, ontario 1989): "the kinescope of "jazz workshop" with charlie parker has not been found. a search made in 1983 by discographer jack litchfield at the cbc montreal archives led to a file card for the "jazz workshop" kines marked détruits-destroyed. new efforts in 1989 failed to find even the file card." what a pity! keep boppin´ marcel

hello, at least only one amateur footage: it is from november. 21. 1950 from the warm-up room in the concert hall in gothenburg. sweden. it was taken by bo tak. 16 at the time and later film photographer for sweden television. it´s a 16-mm silent film clip about one minute long showing parker both as he warms up and as he signs autographs. some short silent bird sitting on a table writing autographs on little cards or pieces of paper. front. handling with his sax. from oblique above and from behind. only his hands. very short movie. we can only hope that there is coming more to the light one day.... keep boppin´ marcel

Well, in place of that clip, here is just J.D. in 43! (Of course, I have no sound , so don't know what they are playing! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=30...975423&q=dorsey they play "lord and lady gate" from the mgm film "i dood it" which featured jimmy´s band along with stars red skelton and eleanor powell. helen o´connell sings and neely bain and bud robinson are jitterbuggin´. ray linn is on trumpet, jimmy on clarinet and buddy schutz on drums. soundtrack is from november 23, 1942. (this are from the liner notes by george hall of a hindsight lp with jimmy dorsey "live" tracks.) keep boppin´ marcel

Stuart Foster was not a bass player but a singer who performed with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra at the time of the making of the film (1947)! brownie, yes, you are right! than meeker is wrong, sorry! keep boppin´ marcel

hello all, david meeker in his online version of jazz on the silverscreen writes that stuart foster is on acoustic double bass. no words about the guitar... keep boppin´ marcel

hello, yeah, that´s the recording every bird and brownie afficionado wants to hear!!! in bob weir´s clifford brown discography (almere 2004) is the date of the charlie parker quartet at the blue note club, philadelphia, pa. given as between 04. - 09. january 1954. brownie and bird, others unknown. and also unknow titles. in the parker discography "bird lore" by piet koster (almere 2002) and also in the parker discography by claude schlouch (1999) is a second date (14 - 19 june 1954) given. but, according to weir´s note this is incorrect because brownie was in california at this time. koster notes that tapes exists; sound quality is very poor and schlouch mentioned that a tape of this session exists, but according to clifford´s widow, sound quality is very poor. ken vail in his bird´s diary (castle communications 1996) mentioned also the januray 1954 date. but nick catalano in his clifford brown biography (oxford 2000) writes that "thus far no tapes or sound checks have turned up..." there is a second date with bronie and bird in the books: brian priestley in his chasin´ the bird (oxford 2005), catalano and also vail mentioned a meeting (gig) also in philadelphia, may 1951, were parker said to brownie: "i don´t believe it. i hear what you´re saying, but i don´t believe it." (according to a nat hentoff interview with brownie later in 1954). so, i think there are recordings of this two. clifford´s widow larue brown watson is dead now (october, 02, 2005), maybe only their son, clifford jr. can bring some light to this. he is dj at brownradio.com that´s all i know from the books. keep boppin´ marcel

no film but only a photo and bird on tenor! keep boppin´ marcel

no film but only a photo and bird on tenor!! keep boppin´ marcel

köln and stuttgart four tracks of the stuttgart concert are on a lars gullin cd by dragon records. http://www.dragonrecords.se/cdframe.htm you find it under lars gullin, vol. 1 years ago there was a cd on philology with two concerts from mainz and copenhagen. you have to ask here: http://www.philologyjazz.it/ i don´t know if they are still available. btw, still waiting for "bouncin´ with bartok", the twardzik book by jack chambers keep boppin´ marcel

eke bbb, that´s nice! thanks in advance. that´s exciting to know new details in monk´s discographical oeuvre! keep boppin´ marcel