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From The New York Times today http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/a-historic-jazz-label-gets-a-new-life/

Today was the start of the biannual sales in Paris. In the good old days I tried to make my way to the Virgin Megastore on the Champs-Elysees but today was the day the store closed its doors for good. . Went to the FNAC Montparnasse store instead, arrived a bit late to grab several Japanese imports but managed to get the following CDs: - The Bill Holman Band Live, on JazzedMedia (€5) - Johnny Mandel, the Man and his Music, on Arbors (€5) - Tubby Hayes Boppin' and Hoppin' on Jasmine (€3) - The Complete Felsted Mainstream set on Solar (€9) Hope FNAC will not close its stores, or at least its music dept.

The Complete Felsted Mainstream Collection (Solar), the Buddy Tate sides

Herb Pomeroy 'Life is a Many Splendored Gig' (UA, mono)

The one on left was the original cover.

The two are joining the Faculty http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/jazz-legends-herbie-hancock-wayne-242396.aspx

Andrew Hill Solo Select

Oh yesss;;; an appreciation thread for this superb pianist was long overdue! Great fan of him! One of those pianists who grow better by the years. Some favorite albums include his Maybeck Recital on Concord and the outstanding 'From A to Z' from the Piano Works series on ACT. A 1957 of him (yes he is on piano at left!) with Ben Tucker, Billy Higgins, Don Cherry and Ornette Coleman (Wally Lightbody image)

Joe Henderson 'The State of the Tenor, vol. 1' (BN)

Bill Evans 'The Final Village Vanguard Sessions', LPs 5 and 6

Claude Nobs, the 76-year old founder of the Montreux jazz Festival, is in coma after a skiing accident. http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-20931831

FreshSound reissued the album on CD in 2006 now listening to: Shorty Rogers 'Return to Rio' (Discovery)