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Be Happy Bop Birthday

Amazon now has the tracks list: Bootleg Miles

Happy Birthday :party:

Singer Lil Greenwood died Tuesday in Mobile, Ala. Story in the Press-Register. I remember her as Duke Ellington's singer when I heard the orchestra in Paris in the late 50s. Her website.

There must be better images of the studio than this one (Elvin Jones and Dave Liebman at RVG)... ... but I could not trace them right now!

Very nice to have Kent Carter sign in. Warm welcome and hope you'll add to the discussions here!

So it appears that Fresh Sound/Absolute Distribution has licenced the Vee Jay material The VeeJay/Blue Moon came out in 1997. The Mosaic box was released three or four years later! I remember getting those Vee Jays CDs from Spain since they added so much material to the original LP releases. When the Mosaic box was issued later, I decided not to acquire it since it contained only a few additional takes. And the sound of those CDs was very acceptable even if not up to the Mosaic remxes.

You're not alone! I enjoyed them too! Stuck with their reissues from VeeJay. Fine sound, alternate takes. That was good enough here. Also enjoyed their CD reissues of rare items like The Cool Gabriels, Rocky Boyd, Anthony Ortega, Jomar Dragon and others...

Earl Coleman 'A Song for You' (Xanadu)

There's also a Best Of CD being released at the same time

Alex Steinweiss died on Sunday. Obituary in The New York Times today. A number of his album covers are onview at his website.

Joe Maini 'The Small Group Recordings', disc 3 (Lonehill)

The online version of Jazz Journal. The July 2011 issue.

Great gift for impoverished Mobley fans. Real Gone Jazz records have issued a 4CD set with eight classic Mobley albums. Some details. Saw brand new copies of the set for under €10! Also similar Real Gone Jazz sets of Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Dorham, Red Garland, the Modern Jazz Quartet and John Coltrane.

Grant Green 'Remembering' (BN/King Japan)

The underappreciated singer Joe Lee Wilson died last weekend. Obituary in The Guardian.

Al Cohn-Zoot Sims 'Either Way' (Zim)

Was this ever on the Fred Miles label? My copy of this album is on the FM label created by Monte Kay. Monte Kay is credited as producer on my FM copy of it! No mention of Fred Miles on the back cover or on Willis Conover's liner notes.

Don't overlook the 1940 Fargo date, the Webster-Blanton orchestra caught live in its full glory!