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This is interesting news! It was about time that music was reissued. I'll probably skip the double CD release since I have all this material on vinyl and don't think it is 'earthshaking' as J.A.W. already mentioned. Couple of things: FreshSound has been the best reissue label for several years by now. And the most consistant. Don't know for sure if they needledrop or not all their CDs but the sound of their releases has been excellent. And the expression Andorran label should be abandoned. The expression applies now to labels that are produced - for a vast majority - in Spain. Jazz in Andorra does not exist even if particular fiscal laws made it convenient for a couple of labels to use an Andorra adress several years ago. I have been to Andorra a number of times these past couple decades and believe me there is no trace of any place dealing with jazz there. The two or three stores where you can buy records stock only a handful of jazz CDs. You can get interesting deals in Andorra on Cuban cigars, French perfumes, electronic appliances and other goodies but looking for jazz CDs is a plain waste of time. Better enjoy the scenery which is splendid!

Johnny Hodges 'The Eleventh Hour' (Verve, stereo)

The lineup of Barry Ulanov's All Star Modern Jazz Musicians for the WOR radio station broadcasts in 1947 was not bad Dizzy Gillespie, John LaPorta, Charlie Parker, Lennie Tristano, Billy Bauer, Ray Brown and Max Roach!

Check the collaboration with Bill Evans Not really a favorite of mine but since you're in a Steig mood...

Hank Mobley BN Fifties Sessions, disc 1

Elvin Jones 'Puttin' It Together' (BN, blue label)

From an unreleased album 'Cendri-lion' a play on the word Cinderella by Mary Moore and Barney Wilen:

I listened to that one several years ago when I was into that mood (briefly):

Joe Newman 'I'm Still Swinging' (RCA Victor, mono)

because he was among the very at audio transfers. He also worked pretty often with Phil Schaap who took care of the Complete Benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker box for Mosaic which was another excellent reason to be called for to take care of this. Must have been an awesome job to handle the material and make some sense of the mess.

Audio engineer Jack Towers died on Thursday. Obit in the Swingdj forum. Towers was the man who recorded the 1940 Duke Ellington orchestra in Fargo, North Dakota. He was also responsible for the transfers of Dean Benedetti's recordings of Charlie Parker that were released by Mosaic Records. Among other treasures he worked on. Article on the Ellington at Fargo recordings.

Jean-Pierre Leloir Jack Tracy

Johnny Griffin 'Way Out' (Riverside, mono)

Vi Redd in her feature number when she played with the Count Basie Orchestra: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9cM3ALga80 That was filmed at the Antibes jazz festival on the French Riviera in 1968. I attended that concert!

Steve Cerra on his Jazz Profiles blog and at the JazzWestCoast group forum says that former Down Beat editor and record producer Jack Tracy died Tuesday. He was 83.

Gloria Coleman featuring Pola Roberts 'Soul Sisters' (Impulse, mono)

Same here! The release looks good. Sure it will sound good too

Snowing once more over Paris... Can't remember when there has been that many snow days over here!

This one: http://www.ina.fr/video/I00003429/jacques-brel-les-seances-photos.fr.html Brel speaks about photographers in general and Jean-Pierre Leloir in particular. All in french. Leloir is seen taking potos of Brel on stage at the Paris Olympia theater in 1964.

Happy Birthday, Aloc :party:

Max Kaminsky 'Max Goest East' (United Artists, mono) with Urbie Green, Bob Wilber, Peanuts Hucko, etc...