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OK! OK! The legs belong to Fran Scott. She was designing the covers for most of the jazz albums of the ABC-Paramount label. And one of the very best designer! She was then married to Tony Scott. Tony Scott was not a member of the Oscar Pettiford Orchestra but he joined the musicians for the cover shot. He is almost cropped out at far right!

Griff with Wes Montgomery, Ronnie Scott, Hans Koller, Ronnie Ross, Martial Solal, etc... rehearse 'Blue Monk' http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/...-blue-monk-1965

Lucky Thompson with Kenny Clarke, also Jimmy Gourley, Pierre Michelot and Alice McLeod at the Blue Note club in Paris! http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/...hompson-quintet

A.K. Salim 'Flute Suite' (Savoy, mono) with Joe Wilder, Frank Rehak, Herbie Mann, Frank Wess, etc...

Turning 4O today? All French citizens join me in wishing you a Very Happy Birthday

Duke Ellington Small Groups 1936-1940, disc 4

That's Dick Katz! And the lady was no Mrs. Katz! And not Mrs. Amram either!

It's a June 1952 session by Dex and Wardell, with Gerry Wiggins, Red Callender, and Chuck Thompson. The full session is on that Black Lion

Non, Monsieur! To help a little bit, they belong to the wife of one of the musicians on that cover

The Lonehill CD cover was the original cover of the album 'The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra' which was volume 2 of the Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi on ABC. And the legs belong to a real person. I even met her, a long, long time ago

Oh, you meant that one (from the Lonehill people)! Anybody knows who was the owner of the women's legs on that cover? No prize for this!

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Yes, yes. Grabbed this Swiss-made CD as soon as it came out. Was missing the 'Lucky Is Back' session. Had the other Rivoli LP 'Kinfolk's Corner'! The liner notes to that FreshSound was an easy read! Written by a lazy Swiss obviously I suggested that LT Select selection for the unlucky ones who do not know these albums! For Ubu, here is the cover shot of the Lucky/Oscar Fresh Sound recent release (they did a much better job than GRP!

Gerry Mulligan 'Something Borrowed, Something Blue' (Limelight, mono) with Zoot Sims, Warren Bernhardt, Eddie Gomez and David Bailey

Machito seems to be the accepted leader of the band on those tapes by now. This was not always the case. In the liner notes to the 1979 Spotlite reissue 'Afro_Cubop', Mark Gardner writes about these sides: 'Which brings us to the three titles by an unknown Afro-Cuban Orchestra recorded in New York around May 1950.There are many ifs and buts about these performances. Was is Machito (unlikely) or perhaps Tito Puente? They were supposedly recorded by the late jazz historian Marshall Stearns and it is believed that Frank Socolow was a member of the reed section. Scanty data, to be sure, but of one fact we can be certain: Charlie Parker is the alto saxophonist on Mambo and Lament for the Conga. He may also be present, without soloing, on the dance number Reminiscing at Twilight.

A thought for Prez today! He left us on March 15, 1959

Wynton Kelly 'Last Trio Session' (Delmark) with Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb

Chris left the forum some time ago, apparently because he didn't agree with the way it was being moderated or something like that. That ... and other reasons!

As long as they abstain from including the superb ABC sessions with Oscar Pettiford. Those have been reissued aplenty and with good reasons. If they envision a LT Select, they should include the two Lucky Thompson-produced for the shortlived label Rivoli, with Tommy Flanagan on piano. Also the two Groove Merchant albums, with Cedar Walton. Probably more material from these sessions exist!

The John Lewis expert here is mikeweil. I'm sure he will chime in with his recommendations! Two essential albums by John Lewis are the 'Evolution' albums he recorded for Atlantic in 1999.

Miles Davis 'Relaxin' (Prestige, 50th St.) A longtime Miles favorite!

It was part of the French EPM/Xanadu CD releases in the early '90s.

Great! I have been hoping for this for a long time! Trust the mastering will be as good as the Ellington Small Groups box!

Never saw that 2CD but I have enjoyed the music since it was released on vinyls by Limelight! There is more music from the same reunion on the Xanadu album 'Earl Hines & Roy Eldridge at the Village Vanguard'. Marvelous improvisations too!

Here is the cover to that Dreyfus 'Afternoon in Paris'