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Michael, looks like you had a great time in the Pyrénées but I am disappointed you did not try to emulate Eddy Merckx in the Tourmalet P.L.M. wrote all on dope and happy to be We all know many riders - but fortunately not all - need some sort of help. And things are not going any better since Marie-Odile Amaury who has been heading the Tour de France organizing body for the past four years has taken strong decisions to make sure the doping scandals are kept hushed and lets the controversial International Cycling Union (UCI) take care of the anti-doping testings on the Tour this year over the much more independent AFLD (Agence française de Lutte Anti-dopage). That won't prevent me from enjoying the next stages! No help needed this end!

Late too but I travel slow... :party:

The Tom Lord Discography lists three takes of that Billie's Bounce! With Thad Jones out on the first two (he probably was late making it to the studio).

I love watching the TV coverage of the Tour de France. Even when nothing much happens during the daily stages, I get kicks out of the various countryscapes that get special treatment from the numerous cameramen on motorbikes and helicopters. This year's Tour has been pretty eventful so far. The competition will get even fiercer from Sunday on when the riders get to the Pyrénées mountains (with two climbs up the Col du Tourmalet this year!). Spain's Alberto Contador (the 2009 winner) proved today he is the top man so far when he managed to cut off ten seconds from yellow jersey's Andy Schleck's lead by attacking him three kilometers away from the finish line of the twelfth stage. Contador's attack was brutal in its swiftness. He has very strong chances of winning the Tour again at the finish line on the Champs-Elysées avenue next July 25. Looks like nobody can beat him again this year!

Joe Henderson 'Relaxin' at Camarillo' (Contemporary)

Not a bad lineup: Roy Eldridge, Kai Winding, John LaPorta, Warne Marsh, Lester Young, Teddy Wilson, Terry Gibbs, Billy Bauer, Eddie Safranski, Max Roach, Billy Eckstine. I have the session on this double CD from Verve (big Billy Eckstine fan here!)

Fremeaux usually do their own mastering (through their Art & Son studio). It's just below John RT Davies' standards!

The excellent French label Frémeaux & Associés reissued all the Metronome All Stars sessions - plus the Esquire All Stars sessions - from 1939 to 1950 on this double CD: Summit Meetings It includes a number - but not all - of the various alternate takes! Missing are the 1951 (Capitol), 1953 (MGM) and 1956 (Clef/Verve) Metronome All Stars dates. I did not know the 1956 session remains unissued on CD. A shame! But I am sure the Spanish afficionados will be taking care of this soon! Verve France (Barclay) reissued the LP in the eighties!

Stan Getz Presents Jimmie Rowles 'The Peacocks' (Columbia)

Full details on this double CD The Keynote tracks (1 thru 7) are on disc 2!

Have enjoyed the Warne Marsh 'Posthumous' Interplay CD for quite some time now. It came out in 1989! Material from the same session was released by Storyville as 'Newly Warne' The Storyville CD includes 'On a Slow Boat to China' which is not on the Interplay. The Interplay has 'My Romance' and 'Second Hand Romance' which are not on the Storyville!

Thierry Henry and his new jersey He still has some sparks left. Hope the Red Bulls will be a worthy team to showcase his talents.

Lucky Roberts 'Happy Go 'Lucky'' (Period, mono) with Garvin Bushell, Joe Benjamin and Herbert Cowans. Cover says it's mono, labels say it's stereo. The sound is plain mono!

It's OK but frankly I was expecting more from a Luckey Roberts session after having enjoyed the 'Luckey and the Lion' album on GoodTimeJazz.

Happy Birthday, Agustin :party: Are you still celebrating La Roja's triumph? Get sober in time for more celebration with Contador in Le Tour de France! Spain rules...

Looks like it... The original obit (in French) on the Dreyfus label site has this last line 'L'Aventure continue...' (the adventure continues...)

If your copy is exactly like the one I posted, it is a 1957 release. And a pretty rare item!

Yeah, but hardly anyone else played such a bad WC... There was no worse team than France

Black and Blue had Cliff Smalls lead a very good trio date (with Leonard Gaskin and Oliver Jackson) in 1979 Smalls also played with Earl Bostic (he was on the session that produced 'Flamingo') and Bennie Green ('Blows his Horn' and 'Bennie Green & Art Farmer' on Prestige) among other dates. Now listening to: Th Carmell Jones Select, disc 3

Those two albums were supervised by Harry Lim so they qualify as genuine Keynote recordings

Art Pepper 'Plus Eleven' (Contemporary, mono)

For Keynote completists, they will have to look for these two very rare LPs from the '50s:

Columbia (or whatever its denomination is these days) is doing what Impulse did with their John Coltrane material. Squeezing the last drop from the lemons

French and record producer (and jazz enthusiast) Francis Dreyfus died last June 24. He was 70. Announcement on the Disques Dreyfus website.