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Louis Hayes 'Variety Is the Spice' (Gryphon)

Tragic! Jimmy Greene's message: http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2012/12/15/jimmy-greenes-response-and-his-song-for-his-daughter/

Hampton Hawes 'The Green Leaves of Summer' (Contemporary, stereo)

A trip to FNAC in Lille at the end of a holiday in France used to be a treat but in recent years I've stopped going. All the branches that I've been in carry very little jazz and far less than they used to. I don't go to FNAC stores much these days. However a recent visit to the FNAC Left Bank store on the Rue de Rennes proved interesting with a well-stocked jazz section. (plenty of Japanese imports!). The FNAC store at the Forum des Halles was not too bad either.

Max Roach 'Award Winning Drummer' (Time, Japan)

...and with Lester Young. DiNovi was the pianist on the 1947 Aladdin date that produced 'East of the Sun', 'Something to Remember You By', etc...

Cecil Taylor Complete Candid box, LPs 5 and 6

Mel Tormé 'Swings Shubert Alley' (Verve France)

Happy Birthday

George Adams 'Complete Black Saint & Soul Note' (CAM) Rediscovering the sessions with Don Pullen... discovering the sessions with Jimmy Knepper!