brownie

No joke there. You described a stalker and you had a mirror right in front of you because you're the one who is stalking others!

Some superb sounding BN vinyl originals (I prefer the mono ones)! - Cannonball Adderley 'Somethin' Else' - Sonny Rollins 'A Night at the Village Vanguard' - Lee Morgan 'Candy' - Dexter Gordon 'Go' and 'Swingin' Affair' - Eric Dolphy 'Out to Lunch' (stereo of that one is excellent too) and another vote for Bennie Green's 'Soul Stirrin''

December 21: 1932 - Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra (Charlie Gaines, Louis Jordan, Benny Hill, etc...) record session for Victor ('Medley of Armstrong Hits', etc...) 1939 - Lionel Hampton (Benny Carter, Edmond Hall, Coleman Hawkins, Joe Sullivan, Freddie Green, Artie Bernstein, Zutty Singleton) record session for Victor 1943 - Dicky Wells and his Orchestra (Bill Coleman, Lester Young, Ellis Larkins, Freddie Green, Al Hall, Jo Jones) record session for Signature ('Hello Babe', 'Linger Awhile', etc...) 1945 - J.C. Higginbotham's Big Eight (Sidney de Paris, Tab Smith, Cecil Scott, Jimmy Jones, Brick Feagle, Billy Taylor, Dave Tough) record session for HRS 1947 - Charlie Parker (Miles Davis, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, Max Roach) record session for Savoy ('Bluebird', 'Bird Gets the Worm', etc...) 1949 - Coleman Hawkins (Nat Peck, Hubert Fol, Jean-Paul Mangeon, Pierre Michelot, Kenny Clarke) record session for Vogue 1953 - Lester Young Quintet (Jessie Drakes, Gildo Mahones, Gene Ramey, Connie Kay) record session for Norgran (Lester's Here) 1953 - Charlie Mariano Sextet (Stu Williamson, Frank Rosolino, Claude Williamson, Max Bennett, Stan Levey) record session for Bethelhem (Charlie Mariano Plays) 1956 (also March 31 and October 17) - George Russell and his Small Tet (Art Farmer, Hal McKusick, Bill Evans, Barry Galbraith, Teddy Kotick, Osie Johnson) record sesion for RCA (Jazz Workshop) 1956(also Sept. 26 and Dec. 22) - Lee Konitz (Jimmy Rowles, Leroy Vinnegar, Shelly Manne) record session for Atlantic (Worthwhile Konitz) 1958 - Donald Byrd ((Jackie McLean, Pepper Adams, Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, Art Taylor) record session for BN (Off to the Races) 1958 - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merrit) at the Club Saint-Germain des Pres, released on RCA France (Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Club Saint-Germain) 1959 (also Dec. 23) - Sonny Stitt (Lou Levy, Leroy Vinnegar, Mel Lewis) record session for Verve (Saxophone Supremacy -Stitt Blows the Blues Away) 1960 - Eric Dolphy (Booker Little, Jaki Byard, Ron Carter, Roy Haynes) record session for New Jazz (Far Cry) 1960 - Barry Harris Trio (Joe Benjamin, Elvin Jones) record session for Riverside (Preminado) 1960 (also Dec. 22) -Kid Ory's Band ( Teddy Buckner, Bobby McCracken, Morty Corb, etc...) record session for Verve (Dixieland Marching Songs) 1960 - Ornette Coleman (Don Cherry, Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy, Charlie Haden, Scott LaFaro, Eddie Blackwell, Billy Higgins) record session for Atlantic (Free Jazz) 1960 - David 'Fathead' Newman (Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb) record session for Atlantic (Straight Ahead) 1961 - John Coltrane Quartet (McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones) record session for Impulse (Ballads) 1961 - Johnny Griffin Quartet (Barry Harris, Ron Carter, Ben Riley) record session for Riverside (The Kerry Dancers) 1962 - Ornette Coleman Trio (David Izenzon, Charles Moffett, strings) concert at Town Hall, released on ESP 1962 - Grant Green (Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins, Garvin Masseaux) record session for BN (Feelin' ther Spirit) 1963 - Lee Morgan Quintet (Joe Henderson, Barry Harris, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins) record session for BN (Sidewinder) 1964 (also Dec. 22, Jan. 7) - Nat Adderley (Ernie Royal, Tony Studd, Don Butterfield, Seldon Powell, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones, Bruno Carr) record session for Atlantic (Autobiography) 1965 (also Dec. 22) - Steve Lacy Trio (Kent Carter, Aldo Romano) record session for Vik Italia (Disposability) 1966 (also Dec. 22) - Eric Kloss (Danny Bank, Teddy Charles, Billy Butler, Ronnie Boykins, etc...) record session for Prestige (Grits and Gravy) 1974 - Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison record duo session for Pablo (Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison) 1976 - Ray Bryant solo piano record session for Pablo (Solo Flight) 1981 - Rodney Jones and Tommy Flanagan (Major Holley, Jesse Hameen) record session for Timeless (My Funny Valentine)

Yes indeed. Should also have mentioned Florence as the city of the Medicis! Now spinning: Don Byas ''the big sound'' 'Amoureusement Votre' (Polydor)

A reissue!?! Yes! From the Abraxas company. Based in Florence, the city of the Borgias! The vinyl comes in a transparent sleeve. One side has a full circular reproduction of the original ESP issue frontcover, the other has a full circular reproduction of the ESP album backcover! White vinyl background. Pretty nice object. Sound is OK (mono!). Have not compared yet with my ESP original LP. A sticker on the transparent plastic sleeve reads: 'Albert Ayler's 1964 debut release on ESP. A historical moment in avantgarde jazz. Spiritual Unity defined the ethos of ESP as the quintessential free music labels of the 60s and 70s.'

Those Abraxas people also issued a 4CD box of previously released ESP material of Sun Ra. Same type of box as the Ayler one. I have been in touch lately with Bernard Stollman re various matters. He is trying to find ways to put an end to these illicit releases.

Leloir used twin-lens reflexes a lot too, Rolleiflexes if I remember well! Which explains the amazing sharpness of many of his images...

December 20: 1939 - Benny Goodman Sextet (Lionel Hampton, Johnny Guarnieri, Charlie Christian, Artie Bernstein, Nick Fatool) record session for Columbia ('Shivers', 'AC-DC Current', etc...) 1944 - Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen (Sidney de Paris, Vic Dickenson, Art Hodes, Pops Foster, Manzie Johnson) record session for BN 1947 - Eddie Safranski and the Pool Cats (Ray Wetzel, Eddie Bert, Art Pepper, Bob Cooper, Pete Rugolo, Shelly Manne) record session for Atlantic 1948 - Charlie Parker with Machito and his Orchestra (Mario Bauza, Jose Madera, Jose Manguel, etc...) record session for Mercury ('No Noise', 'Mango Mangue') 1955 - Marlene (Joe Wilder, Herbie Mann, Hank Jones, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke) record session for Savoy (Marlene Sings!) 1957 - Max Roach (Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, George Morrow) record session for EmArcy, released on EmArcy Japan (Max Roach + Four and More) 1959 - Eddie Davis and Shirley Scott (George Duvivier, Arthur Edgehill, Ray Barretto, etc...) record session for Prestige (Bacalao) 1960 - Buck Clayton/Buddy Tate (Sir Charles Thompson, Gene Ramey, Mousie Alexander) record session for Swingville (Buck and Buddy) 1960 - Paul Gonsalves (Nat Adderley, Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, Jimmy Cobb) record session for Jazzland (Gettin' Together) 1961 - Sal Nistico (Nat Adderley, Barry Harris, Sam Jones, Walter Perkins) record session for Jazzland (Heavyweights) 1964 - Quincy Jones and his Orchestra (Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, J.J. Johnson, Curtis Fuller, Melba Liston, Phil Woods, James Moody, Roland Kirk, Lucky Thompson, etc...) record session for Limelight (I Had a Ball) 1964 (also Dec. 22) - Nat Adderley (Ernie Royal, Don Butterfield, Seldon Powell, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones, Bruno Carr, etc...) record session for Atlantic (Autobiography) 1965 (also Jan. 13, 1966) - Nat Adderley Atlantic (Ernie Royal, J.J. Johnson, Seldon Powell, George Duvivier, Herbie Lovelle, etc...) record session for Atlantic (Sayin' Somethin') 1966 - Coleman Hawkins (Barry Harris, Bob Cranshaw, Eddie Locke) record session for Pablo (Sirius) 1966 - Valdo Williams Trio (Reggie Johnson, Stu Martin) record session for Savoy (New Advanced Jazz) 1967 (one of several sessions) - Wes Montgomery (Hubert Laws, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady tTate, Don Sebesky, etc...) record session for A&M (Down Here on the Ground) 1974 (also Jan. 20, 1975) - Andrew Hill (Ted Curson Lee Konitz, Cecil McBee, Art Lewis) record session for Arista (Spiral) 1988 (also Dec. 21) - Phil Woods (Tommy Flanagan, George Mraz, Kenny Washington) record session for Chesky (Here's To My Lady) 1990 - Kenny Barron Quartet (Ralph Moore, David Williams, Lewis Nash) record session for CrissCross (Invitation)

Albert Ayler Trio 'Spiritual Unity' (Get Back reissue) Grant Green 'Oleo' (BN King original) with Sonny Clark ...

December 19 1935 - Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra (Leonard Davis, Jimmy Archey, Charlie Holmes, Luis Russell, Pops Foster, Paul Barbarin, etc...) record session for Decca ('Shoe Shine Boy', 'I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music', etc...) 1939 - Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra (Henry Allen, Wilbur de Paris, J.C. Higginbotham, Charlie Holmes, Luis Russell, Pops Foster, Sidney Catlett, etc...) record session for Decca ('You're a Lucky Guy', 'Bye and Bye', etc...) 1939 - Pete Johnson Blues Trio (Ulysse Livingston, Abe Bolar) record session for BN 1940 - Benny Goodman and his Sextet (Cootie Williams, Georgie Auld, Ken Kersey, Charlie Christian, Artie Bernstein, Harry Jaeger) record session for Columbia ('Breakfast Feud', 'Gone With What Draft', etc...) 1944 - Clyde Hart's Hot Seven (Bennie Harris, Herbie Fields, Budd Johnson, Chuck Wayne, Oscar Pettiford, Denzil Best) record session for Savoy 1944 - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra concert at Carnegie Hall, released on Pestige (The Carnegie Hall Concerts, December 1944) 1947 - Leo Parker's All Stars (Joe Newman, J.J. Johnson, Dexter Gordon, Hank Jones, Curley Russell, Shadow Wilson) record session for Savoy 1948 - All Star Jam Session (Bennie Harris, J.J. Johnson, Buddy de Franco, Lee Konitz, Budd Johnson, Cecil Payne, Bud Powell, Chuck Wayne, Nelson Boyd, Max Roach) at the Royal Roost, released on Beppo and other labels 1951 - Melvin Moore (Terry Gibbs, Billy Taylor, Mundell Lowe, Charles Mingus, etc...) record session for King 1952 - Stan Getz Quintet (Duke Jordan, Jimmy Raney, Bill Crow, Frank Isola) record session for Roost 1953 - Barney Kessel (Bud Shank, Arnold Ross, Harry Babasin, Shelly Manne) record session for Contemporary (Easy Like) 1957 (also Dec. 23) - Benny Golson Sextet (Kenny Dorham, J.J. Johnson, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Max Roach) record session for Riverside (The Modern Touch) 1957 - Dizzy Gillespie/Sonny Stitt/Sonny Rollins (Ray Bryant, Tommy Bryant, Charlie Persip) record session for Verve (Sonny Side Up) 1958 - Ray Bryant solo piano session for New Jazz (Alone with the Blues) 1958 (also Dec. 22) - Barney Kessel (Buddy Collette, Bill Smith, Justin Gordon, Andre Previn, Joe Mondragon, Shelly Manne, etc...) record session for Contemporary (Barney Kessel Plays Carmen) 1960 (also Dec. 20) - John Lewis (Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, Jim Hall, Scott LaFaro, Sticks Evans, Gunther Schuller) record session for Atlantic (Jazz Abstractions) 1961 - John Wright Trio (Gene Taylor, Walter McCants) record session for New Jazz (The Last Amen) 1962 - Willis Jackson (Gildo Mahones, Bucky Pïzzarelli, George Tucker, Bobby Donaldson, Montego Joe) record session for Prestige (Neapolitan Nights) 1963 - Kenny Dorham (Allan Botschinsky), Tete Montoliu, NHOP, Alex Riel) record session for SteepleChase (Short Story) 1963 (also Dec. 20) - Yusef Lateef (Richard Williams, Hugh Lawson, Ernie Farrow, Lex Humphries) record session for Impulse (Jazz 'Round the World) 1976 - Ornette Coleman (Bern Nix, Charlie Haden, Ronald Jackson, etc...) record session for Artists House (Body Meta) 1982 - Johnny Coles Quartet (Horace Parlan, Reggie Johnson, Billy Hart) record session for CrissCross (New Morning) 1990 (also Dec. 20 - Lou Donaldson (Lonnie Liston Smith, Peter Bernstein, Bernard Purdie, Ralph Dorsey) record session for Milestone (Lou Donaldson Plays the Real Thing)

Ike Quebec 'The Complete BN 45 Sessions', LP disc 2

December 18: 1929 - Fats Waller and his Buddies (Henry Allen, Jack Teagarden, JC Higginbotham, Albert Nicholas, Charlie Holmes, Pops Foster, Kaiser Marshall, etc...) record session for Victor 1933 - Benny Goodman and his Orchestra (Shirley Clay,J ack Teagarden, Joe Sullivan, Dick McDonough, Artie Bernstein, Gene Krupa, Billie Holiday, etc...) record session for Columbia ('Riffin' the Scotch', 'Love Me or Leave Me', etc...) 1940 - Trio de Saxophones (Christian Wagner, Hubert Rostaing, Alix Combelle, Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre Fouad, etc...) record session for Swing 1946 (also Dec. 20) - Eddie Davis and his Be-boppers (Al Haig, Huey Long, Gene Ramey, Denzil Best) record session for Savoy 1946 - Neal Hefti and his Orchestra (Kai Winding, Charlie Ventura, Tony Aless, Billy Bauer, Chubby Jackson, Alvin Stoller, Frances Wayne) record session for Keynote 1946 - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra record session for Musicraft ('Overture to a Jam Session', etc...) 1947 - Stan Hasselgard and his Smorgasbirds (Red Norvo, Arnold Ross, Barney Kessel, Rollo Garberg, Uffe Baadh) record session for Capitol 1948 (also Dec. 25) - Charlie Parker All Stars (Miles Davis, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, Max Roach) at the Royal Roost, released on Savoy 1952 - Thelonious Monk Trio (Gary Mapp, Art Blakey) record session for Prestige (Thelonious Monk Trio) 1953 - Shelly Manne and his Men (Shorty Rogers, Don Fagerquist, Bob Enevoldsen, Paul Sarmento, Marty Paich, Joe Mondragon) record session for Contemporary (New Works) 1955 - Freddie Green and his Orchestra (Joe Newman,Henry Coker, Al Cohn, Nat Pierce,Milt Hinton, Jo Jones, Osie Johnson) record session for RCA (Mr. Rhythm) 1956 - Tal Farlow Trio (Eddie Costa, Vinnie Burke) record session released on Xanadu( Fuerst Set - Second Set) 1956 (also Dec. 20) - Buddy Bregman and his Orchestra (Conte Candoli, Frank Rosolino, Bud Shank, Stan Getz, Jimmy Giuffre, Andre Previn, Stan Levey, etc...) record session for Verve (Swinging Kicks) 1956 (also Dec. 20) - Anita O'Day (Harry Edison, Larry Bunker, Paul Smith, Barney Kessel, Joe Mondragon, Alvin Stoller) record session for Verve (Pick Yourself Up) 1957 (also Dec. 18 and 19) - Count Basie - Eddie Davis (Joe Newman, Shirley Scott, George Duvivier, Butch Ballard) record session for Roulette (Count Basie Presents the Eddie Davis Trio + Joe Newman) 1958 (also Dec. 19) - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merrit) record soundtrack for film, released on Fontana (Des Femmes Disparaissent) 1959 - Buddy Tate (Pat Jenkins, Eli Robinson, Ben Richardson, Sadik Hakim, Wendell Marshall, Osie Johnson) record session for Swingville (Tate A Tate) 1959 - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Barney Wilen, Walter Davis, Bud Powell, Jymie Merrit) concert at the Theatre des Champs-Elysées, released on Fontana (Paris Jam Session) 1961 (also Dec. 21) - Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery (Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, Philly Joe Jones) record session for Riverside (Bags Meets Wes) 1961 (one of several sessions) - Eddie Jefferson (Joe Newman, Jimmy Cleveland, James Moody, Johnny Griffin, Wynton Kelly, Barry Galbraith, Sam Jones, Osie Johnson, etc...) record session for Riverside (Letter From Home) 1961 (also Dec. 19, 21) - Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band (Don Ferrara, Nick Travis, Bob Brookmeyer, Gene Quill, Jim Reider, Jim Hall, Bill Crow, Gus Johnson, etc...) record session for Verve (The Concert Jazz Band) 1961 (also Nov. 28) - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton, Jymie Merrit) record session for BN (Buhaina's Delight) 1963 - Bill Evans Trio (Gary Peacock, Paul Motian) record session for Verve (Bill Evans 64) 1965 - Hank Mobley (Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins) record session for BN (A Caddy For Daddy) 1966 - Albert Ayler (Don Ayler, Michel Samson, Cal Cobbs, Bill Folwell, Henry Grimes, Beaver Harris) at the Village Vanguard, released on Impulse (Albert Ayler in Greenwich Village) 1978 (also Dec. 20) - Harry Edison and Zoot Sims (Roger Kellaway, John Heard, Jimmie Smith) record session for Pablo (Just Friends) 1995 (also Dec. 19) - Nat Adderley Quintet (Antonio Hart, Rob Bargad, Walter Booker, Jimmy Cobb) record session for AlfaJazz (Mercy, Mercy, Mercy) 1996 (also Dec. 19) - Scott Hamilton (Tommy Flanagan, Bob Cranshaw, Lewis Nash) record session for Concord (After Hours)

After reading all this, I'll probably skip the box and stick to the vinyls I have (a mix of Swaggie and Classic Jazz Masters releases!)

Eric Dolphy 'Out There' (New Jazz, mono) Giuseppi Logan ''The Giuseppi Logan Quartet' (ESP, mono)

December 17: 1924 - Eva Taylor with Clarence Williams Blue Five (Louis Armstrong, Charles Irvis, Sidney Bechet, Buddy Christian) record session for Okeh 1947 - Charlie Parker Sextet (Miles Davis, J.J. Johnson, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, Max Roach) record session for Dial ('Crazeology', 'How Deep Is The Ocean', etc...) 1951 - Sonny Rollins (Kenny Drew, Percy Heath, Art Blakey) record session for Prestige (Sonny Rollins Quartet) 1953 (also Dec. 18) - Chris Connor with Sy Oliver Orchestra (Vernon Friley, Kai Winding, Sam Taylor, Dave Martin, Jimmy Crawford, etc...) record session for Bethlehem 1954 - Jack Costanzo (John Anderson, Herbie Steward, Bill Holman, Gerry Wiggins, etc...) record session for Norgran (Afro Cuban Jazz) 1954 - Oscar Pettiford (Clark Terry, Joe Wilder, Jimmy Hamilton, Dave Schildkraut, Danny Bank, Earl KInight, Osie Johnson) record session for Bethlehem (Basically Duke) 1954 - Billy Taylor Trio (Earl May, Percy Brice) concert at Town Hall, released on Prestige (Billy Taylor at Town Hall) 1956 (also November 16 and December 19) - Chris Connor (Sam Most, Eddie Costa, Ralph Sharon, Joe Puma, Oscar Pettiford, Osie Johnson) record session for Atlantic (A Jazz Date with Chris Connor) 1956 (also May 9 and 10) - Lennie Hambro (Eddie Costa, Barry Galbraith, Arnold Fishkin, Gus Johnson) record session for Epic (The Nature of Things) 1957 - Dizzy Gillespie Octet (Henry Coker, Gigi Gryce, Benny Golson, Pee Wee Moore, Ray Bryant, Tommy Potter, Charles Persip) record session for Verve (The Greatest Trumpet Player of Them All)) 1957 (also Dec. Dec. 19, 24) - Machito and his Orchestra (Cannonball Adderley, etc...) record session for Roulette (Kenya Afro Cuban Jazz) 1958 - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt) concert at the Paris Olympia, released on Fontana (Paris Olympia) 1959 - Curtis Fuller (Thad Jones, Benny Golson, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Dave Bailey) record session for Savoy (Imagination) 1961 - Bud Powell Trio (Pierre Michelot, Kenny Clarke) record session for Columbia (A Portrait of Thelonious Monk) 1962 - Mongo Santamaria ((Pat Patrick, Bobby Capers, Kalil Madi, etc..) record session for Battle (Watermelon Man) 1962 (also Dec. 18 & 20)- Shelly Manne (Shorty Rogers, Teddy Edwards, Victor Feldman, Al Viola, Monty Budwig) record session for Contemporary (My Son, the Jazz Drummer) 1964 (also Dec. 18) - Donald Byrd (Clark Terry, Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. Johnson, Stanley Turrentine, Freddie Roach, Herbie Hancock, etc...) record session for BN (I'm Trying to Get Home) 1972 - Bill Evans Trio (Eddie Gomez, Marty Morell) concert at La Maison de l'O.R.T.F., released on Esoldun (Live in Paris, 1972) 1975 - Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (Cecil Bridgewater, Al Porcino, Julius Watkins, Jerry Dodgion, Gregory Herbert, Frank Foster, Pepper Adams, etc...) record session for Horizon (New Life) 1979 (also Dec. 18, 19) - George Cables (Freddie Hubbard, Ernie Watts, Bobby Hutcherson, Tony Dumas, Peter Erskine) record session for Contemporary (Cables' Vision) 1986 (thru Dec. 19) - Chet Baker Quartet (Harold Danko,Jon Burr, Ben Riley) record session for Timeless (As Time Goes By - Cool Cat)

Brownie, I nearly picked up a used CD of Gainsbourg's early jazz recordings not too long ago... may head back to the shop and see if it's still there. Any recommendations in that area? GOM, bear in mind that although Gainsbourg knew his jazz very thoroughly (some favorites of his were Monk, Jimmy Smith, Jackie McLean among others) he did not record any strictly jazz albums. In addition to what couw already recommended, I would suggest you check 'Confidentiel' (with backing by Elek Bacsik on guitar and Michel Gaudry on bass) and 'Gainsbourg Percussions', also some jazzy soundtracks (with very nice trumpet playing by Roger Guérin) on several items in the 3-CD anthology 'Le Cinéma de Gainsbourg' that came out this year from Universal.

Don't have the Leloir book with me right now, but I'm sure this is an error. There is only one Charles McPherson

The CD version had four volumes. Each volume contained six CDs, except volume 2 which had only 5 CDs!

Bud Powell '62, Inédits' (CYL) with Pierre Michelot and Kenny Clarke

If that site also says December 16, then so be it! Have edited today's list accordingly!

I'ld rather wait until December 17, 1970 which is the opening date given in the Jan Lohmann Miles discography. I have more faith in Lohman than in the Columbia people

That Kenny Clarke with Andy and the Bey Sisters session is not listed in the Lord... Never heard of it and one I have never seen

Joyeux anniversaire

Walt Dickerson's 'To My Queen' (New Jazz) was an old favorite. 'To My Queen Revisited' (SteepleChase) turned out to be even better

December 16: 1939 - Benny Goodman Sextet (Lionel Hampton, Johnny Guarneri, Charlie Christian, Artie Bernstein, Nick Fatool) on Camel Caravan radio broadcast, released on Jazz Archives and other labels 1945 - Django Reinhardt and the Air Transport Command Band concert at Salle Pleyel, released on Vogue and other labels 1947 - Punch Miller Sextet (Jimmy Archey, Edmund Hall, Ralph Sutton, Ernst Hill, Arthur Trappier) record session for Savoy 1952 - Teddy Wilson Trio (John Simmons, Buddy Rich) record session for Mercury/Clef (The Didactic Mr. Wilson) 1954 - Count Basie and his Orchestra (with Stan Getz and Sarah Vaughan) at Birdland, released on Roulette (Live at Birdland) 1954 - Bud Powell Trio (Percy Heath, Max Roach) record session for Clef 1954 (also Dec. 18) - Sarah Vaughan (Clifford Brown, Herbie Mann, Paul Quinichette, Jimmy Jones, Joe Benjamin, Roy Haynes) record session for EmArcy (Sarah Vaughan) 1955 (also Dec. 6 and 9) - Shorty Rogers (Harry Edison, Bud Shank, Pete Jolly, Barney Kessel, leroy Vinnegar, Shelly Manne) record session for Atlantic (Martians Come Back - Way Up There) 1955 - Stan Getz Quartet (Bengt Hallberg, Gunnar Johnsson, Andrew Burman) record session for Verve (Getz in Stockholm) 1956 - Sonny Rollins (Donald Byrd, Wynton Kelly, Gene Ramey, Max Roach) record session for BN (Sonny Rollins, vol. 1) 1958 (also Dec. 17, 18) - Jimmy Cleveland Octet (Ernie Royal, Ray Copeland, Don Butterfield, Jerome Richardson, Junior Mance, Bill Crow, Art Taylor) record session for Mercury (A Map of Cleveland) 1959 (also Dec. 19) - Duke Pearson Trio (Gene Taylor, Lex Humphries) record session for BN (Tender Feelins') 1960 (also Jan. 6, 11, 1961) - Victor Feldman (Andrew Simpkins, Louis Hayes) record session for Riverside (Merry Olde Soul) 1960 - Stanley Turrentine with the Three Sounds (Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkin, Bill Dowdy) record session for BN (Blue Hour) 1961 - Ike Quebec (Grant Green, Paul Chambers, Pghilly Joe Jones) record session for BN (Blue and Sentimental) 1963 - George Braith (Billy Gardner, Grant Greeen, Hugh Walker) record session for BN (Soul Stream) 1964 - Donald Byrd ((Stanley Turrentine, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Burrell, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Candido Camero) record session for Verve (Up With Byrd) 1965 - Bill Evans Trio (Chuck Israels, Larry Bunker, strings, Claus Ogerman, etc...) record session for Verve (Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra 1965 (also Dec. 17) - Jimmy Smith (Kenny Burrell, Ben Tucker, Ron Carter, Grady Tate) record session for Verve (Got My Mojo Workin') 1968 - Billy Butler (Houston Person, Ernie Hayes, Bob Bushnell, Rudy Collins) record session for Prestige (This Is Billy Butler!) 1968 - Jack Wilson (Victor Feldman, Howard Roberts, Andrew Simpkins, Jimmie Smith) record session for BN ( Song For My Daughter) 1968 - Cecil Payne (Kenny Dorham, Wynton Kelly, Wilbur Ware, Al Heath) record session for Strata East (Zodiac) 1969 (also Dec. 4, 1970) - Donald Byrd (Frank Foster, Lew Tabackin, Duke Pearson, Ron Carter, Bob Cranshaw, etc...) record session for BN (Kofi) 1970 (thru Dec. 19) - Miles Davis (Gary Bartz, Keith Jarrett, John McLaughlin, Mike Henderson, Jack deJohnette, Airto Moreira) at the Washington, D.C., Cellar Door club, released on Columbia (The Cellar Door Sessions 1971 (also Dec. 17) - Grant Green (Wynton Felder, Stix Hooper, etc...) record session for BN (Shades of Green) 1971 - Elvin Jones (Steve Grossman, Dave Liebman, Joe Farrell, Pepper Adams, Chick Corea, Jan Hammer, etc...) record session for BN (Merry Go Round) 1975 (thru Dec; 18) - Bill Evans record solo session for Fantasy (Alone Again) 1978 (also Dec. 17)- Duke Jordan Trio (Wilbur Little, Dannie Richmond) record session at Tivoli Gardens for SteepleChase (Tivoli One - Tivoli Two - Wait and See) 1988 - Don Pullen (Gary Peacock, Tony Williams) record session for BN (New Beginnings)