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A recent BBC4 Dankworth Tribute documentary had home cine film of them all getting off the TWA aircraft in NYC. The same view shown on the front of that LP. A very young Kenny Wheeler amongst them ! That Roulette LP must be the US issue of the Top Rank UK LP. Maybe someone checked out this site? The Roulette album is from London (says Bruyninckx) and doesn't include Wheeler - but it's pretty nice, it was the first of the bunch that I put on the turntable. Played all four Froshs, too - the first two (that would be in the Mosaic) are in pretty bad shape (including a couple of scratches that have the needle stuck), but the two later ones are ok, and the fourth was done by Bill Holman and is the jazziest, and from my initial reaction, the best of these four. Enjoyable music, for sure! The Roberta Flack debut is impressive, wow! Had no idea! All I had so far was the CD reissue of "Killing Me Soflty", now the album with Donny Hathaway (on CD) is on its way, too. And I'm starting to really appreciate Dionne Warwick, too! Playing "Promises, Promises", right now!

Roberta Flack - First Take

Thanks brownie - guess if the price is right I might go for it... have the old French CBS disc of the magnificient "The Peacocks", but everything else is new to me (except for "The Master", which I've heard but don't own). I guess I could live happily everafter without knowing most of this though...

The Swingers - 12 Jazz Favorites by The Four Freshmen

The Four Freshmen - Stars in Our Eyes

lately: The Supremes - A' Go-Go Dionne Warwick - The Windows of the World Dave Pell Octet - The Old South Wails Jazz Omnibus Johnny Dankworth - Johnny Dankworth: England's Ambassador of Jazz The Four Freshmen - In Person right now: The Four Freshmen - Voices in Love

I've never, ever bothered to check out these reviews... I try to arrive at my own opinion... anyway, this great album certainly merits a more than decent rating!

OK, I went back to see what Four Freshmen were left... not as many there as I thought I'd seen, either someone went there after me on Saturday or my memory was playing tricks. Anyway, today's haul (for 20 bucks): The Four Freshmen - Voices in Love The Four Freshmen - Stars in Our Eyes The Four Freshmen - In Person The Four Freshmen - The Swingers: 12 Jazz Favorites by The Four Freshmen and: Johnny Dankworth - England's Ambassador of Jazz (Roulette R 52040) Red Rodney & Ira Sullivan - Spirit Within (Elektra Musician) as well as: Dionne Warwick - Make Way for Dionne Warwick (Scepter) Dionne Warwick - Promises, Promices (Scepter) Roberta Flack - First Take (Atlantic)

Ok, sorry - didn't want to read anything into your comment! Interested parties... is that what all the honchos are? Sort of "having been there" in case something big happens? Ready to snatch up Lambert from the finger-snapping youngster?

I'm not mad enoug about Brubeck to read a book... but I have enough CDs not to feel I need the 4CD compilation... Ah, well, who knows... I might get there some time!

Frank Wess Wes Montgomery Montgomery Clift

I'm giving it its first spin... the postman threw it into the (still sealed, we had a wrong key!) new mailbox somewhen in the last few days... found it there this evening. Warren comes through very well on the recording, the band is fine (Christophe is the only one somewhat familiar to me - he's excellent).

At around 5:25 the heavier guy with slicked back hair talking to Avakian could be Brad McCuen. Thanks a lot! Of course without knowing what Avakian looked like I was assuming the finger-popping microphone-talking guy to be the producer, as he makes the impression to be in charge of things... The others then would just have been around to see who this weirdo Lambert is that they dragged in there? They would have known him from LH&Bavan's stint with RCA earlier, I assume... so what's going on there? Was the control room always so crowded? Some of them seem so obviously professionally not interested, it almost hurts.

Thanks Mike! That clears two questions since I've wondered about (the) Bates(es), too!

Lost my reply, will bow out of this thread now, apologies to all those who felt I'd stepped on their toes.

HRpita wishes lots of fun

ok, will check if the 'bones one is there... not sure from memory, but there must have been at least five or six, one or two twice.

Great film! Who's the enthusiast producer? And who are the mobsters crowding the control room chewing gum?

Of course, all I post is my opinion (humble or not). She's young, she can grow - of course. I've seen stuff on youtube she did with Konitz, Morgan and Woods as well as on her own - and I'm afraid to say I just don't like any of it. Either way, siding up with Konitz or Morgan as a youngster in public is maybe not the smartest idea...

Tell me which ones to get and I'll be back... I've not heard a single tune by them yet.

Well, they may all be nice - but she can't play.

Got my copy on its way! There are some nice videos of this band (from concerts given in France in May 2010) up on youtube: Barack Obama Blue Bossa The Theme (all from Angers) Cantaloupe Island (from "Duc des Lombards", a club in Paris)

not sure if any of these qualify for "great finds", the vinyl is mostly ok (I don't speak that lingo where "good" means so beat-up you'll never be able to spin it again, in my world "good" means "good") and the covers somewhat beat-up in various degrees. The Supremes - A' Go-Go (Stereo) Inside Sauter-Finegan (RCA Victor LJM-1003, foldout) Jazz Omnibus: A Cross-Section of Jazz Today, in All Its Styles (Columbia CL 1020) Stan Kenton - Back to Balboa (Capitol T995) Lionel Hampton - Golden Vibes (Columbia CL 1304) Lionel Hampton - Silver Vibes (Columbia CS 8277) Like Cool - The Contemporary Trombone of Eddie Bert (Somerset P-5200) The Dave Pell Octet - The Old South Wails (Capitol T1512) Erroll Garner - Paris Impressions, Vol. 1 (Columbia CS 8131) The Jonah Jones Quartet - Broadway Swings Again (Capitol T1641) Teo Macero - Acoustical Suspension (Teresa FW40111) We Three - Dinah, Joe, & Sarah (Dinah Washington, Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughan) (Roulette R 52108) Dionne Warwick - The Windows of the World (Scepter SPS 563) (punchhole) could have picked up plenty of beat-up Four Freshmen Capitols, too, but the above was enough (and cost me around 40$)