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'Alphaville' is a bit unique in Godard's filmography. And pretty special. Not sure jumping from 'A Bout de Souffle' to 'Alphaville' is the best way to explore his films. I would make stops at 'Le Mepris' and 'Pierrot Le Fou' first. I rank 'Pierrot le Fou' as Godard's masterpiece. With 'A Bout de Souffle' being in a class of its own.

Yeah, but when EMI countersues, the French lawyers will all hide and fail to show up in court. Care to elaborate on this? Has the Hate the French season reopened?

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Deus, the jazzdisco site is a handy reference but it's very true that quite a number of its entries have to be doublechecked for accuracy.

The FNAC music store and EMI have been placed under investigation in a court in Nanterre, a Paris suburb. From AP:

Except the yellow was much less yellow

Jim, thanks for pointing this. I have corrected. It's way too early in the morning over here! Need to wake up B-)

Deus, where have you been? Time for you to come out of Basie land. The site you discovered is an OLD favorite to a lot of posters here.

Agustin, I have not set foot in Brussels in several years and I'm sure the information I would have would be obsolete by now. Last time I was there (a decade ago), I managed to get some interesting vinyls in a couple of stores. After your visit, let us know if you find interesting stores. I plan to go to Brussels one of these days. Great city!

I did not do very well in identifying several tracks on disc 1. Disc 2 proved to be even more of a problem. Here are my small pickings: 1- a thoroughly enjoyable version of 'Summertime' Could it be Jay McShann? 2- a burrellish guitar player. Nice one! 3- the Duke Pearson classic tune 'Jeanine' but I have no idea who plays here, 4- enjoyed that one very much. Will have to wait for the correct answer and plan to purchase this if the rest of the album is on the same mood... 5- a classic BN tune. I heard this album during a recent visit at a record store. This has to be this version, track 4: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ihuh6jo271w0 Will revisit the store to get this! 6- I hear Benny Carter here but could not identify the album. One more to get. Very good ensemble, 7- more unidentified players and tune. Another good one, 8- tried various identifications on these players but drew a blank, 9- thought there were two sax players on that one and identified the ex-Basiite (and also the humming bass player). This has to be track 5 of this album: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0ykzikmhbbo9 which means there were three sax players in full battle. And one more album to get. Damn you, Dan! 10- an unidentifiable version of 'Willow Weep For Me'

Dan, many thanks for this very enjoyable assemblage! I just with I could have given this further hearings. Just be assured, its' one disc to keep! After an initial listening, I was under the impression that it would be fairly easy to identify several of the entries. I was wrong. Dan had tricks up his sleeves. Identifications turned out to be on the short side on disc 1 (and about nil on disc 2!). 1- started on the right foot with an old favorite sax player. I got acquainted with him when I was presented with a 10-inch Savoy compilation 'Tenor Sax Solos' back in the mid-fifties. He was one of the featured players on that anthology. Track 17 of this Classics: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hv8n1vy1zzma The pianist - also an old favorite - was also a giveaway. 2- love this benwebsterish track with a superb rhythm section. Could not identify this! 3- a recent update on 'Chelsea Bridge'. No idea who plays here. Will have to check that one. 4- more unknown (to me) players on that ducal classic, 5- more unknown (to me ) players on that Preacher. Must say I prefer the classic Messengers version, 6- this 'After Hours' tune seems to be a favorite of BFT compilers. No clue on who plays on this fine version, 7- this MUST be the non-vocal track that was left out of that album: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pt3m962odep7 Track is 'Optional'. I have this on a trumpet anthology LP that I obviously did not place in its right place among my vinyls. Just could not find that LP to just check this answer. But I feel pretty sure about this. The horns are so distinctive... 8 - did not go anywhere with this. One more I enjoyed, 9- identified the tune right away. Heard the composer play that one several times. And when the composer showed up on this track with his very distinctive sound, I had no problem pinning this. Track 2 of this album: http://www.mysimon.com/4004-4182_8-660014103.html Not familiar with this big band and will purchase this album. Very nice version! 10- an unidentifiable version (for me) of 'Maiden Voyage'. 11- wish I could identify that one too. Enjoyed it. I will try to give the disc another hearing this weekend but will also wait for some identifications when Dan posts the answers.

Not a great fan of Grappelli sans Django. There is one Grappelli album I definitelyl would recommend: Stephane Grappelli '1992 Live'. A Birdology release of a concert with the great Philippe Catherine and Marc Fosset on guitar plus NHOP on bass. Beautiful renditions of some classics like 'Minor Swing' and 'Stella By Starlight' plus a stellar version of Catherine's 'Galerie des Princes'.

Max Roach 'Confirmation' (Fluid). Recorded in Paris in 1978 with Cecil Bridgewater, Bill (as is on the cover) Harper, Calvin Hill and Max Roach

Happy birthday to Wayne Shorter who brought so much musical pleasure! Enjoyed listening lately to a number of his recorded appearances with the Jazz Messengers. He and Lee Morgan were quite a pair!

Stollman nowadays works for the estate of the Duke Elington family and also the Chet Baker family, I believe.

I love Dinah Washington. Invested in the complete Mercury CD boxes. And it was worth it. Not sure about those Roulette sessions! I got a couple of the LPs, listened to them and never got back to them. Not that they were bad but they did not compare with the Mercury stuff.

Absolutely beautiful! Thanks Tom for sharing this! Wish there was similar informative and illustrated sites for other jazz labels...

Caught the Miles Davis band when they played at the Theatre du Chatelet in the spring of 1982. I attended more than a dozen concerts by Miles and this unit was probably the weakest. Don't think Bill Evans was the right sax player for Miles. Milo Cinelu playing at home with Miles for the first time since he joined the band a few months earlier got a big hand!

Don Cherry 'Complete Communion' with Gato Barbieri, Henry Grimes, Ed Blackwell (BN, NY label), then: Don Cherry 'Where is Brooklyn' with same, except Pharoah Sanders replaces Barbieri (BN, Liberty)

GO Dex GO!!

Marie Greene, it is. The Lord discography lists only V-Discs for her. V-Disc session recorded in New York, mid November 1945. I Know That You Know Dave Mann, piano, Hy White, guitar, Trigger Alpert, bass, Marie Greene, vocal. She recorded ten sides for V-Disc. Nothing else listed.

Did anybody say they were interesting??? I find them pathetic!

Don't think this has been mentioned before on ths Board. Quite an interesting item, even if a couple of days old.... From AP: I rarely drink beer, and when I do, I avoid the regular US brands. Miller will not even be on my short list any more.

Interesting story, Chuck. Met Stollman in the mid sixties when I travelled to New York. Quite a character. On my second visit to the city (in 1967), ESP offices were at 156 Fifth Avenue. Don't think Stollman was that naive. He had a lot of good will and enthusiasm. And if he had wanted to make money - as he was so often accused of - he could have gone into more lucrative fields. Elisabeth Van Der Mei (Mei not Mai) was not working for ESP at the time. She had an apartment on Lafayette Street and that place was open to any of the musicians she befriended. And she knew them all. She had just started working for Atlantic. She was also doing some radio shows for WBAI. Did not stay very long with Atlantic. Don't think she stayed very long with ESP either. Last time I saw her was when she traveled to Europe and came to Paris. We spent very nice evenings with our mutual friend Marion Brown and with other musicians. That was in the late sixties. Have lost contact with her. I hear from Stollman from time to time. He may have turned off a number of people but I wish there had been more people like him then. The ESP catalogue is still an unmatched sum of the very fertile contemporary jazz scene of the time.

Never heard of this singer. And as you mention, googling was no help. Will look further!