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Ike Isaacs Ike Quebec Dave Brubeck

Oh, and thanks to the French spectators for their help during all the tournament! And also thanks to the translator of the interview after the final, who turned Nadal´s generous praise of Roger Federer into pompous self-glorification. Maybe trying to prepare the public for next year´s tournament?

Obviously, with his criticism on his selection for the Davis Cup 2004 Final, Dan has proved to be a great scouter... and forecaster!

Excerpts from the latest Jazz Messengers brochure: JAZZ ON DVD: NEW RELEASES -Duke Ellington "Berlin Concert 1969", featuring Wild Bill Davis Recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin, Germany, November 8, 1969 10 tracks starting with "A train", "La Plus Belle Africaine"... and ending with "Satin Doll" bonus tracks from an Amsterdam concert from Ellington´s 1958 European tour, recorded live in Amsterdam, Holland, November 2, 1958 -Duke Ellington "London Concert 1964" Recorded on February 20, 1964 Including the "Harlem Suite" and an Ellington piano solo 10 tracks starting with "Perdido", "Caravan"... and ending with "Kinda Dukish & Rockin´in Rhythm" bonus tracks from a live concert, Zurich, Switzerland, September 1959 4 tracks starting with "I let a song..." and ending with "Diminuendo in Blue" -Ben Webster "In Hannover 1973" with the Oscar Peterson Trio (NDR Jazzworkshop TV broadcast, live at the Funkhaus, Hannover, December 14, 1972) All three DVDs on the Impro-Jazz label (belonging to the Definitive-Disconforme emporium)

Where have I heard this before?

Recently published by The Mercury Press, it´s a chronicle of early jazz musicians who played outside the United States circa 1914-1929. It covers musicians such as Louis Mitchell, Billy Arnold, Sidney Bechet, Arthur Briggs, Jack Carter, James Reese Europe, Jelly Roll Morton, Benny Peyton, Hughes Pollard, Danny Polo, Valada Snow, Dave Tough, Teddy Weatherford, Frank Withers & Sam Wooding, as well as a lot of obscure bands.

Stu Goldberg Stu Martin Stump Evans

Barry Gibb Barry Guy Guy Lombardo

Alfred Lion Francis Wolff Howlin´ Wolf

Jack McDuff Willie Ruff Cy Touff

Clark Kent Kent Smith Smith Ballew Valaida Snow Elmer Snowden Johannes Jacobus Zelmer

I have a friend who once knew a chick who grew up with a hot chick who had a cousin whose first name was Hank. Now that´s a discovery!

Boyd Raeburn Claude Thornhill Maxine Sullivan

Yoshizawa Motoharu Aki Takase Katsuo Kunikana

You better open your mind, "mainstreamer", or the forces from hell will come for you! We can discuss the meaning of "enjoyable" music... and I´m afraid I will be closer to you than to the funnyraters....

Pony Poindexter Josep M. Farrás Ricardo Solis

To my knowledge, there´s no available Coleman Hawkins online discography.

Albert Haim has posted this at the Bix Beiderbecke website:

Herbie Mann Eric Dolphy Jorge Pardo

That´s the detective in you, brownie!

Barry Miles Barry Galbraith Barry Altschul

Alabama Watson Mississippi Fred McDowell Louisiana Red Red Norvo Miles Davis Kenny Dorham

Will Almendra Music be the publisher, as for Jordi Pujol´s "Jazz en Barcelona 1920-1965" book? If so, and as your book will be mostly graphic material, I hope the quality of the paper and the definition of the photographs will be better! On the other hand, "Jazz en Barcelona..." is a thoroughly researched and well documented book, essential to understand what was going on in the Spanish jazz scene (if we´d dare call it so!) during those years.