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Ornette Coleman 'Town Hall 1962' (ESP)

I was not aware of Haden's health problems... Article in The Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-0130-jazz-charlie-haden-20130130,0,2439631.column

Bix Restored, vol. 3

Is that out? Waiting for my copy then... In the meantime, now spinning: Andrew Hill 'Strange Serenade' (SoulNote)

Sam Rivers 'The Tuba Trio, Vol. II' (Circle)

This is sad... A very underrated pianist!

Sonny Rollins 'Sunny Days, Starry Nights' (Milestone)

Outstanding The only thing missing from the article is an answer to a question 'whatever happened to the young woman on the album cover?'. I have admired the image ever since I purchased the album decades ago. When William Claxton was in Paris for a presentation of his giant book 'Jazzlife' in 2005, I went there with copies of two albums 'Grand Encounter' and 'Way Out West' to have him sign them, something I had never done before and had not done since. I asked him the question. Claxton smiled and could not answer it. Any idea?

All three are in a two disc set on one of George Buck's labels. Well well... I thought wrongly! Never saw that set Thanks Chuck for setting me straight

Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions, CDs 3 and 4