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Another big for the music he recorded with Luis Russell (under the latter´s name or as Henry Red Allen and his New York Orchestra). And for the Hawk-Red pair, check their 1933 recordings for Brunswick (rejected at the time) and Banner labels. As an aside note: I find Satchmo´s influence in early Red Allen to go further than simply trumpet playing. Allen´s vocals (very remarkable, IMHO) come directly from Armstrong´s singing style (and even tone, sometimes). Check "Hush my mouth (if I ain´t goin´ south)" or "The river´s taking care of me" (1933), as an example.

On his style: (from duke.edu pages)

Luis Russell's Orchestra Left to Right: Red Allen, Greeley Walton, Paul Barbarin, Charlie Holmes, Luis Russell, Albert Nicholas, Will Johnson, Pops Foster, J.C. Higginbotham, Otis Johnson

Henry Allen, Onyx, N.Y., ca. May 1946 (William P. Gottlieb)

From libertyhall.com:

I haven´t seen much previous discussion on this marvellous trumpet player (and vocalist)! From redhotjazz:

-Dexter Gordon - Mosaic Select: Nights At the Keystone - 3 CD set (Mosaic MS-014) Oct — recorded live at the Keystone Korner, San Francisco 1979 -Don Pullen-George Adams - Mosaic Select - 3 CD set (Mosaic MS-013) Oct — includes the two Pullen/Adams Blue Note albums — "Breakthrough" and "Song Everlasting" — plus the two Pullen trio albums — "New Beginnings" and "Random Thoughts" -Dinah Washington - The Complete Roulette Dinah Washington Recordings - 5 CD boxed set (Mosaic 227) Nov -Johnny Richards - Mosaic Select - 3 CDs (Mosaic) Fall — his Roulette ('The Rites of Diablo', 'My Fair Lady', 'Aqui Se Habla Espanol') and Capitol ('Wide Range' and 'Experiment in Sound') albums -Freddie Slack - Mosaic Select - 3 CDs (Mosaic) Fall NEW Various Artists - Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions - 8 CDs (Mosaic) — 1950s recordings by Illinois Jacquet, Buck Clayton, Ruby Braff, Herb Ellis, Ben Webster, and Coleman Hawkins — albums included (and original label): Ruby Braff All Stars (Philips), Buck Clayton & Marlowe Morris Trio (Epic), Ruby Braff/Braff!! (Epic), Marlowe Morris Quintet/Play the Thing (Columbia), Buck Clayton, Ada Moore & Jimmy Rushing/Cat Meets Chick (Columbia), Buck Clayton Special (Philips), Buck Clayton/Songs For Swingers (Columbia), Coleman Hawkins & Clark Terry/Back in Bean's Bag (Columbia), Ben Webster & Sweets Edison/Ben & Sweets (Columbia), Illinois Jacquet (Epic), Herb Ellis/The Midnight Roll (Epic), Kenny Burrell/Bluesin' Around (Columbia) -Gerry Mulligan - Songbooks - 4 CDs (Mosaic Select) 2003? — remastered from rediscovered stereo tapes — includes unissued "Stringtime" tracks -Benny Goodman - Columbia Records - nn CDs (Mosaic) — time period TBD -McCoy Tyner - Blue Note Sessions (Mosaic) 2004 -Andrew Hill - Mosaic Select (Mosaic) 2005 — previously unreleased 1967-1970 Blue Note sessions -The Jazz Crusaders - The Pacific Jazz Studio Sessions (Mosaic) late 2005 -Various Artists - Mosaic Select: Pacific Jazz Trio Sessions (Mosaic) 2005 — trio sessions by Clare Fischer, Jimmy Rowles, Russ Freeman and Richard Twardzik -Various Artists - Capitol Big Band Sessions (Mosaic) (doubtful) -Erroll Garner - Columbia Sessions (Mosaic) (in doubt, due to licensing) -Various Artists - The Complete Keynote Recordings (Mosaic) (in doubt, due to licensing)

How many Chronogical (sic) Classics do you have? Just curious! Me I´ve been surprised that I only have about 60 of them. Now I realize that´s because, for some of my favorite artists, I haven´t followed the Classics way (Ellington, Basie, Bessie, Jelly Roll, King Oliver, Satchmo, Lady Day...).

You lucky Guy! B-)

How much do you pay (new and used) for the Classics in Paris, brownie? Though it killed the cat, just curiosity...

brownie: I had never found the Hatologies (except some special sales at on-line retailers) for less than 17-18 €. This was a great find, I think. The Classics were priced from 11.0 to 11.9 €. Reasonable prices, in my opinion. Specially when you can´t find them in Spanish stores (FNAC in Madrid used to have a bunch of them years ago, but nowadays all you can find is "lost" CD in some artists´ department).

I was at the FNAC stores in Brussels and couldn´t resist. There was a very complete collection of Chronogical (sic) Classics, some Hatologies at 13€, some Verve LPR for 9€... After reducing many times (!!!) the selection in my bag, I purchased about 20 CDs. I´m too lazy to list them now, but there were 4 early Waller on Classics, 2 early Red Allen on Classics, a couple of Classics more (Albert Ammons and Jonah Jones), six Hatologies (one Lacy, one Konitz, the Max Roach-Braxton duo...), some Ayler, another Braxton (Three compositions of new jazz), Konitz (Motion)... Additionally, I´m waiting for 4 more Tete discs (the first three volumes on Soul Note and another one). I have to convince myself (again!!!) that I have to reduce my purchasing habits!

Well, I finally went there (for the second time in my life, I had been there about seven years ago). Spent Sunday and Monday. No time to go to jazz clubs, as my wife had to wake up early for work reasons.... ... while I spent a couple of hours in that FNAC store... the results you can take a look at in the "What did you buy today?" thread. BTW: I strongly recommend to visit the Musical Instrumens Museum (near the Royal Palace). It has a huge collection of world instruments, an incredible collection of early pianos and their ancestors (spinettas, vertical pianos...) and a good ammount of jazz-related instruments (saxhorns, rotophones, sarrusophones, all kind of early trumpets and cornets... no bass sax, though). Very interesting!

Yeah! That FNAC store has a very good jazz section. Just a little bigger than Madrid store, but the selection is better, by a mile. And the staff there knows his thing.

Just saw at jazzmatazz that a reissue of the jazz violin session is coming, on Wounded Bird label. Cduniverse, where it´s now available as pre-order, lists Bayside label (???). I guess this is the classical two violins + one viola session included in the Reprise Mosaic, isn´t it? Anyone heard something about this new reissue? And what is/are that/those two labels I had never heard of?

According to jazzmatazz, it was recorded live at the Blue Note in NYC on Sept 11-12, 1999 for Elvin Jones's 72nd birthday

I´ll finally go to Brussels next Sunday, returning late at night on Monday. So I´ll have to pick just one club, from the list I´ve found at http://www.jazz-clubs-worldwide.com/docs/belgium.htm : À Table! Koningsstraat 290, Rue Royale. Tel: +32 2 2234868 Fax: +32 2 2234823 [contact: Cihan Sezer. Piano bar-restaurant.Live Music Performances, French kitchen, historical building decorated in a thetrical way (maison de métier), closed Monday nights, Saturday & Sunday Lunch time] Archiduc. Regular concerts on Sunday afternoons, with occasional presentaions on other days. Great ambience. Top flight musicians. A well preserved thirties-decor bar. 6 Rue Antoine Dansaert. Tel: 512 06 52 Athanor Studio. L'Hôtel Arlequin. 17-19 Rue De La Fourche [contact: Jacques Remacle. Friday and Saturday. Comfortable clubs in the basement of city centre hotel. National and internaional musicians and groups] L' Arts-Ô-Bases. Rue Ulensstraat, 43, Tel: 0477/464.806 [New club situated close to the historic "Tour et taxis" Tuesdays, Jam Session. and Fridays] Blue Note. Rue de Facqz 32. Tel: 02539.05.02 [contact: Michelle. Blue Note is a night club which focuses on 40+ audience.Every evening (even on Sundays) from 19.00h till 4.00h : Remember Old swing Jazz, with live piano.At weekends, live acts] Makin' Whoopee. Koninklijke Sinte Mariastraat 65. Tel: 02/215.30.39 [contact: Alexander Deneckere. A less ordinary Jazz 'n' Bluesclub with great gigs on the 1st saturday of the month. Open from 4pm till 3am or later.Nice snacks all hours] The Music Village. Rue des Pierres 50. 1000 Brussels. Tel: 0032 (0)2 513 13 45 Fax: 0032 (0) 513 50 52 [situated near the historic Grand-Place. A new and classy venue presenting well known local, national, and international names. Wendnesday - Saturday evenings 7.00pm - 1.00am Yearly membership fee: 350 FB Entrance 300 - 400 FB. Meals are avaliable. Good range of Belgian beers.] Sheraton Brussels Airport. Jazz brunch every Sunday. Local top performers, plus international groups and guest artists. Zaventem Airport. Tel: 725 10 00 Sounds. Presenting jazz every day except Sunday. Small groups. Big Bands. Special concerts with visiting guest stars. Italian food menu. 28 Rue de la Tulipe. Tel: 512 92 50 The Wild Geese. 2, Avenue Livingstone. Tel: 02.230.19.90 [Traditional Jazz first Tuesday in the the month 9 pm till 00.15 am played by The Dixie Ramblers.(contact : *32.476.90.52.21)Free entrance] Any idea?

Hope you had enjoyed your Spanish trip, brownie. Regarding Disconforme emporium, to my knowledge, though legally (due to taxes matters, I guess) they´re place in Andorra, their headquarters are in Barcelona (as his new big Jazzmessengers store). On the Tete releases: -the dates with Nùria Feliu are simply lovely. Nice to hear those old standards traslated into Catalan. The tracks with Booker Ervin are superb (there were a few more, without Nùria and not included in this release). -did you pick the two Lowe-Montoliu volumes? Both are superb. I´ll PM you regarding a ghost track I discovered in volume 2. It´s an unlisted blues that I haven´t been able to identify. I request for you help, once again, for the Tete discography. Thanks in advance!

Same here, Flurin:

FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS!!!!

Sheila Jordan´s discs for Muse are very good, IMHO.

Thanks, LAL and vibes!