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Years ago, I subscribed to the Village Voice. It was not cheap and it took a couple of weeks for copies to get across the Atlantic. Reading the VV was a pleasure then. So many writers and articles to catch on. Now I subscribe for free via the internet. Reading new issues takes me a few seconds. Rarely find anything interesting there by now.

Looks like Verve has temporarily stopped the sales of the Twelve Nights in Hollywood box. The box is on back order in most stores by now. Problem seems to be the packaging (glue blues). Shades of the Columbia giant Miles Davis box embarrassments...

Noah Howard at Judson Hall is excellent! One of the best ESP from that glorious era. Howard was a distinctive voice in the group of outstanding alto players (Jimmy Lyons, Charles Tyler, Marion Brown among others) that came on the scene then. For his second album on ESP he assembled a very together unit with Ric Colbeck on trumpet (he was also excellent on Howard's first ESP album). Ric and Noah played their heart out through the date with superlative support from Dave Burrell, Cathy Norris and Bobby Kapp. I still have the test pressing (no cover) of the session I got from Bernard Stollman just before its official release. If anybody has a spare cover of this album, please PM me.

Sun Ra 'The Futuristic Sounds' (Savoy, mono)

The Youtube video with the Terry Gibbs quartet was oustanding! Made me wish there were more recorded contributions by Terry Pollard!

That's the LP version I have. Nothing wrong with the sound but I never compared it with an original one!

If you have a good discography on hand, check Stan Levey's sessions. He seems to be the drummer on most of - if not all - the sessions this compilation emanates from. The Stan Levey albums include 'This Time's the Drums On Me' (Ruby My Dear), 'Grandstan' (A Gal in Galico), 'Drummin' the Blues' (Royal Garden Blues, Milano Blues), Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars, vol. 6 (Who's Sleepy) and so forth... Znjoy the listening!

I had been looking for that one for a long time not for the Anthony Perkins vocal (even if I have to admit he is a rather decent singer) but for the two tracks by 'The Lou Bennett and Kenny Clark Jazz Combo' that were part of the soundtrack of the 1963 film 'Le Glaive et la Balance' (a bad one!). Yes that was how Klook's name was spelled on the back cover and labels of the EP! The musicians on that Jazz Combo according to David Meeker 'Jazz in the Movies' book were Sonny Grey on trumpet, Sonny Criss on alto, Lou Bennett on organ and Kenny Clarke on drums. No personnel listed on the disc but this sounds right. Had to pay all of €3 for this EP plus the original RCA EP 'Blues March for Europe No. 1' (with its black labels) from the Blakey's Jazz Messengers dates at the Club Saint-Germain!

I have no problems downloading and copying photos from the Birka website. Don't ask me how because I am the last person to consult for anything that deals with computer knowhow... I am happy when it works. When it does not, I am in trouble! Good luck to you!

Max Roach Quartet 'In the Light' (Soul Note) with Cecil Bridgewater, Odean Pope and Calvin Hill.

I see no difference! The covers still look very good! All on jpg;

Just be advised that the sound on the Copenhagen double CD is not very good. Most of disc 2 comes from the 1966 concert in Graz, Austria, with Jymie Merritt on bass and Max Roach on drums. Sound from that concert is even worse and the music is off pitch making Rollins's tenor sound like an alto!

They were pretty popular in their days over here... This old Square never grooved to their music!

The Complete John Williams On EmArcy, a double LP reissue from EmArcy Japan. Great pianist who played and recorded with Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Parker, Al Cohn, Jimmy Raney and others. Fresh Sound reissued the master takes from the sessions

Aric, just in case you're still looking for an original copy, just a word of caution... STAY AWAY FROM THAT PLACE: PRINCETON RECORD EXCHANGE Don't miss the album shown at 1m25s!

If you did not know about this soundtrack, how could I?!? That Universal/EmArcy France collection of film soundtracks is full of pleasant surprises for the curiosities seekers!

Lester Young 'The Complete Studio Sessions on Verve', disc 5... disc 6 to follow!

Anybody heard this just released CD Le Choc which includes the soundtrack of the music composed by Philippe Sarde for this 1982 film starring Alain Delon and Catherine Deneuve? Did not see the film and never heard the soundtrack. Wonder if it's worth getting just for Shorter. He was accompanied by musicians from Weather Report and by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Bob Willoughby's obituary in The New York Times.

I have a special fondness for the Paris concert because I attended it... but all those Rollins-Cherry concerts are worth getting! Don't ignore the Stuttgart concert! Too bad Rollins has not found a partner that could really match his invention since the departure of Don Cherry!

I have quite a number of old Down Beat magazines from that time. The issue dated August 18, 1960 (with a cover photo of Eric Dolphy practicing at seashore) has several label ads. Prestige advertise new albums at $4.98. Atlantics at $4.98 for mono LPs; $5.98 for stereos. Same for Blue Notes.

Lou Donaldson 'Here 'tis' (BN/Pathé-Marconi 1983 reissue)

An OK substitute for the real thing. I purchased the Pathé-Marconi LP when it came out. It was one of the BNs I was still looking for at the time. And those French reissues were available at very reasonable prices. It still is my only copy of this album. The sound (yes it's digital) is better than the cover printing. You can see the heavy ring wear from the copy they used to reproduce the cover. If the price is right, why not get it. To purchase an original vinyl is a very expensive investment by now!

I don't remember that 'Jazz IN LA' book being that expensive. Original price was DM98. when it came out in 1990-91 which seems reasonable in view of the quality of the photos prints. The book was huge (33,4 by 44 centimeters, about 13 by 19"). 44 pages of some of the best jazz photos ever. Many photos can be seen here. It's probably true that the book may be frighteningly expensive by now!

Willoughby's death was reported in this earlier tread This superb photographer does deserve his own thread!