Gary

A beautiful album.

My DVD of Goodfellas has the first half of the film on side one & the second half on side 2.

I hired 'A new History of Jazz' by Alan Shipton from the library at the weekend. Initially I was a bit concerned that it will take nearly 500 pages to reach the periods I'm more interested in , but the first chapter on the origins of jazz is fascinating.

Thanks BOb, you've sold it to me . I have got an audio copy of Call It Anything . Fantastic! I'm just rewriting a letter to Santa now!

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No surprises from me I'm afraid . In my late teens I saw 'Round Midnight on TV , I was working in a record shop so the next day I ordered the soundtrack and bought a few more around the same time (I cannnot remember the very first) , Giant Steps , KOB & the best of Dexter on Blue Note. I bought a few more titles along the way until one afternoon about 5 or 6 years ago I thought 'I think I'll play some jazz CDs today' & havent really listened to or bought anything else since.

The sleeper.

I've only got the Jimmy Lyons Ayler box with Malik on disc 1. Initally i , like Ubu, thought he sounded too overpowering & that he took over the session , but the CD grew on me with more listens , I think i'll give it another spin this evening

Of the later films I found the Mighty Aphrodite hilarious in places.

Am I Blue seemed just about right at 11:30 pm after consuming most of the contents of a bottle of red . It didnt sound quite as good the next afternoon at work though.

Jeb Bishop

"I once knew a girl who believed in oral contraception. I asked her for sex and she said no."

That sounds very interesting Chuck, would you be kind enough to let us know how that came about ?

not going to happen, as Water records just reissued this and the other Eddie Gale BN. You should grab those, I really think you'd enjoy them. Thanks John - looks good to me. RVG / Water whatever - as long as I can hear it through the speakers its all good.

I've only heard the title track & I'd love to hear the rest of it.

Cool link Ubu, theres a couple of other good shows on there too April 9 1960 - one of the last shows with Trane & a real corker. http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/Disco.aspx November 4 1969 http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/Disco.aspx

That was the positive I was reading in your post. STAY STRONG.

Hey John , that photo makes Sam look further away from what I remember! What a great show . There was loads I really enjoyed , the trio came on and as the first piece was being played i remember thinking ' I NEED this tune in my life' only for Sam to announce at the end of it someting along the lines of ' that was called Impromtu , we just made that up on the spot & now that musics gone never to be heard again.' There was some nice piano playing from Sam weaving from melodic & free . Later Anthony Cole played a nice tune on the piano. When all 3 played with horns was a stand out moment for me . A really great trio. The big band was really powerful with some great soloing throughout & nice to see some of the top young guys in Britsh jazz.

This years Jazz festival is just about to begin. http://www.serious.org.uk/index2.cfm?refid...tmpt3&tmptID=42 In ten days there’s a wealth of premieres, commissions, collaborations and new talent, along with a celebration of the jazz tradition. This year features a plethora of events dedicated to inspirational artists of the past - Jelly Roll Morton, Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Williams, Sun Ra – alongside some key figures that have shaped the course of jazz - Sam Rivers, Cecil Taylor, Tony Oxley, Bill Dixon, Anthony Braxton, Sunny Murray, the Ganelin Trio, Jack DeJohnette and Lennie Niehaus. Looking forward, the Festival concentrates on cutting edge talent from the global jazz scene. Vijay Iyer, Mike Ladd and Enrico Pieranunzi play their first UK gigs; plus new projects from Matthew Bourne, Nitin Sawhney & Britten Sinfonia, Carla Bley, the Future Sounds of Jazz, Dhafer Yousef, Matthew Herbert, F-IRE and Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield & Larry Goldings. A mass of new work and collaborations can be heard in the clubs and extensive PizzaExpress FreeStage programme. The Festival also strikes out to new venues, with the Wigmore Hall, the Arts Depot, The Royal Academy of Arts and Wapping Project included for the first time. As well as dozens of concerts across some of London’s major concert halls, the Festival celebrates the clubs and independent producers that keep the flame burning year round. Jamie Cullum certainly hasn’t forgotten the importance of the clubs where he started. Last year’s massively sold out Royal Festival Hall concert lit the blue touch paper on a stellar career, but for the Festival he’s returning to his roots, playing the jazz clubs where he cut his musical teeth

That was One hour photo , he was excellent in Insomnia with Al Pacino.

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A few shots of Michael York. I'm trying to think of who he looks like... That looks nothing like Chuck - Michael York is trying to smile in one of those pics.

Happy birthday

happy birthday

Patrick who runs the fantastic Ayler site posted this on the Coltrane List comparing the box's track listing to that of the Ayler tree . Theres also some very interesting comments about another potential Ayler box Ayler Tree Disc 1: Track 1: The Cecil Taylor session is in the Revenant box. Track 2 - 6: The second set from the Cellar Cafe is in the box. This was previously issued on the double CD, 'Albert Smiles With Sunny' and was always a bit dubious since the first CD was taken up with the same material as on the ESP disc, 'Prophecy'. The tapes for 'Albert Smiles' came from Sunny Murray and because of legal problems I don't think there was any way the entire set would be issued again in double CD form, so Revenant were justified in adding this to the box. Track 3: The alternate take from 'Spiritual Unity'. Not in the box. This will be in the hands of Bernard Stollman at ESP. I know that Revenant had major problems with Stollman during the preparation for the box and that Stollman himself was responsible for blocking the DVD of the Ayler Fondation Maeght film after the F.M. had given their permission for its inclusion. I'll get back to that later. Ayler Tree Disc 2: Tracks 1 - 5: The September 3rd Copenhagen tape. This is probably the most controversial item in the box. I was surprised by its inclusion since Ayler Records had done such a good job with their 'Copenhagen Tapes' CD. I know that the box was in preparation for a while so it could be that Revenant secured the tape before 'The Copenhagen Tapes' came out. I asked Dean Blackwood of Revenant about it and he said he felt the box needed an example of the Don Cherry quartet to complete the chronological/historical element of the project, which makes sense. As far as I know there's nothing else available of that quartet they could have used. Tracks 6 - 8: The September 10th Copenhagen tape. These are not in the box, but they are on 'The Copenhagen Tapes' CD. Track 9: Archie Shepp interview about Ayler - not in the box. Ayler Tree Disc 3: Track 1: Burton Greene Quintet at Slugs' - this is in the box. Track 2: Burton Greene Quintet at Slugs' - there was some doubt as to whether Ayler is actually playing on this track so Revenant didn't use it. Who raised the doubt I don't know but Steve Tintweiss was involved with the box so he may have cast doubts on this track. Considering the amount of research that went into the Revenant project I'm not going to argue with them. Ayler Tree, Disc 3: Track 3: 'Holy Ghost' is 'Truth Is Marching In' from 'Live at Slug's' Track 4: 'Infinite Spirit' is 'Our Prayer' from 'Live at Slug's' Track 5: 'Alpha/Bells' is 'Bells'from 'Live at Slug's' Personnel: D. Ayler (t),A. Ayler (ts), Michel Samson (v),Lewis Worrell (b), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d). Slugs' Saloon, 5/1/66. . Ayler Tree Disc 4: Tracks 1 - 4: The Berlin Jazz Festival. This is in the box. Tracks 5 - 7: Stockholm 1966. Not in the box, but see above. Track 8: Don Cherry interview. Not in the box. Ayler Tree Disc 5: Tracks 1 - 5: Copenhagen 1966. Not in the box. Tracks 6 - 8: Newport Jazz Festival. In the box. Track 9: Coltrane's funeral. In the box. (Sorry that seems a tad disrespectful.) Ayler Tree Disc 6: Tracks 1 - 7: Fondation Maeght first concert. Not in the box. I've always assumed that this is a straight copy of the Italian BluJazz bootleg since the titles match. Dean Blackwood told me that he kept away from the F.M. material because of legal problems and only included Steve Tintweiss' tape of the free concert that Ayler gave at the tourist village after the official F.M. concerts. I think the 'legal problems' came down to Bernard Stollman again since ESP are releasing these tracks in November as 'Maeght Foundation'. By the way I think someone said that these tracks were on the 'Fondation Maeght' CD on the Water label - they aren't. The Water release is the original 2 volume Shandar LP taken from the second concert at the F.M. Ayler Tree Disc 7: Tracks 1 - 7: Fondation Maeght first concert. Same as above but retitled and taken from a radio broadcast which is probably the original source for the BluJazz bootleg. So, not in the box, but coming out on ESP. Tracks 8 - 9: Fondation Maeght second concert. Not in the box. The first track is not on the Shandar/Water release but the full version of the second track 'Holy Family' is. Track 10: The airport tape. In the box. Tucked away at the end of the Don Cherry interview. Ayler Tree Discs 8 - 11: Various interviews, not in the box. So, apart from the interviews and the BluJazz bootleg (which is coming out next month on ESP), the main pieces in the tree which are not in the box are the three sessions of the '66 band (unknown location, Copenhagen and Stockholm). Which brings me back to Mr. Stollman. There was an article about Ayler in Magnet magazine which contained the following snippet: "ESP has plans for its own Ayler boxed set, which should be out by the end of the year. Though many details are still unconfirmed, the release will compile Ayler’s ESP catalog and material from his first two tours of Europe." Now whether this is Mr. Stollman testing the water or whether he does indeed intend to produce a box set, I don't know. If so, it could be that the '66 tracks from the tree (not in the Revenant box) could end up released by ESP. But that's just speculation on my part. The only thing which does make me think that Mr. Stollman could be serious about an ESP box is the fact that he holds the key to getting the F.M. film of Ayler released as a DVD. If he manages to put that in his box then, as the man says, I'd buy that for a dollar. Hope that hasn't confused matters further. Patrick Regan www.ayler.supanet.com http://ayler0.tripod.com (mirror site - I've been having bandwidth problems since the box set came out.)