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February 12: 1942 - Charles Trenet record session for French Columbia with Django Reinhardt and the Quintette du Hot Club de France 1945 - Cootie Willams and his Orchestra (with Charlie Parker) radio broadcast from the Savoy Ballroom 1949 - Charlie Parker Quintet (Kenny Dorham, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Max Roach) radio broadcast from The Royal Roost 1956 - Louis Bellson record session for Clef (with Charlie Shavers, Eddie Bert, Ernie Wilkins, etc) 1977 - Mal Waldron (with Manfred Schoof, Steve Lacy, etc.) record 'One Upmanship' for Enja

If this is only half as good as the other live Grant Green BN dates ('Alive!' and 'Live At The Lighthouse'), that would be one to get. At once!

I listened to the album when it was first released in France on the Philips label. Got hold of the original US Columbia stereo version (still my favorite copy). Also have the 'Miles Davis & John Coltrane' Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 box. Not seeking 'newer' releases. Favorite tune has changed over the years. When I relisten to his now I'm glued to 'Blue In Green'

I don't have the killer instinct -_-

A favorite: http://www.edelmangallery.com/leonard3.htm Always loved that one too (could not get a better link): http://www.valentinenewyork.com/travel/vie...zimages.php?m=6 Photographer was Hugh Bell. The unidentified clarinet player at left is Tony Scott.

The Sounds of Jimmy Smith BN 1556 side A: - There Will Never Be Another You - The Fight - Blue Moon side B: - All the Things You Are - Zing Went the Strings of my Heart - Somebody Loves Me Jimmy Smith At The Organ, vol. 1 BN 1551 side A: - Summertime - There's a Small Hotel side B: - All Day Long - Yardbird Suite Jimmy Smith At The Organ, vol. 2 BN 1552 side A: - Plum Nellie - Billie's Bounce side B: - The Duel - Buns A Plenty You can check the discography data - and more - here: http://www.jazzdisco.org/bluenote/1500-cat/a/

Yeah, but by 1967 they were in a very large minority when it came to sales. I remember finding a mono LP in a bin when I used to shop for records and passing it over because stereo was considered "better". They even used to discount the mono versions to move them out. Many stores stopped buying them. This is why companies like Blue Note "electronically re-channeled" most of their mono back catalog... just so they could put the word "stereo" on the cover. It was the only way some stores would order it and some people would buy it. Later, Kevin Blue Note was by then controlled by Liberty. I am sure Lion/Wolf would not have gone the electronic re-channel road if they had still been the Bosses! I remember those times. The monaurals versions were out of fashion by then. I had to insist to get the mono versions of the new releases. I'm glad I stuck to mono as long as they were still being manufactured and still prefer the mono versions of those BN albums!

Philippe Gras and Horace were (nearly) always together. Horace has also his website now. A lot of excellent photos are to be seen there, mostly freejazz! http://horace.photos.free.fr/ Click on 'Musiques' and then on Jazz/Blues and enjoy!

The excellent French label Sketch filed for bankrupcy last week. Sketch was started in 1999 and issued 31 albums. They sold pretty well but sales went down by half in 2004. This is their current website: http://www.sketch-studio.com/sketch-jazz/sketch-jazz.html where you can see what they published and listen to samples of their music. The CDs all had distinctive album covers that were designed by the label's creators. Among their best releases were the 3CD set 'HUM' which gathered three different sessions by the great trio of Rene Urtreger, Pierre Michelot and Daniel Humair, also 'Armistice 1918' by Bill Carrothers and Mal Waldron's 'One More Time' (with Steve Lacy and Jean-Jacques Avenel. What's currently available in the US is on view at their US distributors site: http://www.sketch-us.com/ I'm sure some of those releases will soon become hard to get collectors' items.

Aric is damn right. What a pain that 'Winchester Cathedral' was! Wouldn't go to the extreme that Aric mentioned. But I can share his anger

Art Farmer 'On The Road' (Contemporary) with Art Pepper and Hampton Hawes

February 11: 1932 - Duke Ellington qnd his Orchestra recording session for Brunswick (Creole Love Call and St. Louis Blues, with Bing Crosby!) 1954 - Al Hibbler record session for Norgran (I'm just a Lucky So And So) 1956 - Tal Farlow record session for Clef (with Hank Jones and Oscar Pettiford) 1966 - Cal Tjader records 'Soul Burst' for Verve

I liked the Dolphy Series LPs (Clifford Jordan, Pharoah Sanders, Charles Bracken, Cecil Payne). The Charles Sullivan 'Genesis' album is another favorite.

1937 - Count Basie Orchestra radio broadcasts from the Hotel William Penn in Pittsburgh 1951 - Coleman Hawkins group (with Bennie Green, Art Blakey, etc.) at concert aht came out on Phoenix 1956 - Chet Baker record session in Paris for Blue Star (with Jean-Louis Chautemps) 1967 - Jimmy Rushing records 'Every DayI Have the Blues' album for BluesWay

The following Serge Gainsbourg website should give you a lot of informations. It includes a discography: http://www.gainsbourg.org/ To view details on the various vinyls inside La Discographie Complete, click on '33 Tours'... There was a pretty complete 3CD album of Gainsbourg's film music that came out a couple of years ago: http://www.fnac.com/Shelf/article.asp?PRID...5ae9d8d7c6&Fr=0

France may have been in need of wood at certain times but the area where that tree was planted inside the Chateau de Versailles was a preserved haven. It was turned into a national property. Visiting the Chateau and missing Marie-Antoinette's farm is tantamount to crime. The place (and its trees and gardens) is a small paradise. I remember my wife and I taking our kid to the area a long time ago on weekdays when the Chateau was not invaded by hordes of tourists. Magic! A damn shame that the tree which barely survived the 1999 storm was a victim of the 2003 heat wave that also killed some 15,000 people in France and as many in neighboring countries.

Stanley Crouch wrote part of it, that's why it stays closed to most people

Jimmy Smith also played on the title track of Michael Jackson's Bad

A more informed and personal article in French was in this morning's edition of Liberation (sorry no english translation): http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=274554 Le Monde simply wrote around the AFP story on Jimmy Smith's death.

1 - did not recognize this at first because this was a stereo version. I have heard only the mono version of it. The first album I ever heard from the bass player and good enough to write an article about him when he was still alive (probably the first one ever). The tempo was amazing and I was stunned that the three players managed to keep the pace and still be inventive. Track 6 from this album: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&t...10:jrpzef5khgf5 2- a Monk tune - can't name that one - that grows on me. Don't think it's Monk playing here but the pianist does a very worthy homage of it. Always liked the child-like tunes that Monk wrote and this one is among the best. 3- a Monk tune again. 'Ask Me Now'. Thought track 2 suited the homage theme better. This was more in the 'That's The Way I Feel Now' album mood. Nothing wrong with that. No idea who the players were but wetween 2 and 3, I'll get 2 first 4- Percussions galore! I have to be in the right mood to listen to that one and get it. Will need to return to that one! 5- Tenors galore. Well at least two of them. All part of the recent generation and I am not really familiar with most of the. The tenor players from some decades ago had a distinctive sound. The new ones have more technique but I don't think that make them better players. Hey, I'm just showing my age! The accompanying crew does a great job. 6- A most infuriating track. I loved that one. The tune is from one of the Christmas songbook and I can't identify it! I'll be looking for the name of the guitar player! Probably the date leader. The mood is just right. 7- more guitar but it did not strike me as much as the previous one. Could not get into that one and moved to the next track... 8- nice but left me wondering who was involved! I only appreciated the trumpet player's contribution on the seond listening. Will get back to that one. The tight rhythm back left me impressed! 9- Main Stem. And this has to be KB. One of the recent albums from him I am not familar with! Another musician with a so identifiable sound. Always a pleasure to get aquainted with music from him... Could not recognize the other musicians. The vibes player was no Hutcherson! 10- another guitar and vibraphone collaboration. A different mood. I have heard that tune before. That must be Gary Burton! A very imaginative interpretation. One that I will return to. Absolutely lovely! 11- I like the way all the selections in the BFT have been arranged, the switching of the moods... Another cut that grew on me! Will wait for the identifications to explore more of this music: 12- more of the mood music but with freer players. I loved the way the bass player follows the tenor saxophonist to build up the tension! 13- the first two notes gave this one way. The Master Himself taking care of it! Thanks for digging that album up. Had not listened to it in quite a while. My mistake! The Master dug deep to get to the essence of this composition. Track 5: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&t...10:uwf5zfd7eh2k 14- could not guess who sang or played that classic. The vocalist was a non-english speaking one. Don't think I'll pursue that album! 15- this was the second tune from the BFT I knew almost at once who was playing. Another favorite player with a very distinctive sound. Not exactly his best album but worth exploring. And playing a tune from a favorite composer. Track 6: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&t...10:bt508qctbt04 16- and the closer is by a voice that has just gone. What a way to go! Liked the disc I of this BFT better the second time around. I'll play it again. It's a keeper. And I really appreciate the care that has been taken to assemble the compilation. Great work, Impossible!

The New York Times article (by Ben Ratliff) on Jimmy Smith... Ratliff says Jimmy Smith was 76, not 79 as the standard biographies indicate.

A very sad story. That December 1999 freak storm caused extensive damage on the grounds of the Chateau de Versailles. There is a splendid and very old willow tree near my place in central Paris that also suffered extensive damage during that storm. It is slowly recovering its former beauty now.

At long last, AP gets the news out:

About 40 vinyls, some 15 CDs. Mostly BNs!

Jimmy Smith At Club Baby Grand, vol. 1 Japan Toshiba which replaced the Lexington original that was accidentally damaged next will be vol. 2, a 47West63 LP that has hold up pretty well after numerous spinnings