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For the past couple of days I have enjoyed a new release by French accordion player Richard Galliano. I have listened and liked what Galliano has done so far but his new relase is pure delight! The best I have heard from him so far! That new one is by the Richard Galliano New York Trio. The trio is Galliano, Larry Grenadier on bass and Clarence Penn on drums. The CD is titled 'Ruby, My Dear' and it's out on Dreyfus. The album was recorded live on January 1, 2004 in the beautiful Umbrian city of Orvieto, Italy. Galliano returns to his jazz roots. After all, he got into jazz when he started transcribing solos by Clifford Brown, an excellent choice. Galliano plays 'Ruby My Dear', 'Bohemia After Dark' plus several of his compositions including an adaptation of Erik Satie's 'Gnossienne No. 1' and Carlos Amaran Eleta's 'Historia De Un Amor'. The sound Galliano gets out of the accordion is overwhelming. If you have not given this musician a listen yet, look for this one! The albums turns the unique musette sound of the accordion into jazz of today. Quite a task! And a delightfully enjoyable one! The man plays the accordion like no one else so far! A true Master! I have not seen the album listed yet anywhere but I already rate it as the Best of 2005! So far

Ben Sidran did a song like that! 'Piano Players' that included the names of a lot of the great piano players. That was on his Antilles album 'Old Songs for the New Depression'!

Neal, a hearty welcome here! From somebody who does not mind the bold print. One of my favorite reference book is the 1994 edition of the Goldmine Price Guide. The format was perfect. And wanted for a long time to chastize you for mispelling Byron Allen. He was no Bryon But that's OK, this was a long time ago and everything is forgiven now! Glad to have you with us... Many of us do blah, blah, blah here. And some not occasionally, but all the time

Hey Cooltrane, in my previous post on this thread, I mentioned 'a healthy Organissimo tradition' when speaking of various exchanges here. However please take note that we have all outgrown the 'who's got the biggest' phase here years ago

And speaking of European pianists, it´s sad to say that nowadays in Spain Tete Montoliu is totally underrated and almost forgotten, even in most jazz circles. Looks like the Flamenco-Jazz stuff is the only focus for the media. Hopefully in 2007 (10th anniversary of his passing), he will be remembered and, what´s more, some unissued recordings will see the light of the day (there´s unreleased studio material for more than 10 CDs and tons of live stuff) and some will make it to CD for the first time! EKE, omitted Tete Montoliu on purpose since he sure is not overlooked on this Forum with so many of his fans active around here... Couple more overlooked pianists: Russ Freeman Ellis Larkins (am I the only one still listening to his music?)

The Chronogical Classics releases seem to have come to a standstill. The latest batch from their list (Bill Coleman 52-53, Lockjaw Davis 1948-53, Billy Taylor 1952-53, Sidney Bechet 1952) has not appeared in stores here yet. New releases from the Blues & Rhythms series have however appeared.

Some Europeans: - Jan Johansson - Bernard Peiffer - Rene Urtreger - Maurice Vander - George Arvanitas - Gordon Beck

Great fan of Swedish jazz. Gullin, Halberg, Johanson are among my favorite musicians. A masterful box is vol. 9 of the Svensk Jazzhistoria series on Caprice. Volume 9 deals with Swedish Jazz from 1960 to 1964 and features all these musicians. Jan Johanson's name should be added to the overlooked pianists thread. Will do that right now!

Marte Roling used a photo of Marion Brown that I took. The photo was published in Jazz Hot back in 1966! Wish she had acknowledged her source

Don Friedman 'A Day In The City' (Riverside) next: Stan Getz 'The Lighthouse Sessions, vol. 1' (Vantage) 1953 date with Bob Cooper, Jimmy Giuffre, Teddy Charles, Russ Freeman, Howard Rumsey, Shelly Manne

As of today we have 968 members but more and more members come in with 1000 plus numbers. Randy Twizzle was nr. 1000. Now we have g# with nr. 1109 and Elis with nr. 1111. Probably missed some... What's the score on that? Could somebody explain? Whatever their nr., they're all welcome here!

There was a Savoy vinyl twofer 'Brothers And Other Mothers, vol. 2' that reissued the Allan Eager sessions on Savoy. - four tracks (with one alternate each) from the November 6, 1947 session with Doug Mettome, Eager, George Wallington, Leonard Gaskin and Stan Levey, - then the four tracks from the January 22, 1947 session by the Teddy Reig All Stars (Kai Winding, Eager, Marty Napoleon, Eddie Safransky, Shelly Manne. The twofer also had Savoy sides by Brew Moore, Phil Urso and the Bernie Privin Orchestra (with Al Cohn). Ira Gitler wrote the liner notes for the album.

Joe Albany Dodo Marmarosa Johnny Williams Billy Strayhorn Walter Davis Jr

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Not a chance. There is only one Aric Effron! And Cooltrane, keep at it! Don't mind those posts, a healthy Organissimo tradition! Just feel welcome here!

1941 January 15 Benny Goodman sextet session for Columbia with Cootie Williams, Georgie Auld, Count Basie, Charlie Christian, Artie Bernstein and Jo Jones that produces: - Breakfast Feud - On the Alam - I Found a New Baby - Gone With What Draft

But I'm no Virgin virgin

Another yes to Oscar Dennard. A widely forgotten pianist. Enjoyed another rare appearance of his on a Lionel Hampton date recorded in Paris in 1956 and originally released as 'Hampton in Hifi' on Philips in France. Found and anjoyed this on a Fontana vinyl reissue of this titled 'Hampton Goes Europe'. Hampton and a rhythm section of Dennard, Billy Mackel on guitar, Peter Badie on bass and Albert Gardner on drums. Great Hampton date where they play songs like 'It's a Long Way to Tipperary', 'La Vie en Rose', 'Le Prisonnier de Nantes', 'Danny Boy' and other European songs! Some other overlooked pianists: Clarence Profit Clyde Hart Lorraine Geller Paul Moers Joel Futterman

I'm a bastard virgin!

danasgoodstuff, it took longer but got your shipment today. One disc. Many thanks!

This was a beautiful box when it came out in 1984. It was widely available around then. It did contain a lot of unissued sides but most of these have shown up in other releases by now. Audio was very good too! The Clifford Brown/Max Roach EP bonus was not included in the original release. Shortly before that Mercury box, Polydor Japan released in 1983 a 4LP box 'The Verve Collectors' Item' that included rare material from Bud Powell, Slim Gaillard, Barney Kessel, Illinois Jaquet and others. Most of these sides have also showed up on later CD reissues.

l p, I listed the full content of the new Philology Bird releases in this thread (go to page 2): http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...philology&st=15

l p, the Byard Lancaster 'Funny Funky' has recently been reissued by this Corsican company SCP. A very small company. If you want to deal with them, prepare yourself with patience. The man in charge speaks ony French (and Corsican). He owns the Palm catalogue. http://www.scpmusic.com/catalog/product_in...d66381453b7df2b By the way I asked the person about that Lancaster-Jaspar album which I was aware about and have never seen or heard. The answer was that it never went off the ground and was never released. Besides, the two never played together. Obviously the album should be filed next to the original BN of 'Back to the Tracks'

The Diana-Charles wedding was in July 1981. I was assigned to London to edit the damn royal photos... And was also in Paris on the day of that fatal crash August 31, 1997. A busy night of work. I remember the stunned silence in the middle of that Saturday night when I told a colleague in London that I had a tip that Diana had died in the crash.That was a couple of hours before it became official. First indications after the crash was that she had only suffered injuries.