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That’s it. Beautiful. Thank you. RIP Steve Schwartz and Jimmy. As a failing sax player, it was comforting to know it took 18 takes to nail the end of four brothers. As an aside, and as a non American, Giuffre’s accent is intriguing. Is that Texan mixed with California and New England? Anthony

The late Steve Schwartz, a great Boston jazz DJ, did a very good long interview with Giuffre not long before Giuffre died It covered his whole career. From recollection, his wife was also involved. Steve very kindly sent me a cassette copy of the programme. I have it somewhere. I am sure the unedited tapes if they exist would be very useful if anyone were to write a biography. I would love to read one. Anthony London

“Completing the program is ‘Niger River’ by Albert Ayler”. Not aware of this, would that be ‘Deep River’ maybe?

Yes, I should have said, Why? Am guessing Amancio’s son has licensed the reissue. Anthony

Trunk records are advertising a vinyl reissue of Hum Dono. No info on source. Hmmm (Dono). Anthony

What a night! Solid performance from City, Inter fouling throughout then suddenly discovering how to play football after going one goal down. Watching in Madrid, free to view here, avoiding Real Madrid fans!

Presenting Ronnie Scott sextet, Fontana reissue. Wanted records, Bristol. Nice shop, lots of jazz. No bargains but reasonable.

After being blown away by Point of Departure, 20 or so years ago, I bought any Gary McFarland album I came across in the wild. Consequently, with a few (a very few) exceptions I have a stack of cheesy easy listening records.

M Chapoutier, pioneer of the braille label.

Treble ahead, c’mon City!

You may be right. in the May edition of Jazzwise there is an article by Chris Welch about the Bulls Head in which he states that Mercury recorded Storm Warning live there on 22 and 29 November 1965. Still not convinced it is live as there is no audience noise that I can hear. Anthony

At Cafe Oto 23 July. Interesting, not aware of any London concerts in recent decades. https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/arman-ratip/ Anthony

That’s funny, as I am sure the ‘digitally remastered’ LP reissue of the 2000s is taken from the Disconforme CD! The LP is mono and sounds v harsh. I am happy to pass my copy onto anyone Uk based, gratis. I have a stereo original and it sounds much better in comparison. Interesting that our Mr Sidewinder is the source of the BGO reissue, thanks! Anthony London

Thanks Dmitry. I have walked past that ice rink but didn’t know it had been used for jazz concerts in the 50s. Cool to have one of Jutta’s paintings.

Yes, I went to that. I can’t believe that was 2005. I think they did a couple of tunes, including ‘Starless and bible black’. Wellins’ solo on that is so memorable I stupidly expected him to repeat it, which of course, he didn’t.

Wow, interesting. Where in NYC was she selling them and how did you come across her? I assume the paintings were not expensive. Anthony London

Yes, they were such regular tourers, you expected them to go on forever. My first jazz gig was Stan’s quartet at Southport in the 70s. I think Art Themen was late due to an operation overrunning. My Dad got into argument with the people behind who were criticising the long hair and jeans worn by Stan and his son! I think they were expecting their jazz musicians to be like the MJQ. Anthony

Re Stan Tracey’s Jazz Suite, I accompanied my Dad to the local record shop (in Chorley, Lancs, shop still there) when the first reissue of this came out in the mid 70s. The shop owner called a phone number to track down a copy and Stan Tracey answered the phone! He duly sent a copy to the shop. Loved the record since hearing it then. I have a mono original (‘not for sale’ sticker on the label) which sounds great so will pass on the re-reissue. I bought a Cd years back to learn ‘starless and bible black’. Anthony London

Almost reluctantly going to Cheltenham ‘jazz’ festival this weekend, seeing Xhosa Cole and black top. Not seeing Squeeze, Jake Bugg or Tony Hadley from the famous jazz group, Spandau Ballet…thin pickings this year with most of the jazz shoved into a small arts centre and the main venues given over to pop. Anthony London

Thanks for posting. Amazing recording of Karl with Marion Brown, among others.

Rico quotes Parker’s Cool Blues in his trombone solo on Dandy Livingstone’s Rudy:

I would recommend it. He maintained the story that he was from South Carolina and not Grenada for most of his life. The reasons for doing so were complicated.

A fascinating programme about trumpet player Arthur Briggs on R4 yesterday for those of you who can access BBC sounds. I hadn't heard of him before but he led an interesting life, well covered in this 30 minute programme. More info below: 'Arthur Briggs played with some of the biggest names in jazz, witnessed some extraordinary moments in history and survived a Nazi internment camp. Yet, apart from among the most diehard jazz fans, he's virtually unknown today. Born at the turn of the last century on the Caribbean island of Grenada, then part of the British Empire, Briggs learned to play trumpet in Harlem and is believed to be the only British subject to have participated in the creation of jazz. But for his entire life, Arthur said he was American. In archive recordings broadcast for the first time, Briggs tells of his adventures as a black man leading a band of musicians around the cities of Europe in the 1920s and 30s. Memories include the aftermath of race riots in Liverpool, the execution of Turkish opposition leaders in Ankara, and four years in a Nazi camp. Hugh tries to uncover why this pioneer of jazz is virtually absent from the history books. Presenter: Hugh Schofield' https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001kh4k

I like this clip of Ronnie Scott with Ben Webster. His tone seems a bit harsher than Mobley's at this stage. The Tracey solo is challenging (in a good way) and Webster seems to draw it to an early close! Scott's early style was v smooth and Getz-like, but I think that was the dominant tone for European tenor players in the the early 50s before hard bop arrived over here. regards Anthony

A good example of this in my mind is ‘Bunko’. Slightly corny theme but Niehaus’ intro and solo are very typical of his distinctive style. Attempting to play along to any of this stuff does test out your lung capacity! regards Anthony