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Looooooooooooonger than 'Gone With the Wind' Creative minds set free with an illimited budget... I left the theater before it was over! Did not wait to see the end! If I missed anything essential, let me know... Friday/Saturday, did you have anything to do with this?

KOB. I bought the French issue back in 1959. Got the CBS digital reissue which I should not have. Then got an US original vinyl stereo 6-eye version which sounds THE best so far. Also have KOB in the Miles-Coltrane quintet box! Don't want any more now. As for Giant Steps, had the original Atlantic LP when it came out in 1959, then the Heavyweight Champion box. That's two. Don't want any more either!

Nope. ← I did not smell anything either! Probably need my nose and ears examined

Jim, I was really looking for the Inspector Clouseau award Checked again on the Lord discography. It does not even list the album from track 1... As for track 4, I was puzzled on the link I posted because I was under the impression that you had taken all your stuff out of vinyls. Found the LP you used and I was indeed having another pianist on my mind! O, never mind! Thanks again for the two discs assemblage. Very impressed with the selections you made. I'll be waiting for the results now. Some discs will be on my want list, as if I needed that!

It has not rained here for several weeks but showers are expected for the final stage of the Tour de France on the Champs-Elysees avenue this afternoon. High will be 72C.

Not lowed enuf!

Disc 2 - Track 1 - The MC tells it so we know right away who we deal with. But before our man shows up, his Brazilian friends take the stage with a non-jive samba. Happy music that I liked the music from note one but I had to put my brain on fire to try to find out where this came from. Went through the few albums that Airto made in this company and could not find a match. Dug up the Lord discography which was not much help, looked further and presume I have an answer although I do not have the disc. I usually dislike the sound of the electric piano but I can tolerate it on this type of music. I have not listened to that pianist for quite a long time. I may have missed something. The leader gives the title as the track comes to and end! Title track from this album which I understand includes two live Brazilian inspired tunes: Happy Track 2 - gunfire then the motorbike kicking it off? Maybe there was a reason for this type of overture. Soon as the strings screeched in, things got more interesting. Pretty provocative. Liked that. Would not be surprised to find out I should have known that saxophone player! Track 3 - Sonny Stitt did a marvellous version of this, with strings arrangements by Ralph Burns. Stitt went straight at it, The tenderness on the version here is a bit too obvious. Whoever this is, I'll stick to Stitt! Track 4 - This one was easy. The pair is an old favorite. The singer is one of the few who does a creditable job at recreating the Lady Day songs because she does not try to imitate. She gets inside the songs. The pianist is his usual impeccable self. Wish I had had a chance to hear these people live. Bet they delivered even better in clubs. Track 13 Moonlight Track 5 - The trumpet was still on fire when he made that recording. A bit flashy but this is masterfully executed even the expected pyrotechnic exercises, and it does swing. I have enjoyed this album for a long time (also the companion album recorded by the bass player the same day). The saxophone player seemed to have problem keeping the ideas flowing but he got famously helped by the drummer. The drummer got several bad raps in a recent thread here. Thought this was totally unjustified. Proof is right here! Opening track (a classic ballad) from this groovy album: Song Track 6 - a piano duo. Thought Steve Kuhn might have been one of the two but on closer listening, that's not his style. Was this some variations on My Favorite Things? Track 7 - even if the bass was overrecorded as too often happens, this track turned out to be better on repeated listenings. Could not identify the soprano player but the musician who tried some tenderness on the third track should check this one and retain lessons on how to interpret ballads. A very beautiful selection! Track 8 - bass and marimbas is not what I really listen to and this tune went on and on. Makes me longing for the era of 78rpm discs and 3-minute pronouncements. Afraid I am not familiar with these players. But the trombone knows how to play. I like him! Track 9 - I have not listened to Weather Report albums in a long time. Their first albums were earticklers but then the source dried up and this probably originated after the drought. This type of music does nothing to me these days. So much more interesting things happening! Track 10 - The electric piano introduction gave me a fright but when the other musicians joined in, this sounded a bit familiar. The trumpet and the tenor (specially him) players have distinctive sounds and I only needed to search thru my vinyls to confirm what all this was about. One of Jim's favorite label. The leader stayed somehow in the background but his bombs in the ensemble are unmistakable. Fourth tune Roy Track 11 - A quick one. No tears, no goodbye... No idea! Just regrets that we could not explore more of Jim's vinyls. Many thanks for letting us get an earful!

July 24: 1940 - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra record session for Victor ('Sepia Panorama', 'My Greatest Mistake') 1946 - Buck Clayton's Big Eight (Dicky Wells, Trummy Young, Billy Taylor, etc...) record session for HRS 1956 (also July 31) - Chet Baker (Phil Urso, Bobby Timmons, Jimmy Bond, Peter Littman) record session for WorldPacific (Chet Baker and Crew) 1957 - Ella Fizgerald and Frank de Vol's Orchestra record session for Verve (Get Happy!) 1957 (also July 25) - Louis Bellson and his Orchestra (Harry Edison, Juan Tizol, Buddy Collette, Willie Smith, Bob Poland, Jimmy Rowles, Red Mitchell) record session for Verve (Music, Romand and Especially Love) 1958 - Abbey Lincoln (Kenny Dorham, Curis Fuller, Jerome Richardson, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones) record session for Riverside (It's Magic) 1967 - Clark Terry (Don Friedman, George Duvivier, Dave Bailey) record session for Impulse (What's Happening) 1973 (also July 25/26) - Elvin Jones (Frank Foster, Steve Grossman, Pepper Adams, etc...) record session for BN (The Prime Element) 1979 (also July 25/26) - The Magic Triangle (Joseph Jarman, Don Pullen, Famoudou Don Moye) record session for Black Saint (The Magic Triangle)

Most Stanley Turrentine albums were among BN bestsellers. They were pretty widely distributed. Nothing really rare about this one, even in mono. Forget about investments. Just be glad you got the vinyl at that price and ENJOY IT! It's a good one! That's my 2 cents! OK, make it 3 cents!

Bonne chance, then... as long as I do not have to learn hebrew now that I'm a retiree

Damn right, editing the thread header

Claude Schlouch should really be the one to answer this! Since he is not around right now, I'll fill in for him. That sixth track was take 10 of 'Tip Toeing', an alternate take. The master take of 'Tip Toeing' that was on the original album was take 11. Both takes clock in at 6:38!

From Reuters:

Bentsy, you are absolutely right! This is a magnifique set But you should start working on your French... Then you could read and enjoy that Rene Urtreger article that was in Le Monde newspaper on Bastille Day: Rene Urtreger interview

Saw this on another forum today. From Newsday:

I was hoping to recruit one as a librarian. ← Need a full band of elves plus some time! Hoping to have all (well, almost all) my vinyls back in alphabetic order by the end of this year

July 23: 1940 - Rex Stewart (Lawrence Brown, Barney Bigard, Billy Kyle, Brick Feagle, Wellman Braud, Dave Tough) record session for HRS 1951 - Thelonious Monk Quintet (Sahib Shihab, Milt Jackson, Al McKibbon, Art Blakey) record session for BN (Genius of Modern Music) 1952 - Barney Kessell Quartet (Jim Wybble, Morty Corb, Shelly Manne) record session for Norgran (Swing Guitars) 1952 - Buddy de Franco Quartet (Kenny Drew, Curley Russell, Art Blakey) record session for MGM 1956 - Hank Mobley Quintet (Donald Byrd, Barry Harris, Doug Watkins, Kenny Clarke) record session for Savoy (Jazz Message) 1956 - Dizzy Reece Quartet (Terry Shannon, Lennie Bush, Phil Seamen) record session for Vogue 1956 - Chet Baker (Russ Freeman, Jimmy Bond, Peter Littman) record session for World Pacific (Chet Baker Sings) 1957 - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Louis Bellson) record session for Verve (Ella and Louis Again) 1958 - Cat Anderson (Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Ray Copeland, Jimmy Forrest, Sahib Shihab, etc...) record session for Mercury (Cat on a Hot Tin Horn) 1964 - Dexter Gordon Quartet (Tete Montoliu, NHOP, Alex Riel) at the Montmartre, released on SteepleChase (Love For Sale) 1968 - Lonnie Smith (Lee Morgan, David Newman, etc...) record session for BN (Think!) 1970 - Archie Shepp (Alan Shorter, Lester Bowie, Clifford Thornton, Bobby Few, etc...) record session for America (Coral Rock) 1971 - Reuben Wilson (Jerome Richardson, Richard Davis, etc...) record session for BN (Set Us Free) 1972 - Stan Getz Quartet (Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Tony Williams) at the Montreux festival, released on Polydor (La Fiesta) 1979 - Art Pepper Quartet (George Cables, Tony Dumas, Billy Higgins) concert at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, released on Galaxy (Landscape/Besame Mucho)

Now reading L'Affaire Joinovici by Andre Goldschmidt, a book that deals with the case of a notorious and unique jewish double agent who made a fortune in Paris during World War Two as a scrap metal dealer who was allowed to continue working during the nazi occupation. 'Monsieur Joseph' as he was nicknamed was condemned as a collaborator of the nazi regime by a French court in 1949. During the trial, a number of jewish and non-jewish witnesses testified that Joinovici had helped save their lives. After he served part of his sentence, he fled and went to Israel but the government refused to apply the Law of Return to such a controversial Jew. He was sent back to jail in France and died in 1965. The book tries to clear some of the mysteries surrounding Monsieur Joseph's activities and brings a somehow positive account of his deeds for the French Resistance.

Not sure... ...but the date with Jack Peegarden did not materialize either! Sorry

Roy Eldridge Complete Verve Studio Sessions, disc 7 (the Russ Garcia session with strings!)

Thanks for checking, Kevin. Could not find anything fresh from here. It seems that Tyner had a pretty heavy schedule these past few weeks.

Very impressive, indeed! The artist has seen some Jules Feiffer was my initial thought, but he is his own man obviously!

Sounds to me like another Hancock to avoid

The cover indicates it was 'made and sold by Fontana records under rights from Interdisc S.A.' The vinyl bears the 'Made in France' identification. Checked a couple of European Riverside issues I have, they were also 'Made in France'! Good enough for me

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