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Lee Konitz 'Inside Hi-Fi' (Atlantic Japan)

Really excellent! Just wish that Billy Bauer had played on both sides (a very favorite guitar player!)... The front cover (by Lee Friedlander) shows high fidelity circuitry at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio

Unfortunately not... Hopefully INA will release more of the treasures from their vaults including this one! That's where the various footages from the Antibes jazz festival are stored. One can always dream...

It really depends on the condition of the cover and the vinyl. To give you a better idea, here are some Bill Evans VV auctions of the past years...

Stan Getz/Kenny Barron 'People Time' (EmArcy), discs 3 and 4

Okay, I really don't want to monopolize this thread. I hope some more folks will jump in with their thoughts on these Ellington pieces. But I just love it - it encourages me to go back and re-examine pieces I haven't heard for awhile and clarify my opinions about recordings I've heard many times. Anyway, The Goutelas Suite is a bit of a strange one. In 1966, Ellington was involved (at what level, I don't quite understand) with the restoration of of Goutelas, a 13th century French chateau. This a suite written for the opening ceremony. Again, I don't quite understand the details. But the music seems to have a ceremonial, "occasional" aspect to it. Only two of the six movements are longer than two minutes; this gives the suite a somewhat fragmentary, unfinished feel. But if you keep the ceremonial purpose of the composition in mind, it makes more sense - it starts and ends with a fanfare, and "Goutelas," the second movement, is obviously a processional of some sort. The longest movement, "Something," is full of Ellingtonian changing colors, and "Having at It" gives Paul Gonsalves a chance to stretch out; it's the only movement that has any jazz soloing to speak of. Goutelas isn't a masterpiece, but it was probably pretty moving heard in the candlelight in the namesake chateau. Ellington recorded it in 1971, and it was issued after his death on the Pablo album The Ellington Suites. Duke Ellington performing for one of the fans at Goutelas in 1966.

Bill Berry and the LA Band 'Hot and Happy' (Beez) One of those vinyls that do not seem to have made it to CD. Bill Berry assembled an all-star big band with musicians of the calibre of Blue Mitchell, Conte Candoli,Teddy Edwards, Richie Kamuca, Dave Frishberg, Leroy Vinnegar, etc...

That Stockholm concert (all three numbers) was of course included in volume 6 of the Intégrale Louis Armstrong on the Frémeaux & Associés label. Along with the broadcasts from the concerts in Copenhagen and The Hague from the same tour.

Splendid Caught by the cameras of Jean-Christophe Averty at the Antibes jazz festival on the French Riviera in July 1966.

Rafael Mendez?!? Am I am missing something??? No Bix? No Eldridge? No Henry Allen? No Clifford Brown? No Fats Navarro? No ...?

Glad to see that I am not the only one who enjoys that album. Melba Liston made fine use of the trombone choir she assembled for the recording. It is not Randy Weston's best album but there is nothing in there that Weston has to be ashamed of!

Kimiko Kasai is a pretty good singer. The album with Gil Evans was recorded in Tokyo. Gil Evans got Marvin Peterson and Billy Harper with Japanese musicians in the studio! Now spinning Jimmy Gourley No More (Musica Records) with Lou Levy, Marc Johnson, Victor Lewis and one Dju Berry on tenor (aka Stan Getz)!

No listings available yet on what's inside those new boxes which I see every time I visit my favorite record shop but I understand there are mainly fresh versions of Les Trésors du Jazz series. No major addition except for volume 4 which has recordings that go up to 1959 (volume 8 of Les Trésors du jazz did not go beyond 1957. There was an interview with André Francis in the Paris daily Liberation yesterday (for french-speaking readers only) ... André Francis interview In typical Liberation fashion, the title of the article is a play on the word coffret. It means 'box' and also reads coffrer 'being arrested'.

The Jazz Messengers newsletter confirms the RLR 3CD set will have all the previously issued material from Birdland mentioned on the Birdland Broadcasts 1961-1962 site. It looks good, let's wait to find out if it sounds good too!

Kimiko Kasai with Gil Evans Orchestra 'Satin Doll' (CBS Sony/Japan)

That was how I understood it when that Double Six/Quincy Jones LP came out. Another scan from the album cover: Les Double Six sing Boplicity and Rat Race INA video

Jazz Tribune #3 Paul Whiteman 'Jazz à la King' (1920-1936) Jazz Tribune #12 The Memoirs of Willie 'The Lion' Smith Don't know about #66. I have a French RCA catalogue from 1983 that lists all the Jazz Tribune LPs up to #39. Email me your current adress and I'll part sadly with the catalogue (with the happy feeling that it will be in good hands!). The catalogue has vignette images (and track listings) of all the vinyls and cassettes releases. There does not seem to be many cassettes... I still have some of their twofer LPs although I preferred the previous French RCA Black and White single LPs. A splendid collection from producer Jean-Paul Guiter. A lot of research went into that series with excellent sound out of transfers from the original RCA Victor material). Never bothered with the Jazz Tribune CDs.

Billy Harper 'Knowledge of Self' (Denon PCM) with Everett Hollins, Kenny Barron, Gregg Maker and Malcolm Pinson