Niko

think i read four jazz books in the past year, Ashley Kahn's books on Kind of Blue and A Love Supreme I found cheap; both perfectly ok, the A Love Supreme a bit better, the Kind of Blue a bit worse... then I read John Szwed's Miles bio, which was great, favorite Miles book so far (i.e. compared to Nisenson, Troupe and Kahn); and then i did my best reading San Quentin Jazz Band although it was in French..., it's a weird book, relying mostly on criminal records; it's basically an endless story of jail, stole a piece of meat at the grocery store while out on parole, back to jail, released, driving without a license while out on parole, back to jail... some more interviews with contemporaries, discussion of records... would have made the picture a great deal more complete... but then, getting a collection of new biographical details for artists like Earl Anderza and Dupree Bolton was great....

happy birthday, clifford!

one trace from 1966 http://books.google.de/books?id=s1k1RsGvFwwC&pg=PA47&dq=%22roz+croney%22&cd=3#v=onepage&q=%22roz%20croney%22&f=false (appearance in the movie "Assignment Female") couldn't find anything later (there's also an article in JET from 1960...)

another minor progress... found these bits on the net: by E.S.: and the second bit is significant since it relates the middle name Edward of the guy who played with Patton in the 60s and again in the 80s to the guy who moved to France... so unless somebody made a mistake or there are two drummers named George Edward Brown, they are all the same except possibly the guy who played with Stitt and Ammons [but since that guy played with Ammons (on and off?) from 1952 to 1961 he might very well be a different one...] ah, from an Ammons related Cadence interview in 1994, "a drummer named George Brown. They called him "Dude" Brown because there's a drummer from Indianapolis named George Brown. "Dude" Brown is from Washington, D.C." and here Dude Brown was 79 when he died so he was born in about 1920.

with an mp3 player or ipod you don't only get around carrying cds, but the device itself is luch lighter than your discman, too...

ok, my own question, still, found this info http://mpeter.chez-alice.fr/english/george.htm guess this implies that the guy who recorded with montgomery is the same who's on those chet baker and sonny simmons albums... and if he played with those, then why not also with ammons and patton... so for the moment it looks as if they're all the same talented person

François Postif, indeed! François and I cowrote a series of articles in the late '50s. I was even supposed to be along when he interviewed Lester Young at the Hotel d'Angleterre on the Rue de la Boétie (off the Champs-Elysées avenue) but could not make it because I had to complete work on some damn highschool studies

Discography by Armin Buettner

could be german... if it is than it's a bit difficult to describe... sounds are as in "lee-teets" but both "ee" are short like the "y" in syllable... (ie, i would not break the word in the middle, rather speak it fast so that it rhymes with a quick "Brad wins")... hope this helps...

might stilll be available here: http://ubu-space.blogspot.com/2009/08/hank-mobley-copenhagen-1968.html

didn't see a mention of the two fine Sleet articles on Jazzwax... http://www.jazzwax.com/2009/11/don-sleet-all-members.html http://www.jazzwax.com/2009/11/david-sleet-on-don-sleet.html

he plays on the recent Dupree Bolton Uptown CD, just on two tunes but makes a fine impression; some info in the liner notes there (don't have them here), iirc, he died in the early seventies and besides the Riverside session recorded some Blues singles in the 50s... would also be interested to find out more... i played a lot last year the following recommendation from King Ubu: Colin Vallon Trio - Ailleurs (hatology)

don't know where else in the world these work, but i can stream the land album for free here on deezer and lastfm (both sites have most of the lonehill catalogue (and at least for deezer also gambit)

and he looks real good with the black hair! he also plays a great solo on one of my favorite pop songs (ben watt's waiting like mad); glad he's alive! and RIP to the other

my deezer discovery of the last week was Anais Records, a label that was apparently run in the eighties by Michel Petrucciani and artist Edouard Detmer... nice post bop albums, mostly by members of the Perucciani family... especially liked the Talib Kibwe, a quartet album featuring Bobby Few on piano and Loui's Blues by Louis Petrucciani, a quartet album with Horace Parlan on piano and (father) Tony Petrucciani on guitar... discography: (004 and 006 are not available) Louis Petrucciani - Loui's Blues. Anaïs Records 001 Talib Kibwe - Egyptian Oasis. Anaïs Records 002 Louis Petrucciani - The Librarian. Anaïs Records 003 Klaus Suonsaari/NHOP/Niels Lan Doky - Song Flower. Anaïs Records 004 Philippe Petrucciani - The First. Anaïs Records 005 Tony Petrucciani - Nuages. Anaïs Records 006 Louis Petrucciani - Mister Light. Anaïs Records 007

I know this is a long shot... but at the end of a lengthier story I ended up with a 360$ gift certificate for this Bed and Breakfast near Boston: http://www.bedandbagel.com/Rooms/RoomsRates.htm i have never been there so I don't really know but back then I chose the place because it looked reasonably central and with a decent price (rooms start at 80$). The certificate is valid until June 2011 - if anybody is interested in buying this (or some of it) for a reasonable price (just make an offer) i'd be very very grateful! also, ideas about other ways (besides travelling to Boston...) of solving this problem are very much appreciated! Thank you very much!

does this count?

just googled a bit behind this guy "Prince Ghana M'Bow" who appeared on some Barney Wilen and Lucky Thompson recordings... found these two bits link and link... is that the same person? does anybody know more about him? (so his brother would have been head of the Unesco and all)

Noal Cohen's discography... says January 14, 1959 (the High Note CD...)

Done. stupid questions - do we really want to have interests show up in every post? and: does the search function allow for searching for strings or ands?

dimly remember the album... wasn't this some sort of keyboard effect by gibbs?

cool, thank you, indeed that's it exactly (so they are more takes from the same sessions which apparently are not on the original LPs...)

for once it's not chewy who comes up with a Buddy Collette question... i am listening to two compilations of early 60s italian recordings by Collette right now, wonderful music, these two http://www.deezer.com/de/#music/buddy-collette/the-soft-touch-of-buddy-collette-275633 http://www.deezer.com/de/#music/bob-cooper-buddy-collette/milano-blues-287254 (don't know where in the world this can be played, emusic has them as well...) this site http://www.geocities.jp/mmlg888/BuddyCollette.html helped me to get together almost all the discographical info, yet i am still wondering about the following tracks... Softly as in a morning sunrise, That's all, The power of winds, Eh Ho, I wished on the moon, Miss Helen... anybody has an idea? thank you!

another one http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=56351&st