birdanddizzy

The Flower Pot Men Mikis Theodorakis Ben Sidran

Happy birthday, Marty ! All the best

Jacques Aubert (photographer) Doug Rainey (g) Michel Gaudry (b)

A list of the guitarists that left us in 2005, given by the Yahoo Jazz Guitar Group : Al Casey Billy Bauer Dave Baney Don Arnone Frank Deniz Jim Pash Link Wray Mark Manetta Mike Elliott Robert (Dr. Jazz) Caldwell Simon Salz Ted Greene Derek Bailey Bill DeArango

Sorry, I think I took at the first degree the messages of Seth on a Google forum a few months ago. It is a confusion with his retirement, the man is using the past to speak of Billy Bean!... Excuse me Mr Bean... I sent a message to Seth to be sure... Billy Bean stopped playing many years ago. He dropped out because he began to lose interest in the guitar and music in general. He is one of my all-time favorites. Best

Billie Poole Monica Zetterlund Billy Bauer Billy Bean ...

Jean-François Jenny Clark Eddy Lang Jacky Terrasson

I'm in... PM sent

François Jeanneau Samson Schmitt Billie Poole

Russel Malone Fred Astaire Mark Whitfield

Joni Mitchell Gus Mancuso Billie Strayhorn

Claude, Joyeux Noël et bonne année à toi Claude. Je te souhaite d'achever la discographie de René Thomas (a still in progress work!)... I'll be waiting for that one! Best Steven

The Dean sisters Teresa Brewer The Brecker brothers

Mimi Perrin Les Spann Michel Warlop

I'd like to sign up for May 2008 please ?

That's right Jean-Pierre Leloir has archives since 1954! He always took photos with Leica cameras (perfect). Now he has more than 25 000 photos in his archives! I've met him and can say you he has a good organization: all people that appear on his photos have different entry. Yes brownie : big moustaches, and also smoking a pipe. Martial Solal composed in the 60s "Leloir est cher" (= Leloir's prices are too high), allusion to the french departement the Loir-et-Cher !

"The Bobby Jaspar quartet at Ronnie Scott's", MoleJazz with René Thomas, Benoît Quersin and Daniel Humair

Clifford Brown Art Simmons Jack Diéval

That is one of the rarest french EPs : one example known. The owner is Alain Antonietto. I have just done a copy for me... The recording is not very good, anyway Clarke, Michelot, Simmons, Gaudry, Bacsik, ... what a line-up !

Now "KENNY CLARKE WITH ANDY AND THE BEY SISTERS" EP Métropole [FR] 46001 Paris – ?December 1959 – released ?1970s Eric Dixon (fl), Elek Bacsik (vn, gt), Art Simmons (pn), Pierre Michelot (sb), Kenny Clarke (dm), Humberto [Canto Morales] (bongos and/or conga), Andy [bey] and the Bey Sisters (vc) Side A - Caravan, Part 1, 2 - Bacsik [as Al Back] plays (vn) only Side B - Begin the Beguine, Parts 1, 2 – Bacsik [as Alexis Backsix] plays (gt) only Is this vinyl in the Lord discography ?

Found this rare item a few months ago. BirdandDizzy, for your information, Bacsik remains in background through the whole session! Yeah, I just love this album. Bacsik his really great on the background and very good harmony with the piano. There is also other recording with the same personnel (you also found the EP) : "Art Simmons" and his orchestra, recorded 9 november 1959 for Ducretet Thomson w. Clark Terry, Eric Dixon (fl, sax), Art Simmons (p), Elek Bacsik (g), Michel Gaudry (b), Kenny Clarke (dm) and Billie Poole (voc). So sad, Billie died this year in May. My friend Art Simmons is proud of this album and that's one of the few albums where you can hear -even in a bigger band- the trio of the Mars Club... (--Art, if you read this message...!--) --Steven

"Quentin Jackson" recorded february 1960 in Paris (Ducretet Thomson). w. Quentin Jackson (tb, voc), Clark Terry (tp), Art Simmons(p), Elek Bacsik(g), Michel Gaudry (b) & Kenny Clarke (dm). Is this the only album under his name ?

It's OK now, merci

Sorry Brownie, you are hidden by me on the map because we are both living in Paris Désolé mon cher je n'avais pas anticipé la chose... Steven

Ahhh, shuddup!