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The two Ornette Coleman concerts originally came out on the Italian bootlegs labels JazzUp and Lotus. I am damn sure Ornette Coleman never gave his imprimatur to these releases. Boots, they were and remain!

November 27: 1926 - Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five (Henry Clarke, Johnny Dodds, Lil Armstrong, Johnny Saint-Cyr) record session for Okeh ('You Made Me Love You', 'Irish Black Bottom', etc...) 1933 - Benny Goodman and his Orchestra (Shirley Clay, Jack Teagarden, Joe Sullivan, Gene Krupa, etc...) record session for Columbia ('Your Mother's Son In Law' with vocal by Billie Holiday, her recording debut!) 1939 - Benny Goodman Sextet (Lionel Hampton, Fletcher Henderson, Charlie Christian, Artie Bernstein, Nick Fatool) broadcast from the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, released on MGM/Verve 1947 - Mutt Carey (James Archey, Edmund Hall, Cliff Jackson, Danny Barker, Pops Foster, Baby Dodds) record session for Savoy 1957 - Jackie McLean (Webster Young, Ray Draper, Gil Coggins, George Tucker, Larry Ritchie) record session for Jubilee (Fat Jazz) 1958 - Red Garland Trio (Paul Chambers, Art Taylor) record session for Prestige (All Kinds of Weather) 1959 (also Nov. 30) - Jimmy Heath (Nat Adderley, Curtis Fuller, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Albert Heath) record session for Riverside (The Thumper) 1963 (also Oct. 10) - Wes Montgomery Trio (Mel Rhyne, George Brown) record session for Riverside (Portrait of Wes) 1967 (also Nov. 30) - Roland Kirk (Ron Burton, Steve Novosel, Jimmy Hopps) record session for Atlantic (The Inflated Tear) 1968 - Miles Davis (Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, Jack deJohnette) record session for Columbia (Directions) 1972 - McCoy Tyner (Sonny Fortune, Calvin Hill, Alphonse Mouzon) record session for Milestone (Song For My Lady) 1973 (also Nov. 27, 28, Dec. 4) - Paul Desmond (Bob James, Gene Bertoncini, Ron Carter, Jack deJohnette, Ralph McDonald) record session for CTI (Skylark) 1979 (also Nov. 28) - Johnny Griffin Quartet (Ronnie Mathews, Ray Drummond, Idris Muhammad) record session for Galaxy (To The Ladies) 1981 (also Nov. 28, 29) - Freddie Hubbard (Joe Henderson, Bobby hutcherson, Billy Childs, Larry Klein, Steve Houghton) at Keystone Korner, released on Fantasy (Keystone Bop) 1987 (also Nov. 28) - The Paris Reunion Band (Nat Adderley, Woody Shaw, Curtis Fuller, Joe Henderson, Nathan Davis, Kenny Drew, Jimmy Woode, Al Levitt) at Ronnie Scott's Club, released on Sonet (Hot Licks)

Tour of Spain winner Roberto Heras, a former teammate of Lance Armstrong, tests positive. From Reuters:

Sorry Alfred, I don't wash my LPs. I listen to them You know that French people don't wash, don't you?

The Hathut and the Impulse live albums are somehow similar and feature the same band with one exception (Bill Folwell is on bass on the European concerts with Alan Silva taking over in the Village) but both should be enjoyed. Never enough of Ayler material!

November 26: 1924 - Red Onion Jazz Babies (Louis Armstrong, Aaron Thompson, Buster Bailey, Lil Hardin, Buddy Christian) record session for Gennett 1945 - Don Byas (Quintet Benny Harris, Jimmy Jones, John Levy, Fred Radcliffe) record session for Savoy 1945 - Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers (Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Sadik Hakim, Curley Russell, Max Roach) record session for Savoy ('Koko', 'Now's The Time', etc...) 1954 - Gene Ammons (Henderson Chambers, John Houston, George Brown, etc...) record session for Prestige 1954 - Eddie Shu Quartet (Bobby Scott, Vinnie Burke, Roy Haynes) record session for Bethlehem (The Eddie Shu Quartet 1956 - Art Pepper and Ted Brown (Warne Marsh, Ronnie Ball, George Tucker, Jeff Morton) record session for Contemporary (The Way It Was) and Vanguard (Free Wheeling) 1958 - Andre Previn and Friends (Red Mitchell, Frank Capp) record session for Contemporary (King Size!) 1960 - Grant Green (Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones) record balance of 'First Session' album for BN 1960 (also Jan. 5 and 10, 1961) - Booker Ervin (Richard Williams, Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Dannie Richmond) record session for Savoy (Down in the Dumps) 1961 - Ike Quebec (Freddie Roach, Milt Hinton, Al Harewood) record session for BN (Heavy Soul!) 1962 - Charlie Rouse (Kenny Burrell, Lord Westbrook, Larry Gales, Willie Bobo, etc...) record session for BN (Bossa Nova Bacchanal) 1969 - Kenny Cox and the Contemporary Jazz Quintet (Charles Moore, Leon Henderson, Ron Brooks, Danny Spencer) record session for BN (Multidiurection) 1971 - Miles Davis (Gary Bartz, Keith Jarrett, Michael Henderson, etc...) concert at Lincoln Center, released on Session 1973 (also Nov. 27) - The Modern Jazz Quartet (Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Connie Kay) record session for Atlantic (Blues on Bach) 1979 - Bill Evans Trio (Marc Johnson, Joe LaBarbera) concert at the Espace Cardin, released on Elektra (The Paris Concert, Edition One - Edition Two)

Sienna Brown like the one shown here might look all right but even better if it was a shade lighter The right word for photography is SEPIA! (Ed: you beat me to this!)

I still use peachy but would change to brown (OK light brown!) if/when available!

Looks like the book is out Bouncin' With Bartok Anybody read it yet?

The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band 'Now Hear Our Meanin'' (Columbia, stereo)

Not here to defend NPR (I don't listen to it!) but I assume they were refering to the fact that George Best was referred as the FIFTH Beatle in his better days. 'Those were the days' (in the mid-sixties) when Best and the Beatles were the most popular British citizens!

May he rest in peace Even Tony Blair had it right this time! "We all know that George Best was probably the most naturally gifted footballer of his generation, one of the greatest footballers the UK has ever produced," Prime Minister Tony Blair said.

You won't regret it

November 25: 1935 - Garnett Clark and his Hot Club Four's (Bill Coleman, George Johnson, Django Reinhardt, June Cole) record session for Gramophone 1937 - Le Quintette du Hot Club de France (Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt, Eugène Vées, Louis Vola) record session for Swing ('Minor Swing', 'Viper's Dream', etc...) then... ...Eddie South et Stéphane Grappelli (Django Reinhardt) continue record session for Swing ('Improvisation sur le 1er Mouvement du Concerto en Ré Mineur de J.S. Bach') 1946 - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra record session for Musicraft ('Happy Go-Lucky-Local!','Trumpet No End', etc...) 1951 - Oscar Peterson Trio (Barney Kessel, Ray Brown) record sesion for Clef 1955 - Phil Woods Quartet (John Williams, Teddy Kotick, Nick Stabulas) record session for Prestige (Woodlore) 1956 - Hank Mobley (Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers, Charles Persip) record session for BN (Hank Mobley With Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan) 1957 - Sonny Criss Quartet (Hampton Hawes, Buddy Woodson, Chuck Thompson) on TV show 'Stars of Jazz', released on Vantage and other labels 1959 - Max Roach (Booker Little, Ray Draper, George Coleman, Art Davis) record session for Tuime (Award Winning Drummer) 1960 - Benny Bailey ((Julius Watkins, Les Spann, Phil Woods, Buddy Catlett, Art Taylor) record session for Candid (Big Brass) 1963 (also Nov. 26) - Cal Tjader (Jerry Dodgion, Dick Hyman, George Duvivier, etc...) record session for Verve (Breeze From the East) 1964 - Don Patterson (Pat Martino, Billy James) record session for Prestige (Holiday Soul) 1968 - Bobby Hutcherson (Harold Land, Stanley Cowell, Reggie Johnson, Joe Chambers) record session for BN (Spiral) 1969 - Barry Harris Trio (Ron Carter, Leroy Williams) record session for Prestige (Magnigicient!) 1970 - Pharoah Sanders (Michael White, Lonnie Liston Smith, Cecil McBee, Clifford Jarvis) record session for Impulse (Thembi) 1973 - Duke Jordan Trio (Mads Vinding, Ed Thigpen) record session for SteepleChase (Flight to Denmark) 1974 - Al Cohn/Zoot Sims ((Horace Parlan,Hugo Rasmussen, Sven-Erik Norregard) record session for Sonet (Motoring Along) 1974 - The Modern Jazz Quartet (Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Connie Kay) concert at Avery Fisher Hall, released on Atlantic (The Last Concert) 1981 (also Nov. 26) - Kenny Drew Trio (Mads Vinding, Ed Thigpen) record session for Soul Note (Your Soft Eyes) 1988 (also Nov. 26) - McCoy Tyner Big Band (Earl Gardner, Robin Eubanks, Howard Johnson, Junior Cook, Ricky Ford, Avery Sharpe, Louis Hayes, etc...) record session for Milestone (Uptown/Downtown)

Might be forgivable, given that the list was complied in 1995 and the disc was released in 1997. It may be news to you but before music was available on CDs (and probably before you came to this world!), there were those objects called vinyls. Wonderful objects! My vinyl copy of 'The New Vilage on the Left' dates from 1977. I have loved this album since that time!

London had superior pressings, much better than most Atlantics. But I hated those slim sleeves!

My feelings, exactly

Am I the only one to be disturbed by the fact that its Best's personal doctor who is announcing that Best has only a few more hours to live? I thought this type of medical informations about a sick person were private and confidential! What a sad end to a great player

Should have added about the Bob Enevoldsen album on Tampa that the cover (a rather ugly sketch) shows a tenor saxophone, not a trombone!

Good, you have the original edition then! Great session! Now listening to: The Swingville All Stars 'Rockin' In Rhythm' (Swingville red label) with Taft Jordan, Hilton Jefferson, Al Sears, Don Abdney, Wendell Marshall, Gus Johnson! Oh yeah

Glad to hear from you, Simon! Hope your troubles will be over soon and you will be back posting here

He indeed played tenor saxophone. He can be heard on the instrument on several sides that were included in 'The Complete Nocturne Recordings', vol. 1 that was produced by Fresh Sound. A highly recommended set! Enevoldsen plays also tenor (and valve trombone of course!)on the Bob Enevoldsen Quintet album that came out on Tampa and was reissued invinyl days by VSOP. The quintet also include Marty Paich on piano and accordion, Red Michell on bass, Don Heath on drums and Larry Bunker on vibes and drums. Enevoldsen plays excellent tenor on 'Topsy' and a couple of other tracks.

A top ten list of Black Saint/Soul Note that leaves out Marcello Melis' 'The New Village on the Left' cannot be taken very seriously

November 24: 1956 - Stan Getz Quartet (Lou Levy, Leroy Vinnegar, Stan Levey) record session for Verve (The Steamer) 1958 - Ella Fitzgerald (Harry Edison, Frank de Vol orchestra, etc...) record session for Verve (Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers) 1958 (also Sept. 12) - George Russell (Art Farmer, Joe Wilder, Frank Rehak, Bob Brookmeyer, Hal McKusick, Phil Woods, Al Cohn, Bill Evans, Barry Galbraith, George Duvivier, Max Roach, Don Lamond, etc...) record session for Decca (New York, N.Y.) 1958 (also Nov. 25) - Hampton Hawes Trio (Leroy Vinnegar, Stan Levey) record session for Contemporary (The Sermon) 1959 (also Feb. 26) - Bill Smith (Jim Hall, Monty Budwig, Shelly Manne) record session for Contemporary (Folk Jazz) 1959 (also Dec. 2) - John Coltrane Quartet (Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb) record session for Atlantic (Coltrane Jazz) 1959 - J.R. Monterose Quartet (Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Garrison Pete LaRoca) record session for Jaro (The Message) 1961 - John Coltrane Quintet (Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Elvin Jones) concert at Baden Baden, released on Jazz Connoisseur 1964 - Bobby Timmons Trio (Butch Warren, Walter Perkins) record session for Prestige (Holiday Soul) 1968 - Art Pepper (Joe Romano, Frank Strazzeri, Chuck Berghofer, Nick Ceroli) recorded live at Donte's, released on Fresh Sound (Art pepper Live at Donte's) 1969 - Mal Waldron (Isla Eckinger, Clarence Becton) record session for Enja (Free at Last) 1969 - Bill Evans Trio (Eddie Gomez, Marty Morell) recorded live at Cafe Montmartre, released on Milestone (Jazzhouse - You're Gonna Hear From Me) 1971 (also Dec. 16, 17) - Grant Green(Stix Hooper, Wilton Felder, etc...) record session for BN (Shades of Green) 1971 - Pharoah Sanders (Marvin Peterson, Carlos Garnett, Joe Bonner, Stanley Clarke, Cecil McBee, etc...) record session for Impulse (Black Unity) 1974 - Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker (Bob James, John Scoffield, Ron Carter, etc...) recorded live at Carnegie Hall, released on CTI (Carnegie Hall Concert) 1981 (also Nov. 25) - Kim Parker and Kenny Drew (Mads Vinding, Ed Thigpen) record session for Soul Note (Havin' Myself a Time) 1983 - Chet Baker (Duke Jordan, Jasper Lundgaard) recorded live at the Paris New Morning, released on Marshmallow (September Song) 1984 (also Dec. 7) - Stanley Turrentine (Les McCann, Jimmy Ponder, etc...) record session for BN (Straight Aherad) 1985 - Chet Baker Trio (Michel Graillier, Massimo Moriconi) recorded live at the Moonlight club in Macerata, released on Philology (Live From the Moonlight) 1986 - Chet Baker (Michel Graillier, Ricardo del Fra, Van Morrison) recorded live at Ronnie Scott's, released on various labels 1986 - Tony Williams (Wallace Roney, Bobby Pierce, Mulgrew Miller, Charnett Moffett) record session for BN (Civilization)

That's a very existential question... That's just what I ask myself every day!