brownie

Mike, which Polydor original issues would you have in mind? Trust you got that, from the Jazz Labels page at this site: http://www.trombone-usa.com/jazz-labels_b.htm

Read the Board and check first

Old news... http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...6245&hl=auction

Learned from a mutual friend that Marion Brown is much better now. He recently received a $5,000,000 compensation for the wrongful amputation of part of his leg. Hope to be in touch with Marion directly soon!

Sad news indeed! Let's not forget that Bill Potts also played very fine piano on those Lester Young in Washington albums

Brandon, thanks for posting this. Will be looking for it. Interested in hearing what Coursil is up to these days.

Wasn't the Jimi Experience a British group? I would add them to this list...

Belated but heartfelt Happy Birthday

Now: Junior Mance 'Truckin' And Trakin' (BeeHive) with Fathead Newman, Marin Rivera and Walter Bolden next: Al Haig 'Al In Paris' (Musica) with Pierre Michelot

February 17: 1933 - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra record session for Brunswick (Slippery Horn, Drop Me Off in Harlem) 1964 - Shirley Scott & Kenny Burrell record session for Prestige ('Travelin' Light' album) 1967 - Stanley Turrentine record session for BN album New Time Shuffle' 1981 - Joseph Jarman and Don Moye record session for Black Saint album 'Density'

The Rolling Stones when Mick Taylor was with them!

The double LP is pretty rare nowadays. We have to thank the late Henri Renaud for releasing it when he was producing records for CBS France! I kept my copy. Edited to amend: read the thread too quickly. Thought we were talikng about Ornette's 'Chapaqua Suite'. Need to get my head examined :rsly:

How about a list of one-armed trumpet players? I start with Wingy Manone. Who's next

Benny Golson completed the composition of 'I Remember Clifford' in February 1957. Lee Morgan recorded it on his third BN album (with Gigi Gryce and Golson) the following month.

Al Hibbler Moondog Joe Mooney Leon Sash Henry Butler Blind Willie Dunn B-)

Heard Henry Grimes when he played a duo gig with French bassist Benjamin Duboc last week. It's so nice to see Grimes who is in top form play and be mesmerized by all the music flowing from inside him! His companion Margaret Davis who seems to be with Grimes full time is selling two privately produced CDs by Grimes at each Grimes appearances: a solo effort (More Call) and a trio disc (Sublime Communication, the Henry Grimes Trio with Andrew Lamb and Newman Taylor Baker). Well worth getting!

The New Releases (and New Reissues) page on the Blue Note website does not have Basra... http://www.bluenote.com/newreleases.asp

Henry Wolf, one of the best graphic designers of his time, died at 8O. The issues of Esquire magazines were delights to the eyes when he was in charge of the monthly. The New York Times had this tribute today:

February 16: 1938 - Count Basie and his Orchestra rec<ord for Decca (Sent For You Yesterday, Swingin' the Blues, Every Tub, ...) 1957 - the Prestige All Stars record session for the 'Olio' album 1965 - Archie Shepp record session for the 'Fire Music' album on Impulse 1967 - Oliver Nelson record session for the 'The Kennedy Dream' album on Impulse

Barrow is also on the John LaPorta 'Themes and Variations' reissue on Fantasy. Quite good avant-garde stuff from the fifties! And he was also - but is not heard soloing - among the musicians that Mike Mantler gathered to accompany the soloists on The Jazz Composers Orchestra album.

'Embraceable You' and 'Hot House' from those sessions were released on the French bootleg Royal Jazz 'Charlie Parker - More Unissued', vol. 1, a long time ago. Then the various sides were issued on several of the Philology Bird's Eyes volumes. I'll be waiting for one of those Spanish labels to issue the full set in proper form

Tunisia! With the current regime there, very much doubt know terrorists would have been allowed in that country without facing immediate arrest. The 2002 attack on the synagogue at Djerba had no followup. Morocco and Algeria would be the two North African countries where Al Qaeda sympathizers would be able to roam, incognito of course. Now how about renaming 'Casablanca' the movie?

Absolutely! And still can't believe that Blue Note is shying away from the title! The only plus is that the resale value of my original BN mono vinyl of this is climbing

There was another version of 'Ping Pong' on the UA/BN '3 Blind Mice' album recorded at the Renaissance Club in LA in March 1962 and another one on the Riverside album 'Ugetsu' recorded live at Birdland in June 1963.

On to disc 2 which I consider more as an album to share among friends/fans than as a true blue BFT since it includes some pretty well-known albums. 1- the very identifiable tenor of John Gilmore with Sun Ra! Since there is no bass, I take it this might come from the Horo small group date which is a rare item nowadays. When it was issued, there were so many Sun Ras I had gathered that I did not bother to pick this one. If that's the Horo I'll continue my search for it! 2- the other Great MD quintet! From a not very well recorded bootleg which makes it sound a bit confused when that music was so very straight-on. The Miles-Shorter combination was one of those great moments in jazz history. Is that Ron Carter on bass? His sound seems lost in that concert hall... 3- the Andrew Hill signature grabs the listener from the very first notes. One of the badly distributed album from BN that turned hard to get if you missed it right after its release. 4- Grant Green walking the streets. Those marvellous dates were being put out by the week. And what a combination of talents. The recipe for these specialties seems to have been almost forgotten by now. 5- that's the first track I have problems with: not very keen on the music and no idea what this is all about? 6- another classic introduction with the trumpet plus bass duo that reveals all! Mingus was churning out one memorable album after another at the time 7- sounded familiar and had to do a little searching to clear that one. A shame that the leader had only one album produced on the label. One of the most complete musician and a pretty unassuming one which probably caused him to stay unheralded for too long. Byrd was really trying at the time. It's odd how he and Hubbard took the wrong road. What a waste of talent! 8- liked that one very much but felt frustrated at not being able to recognise it... 9- another personal favorite. The Mosaic box of his complete BN works made a Mosaic practicioner out of me. What still floors me is how the pianist keeps the phrases progression growing one after the other to produce a tension that is obly broken by the drummer's interventions... 10- that sounds familiar too and should be more Grant Green. A nice one. Did some checking with the GG I have and cannot recognize this. 11- Woody Shaw's Moontrane but I don't think I have heard that version before. A very nice one. There is also Bobby Hutcherson. Wait a minute! This has got to be. Yes, of course an AMG search confirms this. One more of those elusive albums! I have been waiting for a reissue of this one for too long. Glad to hear this version here! Thanks, Impossible! 12- more Grant Green and I know the tune and the album. The one with Ben Dixon's alter ego. Grant Green seemed to make his solos sound so easy... 13- my initial reaction to that one was that final big band track was a bit of a downer. Not that it is bad but it offsets the mood that was worked up by the previous tracks. But I have it it a couple of relistening and getting in the mood of it. No idea who's playing here but this one intrigues me. Like it by now!