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Mary Vonnie interview on jazzwax: http://www.jazzwax.com/2011/07/interview-mary-vonnie.html

there are some fairly weird sounds in the background between 1:20 and 1:30 on "I'm Beginning to See the Light"... obviously, this is the type of thing you'd try to get rid off over the years - so maybe we can say if it's the real Gene Harris, it must more or less be an early recording? plus: this whole Kaltman/Stereo... thing seems to have targeted primarily a white audience with white musicians? again doesn't mean anything and I don't have proof but this would make THE Gene Harris a bit unlikely... what do we know about the other white Gene Harris who allegedly recorded this second Jubilee Gene Harris LP?

apparently it's an early 60s label from Philadeplhia run by one Fred Miles, formerly the doorman at Bill Kretchmer's jam session is all the bio I've seen so far... this page looks interesting

little bit more (still trying to use these other artists to date anything, hasn't worked out yet) here is the label of another Janus release http://cgi.ebay.com/CONCERT-STEREO-CARMEN-SUITE-JANUS-FST-1001-LP-/280394360152 and it says Frank L Kaltman Enterprises Newark NJ and Kaltman is someone who is a bit less obscure, mainly associated with a label named Folkraft, will keep digging... this seems relevant, Janus was founded in 1958, Kaltman bought these tapes including Lenny Herman records from a company named Livingston Audio Products, Essex NJ...

thank you Dan, and please add what you found jazztrain (as a more or less Gene Harris outsider: this grumbling (doesn't deserve being called singing along) by one of the musicians, presumably the piano player - characteristic of Gene Harris? some more Stereo Gems (they should have made a concept album out of those): BLAIR-SMYTHE SOCIETY ORCHESTRA: STEREO - GEMS 101 Moonlight Becomes You | Stairway To The Stars STEREO - GEMS 102 Moon Over Miami | Stareyes STEREO - GEMS 104 Moonlight in Vermont | Stardust STEREO - GEMS 106 Orchids in the moonlight | How high the moon edit: indeed this concept album by the Blair Smythe Society Orchestra exists: Moon Music on Janus Records, no idea whether its the same music link

Amazing photo! thank you

fwiw these are the other five stereo gems releases i could find Stereo Gems # 107-110: Lenny Herman (Singin' In The Rain / Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey, Tico-Tico / Misirlou, Say It With Music / Crazy Rhythm, Once in a while/New world theme) Stereo Gems # 115 7 LEMONS ON THE ROCK - CONFESSIN / ROYAL GARDEN BLUES

both Clemons and Benko have recently played with Freddie Redd... don't really know why, but i really hear some ghost of bird in there (as opposed to ghost of berklee school of music), the quintet is in the archive with over a hundred shows by now, i also like the trio of their pianist Sacha Perry a lot...

Must give that one a try! they are my favorite current Bebop band!

Dwayne Clemons Quintet at Small's on Friday 2nd May 2008 Dwayne Clemons - Trumpet Josh Benko - Alto Sax Sacha Perry - Piano Ari Roland - Bass Jimmy Wormworth - Drums http://www.smallsjazzclub.com/index.cfm?eventId=531

weird, i can click it... should lead to Anthony Braxton 5 Pieces 1975 anyway

was too lazy to look up another version just wanted to make the link visible - didn't work?

you can't link pictures from rateyourmusic, here it is: http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/a7f08a185f653260a594090f0ab16577/179735.jpg

if you want to continue with DiRubbo, this quartet session with vibraphonist Monte Croft is a favorite... http://www.smallsjazzclub.com/index.cfm?eventId=2616

i'm only the messenger! that blog is a treasure trove of the highest order, previously unseen (?) Tapscott and Mingus, the elusive Vonski/Patrick/Hill recordings, Grant Green/Sam Lazar recordings beyond Space Flight... sounds to good to be true imho

Armin Büttner posted parts of a 1954 live recording of Walt Dickerson with Lou Blackburn in Germany on his blog... http://crownpropeller.wordpress.com (which is worth checking out for various other reasons as well)

stupid question on the Archia article, in the text on this picture: the article claims that Archia second saxophone player from left is holding an alto instead of his usual tenor; i'd have seen it as a tenor, anyone agree/disagree?

slightly off-topic, but apparently shipping to germany from amazon uk marketplace is by now even slightly cheaper (1.82 Pound) than shipping to germany from amazon.de market place...

but why th do they reissue them after those cheap Miles, Evans and Monk boxes from Italy? and why no Montgomery?

Are these (that) boxes far superior to the recent Monk, Evans and Miles boxes from Italian Universal? e.g. http://www.amazon.it/Riverside-Milestone-Albums-Evans-Bill/dp/B004I289FE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1308780041&sr=8-1

no idea how large your collection is/was but i'd definitely be intereted in seeing a list of what you're keeping !

on the plus side, she did look a bit healthier than on some photos that went around in recent years---

Mário Sousa Marques Filho (Pirapetinga, 10 de abril de 1928 — Atibaia, 28 de julho de 2003), mais conhecido como Noite Ilustrada, foi um cantor, compositor e violonista brasileiro. O pseudônimo foi dado por Zé Trindade, que comandava a revista musical Noite Ilustrada em Além Paraíba (Minas Gerais), onde o jovem Mário começou a carreira de violonista. ---- doesn't look that deep? MSMF born P ... died A ... better known as Noite Illustrada was a Brasilion singer, composer and violin player. He received his nickname from ZT who directed the revue Noite Illustrada in Alem Paraiba (province of Minas Gerais) where a young Mario started his career as a violin player.... and then there are two sentences about how he got his first record deal, and after the discography two sentences about he died...

i really like Szabo's working band heard on the two Sorcerer albums (and some later ones as well) so though I haven't heard More Sorcery I'd definitely recommend that twofer

thank you, i love this webpage (more pictures if you click on Resimlerim in the lower left corner on his homepage and choose one of the two categories)