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Applause vinyls were pretty visible in the '80s. The label reissued a number of BN albums including several by Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine... At least 'Newk's Time' preserved the original BN cover. The others came out with unattractive covers that were a disgrace when compared to the original ones! Never felt the need to purchase any of Applause albums since BN LPs were still available at the time.

Inspired by the 'What to reissue' thread... Alonzo Levister 'Manhattan Monodrama' (Debut) with Louis Mucci, John LaPorta, Teddy Charles, etc...

Interesting double CD series from the archives of the Dutch station Sesjun on the Out of the Blue label. First one (it has been out for several months now) was the Chet Baker set It was excellent! Coming out shortly will be these two: The Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and the Bill Evans have material from the 70s. All never issued before!

Sunny Murray had a rather positive opinion of the date in is Paris Transatlantic interview with Dan Warburton: Talking of lost albums, whatever happened to your album for Columbia [“Spiritual Infinity”, from 1968, featuring Clifford Thornton, Arthur Jones, Dave Burrell, Alan Silva, Juni Booth, Frank Wright and Art Lewis and “possibly others”]? That was a great record, but they never put it out. Great orchestration. Matter of fact Frank Wright's first record [third in fact, after the two Wright ESP albums from 1965 and 1967 respectively]. He was in a group with fourteen of the baddest cats in New York, and he played wonderfully to be one of the newest, not being a real academic musician, you know. For that record I did some crazy stuff – I wrote some very nice music for that record. One of the compositions was like an experimental piece, like a John Cage piece – I had a lot of different sound things, and I had a siren. I didn't want the band to know it... I wanted to see their reaction... The band was playing their ass off and I started to work the siren real low rrrrrrrrrr so that only I could hear it. (That's another thing in Helmholtz, playing above and below the audible level... That's why moms and grandmoms say what kids play today is loud, because they're used to listening to the radio at a lower level, and kids today above it...) So I started working the siren, and I raised it rrrrrrrrrr to their level, and when I got to their level – it was a great experience – the whole band heard it together and didn't know what the fuck it was! I was behind them at my drums watching their reaction, and they got hot, their hearts beat faster, I was really messing with 'em RRRRRRRRRR and then THE BAND STOPPED. Nobody could get their breath to challenge this sound... but Frank Wright continued! (Laughs) He continued, I raised it higher, he continued, I raised it higher and finally he stopped, he couldn't continue no more! He says “MURRAY WHAT THE HELL IS THAT MAN?!” I told everybody, it's a siren!

Woody James 'Hardcore Jazz' (Seabreeze)

How about Sunny Murray's 1968 'Spiritual Infinity' session recorded for Columbia and buried in the company's vaults ever since. Time to get this unreleased album in the spotlight!

Dickie Wells 'Trombone Four-in-hand' (Master Jazz) with Vic Dickenson, Benny Morton, George Mathews...

Beautiful Jean Shrimpton

Booker Ervin 'The Blues Book' (Prestige, mono, blue label)

More than 300 interviews with jazz personalities have been videotaped since 1995 by the Hamilton College in New York State. The interviews can now be consulted online. A fascinating material!

Murder it was! The Hank Mobley BN1568 reached $3,618 The Lee Morgan BN1575 reached $3,494 The Lee Morgan Candy reached $2,835 The Kenny Dorham New Jazz reached $2,380 The Sonny Clark Dial S reached $2,035 and on and on...

Her presence in the media sometime made her look like a gigantic pain but she seemed to have quite a lot of support from fellow actors and friends. She was a beauty and managed to remain beautiful for most of her career. My favorite film with her was 'Suddenly Last Summer' where she was mesmerizing!

Sam Jones 'Sam Jones - The Bassist' (Interplay)

Odean Pope has struggled quietly with a bipolar disorder condition. A benefit was organized in Philadelpia Monday night. Report in today's Philadelphia Inquirer. Hope enough money was raised!

The FreshSound 'United Notions' CD even includes one track 'I Cried for You' (with Bobby Jaspar) that had been left out from the original release.

Marty Paich 'Jazz Band Ball' (Mode, original)