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No significant differences except on 121 Bank Street, which is listed as 5:55 - checked on my player to be sure - 5:54 there. Have checked on the actual length of 121 Bank Street. The vinyl track clocks in at just under 5:55 too!

I was going to! I have rarely been disappointed by Bley!

Charles Mingus 'The Complete 1959 Columbia Recordings', disc 1

I have the original Decca vinyl of this (skipped the CD reissue). On that initial release, the tunes clocked in like this: - Sippin' at the Bells, 7:20 - Dance Class, 6:17 - Swingdom Come, 7:27 - 121 Bank Street, 6:15 - Beast Blues, 8:52 - Moment's Notice, 8:05 Any significant difference with the CD material?

The Lyon-St.Etienne derby will be shown live on the French payTV station Canal Plus main channel Sunday evening! Same goes for the Real-Atletico game that will be shown on the Canal Plus sports channel in the afternoon here!

Arnett Cobb 'More Party Time' (Prestige, mono, yellow label)

From The New York Times today.

I have yet to listen to 'Solo in Mondsee' but judging from previous experiences, I'm much more a fan of the albums Paul Bley recorded for Owl (Tears, Homage to Carla, Partners, ...) than the ECM ones. Not to mention the trio sessions with Jimmy Giuffre and Steve Swallow. All great Bley music from the past twenty years.

Martial Solal 'Himself' (PDU) Solo Solal!

Damn right, Bentsy Martial Solal was deadborn on August 23, 1927 in Algiers. A few slaps had him out of the stupor a few minutes later. He has been very much alive since and keeps going... An amazingly young 80 he is now. Joyeux anniversaire, Martial!

The Shorty Rogers Atlantic box, LPs 3 and 4

That Jimmy Owens horn is the same he had on the cover of the 1967 Atlantic album 'You Had Better Listen' Owens is credited in the liner notes to the original vinyl as playing trumpet and flugelhorn!

This was picked up from French TV. I videotaped the show too. The music was released on A&M as The Paris All Stars 'Homage to Charlie Parker' The concert from the videotape was held on June 14, 1989 at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris. Earlier in the day, all the musicians (plus Billy Eckstine) were at the French Culture ministry offices to be made Officers of the Order of Arts & Letters. The music on the released CD came from the folllowing day concert. I attended the medals presentation. Most impressive gathering of jazz greats I attended!

Definitely not Texier or Humair! Can't identify the other musicians although I think I recognize Stu Martin on drums but can't be certain about it. The pianist might be Joachim Kuhn! May 31, 1968 Studio 10, Grosser Sendesaal des NDR Funkhauses, Hamburg And When We're Young (Phil Woods) Jimmy Owens (tpt, flh); Ack Van Rooyen (tpt); Slide Hampton (tb, arr); Lee Konitz (as); Phil Woods (as); Gato Barbieri (ts); Volker Kriegel (g); Joachim Kühn (p, org); Günter Lenz (b, g); Barry Altschul (d); Aldo Romano (d) Many thanks, Eloe Should have recognised Altschul, sted of Stu Martin! Could not remember for sure Kuhn's sideburns Aldo Romano is not visible in the video!

Al Cohn 'The Natural Seven' (RCA Victor original)

The Amazon.fr link says it is a 10-CD set.

The Shorty Rogers Atlantic box, LP 1

Joe Zawinul will not be able to be at the Grande Halle de la Villette for the September 6 concert, it was confirmed this week. The concert sans Zawinul is maintained.

Definitely not Texier or Humair! Can't identify the other musicians although I think I recognize Stu Martin on drums but can't be certain about it. The pianist might be Joachim Kuhn!

Walter Davis 'Abide With Me' (Denon) with Charles Sullivan, Buster Williams, Tony Williams, etc...

Phil Woods and other members of the Quincy Jones big band in 1960. With Woods are Clark Terry, Quentin Jackson, Sahib Shihab, Patti Bown, Buddy Catlett and Joe Harris Ornithology Undecided Woods is the featured player on this 1968 video And When We Were Young Other musicians on that one include Jimmy Owens on trumpet, Slide Hampton on trombone, Lee Konitz on alto, Gato Barbieri on tenor...

Yesterday was Count Basie's birthday! He would have been 103!

I'm a Mingus completist. When the Unique LP was available (the cheap bootleg) I had a couple of listen to the music and decided that it would be one Mingus album I would skip! Haven't changed my mind since. There's so much better Mingus music available...

The Woody Herman Columbia box, disc 7

Stephan Oliva, one of the more interesting of the current European players, has a new CD coming up 'Ghosts of Bernard Herrmann', a solo piano projectdedicated to the music of Hermann. Oliva will play the music in Paris on September 27.