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New releases: Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (Live at Liederhalle Stuttgart, 17.11.1961 – including Bonustracks from Frankfurt, 27.11.1961) Available on CD and Vinyl! Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet (Live at Audimax Freiburg, 22.06.1964 – including Bonustracks from Münchner Jazztage 1965) Available on CD! Lost Tapes – a new series with extraordinary often forgotten studio recordings from Baden Baden and Mainz is launched. Look forward to the Master of Cool Jazz: Zoot Sims (Live at Baden-Baden, 23.06.1958) Available on CD and Vinyl! News

Not sure if this one has already been mentioned: Obviously, Osvalde Farrés' song is "Tres Palabras". Buddy and Boddy, great pair!

Thanks for the news, brownie. Dick's one of my all-time musical heroes!

Will I have to buy Bessie's complete recordings for the third time? Columbia, Frog and now... Why not? Then you can tell us if Sony remastered the set and didn't use the atrocious no-noised masterings from the early 1990s By the way, this set has been discussed recently in at least two other threads, this one and this one. Now that's a good reason!

Will I have to buy Bessie's complete recordings for the third time? Columbia, Frog and now...

This is an excerpt from the documentary "On the road with Duke Ellington", recorded during 1967 and premiered by the NBC on October 13, 1967. The complete September 11, 1985 program from the "Jazz Entre Amigos" series on the Spanish TVE, based on this documentary, can be enjoyed at our colleague's Fernando Ortiz de Urbina "Easy Does It/Desde La 52" bilingual blog. Discographical info for "The Biggest" [aka "Traffic Jam"]:

From the duke-lym list:

So, avoid the Bessie set like pest, and get the wonderfully remastered Frog CDs. ---edit--- Sorry, I missed JAW's post with the same comment!

Allen You may have a hint of what you can expect from the book by reading Basilio's essay from 2006.

Amazon link

I really prefer these restorations...

Creole Trombone. Kid Ory and the Early Years of Jazz By John McCusker 176 pages (approx.), 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, 20 b&w photographs, appendices, index 978-1-61703-626-2 Cloth $35.00t 978-1-61703-627-9 Ebook $35.00 University Press of Mississippi link

There have been at least two releases of "A Drum Is A Woman" on CD: - an old issue on the Tristar label from 1995 and - a more recent issue on Jazz Track, from 2008 ...both including "Pomegranate", from the suite, but ommited in the LP.

Pony Poindexter Dexter Gordon Gordon Goodwin

Tony Lakatos Bernard Lagat Gebre

Bill Walton Larry Bird Kevin McHale

Jim Morrison Morrissey Johnny Marr

Derek (& the Dominoes) Layla Lola Flores

We take a lot of liberties here...

Art Ford Art Pepper Pepper Adams

I also made a different ranking, a metal-weighted ranking: Gold, 3 points; Silver, 2 points; Bronze, 1 point. So, the official ranking: OFICIAL ORO PLATA BRONCE TOTAL 1EEUU 46 29 29 104 2China 38 27 23 88 3Gran Bretaña 29 17 19 65 4Rusia 24 26 32 82 5Corea del Sur 13 8 7 28 6Alemania 11 19 14 44 7Francia 11 11 12 34 8Italia 8 9 11 28 9Hungría 8 4 5 17 10Australia 7 16 12 35 11Japón 7 14 17 38 12Kazajstán 7 1 5 13 13Holanda 6 6 8 20 14Ucrania 6 5 9 20 15Nueva Zelanda 6 2 5 13 16Cuba 5 3 6 14 17Irán 4 5 3 12 18Jamaica 4 4 4 12 19República Checa 4 3 3 10 20Corea del Norte 4 0 2 6 21España 3 10 4 17 22Brasil 3 5 9 17 23Sudáfrica 3 2 1 6 24Etiopía 3 1 3 7 25Croacia 3 1 2 6 26Bielorrusia 2 5 5 12 27Rumania 2 5 2 9 28Kenia 2 4 5 11 29Dinamarca 2 4 3 9 30Azerbaiyán 2 2 6 10 30Polonia 2 2 6 10 32Turquía 2 2 1 5 33Suiza 2 2 0 4 34Lituania 2 1 2 5 35Noruega 2 1 1 4 36Canadá 1 5 12 18 37Suecia 1 4 3 8 38Colombia 1 3 4 8 39Georgia 1 3 3 7 39México 1 3 3 7 41Irlanda 1 1 3 5 42Argentina 1 1 2 4 42Eslovenia 1 1 2 4 42Serbia 1 1 2 4 45Túnez 1 1 1 3 46República Dominicana 1 1 0 2 47Trinidad y Tobago 1 0 3 4 47Uzbekistán 1 0 3 4 49Letonia 1 0 1 2 50Argelia 1 0 0 1 50Bahamas 1 0 0 1 50Granada 1 0 0 1 50Uganda 1 0 0 1 50Venezuela 1 0 0 1 55India 0 2 4 6 56Mongolia 0 2 3 5 57Tailandia 0 2 1 3 58Egipto 0 2 0 2 59Eslovaquia 0 1 3 4 60Armenia 0 1 2 3 60Bélgica 0 1 2 3 60Finlandia 0 1 2 3 63Bulgaria 0 1 1 2 63Estonia 0 1 1 2 63Indonesia 0 1 1 2 63Malasia 0 1 1 2 63Puerto Rico 0 1 1 2 63Taipei Chino 0 1 1 2 69Botsuana 0 1 0 1 69Chipre 0 1 0 1 69Gabón 0 1 0 1 69Guatemala 0 1 0 1 69Monténégro 0 1 0 1 69Portugal 0 1 0 1 75Grecia 0 0 2 2 75Moldavia 0 0 2 2 75Qatar 0 0 2 2 75Singapur 0 0 2 2 79Afganistán 0 0 1 1 79Arabia Saudí 0 0 1 1 79Bahréin 0 0 1 1 79Hong Kong 0 0 1 1 79Kuwait 0 0 1 1 79Marruecos 0 0 1 1 79Tayikistán 0 0 1 1 turns into this one: PONDERADO ORO PLATA BRONCE TOTAL 1 1EEUU 138 58 29 225 2 2China 114 54 23 191 3 4Rusia 72 52 32 156 4 3Gran Bretaña 87 34 19 140 5 6Alemania 33 38 14 85 6 7Francia 33 22 12 67 7 11Japón 21 28 17 66 8 10Australia 21 32 12 65 9 5Corea del Sur 39 16 7 62 10 8Italia 24 18 11 53 11 13Holanda 18 12 8 38 12 9Hungría 24 8 5 37 13 14Ucrania 18 10 9 37 14 21España 9 20 4 33 15 12Kazajstán 21 2 5 28 16 22Brasil 9 10 9 28 17 15Nueva Zelanda 18 4 5 27 18 16Cuba 15 6 6 27 19 17Irán 12 10 3 25 20 36Canadá 3 10 12 25 21 18Jamaica 12 8 4 24 22 19República Checa 12 6 3 21 23 26Bielorrusia 6 10 5 21 24 28Kenia 6 8 5 19 25 27Rumania 6 10 2 18 26 29Dinamarca 6 8 3 17 27 30Azerbaiyán 6 4 6 16 28 30Polonia 6 4 6 16 29 20Corea del Norte 12 0 2 14 30 23Sudáfrica 9 4 1 14 31 24Etiopía 9 2 3 14 32 37Suecia 3 8 3 14 33 25Croacia 9 2 2 13 34 38Colombia 3 6 4 13 35 39Georgia 3 6 3 12 36 39México 3 6 3 12 37 32Turquía 6 4 1 11 38 33Suiza 6 4 0 10 39 34Lituania 6 2 2 10 40 35Noruega 6 2 1 9 41 41Irlanda 3 2 3 8 42 55India 0 4 4 8 43 42Argentina 3 2 2 7 44 42Eslovenia 3 2 2 7 45 42Serbia 3 2 2 7 46 56Mongolia 0 4 3 7 47 45Túnez 3 2 1 6 48 47Trinidad y Tobago 3 0 3 6 49 47Uzbekistán 3 0 3 6 50 46República Dominicana 3 2 0 5 51 57Tailandia 0 4 1 5 52 59Eslovaquia 0 2 3 5 53 49Letonia 3 0 1 4 54 58Egipto 0 4 0 4 55 60Armenia 0 2 2 4 56 60Bélgica 0 2 2 4 57 60Finlandia 0 2 2 4 58 50Argelia 3 0 0 3 59 50Bahamas 3 0 0 3 60 50Granada 3 0 0 3 61 50Uganda 3 0 0 3 62 50Venezuela 3 0 0 3 63 63Bulgaria 0 2 1 3 64 63Estonia 0 2 1 3 65 63Indonesia 0 2 1 3 66 63Malasia 0 2 1 3 67 63Puerto Rico 0 2 1 3 68 63Taipei Chino 0 2 1 3 69 69Botsuana 0 2 0 2 70 69Chipre 0 2 0 2 71 69Gabón 0 2 0 2 72 69Guatemala 0 2 0 2 73 69Monténégro 0 2 0 2 74 69Portugal 0 2 0 2 75 75Grecia 0 0 2 2 76 75Moldavia 0 0 2 2 77 75Qatar 0 0 2 2 78 75Singapur 0 0 2 2 79 79Afganistán 0 0 1 1 80 79Arabia Saudí 0 0 1 1 81 79Bahréin 0 0 1 1 82 79Hong Kong 0 0 1 1 83 79Kuwait 0 0 1 1 84 79Marruecos 0 0 1 1 85 79Tayikistán 0 0 1 1 Spains climbs from the 21st position up to the 14th position. Great Britain falls to the 4th position, after Russia. USA still first, and China second.

Email sent for a couple of jazz CD's. For this time, I will pass on the snuff stuff!

May he rest in peace. A truly original musician.

USA 107 - Spain 100 Best Olympic basketball match... ever! Although I must recognize the US team is almost unbeatable (you must play over perfection against them during the 40 minutes), once again -it was even clearer in Beijing- the referees' criteria was biased towards NBA rules permissiveness with travelling and contact... and two out four Marc Gasol's personal fouls didn't actually exist! It was hard to see Pau Gasol sitting on the bench absolutely depressed and almost coming into tears after the match... and nice to see Kobe coming to hugh him! However, I must congratulate the US team... you're still one step further! This generation of Spanish players, doing one of their weakest tournaments, has definitely come into legend: two silvers in Olympic games, one gold in World Championships and two golds and one silver in Eurobaskets! God bless Pau, Navarro, Calderón, Felipe Reyes and the rest of the team, including those who have retired, like Garbajosa o Jiménez! Let's hope the second generation (Rudy, Marc, Ricky Rubio, Llull, Sergio Rodríguez...) can keep the flame alive for some time! I witnessed the old days great moments (4th position in the 1982 Cali World Championship, silver medal in LA '84 Olympics...) but this generation is the best bunch of players we ever had... and will have!

Good article by one of the all-time greatests... I got definitely engaged by this sport back in the very early 80's with Steve Cram, Sebastian Coe, Steve Owett, Said Aouita...