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Ted Curson 'Urge' (Fontana)

Always missed (for various reasons) the original release! Will be looking for the reissue

Coleman Hawkins with the Earl Hines Trio 'Rifftide' (Pumpkin) more from the Village Vanguard March 1965 gatherings!

What's on the Anthology is pretty predictable and leaves not much ground for discussion, except for some of the selections on disc 6! Commies have done worst things than this -_-

Barney Wilen appearing on Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks album 'Rock a Little'.

Oh yes!! Happy Birthday

Ella Fitzgerald 'Twelve Nights in Hollywood' (Verve, disc 3)

Russian PM Vladimir Putin played piano and sang in St.Petersburg last night for guests at a charity fundraiser for children suffering from cancer. He was backed by Maceo Parker and his orchestra. Guest included Kevin Costner, Gerard Depardieu, Mickey Rourke, Sharon Stone, Kurt Russell, Vincent Cassel, Monica Belucci, Alain Delon, Goldie Hawn and many others...

Jonah Jones - Pete Brown 'Low Down Blues' (Jazz Showcase) Pete Brown & his Jump Band (with Jonah Jones) on side A, Jonah Jones & his Orchestra (with Tyree Glenn, Ike Quebec) on side B!

That's what the newly-released CDs I have seen claim.

I asked for autographs only once after helping organize a concert for the Cecil Taylor Unit back in 1966. All four (Jimmy Lyons, Alan Silva, Andrew Cyrille and CT) wrote very nice things and CT gracefully obliged with a full poem! Still got that. Two I miss are autographed glossy photos of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington that were mailed upon request by VOA's Willis Conover in the mid '50s. They were lost during one of life's vicissitudes But I purchased a couple of dozen autographed LPs that were offered at giveaway prizes at a record convention by the kins of a man who organized tours for visiting jazzmen. So I have albums that bear the signatures of people like Hank Jones, Phineas Newborn, Joe Newman, Count Basie, Dave McKenna and others... Still have those! I also have a mint copy of Barbara Lea's first album for Prestige that I bought for 99 cents in New York during a visit there. The back cover has a long personal dedication by Ms. Lea!

Prestige also reissued 'Informal Jazz' as 'Two Tenors' in their 'Jazz Classics Series' back in 1969: Wonder why they displayed John Coltrane's name instead of Elmo Hope's

Not sure what access they had to the original material but they have complete recordings, not the truncated versions that came out on many Vogue releases from these Dizzy sessions.

James Moody 'Don't Look Away Now!' (Prestige, green label)

Timeless has been reissuing several albums in its new Jazz Legacy series in recent weeks. The first 10 and more to come...

Obituary in today's The New York Times.

With a couple of minor exceptions, all the official February 1953 music by the Dizzy Gillespie unit recorded in Paris for Vogue/Swing and Blue Star were reunited on this Giant Steps double CD: along with the Wade Legge trio Vogue session (also from February 1953). ----- Jim R., thanks for catching my typo on 'This Is the Way'

Happy Birthday Dmitry And come back more often!

I'm in the mood for sorrow Deep sorrow!

Track details. Volume 1. side A: Mon Homme - Oobladee - Say eh! - 'S Wonderful side B: Always - Moon Nocturne - Exactly Like You - Clappin' Rhythm Volume 2 side A: How High the Moon - This Is Always - My Blue Heaven - Somebody Loves Me side B: Fais Gaffe! - Sweet Sue - All of Me - Lady Bird 'Fais Gaffe' is also known as 'Watch Out'

Pepper Adams 'Twelfth & Pingree' (Enja) with Walter Norris, George Mraz and Makaya Ntshoko