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I was an early convert in the Mosaic faith! The box total count is around 50 now.

From AP:

Henry 'Red' Allen 'Feeling Good' (Columbia) The title is true to word. Music that makes you feel good

If the choice is down to one, Prez gets my vote! Instant recognition! Instant gratification!

Sad to hear. I remember being impressed with him when I heard him play with Bud Powell at the Chat Qui Peche club in Paris back in 1959.

Lester!!! Bud Powell, Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan, Jimmy Giuffre, Wilbur Ware, Walt Dickerson... Many more...

From the Detroit Free Press today:

The Guardian gave the answer to item 83 but omitted the question. http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/fridayrevie...1276950,00.html

None of the Getz-Baker 'collaborations' can be termed essential. But on the two Concord volumes 'Quintessence' 'The Stan Getz Quartet with Chet Baker' that were recorded in Norway one day after the Stockhom concert that produced the 3CD Verve set, they seemed to have found a gentleman's agreement and managed to make very worthy music.

Yes, one of his best film score. Some background on Raksin is here: http://www.dlynnwaldron.com/DavidRaksin.html

The ever vigilant Michael Fitzgerald is right, once more. Lifted the personnel from an early non-corrected draft of the discography which was Lord-based

This is the lineup for the Basie band during its March 1960 European tour. March 29, 1960 -- Palais de Chaillot, Paris -- Count Basie -- Live Session -- Sonny Cohn, Joe Newman, Snooky Young (tp) Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb) Marshal Royal (cl,as) Frank Wess (as,ts,fl) Billy Mitchell (ts) Charlie Fowlkes (bs) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Eddie Jones (b) Sonny Payne (ds) Joe Williams (vcl) Information courtesy of the upcoming Basie website that various people from Organissimo (and others) are now working on under the direction of deus62

All this is very sad news! Wonder what's going to be left of the Voice? I have read it off and on (mostly on) since the mid-sixties and Richard Goldstein was one of the best writer from the great staff the weekly had in those days. Damn all those 'restructuring'! Will Nat Hentoff stay aboard?

From AP:

Pepper Adams Quintet 'Critics' Choice' (PJ/Toshiba reissue)

She is immortal! A beautiful lady...

Don't think a minute Lee Wiley sings to Tristano's accompaniement! The Lee Wiley sides are from a session she did in May 1947 with an orchestra led by her then husband Jess Stacy. Session was made for the Majestic label. The Tristano sides date from October 1947 and his trio includes Billy Bauer and John Levy. Both sessions are out now on a variety of labels. The Tristanos were reissued on Savoy! Allegro was a label that came out in the early days of the LPs in the fifties. It recycled material from small labels. Other Allegro albums I have seen include ones from Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie and Buck Clayton. Just my opinion: not worth the money!

Congratulations all for making this the cutest thread of them all

Yeah, you hip to his take on "Windows"? Somebody (I suspect Stanley Dance) renamed it "Ugh" But it sure is nice! Not hip to that 'Windows'. What's this?

Why did you not ask for that one before? Guess who has this?

Same here. I remember buying a lot of the boxes back in the eighties. All the boxes came with the latest brochures. I go back to brochure nr. 5, the one that had Herbie Nichols on the cover! I kept all the brochures.

Happy birthday 20-year old!!! This must be great B-)

EKE BBB, PMed you with details of a rare Tete session.

Slight delay because of the weekend crash!

Was wondering why the system would crash this weekend. Now that I see all the above junk it had to absorb, I can understand why it did crash