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Looks like the estimates were on the low side! Bechet's Buescher soprano sax went up to $163,221! Bechet's golden cuff links were auctioned at $3,429. Buyers not identified so far.

7/4 finally has admitted killing the thread. Not because one of of my answers ('a bit weird' ) but because the whole thread made him look like a whining idiot! In his initial reply to my prodding for an answer, he gave a good description of a stalker, a subject he obviously knows a lot about. Except he switched roles, a classic transfer! This is a jazz board. Anybody who has time to waste can take a look at his posts. I am sure there is not a dozen interesting posts from 7/4 dealing with jazz. All I wanted was a simple answer: yes or no did 7/4 eliminate one of his thread? It took him two full hours hours of prodding to produce an answer which was followed by his usual deluge of posts! I'll indeed let it go now. It's bye bye 7/4 for me! There are too many interesting people with whom I enjoy sharing knowledge about jazz (and various subjects) to waste my time dealing with this non-entity!

Mais oui! That's the plan later tonight. Driving to friends for a dinner. Bringing the wine but will have to keep away from it since the wife does not drive She will drink for me

This is about a thread 7/4 started over the weekend. He picked up a story from the BBC News on the Pere Lachaise cemetery. I pointed out to him that the story was a year old and had been outdated the day after the BBC filed it. The story should have been left in its grave. I also pointed out 7/4's accute tendency to go ahead with useless posts. When I looked for the thread today, I could not find it. I invaded a thread in which 7/4 was a participant and asked him what happened to the thread. 7/4 has refused to reply even though he has been posting all day long today. Standard procedures on this Board before the original poster eliminate one's thread is to advise the various people who posted answers that the thread was going be eliminated. It's happened before and has been going on without problems. Obvfiously 7/4 eliminated the thread on his own volution without having the courtesy to advise me. I knew he was posting way too many useless posts, but now I also know he is a coward! As I said on the eliminated thread, I'll go back to ignore his posts as I did before (and should have kept at) and let him return to his pathetic oblivion!

Now spinning another Roy DuNann masterpiece: Hampton Hawes 'For Real' (Contemporary, mono original) with Harold Land, Scott LaFaro, Frank Butler

Looks like more unpublished works by Flora have been unearthed... The Lost Art of Jim Flora

December 7: 1937 - Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France (Stéphane Grappelli, Michel Warlop, Eugène Vées, Louis Vola) record session for Swing 1952 - Harry Babasin Trio (Hampton Hawes, Larry Bunker) record session for Discovery 1954 - King Pleasure (J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Lucky Thompson, Danny Bank, Jimmy Jones, Paul Chambers, Joe Harris) record session for Prestige 1956 (also Dec. 8) - Lester Young with the Bill Potts Trio (Norman Willis, Jim Lutch) at Olivia's Patio Lounge, released on Pablo (Lester Young in D.C.) 1956 - Sonny Rollins (Kenny Drew, George Morrow, Max Roach, Earl Coleman) record session for Prestige (Tour de Force) 1958 - Sonny Clark Trio (Paul Chambers, Wes Landers) record session for BN (Blues In The Night) 1959 (also Dec. 14) - Shelly Manne and His Men (Joe Gordon, Richie Kamuca, Victor Feldman, Russ Freeman, Monty Budwig) record session for Contemporary (The Proper Time) 1963 - John Coltrane Quartet (McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones) on the 'Jazz Casual' TV show, released on Session and other labels 1964 (also Dec. 8) - McCoy Tyner Trio (Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones) record session for Impulse (McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington) 1966 - Duke Pearson (Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter, Mickey Roker) record session for BN (Sweet Honey Bee) 1991 - Paul Bley Trio (Marc Johnson, Jeff Williams) record session for SteepleChase (Paul Bley Plays Carla Bley)

From AP:

Anita O'Day Sings Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements 'Cool Heat' (Verve Japan)

Don't know if it's available on DVD in the States but there is an early Melville film that is definetely worth seeing: 'Deux Hommes Dans Manhattan' set in New York and filmed partly in NYK and mostly in Paris, at Melville's own film studio. Good jazzy soundtrack by Christian Chevalier and Martial Solal. Melville is one of the two main actors in that film!

Cecil Taylor, The Complete Candid box, vinyl disc 4

A beautiful lady she was! My wife and I met her when we went to Studio Rivbea in the mid-70s. One of the nicest woman around! My heart goes to Sam Rivers and Bea's family. What a loss that is!

The official list: From Reuters:

Well, Ghost refers to the Alan Lankin's Jazzmatazz site which has Verve issuing the album this month. Not sure it will have the cover shown there.

About the Chet Baker 'Broken Wing' JazzInParis CD, it was withdrawn from the catalogue several months after its relase, probably over copyrights. Although a number of the 'Broken Wing' CDs were available at the time of its withdrawal, it turned out to be a very hard-to-find issue. This was the only JiP CD which was omitted from the huge 75-CD Jazz in Paris box that was released in 2002.

December 6: 1936 - Mildred Bailey and her Alley Cats (Bunny Berigan, Johnny Hodges, Teddy Wilson, Grachan Moncur) record session for Decca/Parlophone 1947 - Stan Kenton and his Orchestra (Buddy Childers, Milt Bernhardt, Eddie Bert, Art Pepper, Bob Cooper, Eddie Safranski, Shelly Manne, etc...) record session for Capitol ('The Peanut Vendor 'Cuban Carnival'', etc...) 1953 (also Dec. 7) - Oscar Peterson Trio (Barney Kessel, Ray Brown) record session for Norgran (various albums) 1954 (also Dec. 7) - Buddy de Franco with Russ Garcia Orch. (Harry Betts, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Bobby White, etc...) record session for Norgran (The George Gershwin Songbook) 1954 - Stan Levey (Conte Candoli, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Giuffre, Claude Williamson, Max Bennett) record session for Bethlehem (Stan Levey Plays the Compositions of Bill Holman, Bob Cooper and Jimmy Giuffre) 1955 (also Dec. 9 and 16) - Shorty Rogers (Conte Candoli, Harry Edison, Don Fagerquist, Lou Levy, Ralph Pena, Shelly Manne, etc...) record session for Atlantic (Martians Come Back - Way Up There) 1955 (also Dec. 7, 8) - Anita O'Day with the Buddy Bergman Orch. (Milt Bernhardt, Paul Smith, Barney Kessel, Joe Mondragon, Alvin Stoller, etc...) record session for Norgran (Anita O'Day Sings. Anita) 1956 - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra record session for Columbia ('Cafe au Lait', 'Star Crossed Lovers', etc...), first released on Up-to-Date 1957 - The Prestige All Stars (Idrees Sulieman, Frank Rehak, Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, Doug Watkins, Louis Hayes) record session for New Jazz (Roots) 1958 - Gene Krupa Quartet (Eddie Wasserman, Ronnie Ball, Jimmy Gannon) record session for Verve 1960 - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt) concert at the Konserhuset, released on Dragon (Live In Stockholm 1960) 1960 - Johnny Rae (Bobby Jaspar, Steve Kuhn, John Neves, Jake Hanna) record session for Savoy (Opus de Jazz) 1960 - Horace Parlan Quartet (George Tucker, Al Harewood, Ray Barretto) record session for BN (Headin' South) 1960 (also May 23, 1961) - The Latin Jazz Quintet (Bobby Capers, Will Coleman, Bill Ellington, Juan Amalbert, etc...) record session for New Jazz (Latin Soul) 1962 - Michel Legrand and his Orchestra (Clark Terry, Bob Brookmeyer, Phil Woods, Paul Gonsalves, Tommy Flanagan, Milt Hinton, etc...) record session for Philips (Michel Legrand Plays Richard Rodgers) 1963 - Gil Evans and his Orchestra (Thad Jones, Phil Woods, Kenny Burell, Ron Carter, Elvin Jones, etc...) record session for Verve (Gil Evans Orch. Previously unreleased Recordings) 1967 - Billy Hawks (Buddy Terry, Maynard Parker, Henry Terrell) record session for Prestige (More Heavy Soul!) 1978 - Tommy Flanagan and Kenny Barron record duo session for Denon (Together)

From the AP:

An early solo by Grimes I always appreciated was the one he took at the end of 'Moon Rays' on the Roy Haynes 'Out In the Afternoon' album for Impulse with Roland Kirk! Also an impressive solo on the following track 'Fly Me To The Moon' from the same album!

Now: Cool Jazz at Saint-Germain des Prés (Jazz in Paris) the first and probably only vinyl from the series. A 10-inch LP that won't come out on CD! With 1956 sides by barytone sax players Armand Migiani and Michel de Villers next: Jimmy Hamilton 'It's About Time!' With Clark Terry and Britt Woodman (Swingville, red label)

Jazz In Paris also added its first vinyl to the series. A ten-incher. Cool Jazz At Saint-Germain des Prés Could not find anything about it on Universal.fr or at Amazon.fr. The LP includes two sessions, one by the Armand Migiani Nonet (a May 1956 session for Philips France with Roger Guérin, Maurice Vander, Pierre Michelot among others), the second by the Michel de Villers Sextet (an April 1956 session for Decca France with André Persiany and Paul Rovère among others). Nice slightly doctored black-and-white cover shot by Paul Almasy taken at the Caveau de la Huchette! FNAC. com says it is a numbered limited edition! I'm sure it's a limited edition (one of a kind I am told, with no additional vinyl planned) but I could find any number on my copy Very nice anyway even if the sound seems a bit flat!

Gone but not forgotten! His music is very much alive

Excdellent article, Clifford! Good to see Norman Howard get some recognition

Excellent! My favorite Nistico so far! Too few occasions to listen to him. Roy Haynes kills on that one. Those Beehive sessions must have been exciting events with all participants in full form. The only thing I don't like about the label is their covers. Most could have used better images!

December 5: 1928 - Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five (Fred Robinson, Jimmy Strong, Earl Hines, Zutty Singleton, etc...) record session for Okeh ('Save It, Pretty Mama', 'Weatherbird', etc...) 1945 - Bud Freeman's All Star Orchestra (Wild Bill Davison, Peanuts Hucko, Joe Sullivan, Carmen Mastren, Sid Weiss, George Wettling) record session for Keynote 1945 - Erroll Garner solo piano session for Mercury 1946 - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra record session for Musicraft ('Golden Feather', etc...) 1947 - Fats Navarro (Charlie Rouse, Tadd Dameron, Nelson Boyd, Art Blakey) record session for Savoy 1949 - Flip Phillips (Mickey Crane, Ray Brown, Jo Jones) record session for Clef (Collates #3) 1951 - Stan Kenton and his Orchestra (Maynard Ferguson, Conte Candoli, Bill Russo, John Graas, Bud Shank, Art Pepper, Bob Gioga, Shelly Manne, etc...)record session for Capitol ('Reflections', 'A Horn', etc...) 1953 - Teo Macero (Charles Mingus, Ed Shaughnessy, etc...) record session for Debut (Explorations) 1956 - Kid Ory (Alvin Alcorn, Cedric Heywood, Wellman Braud, Kansas Fields, etc...) concert at the Théatre des Champs-Elysées, released on Verve (Kid Ory in Europe) 1957 - Count Basie All Stars (Roy Eldridge, Joe Newman, Vic Dickenson, Dicky Wells, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Jo Jones, Jimmy Rushing, Billie Holiday) rehearsal for the TV show 'The Sound of Jazz', released on Columbia (The Sound of Jazz) 1959 - Sonny Red (Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Roy Brooks) record session for BN (Out of the Blue) 1961 - Hank Mobley (Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones) record session for BN (Another Workout) 1962 - Shirley Scott Trio (Earl May, Roy Brooks) record session for Prestige (Happy Talk) 1964 - Shirley Scott (Stanley Turrentine, Bob Cranshaw, Otis Finch) at the Newark Front Room, released on Impulse (Queen of the Organ) 1965 - Kenny Dorham Quintet (Rolf Ericsson,Tete Montoliu, NHOP, Alex Riel) session for SteepleChase (Scandia Skies) 1966 (thru Dec. 7) - Cecil Taylor Unit (Jimmy Lyons, Alan Silva, Andrew Cyrille) take part in French TV show 'Les Grandes Répétitions', still unissued 1968 (also Dec. 6) - Johnny Hodges (Billy Gardner, Jimmy Ponder, Ron Carter, Freddy Waits) record session for Verve (Rippin' and Runnin') 1978 - James 'Blood' Ulmer Quartet (Ornette Coleman, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Denardo Coleman) record session for Artists House (Tales of Captain Black) 1988 (also Dec. 6) - John Lewis (Sacha Lewis, Christian Escoudé, Pierre Michelot, Michel Gaudry, Daniel Humair) record session for EmArcy (Midnight in Paris)

Mais non, jeune homme That's actress Mylène Demongeot in her prime , not Mijanou Bardot!