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Happy Birthday :party:

Herbie Nichols, LPs 1 and 2

Ornette Coleman Trio 'At Golden Circle', vol. 1 (BN, mono)

The Getz/Byrd Bossa album was recorded 50 years ago. The Washington Post had an article in its Thursday edition about the recording of the album in a Washington church... Jazz Samba

The album cover is a composite of these two newsphotos (the images were retouched): That's one of the four students killed in the firing. These are members of the Ohio National Guardsmen who fired shots that day!

Roswell Rudd 'Numatik Swing Band' (JCOA)

That CD has studio recordings only. The CD that is mentioned in the Mosaic letter is released by Candid. Too Marvellous for Words, Details

Everybody is familiar with the BBC material by now, more footage from the Lee Morgan-John Gilmore Messengers has surfaced recently. Filmed at the Paris Olympia on February 27/29, 1965 (not 1967)... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQaoRGo9yYs Pianist is John Hicks, bass player is Victor Sproles!

Those broadcasts have been issued on several Prez albums. Nothing new there, but if you do not have any of the material yet, you should get this release. The CD title tells it all! Backing The President are John Lewis, Gene Ramey and Jo Jones!

Obituary in the local newspaper 'The Shelter Island Reporter' today.

The Prestige Jazz Quartet (Prestige, mono, 50th St.) That was my introduction to the talents of Teddy Charles!

More bad news at Sony-EMI... From The New York Times today More cuts at EMI

Hal McKusick last week, Teddy Charles now This is very sad! What a career he has had: The Teddy Charles website

Joyeux Anniversaire, Monsieur Le Roi Ubu

Intégrale Louis Armstrong 'West End Blues 1926-1928', vol. 4 (Frémeaux & Associés)

Archie Shepp/Bill Dixon Quartet 'Consequences' (Savoy, mono)

Spent a lot of my leisure time in record shops. Lots of fond memories of many of them. The one that sticks in my mind is the Rare Records store in Teaneck, N.J., that was run by Rod Baum and his wife. Discovered it in 1994. The racks were full of hard to find albums, many of them at friendly prices. If the price was a bit high, Rod was ready to negociate a discount. Durfing my first visit there, Rod Baum was also the one who pointed out the Jazz Records Collectors Bash gathering that was being held the following weekend. Baum was one of the organisers of the event. A collector heaven! His shop later moved to Hackensack, then to Ridgefield Park, N.J. That was my last visit to Rare Records (and the USA) some eight years ago. Hope Rare Records are still in business!

Manhattan also released sessions by Wild Bill Davison, Fats Sadi, Nelson Williams, Rex Stewart (according to the Lord Discography)! The Lucky Thompson EP has been available for download for quite some time (and still is, and for free!). Good date which was my introduction to the fine soloing of Dutch trumpet player Ado Broodboom!