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Eugene Charbourne has some facts wrong: The Blue Note recording took place during the period when this label was owned by Capitol Records, and was looking for chart single success. The Leon Eason session was held in 1959 when Blue Note was still gloriously independent!

The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson (Atlantic, mono) Orchestra conducted by Quincy (and Jimmy) Jones!

Never heard - but have heard of - those Leon Eason BN sides. For a long time had hoped that Mosaic (or Toshiba Japan) would reissue them, along with the other BN sessions that never got proper releases (the Jimmy Shirley, Clyde Bernhardt, John Collins dates). I'm still waiting

but not the national team. Les Bleus who were facing a real team this time were soundly defeated 0-2 by Spain in a friendly match some 100 days before the kickoff of the World Cup last night. They got well deserved boos from the Stade de France crowd at the end of the match...

Happy Birthday to our best Johnny

Jim Hall 'Jazz Impressions of Japan' (Paddle Wheel) with Don Thompson and Terry Clarke!

Not really sure 1959 was THE best year but I have good memories of that year. Among the Paris club and concert appearances I attended were: - Horace Silver quintet (with Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook) at the Club Saint-Germain (several weeks after Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Lee Morgan and Benny Golson, but that was in still 1958), - Sonny Rollins trio (with Henry Gimes and Pete LaRocca) at the Club Saint-Germain, - Oscar Pettiford (with Lucky Thompson joining in) at Le Chat Qui Pèche, - Kenny Dorham with Barney Wilen and Duke Jordan at the Club Saint-Germain, - Bud Powell trio at the Club Saint-Germain, - Duke Ellington at the Salle Pleyel, - the Modern Jazz Quartet at the Théatre des Champs-Elysées. Somehow I missed - and still kick myself for this - Lester Young at the Paris Blue Note (his final club appearance).

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Singer Mylène Farmer misses her entrance at Elysee Palace where she was guest at the gala dinner held last night in honor of Russian President Medvevev: Daily Motion

I don't have the Select. Sound on the original Liberty vinyl is excellent, sound on the Nocturne box is not as sharp. But I would not be without that Nocturne box (with the added material)!

For the record: I was comparing the 1993 Japanese CD reissue of the Rowles album and the same tracks on the Mosaic Select. I know, and I was adding a(n admittedly unqualified) comparison of the Mosaic Select and the Nocturne box. The original Liberty vinyl (heavy vinyl as a matter of fact) has excellent sound, engineered by John Neal, produced by Harry Babasin.

Liederhalle. Information from our very own Ubu Roi who seems to have all the necessary details on the concert.

From Spirituals to Swing (Vanguard), disc 3

The 3CD set had a number of unissued items added. These include: - Swingin' the Blues, by Count Basie and his orchestra - I Never Knew, also Lady Be Good then Mortgage Stomp, by the Kansas City Five (the studio recordings) - Jumpin' Blues, by Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson - Honky Tonk Train Blues, by ML Lewis - Low Down Dog, by Joe Turner and Pete Johnson - Boogie Woogie, by A. Ammons - Rock Me, then That's All, by Sister Tharpe and A. Ammons - Are You Living Humble, by the Mitchell's Christian Singers - Milenberg Joys by the New Orleans Fettwarmers (with Ladnier, Bechet) - It Was Just a Dream, by Big Bill Broonzy and A. Ammons - Fox Chase, by Sonny Terry - Every Tub, then Stealin' Blues, by Count Basie and his orchestra - After You've Gone, by the Kansas City Six - Noah, by the Golden Gate Quartet - Blueberry Rhyme, by James P. Johnson - Lowdown Dirty Shame, by Ida Cox and James P. Johnson - Old Fashioned Love, then If I Could be With You, by Helen Homes and Janes P. Johnson with the Count Basie orchestra A wonderful set at a great price!

Kenny Drew Trio 'Pal Joey' (Riverside, stereo, black label) with Wilbur Ware and Philly Joe Jones!

Ubu, you're answering your question. The 84-page booklet that accompanied the Nocturne set should have been a model for the Mosaic Select booklets. The Select ones stuck to recopying the original albums liner notes and adding a postscript by Cuscuna. I am glad to have those Selects around but Pujol is the one who did it right in that case!

Happy Birthday, indeed Hope you like it back in South Africa!

When the 18-LP box was released in 1984, a sticker on the cover indicated the box included '17 selections from a previously unissued studio session and seven other unreleased items.'. The unissued studio session was later released as 'Solo Sessions Vol. 1 & 2' and the other unissued tracks were added to the CD reissues of Evans albums.

Dillard was mine. They were based in Paris. Parisians have to stick together

Bud Powell's Cleopatra's Dream

I love the idea of Albert Ayler's albums being issued on Muzak! The Muzak page on the Ayler albums. In Japanese. If you have access to automatic translating, the google translation is worth a try!

Roswell Rudd 'Everywhere' (Impulse, stereo)

THANK YOU BROWNIE! so BN did ship a few of the discs for this purpsose...to have local pic sleeves made for them, and.... back says: Notre Pochette: Photo X does that mean: Frank Wolff sent us these prints to use but we forgot to credit him? Can't remember who imported Blue Note to France in the early '60s. The cover to the twelve-inch vinyls were the original ones. For their EPs, they usually had photos that were different from the ones used in the States. Several were taken by by Jean-Pierre Leloir, such as these Also chewy now that you are becoming an expert, please make a note that Trane's album was titled Blue TRAIN, not Blue Trane

This thread was posted when he died.

No idea how legit the Laserlights versions are. The only Laserlights I have purchased were in the 5CD set 'Happy Birthday Duke!' (the April 29 birthday sessions). The liner notes were written by Stanley Dance so I take it there was some legacy (or at least ducal imprimatur) to this release!