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Never seen that sleeve, much better than the Storyville issue. Great album, I love Shepp shouting the time change on Trio during his solo. (Five Five!). Moses dominates on drums. Great drummer who doesn’t have a big discography to his name.

I have the Hot House reissue of this which I bought a few years ago, not a particularly good pressing but I only paid about £10 for it. I’ve just looked on Discogs and the only copy for sale is going for £263! What’s going on?

Val Wilmer was the guest on today’s edition of Desert Island Discs on BBC radio. Available on BBC Sounds. I haven’t heard it yet but should be interesting.

Kell(e)y Great- Wynton Kelly. Veejay. There are some wild solos on here by Wayne Shorter particularly on Wrinkles and Mama G. 1959. Wayne is way out there. Great record. I can remember when these Esquire issues used to be well thumbed, cheap and generally passed over in London record shops in favour of US issues or UK reissues. I can also remember a massive dump of Esquires, 10”, 78s etc in Rays, a lot sleeveless, going for peanuts.

Norma Winstone Edge of Time Argo Stereo. ‘Enjoy this day’ is just incredible.

Absolutely, their Deram and Argo reissues were so good, you would be tempted to sell your original LPs!

Strange label, Dutton Vocalion. Used to release a lot of interesting jazz, Deram etc. but seems to be totally scaled back now. I would have thought keeping Hum Dono in print would be a money spinner but it has disappeared from the catalogue. Owners retiring perhaps?

I have a 10” Savoy of Parker and the drumming on KoKo is stunning and loud. Other versions I have heard, including on CD, seem to mute them. Turning Point- Lonnie Smith, Blue Note. Not that keen when I first bought it, but the groove is growing on me. The trio tracks seem to work best. Good to see that Ed Love who wrote the sleeve notes is apparently still working in Detroit as a DJ at 91

https://bid.omegaauctions.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-69---the-mike-taylor-trio---trio-lp-original-uk-mono-copy---columbia-sx-6137/?lot=47041&so=0&st=&sto=0&au=149&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=0&pp=48&pn=2&g=1 slightly OT but the BBC seems to be selling a lot of records such as this, the Mike Taylor trio. Maybe not so off topic as Richard has written extensively on Mike Taylor over the years. Sorry for the ridiculously long link there

Good tribute from Steve Beresford in London Jazz News: https://londonjazznews.com/2024/01/01/tony-oxley-a-tribute-by-steve-beresford/ I was lucky enough to be at the two London concerts mentioned above. Powerful stuff. He also played and toured (well, Manchester at least) with Sonny Rollins in the 60s. With Stan Tracey on piano. That must have been interesting. Anthony

Wonder why that didn’t make it to any of the reissue programmes. Is there only a single 10”? Might explain it.

Looking on from the disfunctional UK, I found the general thrust of her comments on Twitter depressing and weird. On the music, the Steve Coleman years, Jump world, were good, the later slower scratchy bang on a can stuff became a cliche.

Charles Mingus presents Jazz Workshop Vol 2 (Vogue UK 10”). My Dad’s record. 5 trombones stretching out, one track per side. Willie Dennis and JJ Johnson stand out. Great live sound, recorded in Brooklyn 1953. Must track down Vol 1.

Hope Larry is doing OK. Missing his contributions! Best wishes. Anthony London

‘I play trombone’, Frank Rosolino. CBS Sony Japan Mono. Hollywood 1956. I am struck by Sonny Clark’s work on this. He has a lot of space. His long joyful solo on ‘My delux’ is a stand out. His style seems fully formed at this point. Anthony London

Wow, that must have been early 70s?

After Ed Dipple’s death, Mole auctioned his record collection. It was a postal paper based auction, like the old Mole Jazz auctions (which I took part in a lot in the 90s). Pre eBay I guess so at least 20 years ago. I acquired a few records through the auction. The Giuffre and some Shorty Rogers on Atlantic. None of them are pristine, but well loved I like to think.

In Person, Jimmy Giuffre Quartet. From the Ed Dipple collection! Mono second edition. Sounds great, one of my favourite Giuffre records. Buell Neidlinger is constantly interesting. I see Billy Osborne on drums went into v different areas, Tavares and LTD.

I am listening to the LP reissue. It does sound a bit muddy. The sax and trumpet are too far back in the mix. Similar to the CD from the comments above. I am also wondering why Henry Franklin who I understand is the second bass player is not credited on the sleeve. That said, there are some great performances on this.

Anyone going to Simon Spillett’s big band Tubby thing on Monday?

Thanks! It’s a great hard bop date. I have a Mantra CD reissue. Looks a bit dodgy.

Incidentally, Five Cats Blues, is I understand Sardaby’s first release, from 1967 and is a live recording. Anyone know where it was recorded? There is no info in the sleeve notes.

RIP, I was pleased to discover him via a CD reissue of Five Cats Blues. Great record. Sonia is the stand out tune. I don’t recall any coverage of him in the UK press or if he ever played over here. Shame.

He was a poet. The Pogues played a miner’s benefit at Hampstead Old Town Hall in 1985, on the same day they recorded a session on the Tube (a well regarded live TV programme on Channel 4, early Friday evening). I bumped into Shane in the bogs at the gig and mentioned I had seen the programme that evening, expressed surprise that they had made the gig. He said (swaying gently) that the Tube had paid for a flight from Newcastle to London and they had enjoyed free drink all the way down. It was a great gig. This is their performance on that day

I think you can hear Alf Garnett actor Warren Mitchell at some points in this recording. That Ronnie Lang record is v good. Fluent West Coast alto at its finest. Great sleeve, I couldn’t resist buying that years back in a great record shop in Santa Cruz. The pre eBay years when you could pick up stuff pretty cheap.