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After David French´s sudden passing (October 24), his partner Dawn Leppard is going to maintain the label´s activity:

Are you playing tenor sax disguised as Peter van Bergen?

Searching through some Internet on-line stores, it looks like it´s a bit pricey: http://www.organ.co.uk/Merchant2/4.13/merc...tegory_Code=WBD http://www.elitediffusion.com/catalog/inde...facturers_id=40

You´re welcome, Dan. Not that I´ve ever heard of that disc: Google´s a powerful tool! Here´s the cover:

The Zurich Concert Jazz Connaisseur JCCD 8701-2 recorded november 1986 in Zürich/Switzerland released in 1987 Wild Bill Davis, Hammond organ, fender rhodes, vocals Clifford Scott, tenor sax, alto sax, flute Dickie Thompson, guitar, vocals Clyde Lucas, drums Track listing: Meridian Honeysuckle Rose (Vocal By Dickie Thompson) Azure-te * Stolen Sweets Pompton Turnpike * This is all I Ask Atlantic City Some More Caravan Jive Samba * Route 66 ** Lester Leaps In * April in Paris * * Previously Unreleased ** Wild Bill Davis, vocals (from International Archives for Jazz Organ website)

-Keith Jarrett: The Köln concert -Jarrett/Peacock/DeJohnnette: Always let me go 12,95 € each, obviously the second one was mispriced (that´s what I like from the ignorance of those who compose the jazz section for some big stores! )

Free jazz.

According to Jazzmatazz, there´s an upcoming release by Jason Moran and his Bandwagon, due out February 1: Jason Moran and The Bandwagon - Same Mother (Blue Note) Feb 1 — Jason Moran (piano), Tarus Mateen (bass), Nasheet Waits (drums) and guest Marvin Sewell (guitar); mostly jazzy explorations of the blues

King Ubu Orchestra

December 28, 1966. New York. Duke Ellington recording session at RCA Studio B. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, t; Johnny Hodges, as; Paul Gonsalves, ts; Harry Carney, bs; Duke Ellington, p; John Lamb, b; Rufus Jones, d -Draggin´ blues -Cotton tail -Now ain´t it? -The last go-round (published in the Private Collection, vol. 8 on Saja label)

December 28, 1953. Chicago. Capitol recording session at Universal Studios. Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra: Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry, t; Quentin Jackson, George Jean, Britt Woodman, tb; Russell Procope, as, cl; Rick Henderson, as; Paul Gonsalves, ts; Jimmy Hamilton, cl, ts; Harry Carney, bs, bcl; Duke Ellington, p; Wendell Marshall, b; Dave Black, d. -Night time -Stompin´ at the Savoy

December 28, 1940 RCA-Victor recording session at Studio A. Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra: Rex Stewart, c; Wallace Jones, Ray Nance, t; Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton, tb; Juan Tizol, vtb; Barney Bigard, cl; Johnny Hodges, ss, as, cl; Otto Hardwick, as, bsx; Ben Webster, ts; Harry Carney, cl, as, bs; Duke Ellington, p; Fred Guy, g; Jimmie Blanton, b; Sonny Greer, d; Billy Strayhorn replaces Ellington on "Flamingo." -The sidewalks of New York -Flamingo -The Girl In My Dreams Tries To Look Like You -The Girl In My Dreams Tries To Look Like You

A little hint to help you, it was said by a woman. Wild guess: Sheila Jordan?

You can get a Title Key to Ellington´s Production from Jørgen Mathiasen ( currently under preparation ) by filling out and sending this FORM.

http://roundaboutjazz.de/depages/Survey.htm Thanks for that link, John. I didn´t have that one on my "Ellington" folder of favorite websites.

Mike: It´s in the last issue of the on-line Duke Ellington Music Society (DEMS) Bulletin [04/3 December 2004 - March 2005], Part Six. Sorry, I should have included the complete source. Here´s a link. (scroll down as there are several more articles above the one I posted).

Thanks, brownie! Anyway, I´ll have to pick the Lonehill discs, as I don´t have the JazzUps.

I thought this could be of interest for our resident discographers: DUKE ELLINGTON's Production as a Composer A survey of a selection of sources to his entire production and a methodological discussion by Jørgen Mathiasen

Also for Ellington nuts: DUKE ELLINGTON: Day by Day, Film by Film Dr. Klaus Stratemann is still at half the price (EUR 50 or USD 60) at Storyville´s website. Go and get it while you can! (I received it a few days ago)

Carl Hällström, who located some of the original acetates, including 24Mar and 17Apr, wrote this in the last issue of DEMS Bulletin: The remastering of a Jazz Unlimited/Storyville vintage Ellington release is in the making. It´s a double-set with all the surviving 1938 Cotton Club airchecks and bonus tracks including (the previously unissued) Skrontch (24Mar38) and Solitude (17Apr38). I will be getting this for sure! (also posted this as a separate thread)

Thanks for your input, Chris.

The remastering of a Jazz Unlimited/Storyville vintage Ellington release is in the making. It´s a double-set with all the surviving 1938 Cotton Club airchecks and bonus tracks including (the previously unissued) Skrontch (24Mar38) and Solitude (17Apr38). Carl Hällström, who located some of the original acetates, including 24Mar and 17Apr, wrote this in the last issue of DEMS Bulletin. EDIT: to change thread title

Our friends from Definitive Records released Duke Ellington - 1967 European Tour: Complete Teatro Sistina Concert - 2 CDs (Lonehill) — 2/22/1967; 135 minutes; 26 tracks this year. AFAIK, these CDs are the same (copied?) as Duke Ellington - Live in Italy 1967 Vol 1 [Jazz Up JU 305] Duke Ellington - Live in Italy 1967 Vol 2 [Jazz Up JU 306] The Jazz Up issues have not been available for more than ten years. Does anyone have these old issues, and could confirm it´s exactly the same material? Will I have to pick the new reissue? Thanks in advance!

Unfortunately there is no trace of any live recordings of the Al Cooper Savoy Sultans. Thus no real proof that the band was the Terror of the Savoy Ballroom. The band that even the Mighty Duke Ellington aggregation was afraid of competing against! I haven´t listened to this disc, but from what I´ve read, the seven recording sessions they did for Decca weren´t very successful, were they?

Yep. And I have all of it as well. Deus, you sure about that?? I have somewhere in the basement, some 30 or 40 vinyls of rare BG releases that came out on the Sunbeam label. Bought them years ago for 1 buck each. I'm sure you don't have those. I'll sell them to you for a fortune! (What are friends for ). And then, Deus, transfer them to CD-R and send them to me, please... you know my address That´s what friends are for! yup, and then we reverse the Belgrade-Madrid-Zurich connection to Madrid-Belgrade-... I guess you get the drift deus must have money, and if not, he can make some Hey, we could start a collection: Give Deus money to buy all those rare Benny Goodman discs... WE NEED THEM!