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RIP. I was lucky to have seen him at Smoke in New York when he was about 80 I think. It was incredible to be sat close to him and hear him with a small group. Snappily dressed and in good playing form.

Yes, I have just played it twice through, enjoyable and interesting. There’s a lot going on here. £15 from Out on the Floor in Camden. More reggae than jazz but the odd interesting item.

Chic Chic Chico - Chico Hamilton (UK HMV Mono 1965). Interesting record, I bought this mainly for Albert Stinson whose playing on Bobby Hutcherson’s Oblique blew me away. Has some good Harold Land blowing space among some arranged pieces with flute and French Horn. Stinson impressive, esp on Carol’s walk. Not released on CD I understand.

Love John Law. Also Leon Greening on piano tonight. Always enjoy him. Seems to have a Phineas Newborn thing going on, to my ears.

Frank Basile, Steve Fishwick, Robbie Ellison quintet at the Parrakeet London NW5, haven’t seen Frank Basile before.

One for UK forum people. Last night’s BBC4 Parkinson repeat was billed as featuring Danny Thompson (alongside Kenneth Allsop, Lauren Bacall and Tom Paxton). No sign of him at all. What happened here? Was he backing Tom Paxton? As an aside, I think there is talk of a documentary about Danny in preparation, should be interesting.

Thanks so much Dan for looking into this for me and to the librarian for the detailed response. Very kind of you. I have tried, using my iphone and my macbook, on chrome and safari and still no joy! I wonder if other UK members of this Forum have any experiences of accessing these files? Anthony

J J Johnson, JJ, Mosaic Singles CD. What a beautiful CD. Great sound, great players. Love the 2 McFarland arrangements.

Thanks very much Dan. I have registered with Aviary too. Made no difference.

I have tried numerous times to listen to these recordings, but I keep receiving the following error message: ‘The link for this media file has expired. Please reload the page to renew access.’ Are they only accessible within the US? Anthony London

Interesting, I must admit I have never heard of or seen this After the Bridge record. Seems to be mainly Japanese issues on Discogs. What’s the story here, who is on these sessions and why weren’t they released at the time?

So, totally wrong! Matthew Halsall?

Track 12 sounds like Nat Birchall with Rachel Gladwin on the harp. I thought it was off Sacred Dimension, which I have, but it appears not.

Interesting, I didn’t know about Tubby’s old piccolo. I may be confused on naming protocol! It’s a great tune though. Anthony

The first tune is Tubby Hayes’ classic ‘Down in the Village’. By the flute player, Ed Cawthorne, the group is called Tenderlonious. I find the bass a bit relentless on this version. But I may be too used to Tubby’s version and this may be aimed at a jazz dance crowd. Thanks for posting. And hopefully people will also check out Tubby’s version, live at Ronnie Scott’s.

I saw him playing ‘later in life’ and he was perfectly sober and professional. And playing very well. Anthony

I have a spare copy for any UK residents of Keeper of the Flame: Modern Jazz in Manchester 1946 to 1972 by Bill Birch. For the cost of postage and packaging. Bear in mind, it’s a heavy book. Exhaustive and some brilliant photos of visiting UK and US jazz artists. Anthony London

Bought this in the late 70s I think, it was readily available, even in the UK. Prefer Getz’s tone on these Sittin In dates, tough sounding, to the later smoother sound in the 50s. Mouthpiece change?

Thanks.

According to Byrd’s Eye View, Hindall Butts was under exclusive contract to Transition Records. As was Tommy Ball. There’s a long list in the booklet, but I have never heard of these two and nothing much turns up on the Internet. Intrigued. Anyone know anything about these two?

On my first visit to the Village Vanguard, I think 1988, I stood aside on the stairs to let Charlie Haden pass with his double bass. Made me understand what an intimate venue it was. I don’t know why, but I was surprised such a star (to me) was carrying his own bass. He was playing with Don Cherry and James Clay, possibly Billy Higgins on drums. Cherry sitting on the floor in hippy garb, James Clay in a sharp suit.

‘Sweet Blossom Dearie’, live at Ronnie Scott’s, 1967, with Tubby’s old rhythm section, Freddy Logan and Allan Ganley. Beautifully recorded, Fontana, mono.

Thanks, I’m guessing the ‘you must read the back of this album’ hype was Joel Dorn’s idea. It worked, as I remembered it for 50 years! Yes, the music seeped into us three kids. All now jazz fans. We loved the catchy stuff, Roland Kirk, Monk - Lulu’s back in town. After I got punk out of my system I returned to jazz and a deeper appreciation, I hope. Stick with it and in a few year’s time your offspring will be whistling "The Ragman and the Junkman Ran from the Businessman They Laughed and He Cried"!

Next in the pile. My Dad’s is a Vogue mono issue, price of 12/6. Sounds pretty good too. I have an original Contemporary (because I loved what I had heard). Great sleeve too. Always intrigued by Teddy Edward’s shirt on the reverse, v cool.

Running through my late Dad’s collection. As kids, i remember we all loved this when it was played as it was so wild (compared to Chicory Tip or Slade). ‘You must read the back of the album’ , great. How was this received when it was originally issued, I wonder.