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Interesting... Ricard stayed with the Basie for two years. He does not even rate a footnote in Stanley Dance's book on Basie. Or any of the other standard books. In Chris Sheridan's 'Count Basie Bio-Discography', Ricard is shown as joining the band in July 1962 and leaving in the Spring of 1964. Sheridan indicates that he replaced Snooky Young and adds that 'Fortunatus Ricard, a Chicagoan trumpeter whose family hailed originally from the cradle of jazz, New Orleans.'

Ebb Tide is not on the Bluesville vinyl. Only the eight tracks listed. 'Connections' is plain 'Connections'. It's 'Good Kind Daddy', not 'Cool Kind of Poppa/Papa' The Mildred Anderson album is part of the Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis Showcases. So says the front and back covers and the labels.

September 25: 1944 - John Hardee Swingtet (Jonah Jones, Tyree Glenn, Ram Ramirez, Tiny Grimes, Oscar Pettiford, J.C. Heard) record session for BN 1945 - Erroll Garner Trio (John Levy, George de Hart) record session for Mercury 1945 - Albert Ammons Rhythm Kings (Artie Starks, Lonnie Johnson, John Lindsay, Tommy Taylor, Sippie Wallace) record session for Mercury 1946 - Ray Brown's All Stars (Dave Burns, Dizzy Gillespie, John Brown, James Moody, Milt Jackson, Hank Jones, Joe Harris) record session for Savoy 1948 - Miles Davis (Lee Konitz, John Lewis, Curley Russell, Max Roach) at the Royal Roost, released on Session and various labels 1952 - Jimmy Rushing (Dicky Wells, Buddy Tate, Jimmy Shirley, Walter Page, Bobby Donaldson, etc...) record session for King 1953 - George Lewis Quartet (Alton Purnell, Lawrence Marero, Alcide 'Slow Drag' Pavageau) record session released on Riverside 1954 - The Birdland All Stars (Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Stabn Getz, Lester Young, Charlie Parker with John Lewis, Percy Heath and Kenny Clarke) concert at Carnegie Hall, released on Rouletter (Echoes of an Era, The Birdland All Stars at Carnegie Hall) 1956 - Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars (Buddy Collette, Bob Cooper, Sonny Clark, Stan Levey) record session for Contemporary (Oboe and Flure) 1959 - Lem Winchester('Benny Golson, Tommy Flanagan, Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor) record session for New Jazz (Winchester Special) 1959 (also Sept. 26) - Chet Baker (Gianni Basso, Franco Cerri, etc...) record session released on Jazzland (Chet Baker in Milan) 1960 - Ike Quebec Quartet (Sir Charles Thompson, Milt Hinton, J.C. Heard) record session for BN, released on Mosaic (The Complete BN 45 sessions of Ike Quebec) 1961 - Eric Dolpy Quartet (Knud Jorgensen, Jimmy Woode, Steve Kallin) record session released on Enja (Stockholm Sessions) 1961 - Lou Donaldson (Jack McDuff, Grant Green Joe Dukes) record session for BN (A Man With a Horn) 1962 (also Sept. 26 and 27) - Oscar Peterson Trio (Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen) record session for Verve (Affinity) 1964 - Miles Davis Quintet (Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams) concert at the Berlin Philharmone, released on CBS Germany (Miles in Berlin) 1983 (also Sept. 26 and 30 - Dave Murray Quartet (John Hicks, Reggie Workman, Ed Blackwell) record session for Black Saint (Morning Song) 1986 (also Sept. 26) - Lorez Alexandria (Tommy Flanagan, George Mraz, Al Foster) record session for CBS/Sony (My One and Only Love)

James Zitro has an album under his own name on ESP. ESP Disk' 1052. No information about him on the cover. His name does not even appear on the front cover which had a black and white photo of him (or so I presume!). No liner notes. Just some recording information and the names of the players; Musicians in the group are: Warren Gale, trumpet, Allan Praskin, alto, Bert Wilson, tenor, Michael Cohen, piano, Bruce Gale, bass. All from California, if I remember well. The session was recorded in New York in April 1967.

Don Byas 'Amoureusement Votre...' (French Polydor) with Jacques Denjean et son grand orchestre (including Georges Arvanitas on piano and Nat Peck on trombone, among others....

In his autobiography 'Good Vibes', Terry Gibbs recalls Bird joining in at jam sessions. One of the occasion was around 1951 when Gibbs was having a gig at Georgie Auld's club Tin Pan Alley. Bird walked in as the band was into 'Out of Nowhere' and played one chorus after the another. A number of musicians had come to the club after hearing that Bird was jamming there. Gibbs mentions that Tony Scott was the only one with enough nerve to follow Charlie Parker's performance. Horace Silver and Charlie Mariano also played with Bird.

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September 24: 1939 - Charlie Christian (Jerry Jerome, Frankie Hines, Oscar Pettiford) jam session at the Harlem Breakfast Club in Minneapolis, released on Masters of Jazz and other labels 1946 - Roy Eldridge and his Orchestra (Sahib Shihab, Cecil Payne, Duke Jordan, etc...) record session for Decca 1948 - Charlie Parker All Stars (Miles Davis, John Lewis, Curley Russell, Max Roach) record session for Savoy 1954 - J.J. Johnson (Wynton Kelly, Charles Mingus, Kenny Clarke, Sabu Martinez) record session for BN (The Eminent J.J. Johnson) 1956 - Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra (Conrad Gozzo, Bob Burgess, Willie Smith, Bill Holman, Alvin Stoller, etc...) record session for Verve (Lonely Street) 1962 - Dodo Greene (Ike Quebec, Eddie Chamblee, Edwin Stanton, Wendell Marshall, etc...) record session for BN (My Hour of Need) 1965 - Jackie McLean (Lee Morgan, Charles Tolliver, Larry Willis, Larry Ridley, Jack deJohnette) record session for BN (Jacknife) 1968 - Don Patterson (Charles McPherson, Sonny Stitt, Pat Martino, Billy James) record session for Prestige (Funk You!) 1968 - Miles Davis (Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Tony Williams) record one of several sessions for Columbia (Filles de Kilimandjaro) 1974 (also Sept. 25/26) - Paul Desmond Quartet (Ed Bickert, Ron Carter, Connie Kay) record session for CTI (Pure Desmond) 1976 (also Oct. 19 and 22) - Horace Silver (Tom Harrell, Bob Berg, Ron Carter, Al Foster, etc...) record session for BN (Horace Silver 'n Voices) 1996 - Miki Yamaoka (Benny Golson, Tommy Flanagan, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash) record session for Denon (I Remember Clifford)

The Olympia recordings came out originally on the Trema-Europe 1 label. The concerts were produced by the Europe 1 radio station which had a quite huge jazz audience at the time. As far as I know, the Europe 1 releases are as legit as the Dragon ones.

'M Squad Theme' on the Satin Doll albumis listed as having been recorded at the Prelude on October 2, 1959. It is a trio side and the way it is programed seems to indicate it was played right after 'It's a Blue World'. These two are the only tracks from the Prelude recordings. The rest of the sides on the album were recorded at RVG. Orin Keepnews produced the release.

Two who recorded with Bird and are still around: Sonny Rollins and Annie Ross (she swings more than all those Mormons!)

Billy Taylor also played with Charlie Parker several times.

Tony Scott and Paul Bley are still very much alive! They both played with Bird on several occasions. Oops, Allen Lowe came up faster with Bley!

The personnel on your CDR may be different from the one on the MPS album 'Gittin' To Know Y'all'. The album details: The Baden Baden Free Jazz Orchestra Conducted By Lester Bowie Lester Bowie, Hugh Steinmetz, Kenny Wheeler (tp), Albert Mangelsdorff, Eje Thelin (tb), Joseph Jarman (sop), Roscoe Mitchell (as), Alan Skidmore, Heinz Sauer, Gerd Dudek, Bernt Rosengren, Willem Breuker (ts), John Surman (bar), Terje Rypdal (g), Dave Burrell (p), Leo Cuypers (prepared p), Barre Phillips, Palle Danielsson (b), Steve McCall, Tony Oxley, Claude Delcoo (dr) - Gittin' To Know Y'All, part 1 (23:35) - Gittin' To Know Y'All, part 2 (8:25) The Terje Rypdal Group feat. Karin Krog and Bernt Rosengren Joseph Jarman (fl), Bernt Rosengren (fl, oboe), Karin Krog (vo), Rypdal (g), Barre Phillips, Palle Danielsson (b), Steve McCall (dr), Claude Delcloo (bells) - Ved Soerevatn (8:38) Karin Krog four vocal parts by Karin recorded on a four-track machine - For My Two J.B.s (1:06) The Willem Breuker-John Surman Duo both bass cl. Surman left, Breuker right - May Hunting Song (4:47) Recorded December 12, 13 and 14, 1969 at the annual Baden-Baden Free Jazz meeting.

Clifford, long list of players on that album. I filed it with other AEC albums. The AEC musicians involved are Roscoe Mitchell and Joseph Jarman. Dave Burrell is on piano. Not Jeanne Lee doing vocals but Karin Krog. Steve McCall, Tony Oxley and Claude Delcloo bang drums! Let me know if you want the full details. Might take a while...

September 23: 1926 - John Coltrane born on this day. Happy Birthday!! 1946 - Ike Quebec Swing Seven (Shad Collins, Keg Johnson,Ram Ramirez, John Collins, Milt Hinton, J.C. Heard) record session for BN 1946 - Lionel Hampton and his Octet (Joe Wilder, Arnett Cobb, Milt Bucker, Joe Comfort, Curley Hamner, etc...) record session for Decca 1947 - Lennie Tristano record piano solo session for Victor 1958 (also Sept. 30) - Wilbur Harden Quartet (Tommy Flanagan, George Duvivier, G.T. Hogan) record session for Savoy (The King and I) 1963 (also Oct. 4) - Nat Adderley (Junior Mance, Kenny Burrell, Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker) record session for Riverside (Little Big Horn) 1963 - Gil Evans and his Orchestra (Thad Jones, Phil Woods, Kenny Burrell, Elvin Jones, etc...) record one of several sessions for Verve (Previously Unreleased Recordings) 1965 - Albert Ayler Sextet (Don Ayler, Charles Tyler, Cal Cobbs, Henry Grimes, Gary Peacock, Sonny Murray) record session for ESP (Spirits Rejoice) 1966 (also Sept. 21) - Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery (Joe Newman, Jimmy Cleveland, Melba Liston, Phil Woods, Richard Davis, Grady Tate, Oliver Nelson, etc...) record session for Verve (The Dynamic Duo) 1968 - Sonny Stitt Quartet (Don Patterson, Billy Butler, Billy James) record session for Prestige (Soul Electricity) 1969 - Tal Farlow (John Scully, Jack Six, Alan Dawson) record session for Prestige (The Return of Tal Farlow) 1971 (also Oct. 1 and 18) - Charles Mingus (Joe Wilder, Julius Watkins, Charles McPherson, James Moody, etc...) record session for Columbia (Let My Children Hear Music) 1978 - Dexter Gordon (Johnny Griffin, George Cables, Rufus Reid, Eddie Gladden) at Carnegie Hall , released on Columbia (Great Encounters)

Sonny Rollins

Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis 'Joe's Blues' (Verve) with Lawrence Brown and Grant Green!

Yes, that's Coltrane in the late '50s.. With his then boss Miles Davis in background!

Any one who is into Billie and Tete is welcome here! Hearty greetings!

Got that one. Not a CD I return to often. Bought it mainly for the Bon Bon and his Buddies session with Joe Thomas and Buster Smith.

September 22: 1933 - Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra (Henry Allen, Dicky Wells, Hilton Jefferson, Coleman Hawkins, John Kirby, etc...) record session for Columbia ('Nagasaki', 'Queer Notions', etc...) 1949 - Sonny Criss Quartet (Hampton Hawes, Iggy Shevack, Chuck Thompson) record session for Mercury/Clef 1952 - Louis Armstrong with the Gordon Jenkins Orchestra (Marty Napoleon, Arvell Shaw, Cozy Cole, etc...) record session for Decca ('White Christmas, ' Listen to the Mockin' Bird', etc...) 1953- Charlie Parker (Herb Pomeroy, Sir Charles Thompson, Jimmy Woode, Kenny Clarke) at Storyville, released on BN (Charlie Parker at Storyville) 1954 - Thelonious Monk Trio (Percy Heath, Art Blakey) record session for Prestige ('Blue Monk', 'Nutty', etc...) 1955 - Bennie Green (Charlie Rouse, Cliff Smalls, Paul Chambers, Osie Johnson) record session for Prestige (Bennie Green Blows His Horn) 1957 - Sonny Rollins (Wynton Kelly, Doug Watkins, Philly Joe Jones) record session for BN (Newk's Time) 1957 - Woody Herman (Bill Harris, Ted Nash, Joe Mondragon, etc., the Frank de Vol Orchestra) record session for Verve (Love is the Sweetest Thing, Sometime) 1958 - Phineas Newborn (Benny Bailey, Oscar Pettiford, Rune Carlsson) at jam session, released on SteepleChase (Stockholm Jam Session) 1961 - John Coltrane Sextet (Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Wes Montgomery, Reddie Workman, Elvin Jones) at the Monterey festival, tapes reported to be circulating 1964 (also Sept. 24) - Johnny Hartman (Hank Jones, Barry Galbraith, Richard Davis, Osie Johnson) record session for Impulse (The Voice That Is) 1965 - Wynton Kelly/Wes Montgomery (Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb) record studio session of album for Verve (Smokin' at the Half Note) 1965 - John Coltrane Quartet (McCoy Tyner, Jimlmy Garrison, Elvin Jones) record session for Impulse ('Joy') 1966 - Stanley Turrentine (Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester, James Spaulding, Pepper Adams, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker, Joseph Rivera) record session for BN (The Spoiler) 1967 - Jack Wilson (Lee Morgan, Garnett Brown, Jackie McLean, Boçb Cranshaw, Billy Higgins) record session for BN (Easterly Winds) 1968 - Wynton Kelly Quartet (George Coleman, Ron McLure, Jimmy Cobb) at the Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, released on VeeJay 1969 - Billy Butler (Seldon Powell, Sonny Phillips, Bob Bushnell, Specs Powell) record session for Prestige (Guitar Soul!) 1978 (also Oct. 15 and 22) - Milestone Jazz Stars (Sopnny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, Al Foster) concert at the San Francisco Madison, released on Galaxy (Milestone Jazz Stars) 1984 - Don Friedman piano solo record session for Empathy (I Hear A Rhapsody)

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Impressive compilation from Upright Bill with some emphasis on bass players, as could have been expected. Very interesting selections with a number of easy-to-find, and several not so easy, choices. 1- New Orleans music at its near best. Took me a while to recognize this. I have that lively side on a French RCA Black & White twofer that has all the RCA sessions by the leader. Love those sides and return to the leader sides pretty often. Never cared much for the trumpet player who always sounded a bit too stiff to my ears. But the bass player is pretty well recorded. Wish the washboard playing brother had been captured that well. It sounded like Lil Hardin to me on piano but the regular discographies say it ain't her. This might be considered primitive to contemporary listeners but the level of playing from most of the musicians here is plain outstanding considering the number of decades that have elapsed since it went to wax. Track 3 from this one: bull 2 - Wellman Braud and the Ellington crew (Bigard, Hodges, Jenkins) 24th side from this anthology (I remain true to the French CBS twofers). A smashing crew... Greer even rings the bells Freeze 3 - The very unique sound of the John Kirby orchestra. In one of their early opus. Track 2 from this Classic: Kirby Amazing that barely ten years have elapsed from the primitivenss of the first track to the sophistication of this one! 4 - An easy one for the Basie fan I am. From the crew's first big band session ever wiith a presidential participation. Still incredible after all those years! Side 8 from this CD: Shuffle 5 - A revivalist version of 'Peg O' My Heart', a tune I have loved since I listened to the Lester Young-King Cole duo version of it. I drew a near blank on the musicians involved. 6 - Another old favorite from my teen days. The pianist/leader was brilliant and brilliantly underrated. Track 7 from this album. Deuces 7 - The tune is Duke's 'What Am I Here For'. For a few seconds, I thought it might be Wendell Marshall on bass but this sounds like a recent record. Good player but who's he?? 8 - I have known this duo classic since a family friend brought back from the USA a 45rpm of the four sides Duke Blanton Sophisticated Lady when I was a teenager and these sides were inaccessible. Track 29 from this anthology: Duo 9 - Good lively playing all around and had to wait until the Lester-inspired tenor showed up. Father and son sessions.Albert Ammons. Track 8 Recorded two years after the city referred in the title infamously entered the history books. 10 - The Great Oscar Pettiford! It's got to be! Could not identify the source. 11 - No need to list who's playing what here. Just one of the very best version of this classic. The Blakey-led organisations were some of the more exciting jazz to be caught live with the drummer providing fuel to the solo men who deliver the goods 12 - Nice Work from Monk, another classic with Gene Ramey providing solid backing alongside Bu. 13 - Miles works the blues and sets the blue haze. Another classic where Davis emphasized his very full sound. The Silver intro remains up to the point. Bu proves once again he was a perfect foil for Miles. Heath is his impeccable self again. 14 - Two trumpets enjoying the playing of each other. One of them is Ruby Braff. Thought this might come from two trumpet dates with Buck Clayton and Emmett Berry but this proved to be wrong. Unpretentious and swinging music. Soiunded like Milt Hinton on bass. 15 - Terry Gibbs is aboard here. This might be the crew with Conte Candoli, Frank Socolow, Lou Levy, Chubby Jackson, Denzil Best that traveled to Sweden. I have those sides on a vinyl anthology which was not filed alphabetically. 16 - The bass player's beautiful sound helped track this interpretation of a Basie classic: Track 7 The pianist appeared on the scene and showed up on a number of pretty interesting releases but seems to have lost his impetus. 17 - The unique sound of the valve trombone player led me to this session which was included in one of the best anthology to come out of the West Coast. Last tune from this CD (different from the 3CD anthology I am referring to): Babasin 18 - No problem recognizing the bass player but I had to wait until the trumpet player showed up to realize where this was coming from. Most people have forgotten by now the agressive side of his playing in his early years. The musicians provide a good reading of a pretty difficult chart. One rehearsal day probably provided the difference. Track 4 19 - The vibraphone and the trumpet players helped to lead in the right direction. An album I had not listened to in a while. The music still sounds fresh even if this came out from the Bergenfield factory half a century ago and there were half a dozen similar - and all individual ones - coming out every month. Dakar I'll get to disc 2 in a few days (this stuff is killing!!)

OK, LeLann is not in the same Little Giants league. Not a great fan of him but he has shown on several occasions he can hold his own.