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Ubu, glad to see the thread back into action. Did the other regular rats flee the ship?

Up! 'cause nothing's happening here! Where are the funny rats?

September 28: 1953 (also Sept. 29) - Buddy de Franco (Harry Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Jimmy Giuffre, Sonny Clark, Gene Wright, Wesley Landers, etc....) record session for Norgran (The Progressive Mr. de Franco) 1953 - Gigi Gryce Orchestra (Clifford Brown, Art Farmer, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Cleveland, Anthony Ortega, Henri Renaud, Pierre Michelot, Alan Dawson, etc...) record session for Vogue 1953 - Lionel Hampton and his Paris All Stars (Jimmy Cleveland, Mezz Mezzrow, Clifford Scott, Claude Bolling, Billy Mackel, Monk Montgomery, Curley Hamner, etc...) record session for Vogue 1958 - The Three Sounds (Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkin, Bill Dowdy) record session for BN (Introducing the Three Sounds) 1959 (also Sept. 29) - Chet Baker (Gianni Basso, Fausto Papetti, Len Mercer and string) record session for Jazzland (Chet Bakerwith 50 Italian Strings) 1959 - Blue Mitchell (Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Heath, Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, Philly Joe Jones) record session for Riverside (Blue Soul) 1961 - Barry Harris Quintet (Lonnie Hillyer, Charles McPherson,Ernie Farrow, Clifford Jarvis) record session for Riverside (Newer Than New) 1962 - Jackie McLean (Sonny Clark, Butch Warren, Art Taylor) record session for BN (Tippin' the Scales) 1966 - Dave Pike (Eddie Daniels, Lee Konitz, Don Friedman, Chuck Israels, Arnie Wise) at the Top of the Gate, released on Vortex (The Doors of Perception) 1966 - Johnny Hammond Smith (Virgil Jones, Gene Walker, Eddie Diehl, John Harris) record session for Prestige (Love Potion # 9) 1991 - Miles Davis dies on this day

Never asked a musician! But I did buy a good number when a former French jazz roadie sold some of his vinyls at a record convention some years ago. Managed to grab several albums that had been signed by people like Hank Jones, Joe Newman, Phineas Newborn, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie among others. One of the vinyl - a bootleg with radio tracks by Count Basie and Erskine Hawkins - was autographed by both leaders! It was a free-for-all scene and I missed albums signed by Dexter Gordon and Chet Baker... Also bought (at one of those NYK flea markets) an original mint copy of a Prestige 50th St. album by Barbara Lea with a very long an personal dedication by Ms. Lea. Asking price was one buck! That Jazz Messengers looks tempting but is out of reach nowadays!

Arvanitas recorded a couple of organ records. I have not heard them... http://www.jwolf.com/iajo/iajofram.htm Click on France and Arvanitas pops up... Some samples of the album can be heard here: http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000...7471457-7679433 Arvanitas played some organ on several albums. Among those: - Sonny Criss 'Mr. Blues Pour Flirter' from the JazzinParis series, - Georges Arvanitas 'Three of Us' which was reissued on Adda. Arvanitas plays very good organ on two of the six tracks 'High Beat' and 'Space Ballad'.

A choice (and autographed) item... Jazz Messengers at Bohemia

The answer is no! It's been released before on various bootlegs including the 3LP box 'John Coltrane Quartet Live at the Half Note' which was issued in 1984 by Audiofidelity. With some more material. Let's wait to find out how much better the sound might be!

Shorty Rogers Quintet 'Wherever The Five Winds Blow' (RCA Victor) with Jimmy Giuffre, Lou Levy, Ralph Pena and Larry Bunker

More sad news... From the AP:

Jerry Newman also recorded Sonny Berman's 'Beautiful Jewish Music' (with Al Cohn, Earl Swope, Serge Chaloff, Don Lamond, etc...) a jam session that took place at his home. It was issued on Onyx. Don't know if it ever was released on CD.

It's out here too. Copy-controlled Will wait for the Mosaic vinyl...

September 27: 1924 - Bud Powell born on this day 1938 - The Kansas City Six (Buck Clayton, Lester Young, Eddie Durham, Freddie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones) record session for Commodore 1947 - Jazz At The Philharmonic (Howard McGhee, Bill Harris, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Jo Jones) concert at Carnegie Hall, released on Clef (J.A.T.P., volume 8, 9 and 10) 1949 - Lee Konitz Quintet (Warne Marsh, Sal Mosca, Arnold Fishkin, Jeff Morton) record session for New Jazz 1949 - Dinah Washington (John Coltrane?, Cecil Payne, John Acea, Freddie Green, Ray Brown, Teddy Stewart, etc...) record session for Mercury (The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, vol. 1) 1951 - Red Rodney (Jimmy Ford, Phil Raphael, Phil Leshin, Phil Brown) record session for New Jazz 1955 (also Sept. 28) - Stan Levey Sextet (Conte Candoli, Frank Rosolino, Dexter Gordon, Lou Levy, Leroy Vinnegar) record session for Bethlehem (This Time The Drum's On Me) 1955 - Red Mitchell Quintet (Conte Candoli, Joe Maini, Hampton Hawes, Chuck Thompson) record session for Bethlehem (Jam For Your Bread) 1956 - Bills Evans Trio (Teddy Kotick, Paul Motian) record session (balance of album 'New Jazz Conceptions) 1956 - Helen Merrill (with the Hal Mooney orchestra) record session for Mercury 1960 - Shirley Scott Trio (George Duvivier, Arthur Edgehill) record session for Moodsville (Like Cozy) 1960 - Johnny Griffin (Dave Burns, Norman Simmons, Victor Proles, Ben Riley) record session for Riverside (Studio Jazz Party) 1960 - Bennie Green Sextet (Jimmy Forrest, Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers, Al Dreares, Joe Gorges) record session for Time (Bennie Green) 1960 - Miles Davis Quintet (Sonny Stitt, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb) concert at Manchester Free Trade Hall, released on Magnetic 1962 - Oscar Peterson Trio (Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen) at the Chicago London House (Something Warm - Put On a Happy Face) 1966 (also Sept. 28) - Oliver Nelson (Conte Candoli, Billy Byers, Red Callender, Bill Perkins, Jack Nimitz, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne, etc...) record session for Impulse (Sound Pieces) 1966 (also Sept. 28) - Johnny Hartman (Dave Grusin, Dennis Budimir, Max Bennett, Alvin Stoller, etc..) record session for Impulse (I Love Everybody) 1967 - Johnny Hammond Smith Septet (Houston Person, Wally Richardson, Jimmy Lewis, John Harris, etc...) record session for Prestige (Soul Flowers) 1968 - Eddie Jefferson (Dave Burns, James Moody, Barry Harris, Steve Davis, Bill English) record session for Prestige (Body and Soul) 1976 - Tony Bennett and Bill Evans record session for Improv (Tony Bennett with Bill Evans) 1979 - Bill Evans Trio (Marc Johnson, Joe LaBarbera) concert in Buenos Aires, released on Yellow Note) 1981 - Art Pepper and Zoot Sims (Victor Feldman, Ray Brown, Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins) concert at Royce Hall, LA, released on Pablo (Art 'n Zoot)

Pee Wee Russell 'A Chronological Remembrance' (IAJRC) 14 (rare or unissued) sides with Pee Wee from 1927 to 1965

Guitarist Billy Mackell was with Lionel Hampton for some 30 years. From 1944 on...

Some of Arvanitas best albums were the two he recorded in Paris for the small Pretoria label. These vinyls fetch incredible prices nowadays. First one was '3AM' recorded in 1958 with Doug Watkins and Art Taylor (in town with the Donald Byrd/Bobby Jaspar Quintet). Second one was 'Cocktail For Three' recorded in 1959 with Gene Taylor and Louis Hayes (in town with the Horace Silver Quintet). Both were reissued on vinyls by Paris Jazz Corner and are out of print again. They were later reissued on CDs in Japan thru Sketch. In a too generous day, I gave away my copy of the first Pretoria vinyl to the owner of Paris Jazz Corner (to thank him for having been very generous when I bought music from him) shortly after he opened shop years ago. He told me right away he would make a killing with it from Japanese collectors! Never asked him how much he got from it.

or even better, treat yourself to a taste of Bas Armagnac A la votre

The Moutin Reunion Quartet is one of the best group to have appeared in recent years on the French jazz scene. Have not checked their 'Something Like Now' album yet but their previous release 'Red Moon' was terrific. And their label Nocturne issued this on vinyl along with the CD. Samples of their albums can be heard on their site: http://www.moutin.com/LatestCDRelease.html

Sad to report news of the death of the excellent French pianist Georges Arvanitas. He was 74. Arvanitas died this weekend near Paris. Arvanitas had played with many of the best musicians when they appeared in France. He played on albums by Dexter Gordon, Ted Curson, Sonny Criss, Ben Webster among many others. Arvanitas had settled in the United States for a couple of years in 1964 and had been part of the Yusef Lateef group. With Lateef he had recorded the Impulse album 'Psychecemotus'. The trio he formed with bassist Jacky Samson and drummer Charles Saudrais was a mainstay of the French jazz scene. He will be sorely missed.

This was purchased in Andorra where practically nothing is illegal

David, the original might be very hard to get but the album has been reissued on the unmentionable Lonehill label as part of the Jim Hall 'The Unreleased Sessions'.

How stupid when the box is still available direct from Mosaic and much cheaper

Bill, you're absolutely right about all this. Quentin Jackson is not listed in the line-up on the back cover. He is mentioned however in the liner notes. And he is on the front cover photo taken at the session with Andferson, Woodyard, Nance...

December 26: 1937 - Bessie Smith dies on this day 1944 - Stuff Smith Trio (Jimmy Jones, John Levy) record session for Savoy 1947 - Tadd Dameron Sextet (Fats Navarro, Ernie Henry, Charlie Rouse, Nelson Boyd, Shadow Wilson) record session for BN 1952 - Charlie Parker (Walter Bishop, Mundell Lowe, Teddy Kotick, Max Roach) concert at Rockland Palace, released on Charlie Parker Records and other labels 1956 - Ronnell Bright Trio (Kenny Burrell, Leonard Gaskin) record session for Regent (Bright's Spot) 1956 - Gerry Mulligan Sextet (Don Ferrara, Bob Brookmeyer, Zoot Sims, Peck Morrison, Dave Bailey) record session for EmArcy (Mainstream of Jazz) 1957 - Kenny Clarke (Lucky Thompson, Martial Solal, Pierre Michelot) record session for Columbia France 1958 - Mal Waldron Trio (Addison Farmer, Kenny Dennis) record session for New Jazz (Mal/4) 1960 - Mildred Anderson (Al Sears, Robert Banks, Lord Westbrook, Leonard Gaskin, Bobby Donaldson) record session for Bluesville (No More In Life) 1962 - Duke Ellington and John Coltrane (Aaron Bell, Jimmy Garrison, Sam Woodyard, Elvin Jones) record session for Impulse (Duke Ellington and John Coltrane) 1962 - Brew Moore (Sahib Shihab, Lars Gullin, Bent Axen, NHOP, William Schiopffe) record session for Debut (Brew Moore in Europe) 1964 - Dave Brubeck Quartet (Paul Desmond, Gene Wright, Joe Morello) concert at the Berlin Philharmonie, released on CBS Germany (Dave Brubeck in Berlin) 1969 - Elvin Jones (George Coleman, Joe Farrell, Pepper Adams, Wilbur Little, Candido Camero) record session for BN (Poly-Currents) 1983 (also Sept. 27) - Jimmy Lyons (Raphe Malik, Karen Borca, William Parker, Paul Murphy) record session for Black Saint (WeeSneezawee)

Cat Anderson and the Ellington All Stars 'Ellingtonia' (Wynne) mono, the Ellington All Stars being Ray Nance, Rudy Powell alternating with Budd Johnson, Leroy Lovett, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard.

France-Musique (it's not France-Musiques anymore) will broadcast a concert at 2200GMT this evening by the Fred Anderson/Hamid Drake duo and the Chicago Underground Trio at the Tampere, Finland, festival last November 6. You can tune in at: http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-m...ion.php?e_id=37 Click on 'En Direct'!