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Latest releases (mostly repressings) from Chronological Classics The February list is not listed yet.

Freddie Redd 'Jazz Is' (Trio) with Henry Franklin and Carl Burnett

Reinhardt's official first name was Jean. He was Django (even Djengo, as it is spelled on his gravestone) to his gypsy family and kins! His birth certificate spells his name Jean Reinhardt. Same went for his death certificate.

$2,255 for this Sahib Shihab! Sahib Shihab The Danish Radio Jazz Group

Keeter (Betts)

Max Roach Life and Work (includes a 1989 duo with Cecil Taylor) http://youtube.com/watch?v=c0DnSMgW4f4&amp...amp;t=t&f=b

Woody Shaw with the Jackie McLean Quintet (Cedar Walton, Buster Williams, Billy Higgins) playing 'Cool Struttin'' at the Mount Fuji festival in 1986 http://youtube.com/watch?v=fZnZnU7F0R8

The new Musée at Quai Branly is quite something. Problem is that if you are on a quick visit, there is always a crowd waiting to get inside and it may take some time before you can enter the place. The Louvre is always very highly recommended. Problem there is that there is so much to see. I would suggest you check at the Musee du Louvre site and select a specific area you want to visit! Also take in consideration that a number of Louvre sections are open only on selected days. There is also the Centre Pompidou which is also worth spending time in. Beside their regular exhibitions, they have now a Yves Klein retrospective which is absorbing. The Pompidou Center is also celebrating its 40th anniversay and it's pretty crowded on weekends! And may I suggest spending time at the Musée Marmottan with its glorious paintings by Claude Monet! A bit less crowded than the other institutions.

Lee Wiley 'West of the Moon' (RCA Victor)

Mike, when next in Paris take time to visit the permanent Redon exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay http://www.cord.edu/faculty/andersod/redon.html The Redons are in a room off the beaten track as befits. The room is in the dark to protect the delicate material used by Redon. Whenever I go to the Musée d'Orsay - which is pretty often - I take some time to admire these masxterpieces.

Timner Volume 3 (don't have volume 4) has Polly's Tune and Flirtbird listed as from December 28, 1958, a live date from the Blue Note, Chicago. Those two are on CD! A French Vogue release from 1984 'Duke Ellington & his Orchestra - At the Blue Note Chicago' (with different material from the later double CD Roulette). The French Vogue CD lists the two as 'Polly's Theme' and 'Flirtibird'. Source for these two plus two more tracks was Jerry Valburn! Koala's adress was a P.O. box at Hendersonville, TN, according to the one Koala vinyl I have (Duke Ellington 'Satin Doll').

I like this session ! Duke Pearson made a great job. Have you ever heard the Epic Session ? I've never found it. Nope - but I would like to hear it ! Saw one some years ago (probably at Mole Jazz). Not the greatest of condition so didn't go for it. Shame. Gave up the search for that rare vinyl! And went CD on it when it was reissued with one additional alternate take by Koch Jazz. This one Love this session!

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'La Peinture en Echarpe' by Hubert Damisch, a short and very absorbing study on the perception of photography at its birth and its influence on Eugène Delacroix and the world of painters. Damish is a very reputed art historian and philosopher who also wrote articles on jazz a long time ago. He also played jazz saxophone in his students days.

I mean the area east of Bd Barbes which includes Rue Marcadet & Rue Doudeauville. That's where all the K7 shops are. It feels a lot like Dakar MG That's the area known as La Goutte d'Or! You may find some useful info at this site: http://www.lagouttedor.net/

Al Cohn 'Play It Now' (Xanadu) with Barry Harris, Larry Ridley and Alan Dawson

Same here. By the way, 'The African Quarter' I don't know what you mean by that. There is no specific African Quarter in Paris, just several areas where Africans like to congregate. If you mean the La Goutte d'Or area, I have not been there in quite some time.

James Clay was still delivering on that one:

The Boswell Sisters 'The Legendary Boswell Sisters', a 3LP box from Columbia Special Projects!

Les Jardins du Marais is on Rue Amelot just outside the Marais district. Pretty good location. If you're too tired in the evening and want to have a good meal in the neighborhood, you should not be disappointed with dinner at the 'Repaire de Cartouche' at 99 rue Amelot. J Larsen, 'Chez Paul' was the canteen for Yves Montand and Simone Signoret when they had their apartment right next to the restaurant. When they were in Paris, they could be seen having meals there almost every day.

Horace Parlan 'Frank-ly Speaking' (Steeplechase) with Frank Strozier, Freank Foster, Lisle Atkinson and Al Harewood

From the medieval french?!? Doubt there was any douche in the Middle Ages! This would have to be proofchecked by one of those New Yorker specialists from way back Clem, I can see your points about Balliett but I stick to my goodfeeling opinions on him. I was reading The New Yorker magazine when I was a teenager. Balliett's writing style was a lesson for me and my highschool english. His writing on jazz happenings then had a you-are-there touch which made me feel like I was almost part of the scene. He has my forever gratitude for this!

Will Friedwald's article on Balliett in the New York Sun today

Balliett's passing is very sad news! I learned a lot from the articles he wrote in 'The New Yorker' after I started getting interested in jazz. Beautiful writing. I have reread some of these articles in in Balliett's collected works recently. They stood up very well even if I was not in full agreement with some of his statements. He will be missed!

From the Grachan Moncur website: http://www.grachanmoncur.com/News/grachanmoncur-news.htm