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Planning to go to the special evening with Martial Solal, family and friends next Thursday at the Paris Jewish Art & History Museum, in the heart of the Marais district. Should be interesting! http://www.mahj.org/fr/02_en_ce_moment/concerts.php

Bob Brookmeyer Select, disc 3 the sides with Al Cohn, Paul Quinichette, Zoot Sims, etc...

Study that tells a lot about the state of nations... From AP:

Jaki Byard 'Here's Jaki' (Prestige/EMI Japan) with Ron Carter and Roy Haynes

Another recommended book on Weimar Germany: 'Germany' by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Original copy is nearly impossible to find but the paperback edition from H.N. Abrams should be no problem. Eisenstaedt's eye: Goebbels, 1933 Eisenstaedt fled Germany soon after that photo...

Paul Gonsalves gets hot... ($2,027!) Boom Jackie

Caught up with Woody Allen's 'Anything Else' yesterday. Nice rather typical Allen film with plenty of Billie Holiday and Lester Young sides on the soundtrack plus a scene shot inside the Village Vanguard where Diana Krall performs. Can't remember any other film that features an inside VV scene!

Checked my vinyl, jazzshrink has it right!

The cover (by David Stone Martin) to Bud Powell 'Jazz Giant' vinyl is very visible in Woody Allen's 'Anything Else' when Jason Biggs and Christina Ricci search for vinyls in a NY record shop.

The same doing her thing...

Well, we do take Jerry Lewis seriously! And seriously, wish Elvis Presley had taken part in at least one film that was worthy of Lewis' 'The Nutty Professor'! I can listen to Presley records and enjoy some of them. I never saw any films with him that was worthy of much attention even when he was directed by someone like Don Diegel ('Flaming Star').

I have nil on Elvis Presley! Nothing personal. Just not really interested

One more vote for Lady Day and Pres

From the May 15, 2006 issue of TIME Magazine

Warne Marsh 'Warne Out' (Interplay) with Jim Hughart on bass and Nick Ceroli on drums

Agree on the Daniels book. Interesting - if not always convincing - on the social aspects but very lacking on the musical aspects. As for the main Lester Young interviews, the three best (Hentoff, Christern and the late François Postif) are all included in 'A Lester Young Reader', the Lewis Porter compilation that was published by Smithsonian Institution.

Another Jeanne Lee/Ran Blake collaboration was reissued by Owl recently

It is Miles Davis who introduces several tunes ('Good Bait', 'Don't Blame Me', 'Lady Bird' and 'Embraceable You') on the 'Miles Davis/Tadd Dameron Quintet in Paris Festival International de Jazz, May 1949' album from CBS/Columbia. The late record producer Henri Renaud identifies Miles' voice in the liner notes.

Dan posted that earlier. I thought it WAS his last recording. What came afterwards? MG I should not have missed Dan's post Mobley's final appearance on record is his guest appearance on the Tete Montoliu 'I Wanna Talk About You' March 1980 session for SteepleChase. Never heard that one but I understand it is a sad farewell!

Should have mentioned earlier the 'Summertime' that Mobley plays on the Cedar Walton 'Breakthrough' album, practically his final date.

A favorite 'Lull In My Life' is Anita O'Day's interpretation on her Verve album 'Pick Yourself Up'.

Also check out the Wynton Kelly gig from November 1967 that was issued on VeeJay Japan and reissued by Fresh Sound. Mobley plays ballads like 'How Deep Is the Ocean', 'Speak Low' and 'If You Could See Me Now' on that one.

Still have the mono vinyl which was purchased right after the album was released!

'I See Your Face Before Me' from the 'Dippin'' album. 'There's A Lull In My Life' from the 'A Slice of the Top' album. Both very nice!

Charlie Parker 'Bird at the Roost' Vol. 1 (Savoy twofer)