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I will phone him! I'm sure he would be very interested! He is a quiet man who does not make much noise, just beautiful music!

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Claude, I really don't think the third name goes with the two first! This is really different...

Rape means violence. I don't think this is the case here. We take pedophilia very seriously here. This is not the case here. And yes in Europe we take some of those things more lightly than the Americans. When French President Francois Mitterrand died, his widow accepted the presence at her side of his illegitimate daughter at its funeral. It created a shock but it was not cause for scandal. Mitterrand's daughter is now a writer and is one of the regular guest at a TV literary show. If Clinton had been President of France, he would never have been bothered by an investigation the way the US President had to endure for enjoying a peccadillo with a younger woman. He would have been met by knowing smiles from friends and foes. One of French director Louis Malle's best film was his 1971 flick 'Le Souffle Au Coeur' which included a very sensitive sequence where the 15-year old hero has a tender sexual relation with his MOTHER! The scene was not filmed in any sentionalised way. 'Le Souffle Au Coeur' - which included a soundtrack that had music from Charlie Parker records - created a scandal at the time. It is played on national TV nowadays!

Never mind the weather! Have a great birthday

The liner notes identify the guitar player as Gene Bertoncini. String section: Gloria Agostini, harp, Christopher Williams, Gene Orloff, violins, Alfred W. Brown, viola, Harry Lookofsky, tenor violin, George Ricci, cello.

Marcus, don't take my remarks on this pianist too hard! I come from an older generation and when this musician came upon the scene, I was busy digging pianists like Bud Powell, Monk, Bill Evans, Sonny Clark, Cecil Taylor and others who went mostly ignored while albums by HIM were selling in the thousands. Which would have been OK if the music was worth the acclaim but frankly I thought the records he had out at the time were facile, pretentious and unworthy of my attention. I had (and still have) the same reaction with the music of Keith Jarrett although I liked the music Jarrett was producing at some time. There are so many excellent musicians that I prefer to the one you selected. I have thus largely ignored him and after hearing him on your BFT I stick to my decision! If you are into Satie, try to get to listen to Aldo Ciccolini's albums. A world apart! I am aware you may not agree but as we say over here 'Vive la difference!'

My order arrived today. 'Lonely Woman' is the Ornette Coleman tune. Just starting to dig in, sounds excellent (though a bit shrill) so far...

Found a better link to my answer for number 12. It's track 4 on this link: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/gifs/...rth/desade.html

Dan, my guess is that the two of them will be together as soon as they can. My question thus is: what's the point of having Letourneau holed up for more than seven years in jail? If she had been sentenced to community work for the period instead of a to a jail term, it would have been to everybody's benefit!

Happy Birthday to the greatest of them all!

Dan, it may be warped but from what I remember of the story at the time it broke out, the woman and the boy were sincere about the relationship. I still think that more than seven years in jail was a very harsh sentence and more damage was done to the boy by the tumult the story created than by the actual relationship. French laws were softened after a similar story broke out in the late '60s. The schoolteacher Gabrielle Russier had a love affair with one of her student, a 15-year old boy. When the boy's parents took action and the teacher had to face a jail sentence, she commited suicide. Then President Georges Pompidou - when queried about the case at a press conference shortly after the events - had an emotional reply and quoted a phrase from a poem by Paul Eluard: 'I shall not tell you everything I thought about this case, nor even what action I took. As for what I felt, like a great many people .. Well, "Let those understand who will, my remorse (...) was the reasonable victim with her gaze like a lost child, like those who died because they were loved." There was a hit film made about the French story. Luckily, there were no suicide in the Letourneau affair. Two more aspects to the story, both freshly added by the AP:

Happy Birthday, Lon Trust you will listen to some Satchmo!

From AP: She was put in jail as a criminal. Hope she gets her chance to live with whoever she chooses to!

Another link to Marie Moor http://www.sdnf.net/rose-et-noire/ad-rn/mm-01.html

Dan, I e-mailed from this forum. It went slooooww...

I posted with a negative view of track 11 earlier. Now let's talk about all the goodies included in the BFT15. Lot of new jazz for me. And very enjoyable! I am sure I will be happy to look for a number of the discs when Marcus reveals all. 1- it had to start on a Brazilian mood and I enjoyed the Wayne Shorter like soprano but failed to identify these musicians, 2- took me some time to recognize the Love Affair tune played by a talented tenor saxophonist I would say is from the new generation, 3- enjoyed the variations on What Is This Thing Called Love by another talented alto saxophonist, 4- I recognised the tune (and the sax player) but not the version. With good reason because the vinyl original I have from the date has two orchestras playing the variatons on the theme at the same time 9a Tom Wilson monstrodity!) So it is track 3 on the second album from that link: http://www.outward-bound.de/html/records-06-eric-dolphy.html Love the musicians on this session and will have to get the reissue which Marcus obviously used for his BFT. The sound on the original is just an awful gimmick! 5- Viva Brazil! once more. or am I wrong? (again!) 6- the Giuffre tune was no problem but who was playing that one? 7- could not pin this track. Sounds like Ahmad Jamal but I could not recognize the tune or the album, 8- a Coltrane quartet reconstruction. Was that McCoy on piano? Sounded a bit like him. Nice!! 9- a version which did not mean a thing, sorry .. no identification on this but another enjoyable interpretation, 10- both rhythm men sound familiar. I know I'll pursue this one. Loved it! 11- I have already said what I thought about this on my earlier post. 12- could not find a direct link to this discontinued album. Closest I came to - but it does not list the album- is: http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist.aspx...rs=prd&aid=2844 13, 14 - pianos all over. And both pleasant trios. I know the tune to 14 15- liked that final track very much. One more album I will have to explore. More compliments to Marcus! Very well thought out grouping. As far as I am concerned I am hearing a lot of new and interesting music here...

I regularly check the Bastards for new vinyl releases: http://www.dustygroove.com/jazzlp.htm

Evan, some good news arrives by mail right? if you have some trouble later to get track12 i´ll be glad to burn you a copy Marcus Marcus, this was the one downer for me out of your excellent compilation. But I must say I was not impressed by that nr. 11. I guess this must be track 7 ofthis one: http://www.telarc.com/gscripts/title.asp?g...9DWQBUEKG3H145E I have not heard the record. I'm no fan of the pianist. And listening to it gives me good reasons (hope my guess is correct and not making a fool of myself Give me Aldo Ciccolini any time! He knew how to play that music! Will post more - and more positive opinions - later. Going to keep your BFT (except for track 11) for future enjoyment. Really a nice one!

MGA, to satisfy (some of) your curiosity, have a look at this site I stumbled upon recently: http://critiques-ordinaires.ouvaton.org/br...hp3?id_breve=57 As you can see , she is in a group called Rose Et Noire (Pink And Black) with her current partner Laurent Chambert. Sorry, it's all in French! Looks like Barney Wilen is very far away...

Wouldn't be surprised - once the dust settles - if Universal and Johnny Hallyday reach an agreement that would allow the singer to keep the yacht. And play all the masters he cares to listen to!

I'll probably need a lot of convincing to get that one... Since it's sacred I have to confess that the Sacred Concerts are not my favorite Ellingtons

The ruling is sending a shock wave through the music industry here. From AFP:

The Lexington adress went up to BN 1543. The Cooker (BN 1578) was issued much later, with the 63rd adress.

From AP: More on Don Tosti can be seen here: http://www.pachucoboogie.com/bio.html