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I wouldn't call the Brown (which has also been reissued, first by Rhino then by Essential MG) poetry plus jazz, it's more like a Black Panther attempt at propaganda music similar to what was produced in Eastern Europe at the time (other songs are somewhat more successful regarding singing and songwriting but on this one you can nicely hear Tapscott's Arkestra) Edit: another song from the album with a remarkable homemade video

See here: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestand:(Portrait_of_Edwin_A._Finckel,_Ralph_Burns,_Eddie_Sauter,_Johnny_Richards,_Neal_Hefti,_and_George_Handy,_Museum_of_Modern_Art,_New_York,_N.Y.,_ca._Mar._1947)_(LOC)_(5189935102).jpg so from top to bottom and left to right that would give Sauter, Finckel, Handy, Richards, Hefti, Burns

Milt Buckner - Rockin' Again featuring Thornell Schwartz...

at least, you have easy access to the Utrecht record fair... looked for CDs (and not only LPs) there this November for the first time - some pretty amazing deals (Randy Weston Select for 15, Don Wilkerson BN twofer for 5 and more that I forgot...)

I had the same actually, one of the few jazz records in our household when I was a kid was John Coltrane's Kulu Se Mama which also had pictures of other Impulse albums on the inner sleeve... the name Yusef Lateef among these definitely raised my curiosity

some pages now have what looks like a listing of the participating bands (unfortunately still without the match from line-ups to tracks) https://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_Dodo-Marmarosa_000000000042587/item_On-The-Coast-1945-1947-1952-2CD_9425588 BOYD RAEBURN ALL-STARS: RAY LINN (TPT) BRITT WOODMAN (TBN) ELI 'LUCKY' THOMPSON (TS) DODO MARMAROSA (PNO) HARRY BABASIN (B) JACKIE MILLS (DR) VIVIEN GARRY TRIO: VIVIEN GARRY (B) ARV GARRISON (GTR) WINI BEATTY (PNO) LUCKY THOMPSON QUARTET: LUCKY THOMPSON (TS) DODO MARMAROSA (PNO) HARRY BABASIN (B) JACKIE MILLS (DR) DODO MARMAROSA (SOLO PIANO): DODO MARMAROSA (PNO) DODO MARMAROSA QUARTET: LUCKY THOMPSON (TS) DODO MARMAROSA (PNO) RAY BROWN (B) JACKIE MILLS (DR) DODO MARMAROSA TRIO: DODO MARMAROSA (PNO) BARNEY KESSEL (GTR) GENE ENGLUND (B) LUCKY THOMPSON QUARTET: LUCKY THOMPSON (TS) DODO MARMAROSA (PNO) RED CALLENDER (B) JACKIE MILLS (DR) MISS DANNA ACC. BY DODO MARMAROSA TRIO MISS DANNA (VCL) DODO MARMAROSA (PNO) UNKNOWN (GTR) UNKNOWN (B) LYLE GRIFFIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA AL KILLIAN (TPT) LYLE GRIFFIN (TBN) LUCKY THOMPSON (TS) HAL MCKUSICK (AS) DODO MARMAROSA (PNO) HARRY BABASIN (B) CEE-PEE JOHNSON (TOM-TOM) DODO MARMAROSA TRIO: DODO MARMAROSA (PNO) RAY BROWN (B) JACKIE MILLS (DR) RAY LINN AND HIS ORCHESTRA: RAY LINN (TPT) JOE HOWARD (TBN) HARRY KLEE (AS, FL) MAHLON CLARK (CL) DEACON DUNN (TS) TOMMY TODD (PNO) AL HENDRICKSON (GTR) PHIL STEPHENS (B) JACKIE MILLS (DR) BARNEY KESSEL ALL STARS: HERBIE STEWARD (TS) JOHNNY WHITE (VBS) DODO MARMAROSA (PNO) BARNEY KESSEL (GTR) MORRIS RAYMAN (B) LOUIS FROMM (DR) JUST JAZZ ALL STARS: HOWARD MCGHEE (TPT) HERBIE STEWARD (TS) UNKNOWN (TBN) DODO MARMAROSA (PNO) ARNOLD FISHKIN (B) JACKIE MILLS (DR) WOODY HERMAN (CL) LIGHTHOUSE ALL STARS: SHORTY ROGERS (TPT) MILT BERNHART (TBN) JIMMY GIUFFRE (TS) BOB COOPER (TS) DODO MARMAROSA (PNO) HOWARD RUMSEY (B) LARRY BUNKER (DR)

Nathen Page Plays Pretty For The People

Same here, fascinating material, thanks for the link!

like most of the Matsuli catalogue, these are also on spotify... the Molelekwa album is very much of it's time (late 90s) but definitely interesting... tragic life story...

around the time of Peace Treaty, I wrote some emails with the owner... memory fades a bit, but pretty sure it's the same guy who now does Sam Records, and that he mentioned he would not do CDs again... talking CDs and Nathan Davis, I got the recent reissue of pianist Scott Bradford's Rock Slides this weekend and thoroughly enjoy it... it's a little bit on the heavily produced side but definitely a fun record with strong contributions from Nathan Davis...

I found this 2013 article about both the reissue label and Strata pretty interesting... played some of these planned but unreleased Strata albums on Spotify yesterday (Ron English, Sam Sanders) and really liked them... surprised that this program didn't get more discussion here until now...

on spotify... the reed section is pretty good on paper (Danny Turner and Charles Davis), the trumpet section is insane on paper (Blue Mitchell, Howard McGhee, Eddie Preston, Dizzy Reece)... otherwise it's what you would expect from the cover...

Philly Joe Jones - Round Midnight live 1969 with Dizzy Reece, Bent Jaedig, Larry Vuckovich, Isla Eckinger...

it's this one https://www.discogs.com/Jon-Eardley-Jazz-From-The-States/release/3178918 a Jon Eardley album produced in the Netherlands with a mostly Belgian band... some of the tunes are actually new interpretations/titles for old Jon Eardley compositions from 1950s prestige albums (forgot the details), the producer reused some of the song titles (but not the music) on this record here https://www.discogs.com/Walt-Lemon-Und-Rhythmusgruppe-Dreamin-Piano/master/1204392 There is also a Finnish record, this one, https://www.discogs.com/Suurorkesteri-Tanssin-Iloa-Suurorkesterin-Tahdissa/release/1395897 that combines tracks from the Eardley album with tracks from another Dutch/Belgian production https://www.discogs.com/The-St-Tropez-Jazz-Octett-Jazz-Goes-Swinging/release/2688989 I wouldn't consider these hoaxes but rather a business model that seems strange to us nowadays...

this one has Serrano and Nicky Hill, it's the second album on the Serrano Freshsound twofer (the other, Serrano's Blues Holiday, has Bunky Green)... discogs also shows previous Japanese issues...

Another amazing collection of Kenton radio recordings is found here http://allthingskenton.com/table_of_contents/radio_broadcasts/ many more and including discographical info etc

Lips first six probably refers to this box set... https://www.discogs.com/The-Flaming-Lips-Seeing-The-Unseeable-The-Complete-Studio-Recordings-Of-The-Flaming-Lips-1986-1990/release/12199546

seems like you can listen to 30 minutes (out of 5 CDs!) at the bottom of this link http://www.bbemusic.com/downloads/mingus-jazz-in-detroit/ have to work and can't listen properly but this sounds good to me!

Gary Peacock lived in Japan for a while and recorded both as sideman and leader... some great stuff... Joe Henderson has several nice albums with Japanese bands, Helen Merrill, too... there's Gil Evans with Kikuchi, Jack Dr Johnette has a fine album with Maupin Peacock and a Japanese pianist... I would just look at the discographies of Kikuchi, Togashi, Hino, Sato... to find collaborations...

Ah, that's yours! I've actually used it at least twice in the past few weeks... have been waiting for those revisions for a long time on jazzlists.com there many artist and label discographies with the level of detail varying a little from list to list - nevertheless I find this a very useful tool Musicians: http://www.jazzlists.com/index.html Labels: http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Labels.htm and one more, Michael Frohne has posted quite a few discographies on his blog (Booker Ervin, Hans Koller... loads of interesting stuff) http://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/ see the list on the right for some guidance

what was funny was that the festival is in that trade fair type complex where everything is named after rivers and other places (Congo, Nile, Madeira, Mekong, Maas ...) and the band really played in "Hudson". I haven't heard the album but am definitely curious - the concert had its moments but did not seem completely coherent/tight - and the sound was pretty bad, too. Organ+Bass+Guitar is not easy. The one concert that really exceeded expectations was Mathias Eick - expected the kitschiest, most relaxing side of ECM and got it but: I had a good time and, after the train ride, the metro and walking through thousands of people, I was amazed to hear music that restored me to calm and collected within five minutes max. Plus: This was not a "cool" band but a playful one, even though the music is what it is.

Yesterday a rare meeting with the world of jazz mainstream at the North Sea Jazz festival, 75 minute sets are a definite plus - and I enjoyed what I heard, sometimes unexpectedly: Mathias Eick Quintet, Hudson (deJohnette, Scofield, Medeski, Colley), Mulatu Astatke (including our own Alexander Hawkins), Vijay Iyer Sextet (and before parts of a bft with Iyer)... not a bad package at all

Team Green here, sorry, but thanks for the headsup!