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The Charlie Mariano-Jerry Dodgion Sextet 'Beauties of 1918' (Toshiba/Liberty Japan)

Herschel Evans Herbie Nichols Tony Fruscella

27 episodes of the Johnny Staccato TV series starring John Cassavettes are being released on a 3-DVD set out tomorrow Television's Jazz Detective

Hoagy Carmichael 'The First of the Singers-Songwriters' (JSP, disc 3) great set with notes by Richard Sudhalter and transfers by John R.T. Davies and Doug Pomeroy

Dying at an airport, what a sad way to go He deserved to die at home with family members at his side! Newsstories say he is survived by 21 children, 90 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren!

Lee Konitz with Strings 'An Image' (Verve, Japan)

That original mono Out to Lunch is one of the very, very best sounding vinyl ever! It's also a musical masterpiece!

and somebody should grab the Sam Rivers box quick

Sky seems to be the limit for Charley Patton Don't let if fall, Mama!

France had trouble getting ahead of Romania in a Euro 2012 qualifying match and it took a couple of substitutions to make the team win 2-0 last night. Good goals by Remy and Gourcuff who both entered the field in the final 20 minutes. Good to see Gourcuff score one more for Les Bleus!

Les Trésors du Jazz '1952' (Le Chant du Monde), disc 1

Coming out this week in Japan is a local remake of Louis Malle's classic movie filmed in 1958 in and around Paris Ascenseur Pour l'Echafaud'Lift to the Scaffold'. No Miles Davis music this time. No Maurice Ronet. No Jeanne Moreau. The trailer The remake Shikeidai no erebêtâ was directed by Akira Ogata.

I already have all the Mobley stuff but I am getting sick and tired of seeing no takers for Connoisseur's generous offers. I am PMing him right away...

Horace Silver 'Silver's Serenade' (BN, mono, NY label)

The Shearing Capitol box from Mosaic gathers quite a number of very enjoyable sessions...

Bennie Green 'Glidin' Along' (Jazzland, mono)

Hope they will be better distributed than the previous (limited editions) on Rearwind!

Tony Scott, the RCA sessions!

Me too. Painful. Give te music a chance! It gets better after the first two minutes and Mobley sounds more in focus. Nothing like prime Mobley but worth listening to... Thanks Dan for putting the link in!

Eric Dolphy with Booker Little 'Far Cry' (New Jazz, mono original)

That one is a real puzzler. And a good opener. Have drawn a blank on trying to name names on it so far!

This was part of the series of sessions recorded in New York in 1954 for Vogue France by Henri Renaud!

That track 2 is Lunceford's 'Belgium's Stomp'. Written in anticipation of the band's scheduled tour of Belgium, France (and other places?) in October 1939. Hitler's invasion of these countries put an end to the visit! Gerald Wilson takes the first trumpet solo, Paul Webster, the second one!