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It's Jussieu Music. It was a great place with a friendly young man taking care of the jazz store. He is gone and so is the old friendly atmosphere. The people in charge of the jazz store are into their music and computer and don't seem to pay much attention to the customers. The selection nowadays is less impressive than it used to be! Bought a lot from the store. Not anymore

I have been having the same problem for several weeks. I manage to work around it but would prefer to go back to the previous settings.

Yes, the vinyl set was a partnership by Sue Mingus and Fred Cohen. I believe Fred still has copies for sale. Was not aware that Fred Cohen had anything to do with the Ulysse Musique releases. The Amsterdam concert albums (a double LP plus a single one' state they were 'produced for records by Ulysse Musique with the kind permission of Jazz Workshop Inc. and Susan Graham Mingus'. Ulysee was a French label that also issued a Cannonball Adderley concert. Great sets, yes!

If you stick to FNAC and Virgin, the Virgin Megastore on the Champs-Elysees is better stocked than the FNAC store on the Champs-Elysees. The FNAC Ternes, at 26-30 Avenue des Ternes, has a much better jazz selection. It is located just north of the Champs-Elysees. Good luck if you visit the stores on Saturday afternoon

VERY interesting! Many thanks for bringing this to our attention And... Happy Birthday, Lazaro

The cover you posted is the one from the Universal reissue that came out several months ago! Pretty sure you'll like the whole album!

That was the idea behind most of the items I picked! You don't have to feel bad about not guessing them!

That Mal Waldron has been missing in action for a couple of years. Copies seem to collectors' items nowadays but I have not seen a fresh one in a long time! The 'Nougaro Sans Paroles' CD has been reissued last month by Nocturne Easy listening jazz at its best!

Track 9 - Serge Gainsbourg - 'Quand Mon 6.35 Me Fait les Yeux Doux' , from the album 'Gainsbourg Percussions' (Philips) Michel Portal, alto, Eddy Louiss, piano, Pierre Michelot, b, Christian Garros;dr., Alain Goraguer, arranger and conductor. Recorded October 1964 in Paris http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000051YED.08.LZZZZZZZ.jpg There was a small controversy about the musicians playing on this track, born out of a rumor that Jackie McLean played the alto part. It was reported that McLean had been flown in from New York just for that solo. He could not be officially listed since he was under contract then with Blue Note! A lot of French fans - me included - were sure that it was Jackie Mc playing here. Shortly before I started assembling the tracks for this BFT, there even was a radio program devoted to Gainsbourg's jazz connections on the very serious France Culture radio. One participant claimed he had proof that it was indeed him! He mentioned his source as being the editor of the French monthly Jazz Magazine Philippe Carles. Since I wanted to make sure of the fact after including the track on the BFT, I called Carles for a final confirmation. Carles knew about the speculations but stated that it was not McLean! He had been in touch with Michel Portal who was listed as playing tenor on this session in the Gainsbourg discographies. Portal confirmed that it was he who was playing the alto solos, following specific instructions from Gainsbourg to play a McLean-like contribution. Gainsbourg was very much a fan of McLean and knew many of his albums by heart! Gainsbourg also asked him to play a Desmond-like solo in another track from this 'Gainsbourg Percussions album. That's the 'Machin Choses' track. Portal does a better job at imitating McLean than Desmond, although his part on 'Machin Choses' is also excellent! 'Quand Mon 6.35' was the first song by Gainsbourg to have a suicidal connection! Not the last one! Track 10 - Jean-Louis Chautemps - 'Sur And Sue Helen', from the album 'Chautemps' (Carlyne) Chautemps, tenor, Martial Solal, p., trombone section. Recorded September 1988 in Paris http://www.geocities.co.jp/MusicHall/1069/KWHP/1985-9/chautemps.jpg Jean-Louis Chautemps is another treasure of French jazz. A well know musician in France, he is an unknown name outside of the country. A modest and intellectually brilliant player with a perfect tone, he has only one album under his name. This one. I chose the track where he has Martial Solal on piano, another too modest musician who has had better luck outside France. Solal is excellent in all,circumstances but I have a special loive for his duos (be it with Lee Konitz, Hampton Hawes, Joachim Kuhn and more recently with Dave Douglas). Solal's piano solo is outstanding. At some point he appears playing with four hands. Several listeners suggested overdubbing and this proved likely but I could not find any proof. Turns out that Chautemps made a rare appearance a few days ago with René Urtreger in a club on the Ile Saint-Louis. I spent a great even,ing listening to these masters. Also I took the opportunity to ask Chautemps about the recording technique involved. Chautemps confirmed the overdubbing on a section of Solal solo. Not a simple but a double (for a very short sequence) dub. Masterful! Track 11 - 'Running in Rhythm, Take 2' , from the soundtrack of the film 'Tracks in the Sand' (Virgin Records) Richard Williams, tp, Jimmy Knepper, tb, Yusef Lateef, tenor, Tommy Flanagan, p, Arthur Phipps, b, Max Roach, dr. Recorded March 1962 in New York http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/dre700/e705/e7056369yd5.jpg Soundtrack music for a film I never saw. The music appeared briefly on a CD released by Virgin Records. The liner notes gives 'Charles Mills' as composer for the music. In the very early days of the Organissimo forum, there was a discussion over the music. I indicated at the time that my theory on that Charles Mills whose name never appeared elsewhere was an alias for Charles Mingus. This thread: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...cks+in+the+sand The soundtrack has a Mingus feel and I have not changed opinions on this. Thought that participants who never heard this music might be interested in having a go at it! Most of the players including Richard Williams, Max Roach and Jimmy Knepper have been Mingus favorites. Also Yusef Lateef who has rarely played better than when Mingus was around shines on this track! Track 12 - Pinky Winters 'How About Me?' , from the album 'Happy Madness' 'Gitanes Verve' Pinky Winters, vocal, Lou Levy, p, Eric von Essen, b, Joe La Barbera, dr. Recorded March 1994 in Los Angeles http://www.pinkywinters.com/images/HappySmall2.jpg Pinky Winters is a dramatically underrated singer. A friend who knows I can be pretty strict on jazz vocals introduced me to an earlier release. I was hooked! I am not keen on those 'chanteuses' who seem to have invaded the jazz singing these days and I like the singers that have respect for the melody. Pinky is one of those rare birds! The CD from which this was extracted has a story unto itself. The album was her first appearance on a major label. A superbly produced session recorded for Verve. It appeared in France and was to be released in the United States. Right at the same time, there was a major change in the Verve company management and the album was never released in the US. Pinky's longtime companion Lou Levy provides a class accompaniement. Track 13 - 'Tu Te Laisses Aller' Jean-Claude Fohrenbach Quartet, from the album 'Francofeel' (Djazz) Fohrenbach, tenor, Alain Wilsch, g, Marie Boisseau, b, Eric Dervieux, dr. Recorded October 2001 in Paris http://www.djaz.fr/covers/DJ546-2_72.jpg Another French pop song by a little known French sax player Jean-Claude Fohrenbach. When I became a jazz fan in the early '50s, Fohrenbach was the top name among the new sax players (this was just before the appearance of people like Bobby Jaspar, Barney Wilen and Jean-Louis Chautemps). He was everywhere. If I remember right he was in the sax section at the very first concert I attended back in 1953 with the Tony Proteau band. Heard him several times in the next few years. Then he was out of my radar. His name was resurrected when a double CD of rare sessions he led was reissued in the Jazz in Paris series. 'Tu te laisses aller' was one of the best songs from Charles Aznavour, like Brassens a popular name here and with practically no connection with jazz. In this 2002 date, Fohrenbach goes into a bossa nova mood for a very enjoyable performance of this song! Track 14 - 'Extra Mild' The Jomar Dragon Quartet Featuring Phil urso (Legacy) Ron Washiungton, Phil Urso, tenors, Dag Walton, organ, Gene Klingman, b, Jo,Jo Williams, dr. Recorded in 1959 http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/cp_images/c360.jpg A rare session that was reissued by the people at Fresh Sound. God bless them for making so many little known albums available! Not a great date but one that is very enjoyable nonetheless. It has the distinction of having one of the lesser known Brother on hand. Applauds to Tooter who recognised the Urso theme right away! The Hammond organ player is not much but the two tenors (Urso is the second player I think) are very effective. Ron Washington also sounded real good here! Another Washington who did not record enough! This was the second album from this Denver-based group which takes its name from the players who created the band (JO Jo Williams, MARvin Halliday, DAG Walton and RON Washington). Track 15 - Tony Fruscella - 'Johnny Mandel Tune', from the album 'Brooklyn Jam 1952' (Marshmallow) Fruscella, tp, Hal McKusick, alto, Gene DiNovi, p, Joe Schulman, b, Billy Exiner, dr. Recorded in Brooklyn, 1952 http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005QYI4.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg Yes, it's poorly recorded but so were many of those jam sessions that flourished in the fifties. This was included to make this rare album availabkle to fans of Tony Fruscella. Not his best album but his rarest among the few published. It's Hal McKusick playing along. McKusick is pretty tentative at the start of his solo but manages to find his way pretty quickly. Great backing from Joe Schulman Track 16 - Serge Gainsbourg 'Coco and Co', from the album 'Gainsbourg Percussions' (Philips) Michel Portal, alto, Eddy Louiss, p., Pierre Michelot, b, Christian Garros, dr., Alain Goraguer, conductor, arranger. Recorded October 1964 in Paris. http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000051YED.08.LZZZZZZZ.jpg The disc started with Gainsbourg, it finishes with him! From the same album (Gainsbourg Percussions). The disc was recorded at evening sessions in october 1964. Although Alain Goraguer is listed as the piano player with Eddy Louiss on organ, I would tend to think it is Louiss on piano (no organ is heard)! Gainsbourg wanted to have a club atmosphere and club noise was probably added for the appropriate ambiance! One of Gainsbourg's songs that dealt with illegal substances! It is also full of jazz references! All three Gainsbourg sides I selected are included in this reissue. http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000001E5G.08.LZZZZZZZ.jpg It gathers 20 jazz-oriented sides from him!

Track 1 - Serge Gainsbourg 'Générique' , from the soundtrack of the film 'Les Loups dans la Bergerie'' (Philips) Roger Guérin, tp, Raymond Guiot, fl, George Grenu, alto, William Boucaya, bar, Alain Goraguer, p, Pierre Michelot, b, Christian Garros, dr. Goraguer arranged and conducted the music. Recorded October 28, 1959 in Paris. Thought this short item would be an appropriate opening for this BFT. Loved the clear and precise arrangement going over the sound of the tympani beats. This was supposed to be a fitting start and I was pretty pleased with myself for having picked this. Until right after the first discs were shipped. Nonparticipant couw immediately came out and mentioned that it was done before. By couw himself on his own BFT 4! That was before I started taking part in those games! Damn couw! Well two time for this disc is not really bad. It's good music for a pretty lousy film which I saw when it was released: 'Les Loups dans la Bergerie'. It was Serge Gainsbourg's second soundtrack. First of his film music was for the 1959 Jacques Doniol-Valcroze film 'L'Eau A la Bouche'. This was one of my very early encounter with Gainsbourg's music. 'L'Eau a la Bouche' was not a masterpiece but still very much better than Les Loups which seems to have disappeared by now and has not been shown for years. Doniol-Valcroze by the way was editor of the famous film review 'Les Cahiers du Cinéma' and was expected to do much better than his film! Roger Guerin who recently celebrated his 80th anniversary played the trumpet part with cool aplomb! Track 2 - Mal Waldron 'The Git Go' (from the album 'Soul Eyes', BMG) Joe Henderson, ten, Mal Waldron, p, Reggie Workman, b, Andrew Cyrille, dr., recorded August 1997 in Antwerp (Belgium) The album came out and went despite its allstar cast! Reggie Workman has a remarkable introduction until Mal Waldron states the theme just ahead of Joe Henderson. It's the only appearance of Joe Henderson on the album but he makes the most of it! Mal Waldron, Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille provide a topnotch support for Henderson's preaching improvisation. Cyrille then lets his drums sing! The album also includes tracks that have superb vocals by Jeanne Lee and Abbey Lincoln! Track 3 - Vander/Michelot/Lubat 'Cécile, Ma Fille' from the album 'Nougaro Sans Paroles' (Sergent Major Company) Maurice Vander, p, Pierre Michelot, b, Bernard Lubat, dr. Recorded in 2000 at Longueville, France. This is one of the late singer Claude Nougaro's loveliest song. (Cecile, My Daughter) written after the birth of his first child. The music was composed by Jacques Datin. Maurice Vander who was Nougaro's accompanying pianist for years shows the mastery and delicacy of his playing. And Pierre Michelot's accurate phrasing is plain magnificient here. A nice moodsetter that gets even better after each playing. Track 4 -Anthony Ortega 'Boomerang', from the album 'Neuf' (Evidence) Jean-François Canapé, tp, Daniel Casimir, tb, Gilles Mahaud, french horn, Ortega, as, Xavier Bussy, Sylvain Kassap, reeds, Manuel Rocheman, p, Didier Levallet, b, Jacques Mahieux, dr; Arrangements by Levallet and Kassap. Recorded July 8, 1994 in Paris. Anthony Ortega is another terribly underrated musician with too few volumes (most hard to find) albums to his credit and is a forgotten figure by now in the US.. However as one of the veteran and most respected sessionman he has taken part in the recording of numerous albums. He also makes regular appearances in Europe and specially in France. Ortega is an original voice in contemporary jazz. This is is an ensemble date that was recorded with several excellent French musicians including pianist Manuel Rocheman and bassist Didier Levallet Track 5 - Conte Candoli All Stars 'Muggin' the Minor', from the album 'Little Band, Big Jazz' (Crown) Candoli, tp, Buddy Collette, tenor, Vince Guaraldi, p, Leroy Vinnegar, b, Stan Levey, dr. Recorded February 3, 1960 in Hollywood This was supposed to be an easy to identify selection since the album had been discussed in a thread of its own several months ago. I discovered it when Fresh Sound reissued the album last year. Turned out that the thread was revived right after the completion of this BFT.K The all clear playing of Conte Candoli was one of the assets of the session. The surprise for me came fgrom the tenor playing of Buddy Colette, a musician I have liked for years for his playing on the numerous reeds he is an adept practicioner. The album was a rare opportunity to enjoy him on tenor. Thought he was in the Harold Land groove. Superb accompanying by Guaraldi, Vinnegar and Levey. Could not go wrong with that support! Track 6 - 'My Romance' Jacques Pelzer Open Sky Unit, from the album 'Never Let Me Go' (Igloo) Pelzer, alto, Barney Wilen, tenor, Michel Graillier, p, Bart de Nolt, b, Micheline Pelzer, dr. Recorded October 1990 in Brussels Lovely theme, 'My Romance', a Rodgers and Hart classic!! I could not leave Barney Wilen out of this BFT and decided to include this session led by Jacques Pelzer who made a reputation in jazz more for his career as chemist/pharmacist who provided legal and illegal substances to so many musicians, specially Chet Baker, than to his talent as a musician. But Pelzer shows here why he was also respected as a musician and shows his affinity to Benny Carter and Lee Konitz! Another rare album made for the Belgian label Igloo which had mainly local distribution. Wilen turns out a very evocative and well constructed solo that is the highlight of this interpretation. 'My Romance' is his only appearance on tenor here. He plays soprano on the other tracks. The late Michel Graillier on piano (another close friend and accompaznist of Chet Baker) proves he was among the best of the European players. Wilen appeared on only four out of the ten sides. A pity he never recorded with Chet Baker. This could have turned out very interesting! Track 7 - 'Au Bois de Mon Coeur' 'Giants of Jazz Play Brassens' (Philips) Harry Edison, tp, Eddie Davis, tenor, Marcel Zanini, Michel Attenoux, reeds, probably Dorothy Donegan, p, Brassens, g, Pierre Nicolas, b, Moustache, dr. I wanted to include several aspects of the French songs. Georges Brassens was probably the most popular French singer of the second half of the 20th Century. An anarchist poet, he wrote some of the best chansons andc remains a revered figure. None of his songs could be related to jazz so the album he recorded with jazz musicians turned out to be a very happysurprise. It was also some kind of a hit! 'Au Bois de Mon Coeur' was a personal favorite song by Brassens and I was delighted to hear Brassens play the guitar introduction himself on this track. The song also gave way to some of the strongest guest appearances by Eddie Davis and Harry Edison! Track 8:- 'Quiet Moments' Serge Casero Quartet Featuring Georges Arvanitas 'Around Dexter' (Moon Records) Casero, tenor, Arvanitas, p, Michel Altier, b, Charles Bellonzi, dr. Record October 19, 1995 in southern France - I could not find a printable photo for this CD! - The most obscure track of this compilation. The leader was just a name I saw from time to time and this CD turned out to be my introduction to his playing. The CD takes its inspiration from Dexter Gordon and comes out prettygood. Nothing really exceptional, just pretty consistant playing with the help of another French piano great Georges Arvanitas on piano! Another unrecognised piano great who disappeared last year!

April in Paris

Jackie McLean's first recording session (back in 1949) playing baritone in the background on two sides...

The back cover to the LP has: 'Recording by WOLFGANG HIRSCHMANN' 'Mastering by RUDY VAN GELDER' 'Produced by GIGI CAMPI (May 18 and 19, 1961 - Cologne, Germany)

Gjon Mili photo from 'The Jazz Scene'

This one seems to be missing from the previous posts... A good one, and a Blue Note release!

Joyeux anniversaire, jeune homme

Good to see this, neveronfriday! You're obviously taking the best medicine available Get on well

From SkyNews yesterday.

An old favorite

By all means yes... Great set! Great bargain!

Birdology 2 (Verve)

King Ubu is around, from time to time. He might know!

Ed, I live on the edge of the Latin Quarter and have yet to be seriously disturbed by the recent occurances. Most of the serious incidents take part in specific areas late in the evening. By the time you arrive (April 23), the Easter holidays will be on and things should have fallen into places by then. The main serious occurance scheduled for the time being is on Tuesday when there is a call for a general strike. You can PM me with the adress of your hotel. I can let you know if it is safely located. My take of all this is that by the time you get in, things will have calmed and people will go back to enjoy the lovely Spring weather! I always do a lot of walking around the city and continue to love it!

Thanks for the appreciations, Chris! All will be revealed in a couple of days!

This is probably what you're referring to: From David H. Rosenthal 'Hard Bop' Oxford University Press 1992. Quote from McLean: "The first record I made was not with Miles. I made a rhythm-and-blues piece with Charlie Singleton's band called 'Camel Walkin' where I played baritone sax, no solo." If Bird had been taking part in the session, I am sure McLean would have mentioned this!