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Many happy returns, sir!

Up for some additions, one year on... 1938: Count Basie records for Decca 1940: Coleman Hawkins records for Bluebird 1946: Woody Herman records for Columbia 1953: Gerry Mulligan Quartet- tracks from Featuring Chet Baker (Fantasy) 1956: Duke Ellington- recordings from Private Collection, Volume 1 (Saja) 1957: Victor Feldman and Jimmy Deuchar record for Tempo, reissued on Victor Feldman in London, Volume 2 (Jasmine) 1959: Miles Davis airshot from Birdland, issued on Jazzband 1961: Montgomery Brothers- Goove Yard (Riverside) 1963: Duke Ellington- tracks from Recollections of the Big Band Era and Will the Big Bands Ever Come Back (both Reprise) 1995: Ken Peplowski- tracks from It's a Lonesome Old Town (Concord)

It's the longer take of 'Jean Pierre' from We Want Miles that is from the Tokyo concert. IIRC, the TV footage of the Tokyo gig has Miles looking very frail indeed. It's a miracle he could even play at all. The band cooks, though.

I have the Horace. Picture and sound is average for a 1970's TV recording. No high production values, but nothing that'll prevent your enjoyment, either. Performance is pretty good IIRC (haven't watched it in a while) and it's certainly interesting to see Harrell (Berg is no slouch, either). Worth having.

This is very sad news indeed. RIP Derek.

Getting ready for dinner while having my first listen to the organissimo Christmas CD. Big This may be the first version of 'Little Drummer Boy' I've ever actually liked. That groove kills.

I believe there were more recordings that haven't been issued due to technical problems.

Read much, but not many books.

UK release date is still January 30th! Let's hope the temptation to buy an import doesn't prove too strong to resist...

Someone hid it between the Kenny G CDs

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...topic=23977&hl=

I have the Brownie and it's a beaut. There's quite a bit of alternate takes and two discs have a loose, enjoyable (if hardly essential) jam session with Dinah Washington, but so much of what's there is so top-notch that it's hard to gripe; all the stuff with Max Roach, the albums with Sarah Vaughan and Helen Merrill and Brownie's with-strings date- all superb.

Works for me. Me too!

I felt that was close earlier...

You have got to be kidding me!

I can't even bring myself to listen to music today

Standing up is not an option.

Been trying. Head pounding too much.

You don't want to know why I'm asking. Really!

Here we come, Politics Forum!

But.... this version is 'Complete'! Maybe I'm wrong, but in the past I'm sure I've seen that the remastering itself was subject to copyright... Even if the original recordings have elapsed, does Ted Kendall's work have some kind of legal protection?

A friend (and occasional drummer) of mine posted me an e-Christmas card. Reproduced here: From ME (the wishor) to you (the wishee) Please accept without obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, politically correct, low stress non addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practised within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular tradition at all. I wish you a financially successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2006, but with due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures or sects, and having regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith, choice of computer platform or sexual preference of the wishee. By accepting this greeting you are bound by these terms that:  This greeting is subject to further clarification or withdrawal  This greeting is freely transferable provided that no alteration shall be made to the original greeting and that the proprietary rights of the wishor are acknowledged.  This greeting implies no promise by the wishor to actually implement any of the wishes.  This greeting may not be enforceable in certain jurisdictions and/or the restrictions herein may not be binding upon certain wishes in certain jurisdictions and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wishor.  This greeting is warranted to perform as reasonably may be expected within the usual application of good tidings, for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first. The wishor warrants this greeting only for the limited replacement of this wish or issuance or a new wish at the sole discretion of the wishor. Any reference in this greeting to “the Lord”, “Father Christmas”, “Our Saviour”, “Rudolph the red nosed reindeer” or any other festive figures, whether actual or fictitious, dead or alive, shall nor imply any endorsement by or from then in respect of this greeting, and all proprietary rights in any referenced third party names and images are hereby acknowledged

Don't know of any detailed discographies, but this listing (from our friend Michael Fitzgerald's site) might be helpful: http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/contemp.htm http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/contemp2.htm