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Live at the Lighthouse and Live at Club Mozambique are the two that I really like.

The Body Meta booklet discography references some "private tapes" of the Moffett, Izenson group: Oct. 1965 (Berlin Jazz Festival) Feb. 1966 (New York City) March 1967, adding Charlie Haden on second bass (Village Theater, New York).

My Dancing in Your Head LP says copyright 1977, and my Body Meta LP says copyright 1978. Both were recorded in December of 1976.

This is off-topic but wasn't there a disc on A&M that was sort of an archival release? A supplement to - I think - "Dancing in Your Head"? (I'm not a completist of his music post 1970 or so... and before, my collection has various gaps, too) You are probably thinking of the Artists House LP Body Meta.

I've been in that "real world" you're talking about. Believe me, it's overrated. You want to stay away from it. I agree, an imaginary world beats the real world most of the time.

Larry Coryell and the Brubeck Brothers--Better Than Live (Direct Disc Labs) The sound reproduction on this Direct to Disc recording is fantastic. On the plus side, Larry Coryell is in top form on this recording and is virtually in the room with you. On the minus side, the keyboard playing Brubeck brother is also in the room with you, doing his poor man's Jan Hammer.

Butterfield Blues Band--Golden Butter (Elektra) Freddie Hubbard---Skagly (Columbia)

This certainly is another excellent Bunky Green recording, after all these years. A fine backing group as well.

Dustygroove has some of these MPS reissues now for only $8.99 each.

Fats Waller--Fractious Fingering (RCA Vintage Series)

Is that George Duvivier on the mystery session?

Palmetto is a great label, in addition to the Bobby Previte's the Frank Kimbrough and Ben Allison releases are wonderful. I have a couple of the Frank Kimbrough releases and they are good--I haven't heard Ben Allison yet.

Arrived in yesterday's mail.

Andre Cholmondeley link (his CD Enigma With Attitude is pretty good): http://www.itsaboutmusic.com/andre.html

When was that recorded? How well does Don Preston fit in? I have a CD of a Don Preston acoustic piano trio date, which is not an unqualified triumph, to my ears. I wonder if this Bradford-Carter album is something like that. Recorded in '88. Just received a self produced disc from Bradford - Mo'tet Live at the LA County Museum of Art from 2002. Preston is on it too. Have not listened to them yet. Don Preston is also on the John Carter recordings for Gramavision. I saw him a couple of years ago in a tiny studio club in New York called the Monkey--it probably didn't hold more than 20 people or so (and it wasn't full). A hard to find place. It was set up for 360 degree sound--Preston (on various electric keyboards) had a trio with a guitarist (Andre Cholmondeley), and Sheri (?) on electronic percussion). It was an interesting experience--electronic free improvision for the most part--the closest thing to a traditional song was a Captain Beefheart composition they played for an encore. I especially liked the guitarist, even though he hardly played any sounds that sounded like a guitar. Don Preston was approachable and said that his recordings with John Carter were among his favorites of his own recordings.

Thanks for the tip. Very good ones! The Thielemans is fine, the Viseur was a big surprise - lovely accordion playing in a perfectly straight setting! And of course I fully agree on the Jaspar and Thomas! I didn't have any of these (except possibly the Django from other sources); the box sounds interesting and impossible to pass up for $8.95 plus $2.98 shipping.

Thanks for the tip.

Andre Previn--Gigi (Contemporary, mono)

John Coltrane--Blue Trane (Blue Note, blue and white Liberty label)

I don't know this recording, but it looks like the same band as on the Pablo, Live at the Northsea Jazz Festival, which is quite good.

Very good. On a related note, you've talked about some others in this thread that I'm interested in. Specifically "the original Alfonso Trent Band; the Missourians; Charlie Johnson; Jeanette's Syncopaters; the Bennie Moten Band; the 1929-1930 Chicagoans (Benny G, Teschmacher, Bud Freeman, Joe Sullivan, Krupa)." Moten I'm acquainted with. And Freeman, through his Mosaic single only, I believe. Are some of these likely to be included in the Blues project? You also mentioned your Louis Armstrong CD, which didn't jump out at me during a quick pass through your website. Details? (I still have my eye on Jews in Hell, btw. Waiting for the month to clear.) thanks All eight sides recorded by the Alfonso Trent band are available on an Oracle CD and are very much worth seeking out.

I have a Pete Brown Classics CD (1942-45), but it doesn't include this track. Is this the only Classics Pete Brown issue?

Is it really Tubby? Or Ronnie Scott in disguise?

I take it the CD reissue is out of print and hard to find now? I have the LP and CD and like the album quite a bit.

Eddie Turner at Pearls February 27.