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Kenny Dorham & Jackie McLean 'Inta Somethin'' (Pacific Jazz, mono)

The remarkable pianist Earl Wild died at his Palm Springs, Calif., home on Saturday. He was 94. The New York Times obituary.

Waiting for the next issues of 'Jazz Review' to be included on that excellent website!

Another one going even higher; $2,616 Hank Mobley

Stan Getz/Kenny Barron 'People Time' (EmArcy), disc 7 Just beautiful

Yes, like the idea of Hank Mobley as today's Mozart And Bud Powell is our Bach!

Just a suggestion: pay close attention to albums by Dexter Gordon, Kenny Dorham and Hank Mobley! Deceptively simple and very enjoyable to listen to. The more you listen to them, the more complex you will find their music!

Paul Moer is a very interesting pianist. A couple of CDs that are worth listening to: Both on Fresh Sound.

A report on the debate from the Guardian

Jazz Hot is back in business after a too long hiatus and publishing every 3 or 4 months nowadays. Harold Mabern is on the cover of the latest edition

A very fine actress indeed! She was great in Otto Preminger's 'Angel Face'!

Don't know much about this group but a recent re-reading of John Szwed's 'So What' was a reminder that Miles Davis was nearly every day at Paul Horn's house in LA in the early '60s when he and his group played in the area. It was Miles who recommended Paul Horn to Columbia who signed him. The first Columbia by Horn was 'The Sound of Paul Horn' with Emil Richards and Paul Moer.

MG, I know the feeling! Now spinning: Dave 'Fathead' Newman 'Straight Ahead' (Atlantic, mono) with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Charlie Persip!

French gourmets tend to prefer the authentic taste of Sel de Guerande . It tastes like salt should, just better

The Lord discography has a bass player by the name of John Daley appearing on Valerie Caper's 'Portrait in Soul' session from 1965/1966 and Clyde Lucas' 'Positive Light' from around 1980 for the Three C's Co label! That's all!

Chet Baker 'In Paris' (Barclay), disc 3

Art Farmer and Benny Golson's Jazztet at Newport 1960 (with Bernard McKinney, Duke Pearson, Addison Farmer and Lex Humphries!

I had "Royal Garden Blues' and 'If You See Me Comin'' on a 78 back in the early '50s when I started to pay attention to jazz. This was really addictive music and I still love going back to this session!

A Place Django Reinhardt was inaugurated today in the northern Paris where Django spent part of his childhood. The official site of the City of Paris had a special page (in French) on its occasion. The page features two videos including the lower one which has Django and Stéphane Grappelli playing withe other members of the Quintette du Hot Club de France!

Red Rodney 'Home Free' (Muse) with Richie Cole, David Schnitter, Barry Harris, George Duvivier and Leroy Williams

I have the full Sidney Bechet Victor twofers from Jazz Tribune on LPs, from the same sources as the RCA Black and White LPs that Big Beat Steve mentions. The final volume: has the complete sessions (with all alternate takes) that Panassié supervised for RCA in 1938/1939. The sound is better tha on the reissue CDs I have listened to. Have to correct a previous post about this 'Panassié Sessions' CD from the Hot Club de France. It has a photo of one of the Mezzrow-Ladnier session on its cover but includes only a couple of the sides recorded then!