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This was the very first Ayler concert at the Fondation Maeght. I have had and enjoyed that rare Italian 'Made in Germany' Blu Jazz bootleg issue since its release as a bonus CD to the Italian Blu Jazz magazine (is that still being issued?). Sound on that CD was excellent. All 56 minutes 30 seconds of it.

Among items I have purchased following Blindfold Tests: - some Carlo Actis Dato albums after getting acquainted and enjoying his music on BFT 8 (thanks Jim Dye!), - Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley on Capitol whose collaboration I had not bothered to pay attention to until BFT 13 (thanks EKE BBB!)

Dizzy Reece 'In To Out' (Futura) The 1970 concert in Creteil, suburban Paris, with John Gilmore, Siegfried Kessler, Patrice Catarini and Art Taylor. Great album that should be issued on CD.

From the Chicago Sun-Times today.

This means if you have a very early pressing, probably the first one of that edition. My stereo vinyl 6-eye copy of Miles Davis 'Kind of Blue' has 1BC on side 1 and 1AJ on side 2 after the stamper numbers. One of the original pressings if the not THE original. Columbia and RCA used these identifications to differentiate the pressing cycles. Several other large labels used these stamper identifications.

Paul Bley & Jesper Lundgaard 'Live' (SteepleChase) then: Ken McIntyre 'Home' (SteepleChase) Audio is better and livelier than the most beautiful sound next to silence...

Ghost, the remarkable book 'Shelly Manne, Sounds of the Different Drummer' by Jack Brand and Bill Krost (1997, Percussion Express publication) has half a page about the movie soundtrack but does not really provide details about the hows and whys of its creation. The book mentions that 'it was suggested by perhaps Brando himself that he (Stevens) use Shorty Rogers to arrange the music and play for a movie called 'Hot Blood''. Can fax or mail to you. Informatively my copy of the Fresh Sounds LP reissue of the Decca album 'Jazz Themes From 'The Wild One'' mentions that the original edition of this album had Shorty Rogers and Shelly Manne listed as Roger Short and Manny Shell

I know that 'Stop buying more vinyls' will be at the very top of my New Year MustDo list! Hope it will be good beyond January 3, 2005 You guys are no help at all

Ever since I decided some time at the start of this current year that I would not buy any more vinyls for lack of space, I kept the promise. But in the last month, I have repeatedly gone back on this promise and added several items when I was in New York earlier this month. And today I have reneged once more. There was this guy who had advertised a private sale of vinyls, mostly classics but also some jazz. And I have sinned once more. Among the items I purchased (prices ranging from €1 to €15): - Duke Ellington 'The Washington, D.C., Armory Concert April 30, 1955' (Phontastic), a €1 item, - Friedrich Gulda 'Vienna Jazz Workshop' (Guilde du Jazz). Lot of Hans Koller solos, plus Gulda playing baritone sax on side A, - Ken McIntyre 'Home' (SteepleChase), - Paul Bley & Jesper Lundgaard 'Live' (SteepleChase), - Aaron Bell Trio 'Three Swinging Bells', with pianist Charlie Bateman (Herald), - Frank Wright 'Eddie's Back In Town' (Krona), - Dizzy Reece with John Gilmore 'In To Out' (Futura) all in mint condition except the Aaron Bell Herald vinyl which has some minor scratches and the Reece/Gilmore whose cover was a bit stained but the vinyl is mint. Ihad been looking for a good copy of that one for several years. The Reece/Gilmore was part of more expensive items which included original BNs that I already have. Among other jazz items on sale was a full set of the five Bud Powell 'At the Golden Circle' SteepleChase. €25 (about $32) for the lot but I had no use for a second set!

Tony, I share your point of view. Have yet to be really impressed by Liebman. He is OK in my books but I think I'll pass that Select!

Jim, you show Philip Thomas. I wrote Philippe Thomas. Yours would not pass for a Frenchman

Listened to the France Musiques broadcast last night. Glad to report that Solal performed to a full house and was in top form. Solal played with the two bass players (Vinding and Moutin). He was at the top of his game. There was awesome music played! No talk from Solal (he was his usual shy self), just great improvisations!

America was part of the Musidisc company. I'm pretty sure, America had a distribution deal with Musidic from the start. The original 3LP album of 'The Great Concert of Charles Mingus' has this item at the bottom of its two-page inside liner notes: 'DISTRIBUTION EXCLUSIVE POUR LE MONDE ENTIER MUSIDIC EUROPE - Philippe Thomas'. No idea who Philippe Thomas was! And no idea either on when Musidisc was bought by Universal!

Agree with what Lon said. The box is amazing but you should try some samples to find out how far you will go with this type of recordings. I grew up with some of that music after being introduced to it by friends who loved the stuff and had 45s shipped from the States in the late '50s. The Mosaic box has to be taken in not too large doses but this is music that grows on you. I love it!

I Love Paris

Groovissimo!!! No mean feat! And all interesting posts! Keep 'em coming

Up, and with apologies for having missed the announcement of a Martial Solal appearance at the Paris New Morning Club tonight. Parts of the concert are scheduled to be broadcast live on the France Musiques radio station tonight. Here is the link to tune in: http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-musiques/direct/ The broadcast is starting at 2200GMT tonight! Martial Solal should be playing with Mads Vinding on bass and Francois Moutin on bass, too. Also lined up are trumpet player Eric Le Lann, trombone player Denis Leloup and pianist Niels Lan Doky

That's absolutely true. And also some later stuff is just dreary. But his "Gipsy Project"(s) and other recordings of a similar nature are fabulous. Cheers! Deus et al, thanks for the advice. I gave up on Birelli Lagrene a long time ago (as far back as his child prodigy music). Will give a listen to some of the Gipsy Project output!

When I reached part 5, I found that there was no alternative and the Best Place had to be in the United States... I'm out of there! I don't want to live in the USA Give me liberty fries or give me death!

Quite a fascinating thread, this one! Have yet to listen to this Jandek. Not sure I'll be interested. Besides I have a growing number of purchased CDs by interesting musicians to listen to. These get priority! Anyway caught this film review in The New York Times today. Thought I'ld bring it to the attention of the participants in this thread.

Don't know which company pressed the German BNs. These came with the original US BN covers. The French-pressed DMM BN LPs (with Made in France lookalike covers) should be ignored. Sound on those just does not compare with the original LPs.

I have several of these German BN vinyls and they are indeed excellent. Listened recently to my German BN vinyl of Ornette Coleman 'New York Is Now' and it was pure pleasure. I lost a German pressing of Cecil Taylor's 'Conquistador' and replaced it with a US vinyl pressing. That one did not sound as clear as the German one!

Tad Hershorn has been working on this biography for several years now. He is an archivist at the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. It should be an interesting read on one of the most fascinating personality in jazz. Hope it won't be a disappointment! Edit after catching up on Michael Fitzgerald's post which makes the book seem really worth waiting for...

Sonny Murray 'The Untouchable Factor / Charred Earth' (Kharma) with Byard Lancaster, Dave Burrell, Bob Reid. This one burns!

Some of the Paris souvenir shops that also sell CDs and videos have several of the Masters of Jazz CDs for sale at discount prices (from 3 to €7) depending on which store you visit. These have appeared lately after the distributor which sold these excellent volumes went belly up. I am busy now completing some of the series. Recent purchases have included: - volume 9 of the Count Basies series (Jan.-Feb. 1939), - volume 2 of the Benny Carter series (1931-1933) - volume 12 of the Duke Ellington series (October 1930-January 1931), - volume 7 of the Jelly Roll Morton series (1929-1930), - volume 9 of the Dizzy Gillespie series (March 1946-July 1947) Small quantities of these Masters show up at various souvenir shops and are nowhere to be seen in the regular record stores.