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Freddie Roach playing tonight: - Down To Earth (with Percy France), - Mo' Greens Please (with Conrad Lester) both BN NYK labels, in glorious mono sound...

Bill Barron Cab Calloway Ronnie Ross

That's what all those McDonalds' are doing nowadays, providing wifi access plus junkfood!

Not to forget: Billy Bauer Charlie Christian Cosy Cole Chris Connor Pony Poindexter Shirley Scott Tommy Turrentine etc, etc...

The King is a royal jazz fan and a saxophone player. And when Benny Goodman and his orchestra toured the Far East in 1956, the King of Thailand joined the King of Swing. First time he played at a concert, unless I'm wrong. The photo that Big Wheel dug up was taken at another later tour.

One Jazz in Paris CD that is always overlooked is volume 54 'Clarinettes a Saint-Germain-des-Pres'. It features the playing of Hubert Rostaing (with Martial Solal on piano) and Maurice Meunier (with Raymond Fol or Rene urtreger). Two very underrated clarinettists who both were good enough to play with Django Reinhardt in the post-1940 Quintette du Hot Club de France. Worth looking for!

No doubt about it, the live version from Wardell Gray with Erroll Garner KILLS!

Jim, your guesses look right. My Adulyajed was wrong. I misread my Google A royal mistake

Don't be cruel

That's Bhumibol Adulyajed. He's played with Benny Goodman, among others. He also happens to be His Majesty King of Thailand B-)

Al Haig 'Al In Paris ' (Musica) with Pierre Michelot on bass

I did peek -_- - they have a tuba player (Don Butterfield, Ray Draper), - both were recorded by RVG, - both were supervised by Bob Weinstock. - or ???

The Japanese King vinyl of this 1959 has the same slight problem.

If OJCs go away, the Ernie Henry albums on Riverside will become very hard to get. All three 'Presenting Ernie Henry', 'Seven Standards And a Blues' and 'Last Chorus' should be secured now!

How many? Alan, the Lacy has one alternate. The Lacy/Waldron has two. All the details are available at this site (brush up your French): http://free-america.artistes.universalmusic.fr/ Full track listing is under 'Collection'. Bonne chance!

I heartily agree and have been enjoying this one also - by the way the Coleman Hawkins cd/dvd is also a gem! The Ellington DVD is superb, with lots of rare soundies. Wish they had dug up a better copy of the 'Jam Session'. I have seen much better on that one. I did not get the Coleman Hawkins Centennial until recently. This one is superb too. The DVD includes videos I had never seen before of the Art Ford Jazz Party sessions. The video which was lost has resurfaced recently. What a treat to be enable to watch Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young side by side as they trade solos on 'Jumpin' With Symphony Sid'! Lousy job from BMG which fails to identify the musicians appearing on those videos. Jazz Factory (the Bastards from Spain!) issued recently a double CD 'Charlie Shavers & Coleman Hawkins' that includes all the previously released material from those Jazz Parties.

In the same (Christmas) spirit... From Reuters:

Lon, Pfeiffer is Michelle (among others). The musician was Bernard Peiffer Great, forgotten pianist. The LPs he recorded for Decca when he exiled himself to the United States are hard to get but well worth the search. Don't think they were ever reissued!

A few more: Sonny Clark Cool Struttin' Arnett Cobb Movin' Right Along Art Pepper Gettin' Together Betty Roche Singin' and Swingin' Larry Young Into Somethin'

Chuck, the package arrived today. With the current Xmas rush, it took 12 full days via airmail Many thanks, I'll be on a Brotz diet for a while...

All those Bobby Jaspar, Rene Thomas, Sacha Distel, Bernard Peiffer, Django Reinhardt, Rene Urtreger are worth getting also. Plus numerous others. One of the best jazz reissues series produced. Good sound, good cover designs, good researching. And the prices are good too... And the new DeLuxe Edition series boxes (four of them) are also splendidly designed.

The New York Times reviews Dan Morgentsern's latest opus in their Books section...

This is SCARY! as everything that originates from North Korea... Genius kids? Hate those! They're missing childhood!

Milan, this was from the Afterthoughts that came at the end to those Blindfold Tests. Here is the full text:

The Paul Desmond Quartet 'Live' (Horizon) discs 1&2