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Haven't read it yet. But will! Any fan of James Ellroy holds a fascination for this story!

May 18: 1950 - Sarah Vaughan (Miles Davis, Bennie Green, Tony Scott, Budd Johnson, etc...) record session for Columbia 1950 - Stan Kenton and his Innovations Orchestra record session for Capitol ('Art Pepper', 'Hall of Brass') 1956 - Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra (Joe Gordon, Quincy Jones, Phil Woods, Billy Mitchell, etc...) record session for Norgran (World Statesman) 1957 - Curtis Fuller/Hampton Hawes (with Julius Watkins, Sahib Shihab...) record session for Prestige (Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes With French Horns) 1959 - Sonny Stitt and the Oscar Peterson Trio (Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen) record session for Verve (Sonny Stitt Sits In With the Oscar Peterson Trio) 1959 - Oscar Peterson Trio (Brown, Thigpen) record session for Verve (A Jazz portrait of Frank Sinatra) 1960 - Tommy Flanagan Trio (Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes) record session for Moodsville (The Tommy Flanagan Trio) 1961 - Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland & Co. (Dusko Gojkovic, Derek Humble, Karl Devo, etc...) record session for BN (The Golden Eight)

Rebecca Ruffing helped Gary Giddins when he worked on his 'Celebrating the Bird' 1987 book. Don't know any further.

That's Paul Smith (listed as Irving Garner on the original LP) playing harpsichord.

Easy! Too easy! Papa Jo did it! It's history now!

Carmell Jones Select, disc 3

It's been out here for the past couple of weeks. Heard several tunes over the radio. I'll stay away from it! But then I'm no fan of Jarrett! He's been on an ego trip for years and this new release seems to be the apex of that trip. I can see the point about a Shearing comparison. I'll listen to Shearing any time over Jarrett when I have the choice.

OK, OK, that's enough! I get the message Caiman will have my order. Will get those boxes back to Paris where they belong! Even if it does look like another case of bringing coal to Newcastle

GO GET THAT SLEEP, JIM! Things seem to be OK by now... GOOD NIGHT B-) and deep thanks!

Go get a well deserved sleep. Tomorrow (today here) will be another day! The Board seems to be working although very, very sllloooowwwwwww...

May 17: 1947 - Louis Armstrong and the All Stars (Bobby Hackett, Jack Teagarden, Peanuts Hucko, Sidney Catlett) concert at Town Hall, NY (released on RCA) 1950 - Stan Getz Quartet (Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes) record session for Roost 1957 - Mal Waldron (with Idrees Sulieman, Sahib Shihab, John Coltrane, etc..) record session for Prestige (Mal-2) 1957 - John Coltrane and Paul Quinichette (with Mal Waldron...) record session for Prestige (Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette) 1958 - Miles Davis Quintet (John Coltrane,Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones) at Cafe Bohemia, released on Chaka 1960 - Harold Land (Joe Gordon, Barry Harris, Wes Montgomery, Sam Jones, Louis Hayes) record session for Jazzland (West Coast Blues) 1965 - John Coltrane Quartet (McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones) record session for Impulse (John Coltrane Plays)

I feel your pain, Jim! Don't take it too hard

Gave up trying to link last night. It's still very, very s... l... o... w... this morning!

Al Sears 'Swing's The Thing' (Swingville) with Don Abney, Wally Richardson, Wendell Marshall, Joe Marshall

May 16: 1932 - Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra record session for Brunswick ('Blue Harlem', 'Sheik of Araby') 1949 - Lennie Tristano Sextette (Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Billy Bauer, Arnold Fishkin, Denzil Best) record session for Capitol 1955 - Buddy Rich (Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, etc...) record session for Norgran (The Wailing Buddy Rich) 1962 - Roy Haynes Quartet (Roland Kirk, Tommy Flanagan, Henry Grimes) record session for Impulse (Out of the Afternoon) 1963 - Grant Green (Johnny Coles, Joe Henderson, Big John Patton, Ben Dixon) record session for BN (Am I Blue) 1967 - Miles Davis Quintet (Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams record session for Columbia (Sorcerer) 1969 - Andrew Hill (Woody Shaw, Carlos Garnett, etc...) record session for BN (Lift Every Voice)

These recordings are just awesome... BUT... that Book of the Month Club LP issue may not be the best way to listen to these. Never heard the sound of that box but I understand the mastering of the release of this music in the VJC double CD was a bit improved over the earlier vinyl issues (and I am saying this as a vinyl fanatic!). PLUS... the double CD had additional music that was not on the original vinyls. Nine tracks altogether. Don't let that stop you from enjoying the music

Chris Connor 'Witchcraft' (Atlantic, mono)

Bertrand, voila le lineup for the 2005 Paris Jazz Festival at the Parc Floral de Vincennes: http://www.zicline.com/concerts/paris.htm For La Fete de la Musique on June 21, the exciting quartet of pianist Baptiste Trotignon - with tenorsax player David El Malek - will be at the beautiful Hotel de Sully in the Marais! Should be really good! Rosaro Giuliani and his trio will be playing there also. Details will be posted later at this site: http://fetedelamusique.culture.fr/9_Programme.html

A thoroughly incomplete list from some favorite musicians: Serge Chaloff 'Blue Serge' John Coltrane 'Crescent' Duke Ellington 'Fargo, ND' Stan Getz 'At the Shrine' Wardell Gray 'Memorial, vol. 1' Tubby Hayes 'Quartet in Scandinavia' Bobby Jaspar/Rene Thomas 'At Ronnie Scott's' Giuseppi Logan 'Giuseppi Logan Quartet' Warne Marsh All Music Hal McKusick 'Jazz Workshop' Tete Montoliu 'Boston Concert' Phineas Newborn 'Solo Piano' Herbie Nichols 'Trio' Zoot Sims 'If I'm Lucky' Martial Solal 'Jazz A Gaveau' Sun Ra 'The Magic City' Lucky Thompson 'Featuring Oscar Pettiford' Charles Tyler 'Saga of the Outlaws' Barney Wilen 'Barney' Lester Young/Teddy Wilson 'Pres and Teddy' etc... etc...

Berigan, Billie Holiday joined the Artie Shaw band on March 10, 1938. She left the band on December 10, 1938. Information from Ken Vail's invaluable book 'Lady Day's Diary'.

May 15: 1946 - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet (Sonny Stitt, Milt Jackson, Al Haig, Ray Brown, Kenny Clarke) record session for Musicraft 1949 - Babs Gonzales and his Orchestra (Jay Jay Johnson, Art Pepper, Wynton Kelly, etc...) record session for Capitol 1949 - Max Roach Quintet (Kenny Dorham, James Moody, Al Haig, Tommy Potter) record session for Vogue 1953 - The Quintet of the Year (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Chan, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach) play at Massey Hall, Toronto, released on Debut 1960 - Barry Harris Trio (Sam Jones, Louis Hayes) at Jazz Workshop, San Francisco, recorded by Riverside (Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop) 1961 - Cannonball Adderley Orchestra record session for Riverside (African Waltz) 1964 - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, etc...) record session for BN (Indestructible)

Duke, Dexter, Lester are the first three ones that come to mind. Would like to add Bob Dorough to that list!

Al Haig/Jimmy Raney 'Strings Attached' (Choice)

I have no problems with this . RIP, very sad to hear of his passing! Mark Barclay who looked a bit like Artie Shaw in his old age was also married eight times! Each of his wedding turned into huge celebrations. Mike, the only jazzy Eddie Barclay et son Grand Orchestre album was 'Et Voila!' which had Lucky Thompson among the players on most side, and Don Byas on others. Fresh Sound reissued this on vinyl with two additional tunes. I grew up on the Blue Star ten-inchers that came out in the 50s. Most were from the Mercury/Clef/Norgran label with the original covers (mostly by David Stone Martin) and Blue Star vinyl inside. The first Charlie Parker album I ever bought (Bird was still alive at the time) was a Blue Star album of the Dial sides with Wardell Gray, Errol Garner, etc...

Thank me once you heard it. To repeat this is lo fi. But this does not prevent anyone from enjoying the music. The sound from the Buddy Bolden cylinders should be better than those!