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I met them in Göttingen ...

Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group: Live In Seattle. Origin Records ‎82464 [2006]

Marc Copland with Gary Peacock & Bill Stewart ‎– New York Trio Recordings Vol. 1 [Modinha]. Pirouet PIT3018 [2006]

R.I.P. 1965 he recorded with the Marion Brown Quartet http://discog.piezoelektric.org/marionbrown/r/marionbrownquartet.html I met him with the project "We Remember Clifford" at the Göttingen Jazzfestival in 2006: Benny Golson (ts, ld), Philip Harper (tp), Eddie Henderson (tp), Kirk Lightsey (p), Reggie Johnson (b), Stephen McCraven (dr)

Marilyn Crispell / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian: Amaryllis. ECM 1742 [2001] I met Marilyn Crispell and Gary Peacock as a duo at our Göttingen Jazz Festival in 2002

Today is the 89th birthday of the late Marion Brown. Gunter Hampel has posted that he is spinning their "Gemini". Gunter lives in Göttingen!

I have this reissue on my shelf: Elmo Hope Ensemble: Hope From Rikers Island. Chiaroscuro CR 2009 [1978]

Gary Peacock R.I.P.

Ramsey Lewis Trio: Barefoot Sunday Blues: Argo Jazz LPS-723 [1963]

Joe Henderson: Lush Life. The Music of Billy Strayhorn. Verve 511-779-2 [1992]

Cecil Taylor: Jazz Advance. Blue Note CDP 7 84462 2 [1991]

... a masterpiece!

Catch Up II: Birth Of The Second Life. Calig CAL 30615 [1976]

Happy birthday!