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I am trying to sort out the detailed itinerary of the Roland Kirk Quartet (Kirk, Tete Montoliu, Tommy Potter and Kenny Clarke), as part of the European Tour of the Newport Jazz Festival, starting in late September 1964 and ending in mid October that year. These are the dates I have so far: -September 26: Philharmonic, Berlin. Jimmy Woode instead of Tommy Potter. -September 27: Pralaten Schoenberg, Berlin. -October 1: Victoria Hall, Geneve. Jimmy Woode instead of Tommy Potter. -October 2: La Salle Pleyel, Paris. -October 3: Johanneshov Ice Stadium, Stockholm. -October 4 : KB Hallen, Copenhagen. RRK Quartet did not play, and it was just Tete Montoliu who joined the In Memoriam Charlie Parker group for the first tune, "Now's The Time". -October 5: Mässhallen, Gothenburg. -October 6: Messuhalli, Helsinki. -October 8: Stadthalle, Sindelfingen. -October 9: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. -October 10: Teatro Dell'Arte, Milano. -October 11: Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussel. Additional suggested concerts include: -Frankfurt -Cologne -Basel -Zurich -Hamburg -Paris (again) -Lyon -Marseille -London Any additional information is most welcome.

That would be very helpful! Thanks a million!

FWIW, here is the list of Tete Montoliu performances from that 1958 Cannes Jazz Festival: ------------------------------ Date: July 11, 1958 Location: Cannes Jazz Festival, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France Label: [television broadcast] Tete Montoliu (ldr, p), Doug Watkins (b), Arthur Taylor (d) a. Pennies From Heaven (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke) b. Blues - 3:34 (Tete Montoliu) INA CD: IMV 082 — Jazz Sur La Croisette: Cannes 1958 (2009) c. Fine And Dandy (Paul James, Kay Swift) Recorded by RTF. Tape exists. According to JP, this set was not part of the official festival, but an informal jam session. Doug Watkins and Art Taylor were part of the Donald Byrd Quintet with Bobby Jaspar. ------------------------------ Date: July 12, 1958 Location: Cannes Jazz Festival, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France Label: [television broadcast] Tete Montoliu (ldr, p), Ricardo Galeazzi (b), Ditto Edwards (d) a. Somebody Loves Me - 5:20 (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald) b. Lover Man - 6:58 (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) c. Back Home Again In Indiana - 3:35 (James Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) Recorded by RTF. Tape exists. RTF archives and announcer incorrectly mention Datto Edwards. According to JP, this concert was on July 11. ------------------------------ Date: July 13, 1958 Location: Cannes Jazz Festival, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France Label: [television broadcast] Yvonne Blanc, Claude Bolling, Tete Montoliu, Sammy Price, Henri Renaud, Joe Turner (p) a. Boogie Woogie Blues Probably part of the mamooth jam session in the last day of the festival. The six pianists played three four-handed pianos. Recorded by RTF. Tape exists.

What I have been able to document so far is: -Boston, Alfred Morse Auditorium (March 17) -NY, Village Gate (probably March 20-22). On March 22 --> recording for SteepleChase with Hank Mobley -Hermosa Beach, Lighthouse (April 1-6) -San Francisco, Keystone Korner (April 8-13) -El Granada, CA, Bach Dancing Dynamite Society (April 13) -Santa Cruz, CA, Kuumba Jazz Center (April 14) -Seattle, Parnell's (April 24) Reportedly, these are additional dates in the US, Mexico and Canada: -Kansas City -Baltimore -Washington DC -Oregon -Canada (Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary) -Mexico (1 week) Thanks for your reply. So not any reference in the club listings?

After several years of intermittent research, still strugglin' to complete the itinerary of Montoliu's stay in the US in 1980. Any help is much appreciated.

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For those interested, Venus has just reissued one of the most difficult to find Tete Montoliu discs, "Catalonian Rhapsody", originally, Alfa ALCR-172. http://www.venusrecord.com/v2/release/VHCD-1154.html From my Tete Montoliu discography: Date: March 8, 1992 Location: Barcelona, Spain Label: Alfa Tete Montoliu (ldr), Tete Montoliu (p), Hein van de Geyn (b), Idris Muhammad (d) a. 01 La Dama D'Aragó - 7:01 (Traditional) b. 02 Els Segadors - 7:43 (Traditional) c. 03 Cançó De Lladre - 6:25 (Traditional) d. 04 Three Young Ladies - 6:34 e. 05 Paraules D'Amor [aka Words Of Love] - 4:49 (Joan Manuel Serrat) f. 06 El Cant Dels Ocells - 6:55 (Traditional) g. 07 Don't Smoke Anymore, Please - 4:48 (Tete Montoliu) h. 08 My Street - 8:11 All titles on: Alfa CD: ALCR-172 — Catalonian Rhapsody (1992) a. listed as The Lady From Arago b. listed as Catalonian National Anthem c. listed as Song Of The Robber e. listed as Words Of Love f. listed as The Singing Of The Birds g. listed as Don't Smoke Any More Details needed on d. and h. which may have more common titles.

87 anyone?

Funny rarity with Tete Montoliu on piano: Date: August or October 1963 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Label: Adlon Van Prince (ldr), Sahib Shihab (bar), Palle Mikkelborg (t), Ole Molin (g), Tete Montoliu (p), Benny Nilsson (b), William Schiöpffe (d), Raoul Burnet (tam), Van Prince (v) a. Adlon Hully Gully - 4:54 Adlon EP 7": — Van Prince And Orchestra Featuring Sahib Shihab Murena LP 12": 017LP — Copenhagen Dancefloor Classics, Volume 2 (2002) Murena CD: 017CD — Copenhagen Dancefloor Classics, Volume 2 (2002) a. split into parts I and II on Adlon EP.

That's the only issued track with Hank. From my Tete Montoliu discography, here's the complete session info. Unissued tracks courtesy of Nils Winther's session logs: Date: March 22, 1980 Location: New York City Label: SteepleChase Tete Montoliu (ldr), Hank Mobley (ts), Tete Montoliu (p), George Mraz (b), Al Foster (d) a. Warm Up Blues - 2:47 (Tete Montoliu) b. tk 1 Blues For Wim And Maxine - 6:10 (Tete Montoliu) c. tk 2 a-02 Blues For Wim And Maxine - 7:28 (Tete Montoliu) SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1137 — I Wanna Talk About You (1980) SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31137 — I Wanna Talk About You (1996) d. tk 1 a-01 Nexus, Plexus, Sexus - 7:08 (Tete Montoliu) SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1137 — I Wanna Talk About You (1980) SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31137 — I Wanna Talk About You (1996) e. tk 2 Nexus, Plexus, Sexus - 6:11 (Tete Montoliu) f. tk 1 I Want To Talk About You - 7:33 (Billy Eckstine) g. tk 2 b-02 I Want To Talk About You - 11:36 (Billy Eckstine) SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1137 — I Wanna Talk About You (1980) SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31137 — I Wanna Talk About You (1996) h. Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 8:09 (Jacques Prevert, Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer) SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31137 — I Wanna Talk About You (1996) i. a-03 Scandia Skies - 6:42 (Kenny Dorham) SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1137 — I Wanna Talk About You (1980) SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31137 — I Wanna Talk About You (1996) j. Confirmation - 7:37 (Charlie Parker) SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31137 — I Wanna Talk About You (1996) k. tk 1 Early Morning Stroll - 0:45 (Hank Mobley) l. tk 2 Early Morning Stroll - 6:50 (Hank Mobley) m. b-01 Jo Vull Que M'Acariciis - 9:39 (Tete Montoliu) SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1137 — I Wanna Talk About You (1980) SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31137 — I Wanna Talk About You (1996) Hank Mobley (ts) on f, h, k, l only.

More accurate recording date is January 1961, according to Pepper Adams biographer and discographer Gary Carner ( http://www.pepperadams.com/DatesAsLeader.html ).

Jim: Email Anthony Barnett with your order ( ab@abar.net ) and he'll send you the invoice. Payment can be made in your currency in various ways including CreditCard via PayPal / Direct Transfer to €uro account / Check / Cheque. I've bought a couple of discs from him and it all went smooth.

Big order from Victoria Records, filling some gaps in my Dick Hyman and Ralph Sutton neverending collections: VC 4348 Ruby Braff - Bucky Pizzarelli - Ray Kennedy Relaxing At The Penthouse VC 4350 Ralph Sutton and George Barns As Good As It Gets VC 4351 Ralph Sutton Squaw Valley Seranade VC 4371 Ralph Sutton and Dave McKenna To Sunnie With Love VC 4373 Bucky Pizzarelli and the Kennedy Brothers Play Harold Arlen VC 4376 Dick Hyman and Shelly Berg Meeting Of The Minds VC 4377 Ralph Sutton and Kenny Davern Thunderbird Lodge / To Elsa and Sunnie with Love VC 4379 Dick Hyman and Ken Peplowski E Pluribus Duo VC 4384 Ralph Sutton Forever Sunnie VC 4393 Dick Hyman & Ken Peplowski Live at the Kitano

Sad to hear about Cedar Walton's passing... Glad I managed to caught him live at Ronnie Scott's back in the fall of 2011...

Buddy Bolden

Hooked on Chu Berry this week!!!

Thanks a million!!!

Mobley? That guy bores me to death. Listen to Kenny G instead! . . . . . . . . .

http://www.jazz.com/music/2007/11/21/chu-berry-roy-eldridge-body-and-soul CHU BERRY & HIS “LITTLE JAZZ” ENSEMBLE NYC. Nov. 11, 1938 Roy Eldridge (tp), Chu Berry (ts), Clyde Hart (p), Danny Barker (g), Art Shapiro (b), Sid Catlett (dm). Four titles were recorded for Commodore: 23699-1 Sittin’ In 23699-2 Sittin’ In 23700-1 Stardust 23701-1 Body And Soul 23702-1 46 West 52 23702-2 46 West 52

http://www.discogs.com/Art-Tatum-Tea-For-Two/release/1777991 I will check more details in Laubich-Spencer discography of Art Tatum.

One of my heroes, when I was into 60s and 70s rock and blues rock RIP I was there (January 23, 1992 - Sala Revolver, Madrid):

After ten years, organissimo... ...I'm getting sentimental over you Never thought I'd fall, but when I hear you call, I'm getting sentimental over you. Things you say and do just thrill me through and through, I'm getting sentimental over you. I thought I was happy I could live without love, Now I must admit, love is all I'm thinking of. Won't you please be kind, and just make up your mind That you'll be sweet and gentle, be gentle with me `Cause I'm getting sentimental over you.

Five years later...