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OK, have to admit I did not read the very first post carefully enough. Probably a mention of AMG scared me away

Even back in vinyl days, many Riverside releases had problems. Sound was just not as good as on the Contemporary, Blue Note, Prestige, etc... releases. The presence, the dynamics were not there. And when the Japanese started to reissue the classic albums on superb vinyls, most of the reissues from the various labels turned out to be excellent. Except for a very large numbers of the Riverside reissues. Even on a majority of those Japanese Riverside LPs, the sound was dull. I bought the Wes Montgomery Riverside 'The Incredible Jazz Guitar' when it came out. Sound was a bit lifeless. I know some Riversides (the Monks, the Bill Evans...) had good sound but way too many missed the brilliance of the engineering from the other labels.

You may be on to something. This seems to be pianist Ronnie Clark's only record date. The only thing that Leonard Feather mentions about him in the liner notes is that he 'is an Aries with a brillantly original style'. Herbie Hancock was born April 12, 1940. An Aries!

'Impressions' (16m) and 'Afro Blue' (10m30s) from the Paris concert at Salle Pleyel were also included in the John Coltrane Live in Antibes 1965 FDC119 CD from the now outlawed France's Concert label.

John, no need to look for that CD if you want to hear Miles Davis play 'Body and Soul' because he is not to be heard on that one. The 'Body and Soul' version from this January 17, 1949 date is a feature for Charlie Ventura on baritone with the rhythm section. The rest of the group shows up at the very last second of the interpretation for a final single note. The Royal Jazz release 'Miles Davis Nonet 1948 - Jam 1949' has six titles from the Miles Davis Birth of the Cool broadcasts from the Royal Roost that have been reissued dozens of time by now. The rest of that RJ is a 26-minute WPIX telecast with the Miles, Winding, Unlucky, Haig, Pettiford and Manne group that also includes a Teddy Wilson feature on 'Fine and Dandy' plus that 'Body and Soul'. Wish there was some footage from that telecast still visible!

The Bobby Jaspar Quartet 'At Ronnie Scott's 1962' (Mole) Superb quartet with Rene Thomas, Benoit Quersin and Daniel Humair!

Johnny Hodges and Lawrence Brown Al and Zoot Butch Warren and Billy Higgins Eric Dolphy and Booker Little

One very interesting - and very telling - episode of what the cycling world and the Tour de France are turning into under Lance Armstrong's reign occured in the 18th stage of the Tour from Annemasse to Lons-Le-Saunier Friday when Italian rider Fillipo Simeoni who was absolutely no threat to Armstrong rode away from the pack to join an escape group. Armstrong followed him shortly later and the two caught up with the lead group. Then Armstrong talked to Simeoni and the two of them eased up and let the general pack caught up with them. When they were back in the pack, other riders asked Armstrong why he had taken the trouble to catch up with a not dangerous opponent, Armstrong seemed to give explanations and then made a zipping gesture over his lips. The unofficial explanation is that Simeoni, an Italian with the Domina Vacanze squad, has testified against the very controversial sports doctor Michele Ferrari, with whom Armstrong has ties. Ferrari faces allegations of providing performance enhancers to riders. A photographer on the Tour who was following the pack from the back of a motorcyle watched the scene and told me that after the discussion, other riders spat upon Simeoni. Shades of the Godfather!

Francis Paudras' 'La Danse des Infideles' from Editions L'Instant might have qualified as one of those rare items I am looking for. It was a labour of love. But it was published and widely distributed when it was published in France. L'Instant was a regular publisher. I'm not sure but I think they went out of business. They also published books that reprinted early copies of the French review Jazz Hot. A book similar in size to the French edition of the 'Danse des Infideles' is Hank O'Neal 'The Ghosts of Harlem' which was published in France by Editions Filipacchi. Very interesting book with interviews and photos by O'Neal. Don't think there was an english translation. This book: http://www.hankonealphoto.com/ghosts.html This also was widely available when it was published back in 1997. This thread has turned into an interesting discussion but the only new book that seems to really qualify - labour of love privately published - is the AEC opus that Chuck Nessa posted. I have never seen the Sun Ra that Michael Fitzgerald mentioned and not sure it qualifies as a beautifully printed and illustrated book.

This looks like a fun evening! Very nice shots!

The film Dan Gould is referring cannot be Roger Vadim's 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses'. The Monk sountrack to the film was discussed in an early thread; http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...ons+dangereuses And Barney Wilen unfortunately did not play with the Monk unit. Good old Monk partner Charlie Rouse was the chosen one! I have no idea which French film Dan could be referring unless it might be a documentary. After all, Monk was indeed in France in 1963.

I did not state that nothing was recorded at the Salle Wagram concert. I stated that the opening sections of that Salle Wagram were incorporated in the original 3LP release of the Great Concert. Completely forgot about the FCD releases, the two CD releases from the Salle Wagram concerts. That label disappeared and the various releases from French concerts (other albums from that company had concert tapes from John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Roland Kirk, Coleman Hawkins, Stuff Smith, etc.). Those releases disappeared after T.S. Monk Jr and relatives of Bill Evans - among others - attacked the label and won their case in the French courts. Very, very rare items nowadays. The link that kh1958 provided is the best available roundup I know of that confused episode in Charles Mingus European tour of 1964.

Only its mother would know

Done. What's a 10-year difference?

That's a great bootleg. It came out on one of the Boris Rose label (Ozone). Similar radio broadcasts by the Coltrane quartet appeared on other Boris Rose labels, Alto and Session. Think they were also issued on obscure CD bootlegs!

Bingo It sure looks like one of those Labour of Love! What is this beauty? When did it came out? Still available?

The recording was made in the night from 18 to 19. There were technical problems and the actual recording only started after midnight, hence the new reissue lists 19 April. the Salle Wagram is where the previous night's recording - that yielded the version of So Long Eric included on the original release - was made. To recap. There were two concerts by Charles Mingus and his group in Paris that weekend. I attended both. First one was at the Salle Wagram on Friday April 17, 1964. That's the concert where Johnny Coles collapsed and had to be rushed to the American Hospital. Second concert was scheduled on Saturday April 18 at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees. But the musicians came in late and the concert started after midnight which is why the correct (and agreed upon) date of the concert is Sunday, April 19. The music on the current 2CD reissue is from that concert. The original 3LP album which originally came out on America (later on Prestige) incorporated sections from A.T.F.W. and So Long Eric - the two opening numbers - from the Salle Wagram concert because the technician from the French radio ORTF in charge of recording the Theatre des Champs-Elysees ran into problems with some of the microphones. The tapes of the Theatre des Champs-Elysees concert were restored for the new CD issue. If you have the 3LP album keep that one. It has music by that fantastic group which has not been reissued since, as far as I know. An aside, it you have seen Bernardo Bertolucci's film 'Last Tango in Paris', the long tango competition sequence where Marlon Brando (and Maria Schneider) go wild was shot at the Salle Wagram. The Salle Wagram has been used for various recording sessions by diverse performers ranging from Maria Callas to Duke Ellington (The Symphonic Ellington).

Thanks Ghost! But what I am trying to find out if there are privately printed and very carefully designed books books that were dedicated to specific jazz heroes. Beside the To Bird With Love and the Shelly Manne books, there does not seem to have been other ventures of this kind. Costs must be prohibitive. Which is why I subtitled my thread 'Labour of Love!' which they were and seem to have no predecessors or successors. Only two of a kind? What a pity!

That makes perfect sense, JPM. And continue to love your father. Quite a lot of people join you there!

I did not record it. Just watched it earlier this week and found it fascinating. What a great pair of enemy/friends these two were! Thought Ocana's widow impressions were froma great lady!

Since RCA did not properly celebrate Fats Waller's Centennial, Proper Records did it. They have just released another one of their 4CD box 'Fats Waller, Handful of Keys' that looks interesting for Fats Waller wannabees: http://www.propermusic.com/ Click on the Proper box sets then search for Fats Waller. Discography and Track Listings are provided.

Miles Davis 'Miles In Tokyo' (CBS/Sony Japan). Not sure about Miles, but Tony Williams sure seemed to enjoy playing alongside Sam Rivers. Thgis is a great album!

Interesting shot you dug up, Berigan! Lance Armstrong has been taunted and even spit upon during this year's Tour. At least he was not physically attacked as happened to Belgium,'s Eddy Merckx - now we're talking about cycling's greatest all-around champion - during the 1975 Tour. Merckx was leading the Tour de France in 1975 and aiming for a sixth victory when he was hit in the chest by an irate spectator during the 14th stage. The knock was so hard that Merckx suffered from the blow for the rest of the Tour and could only finish sixth in the overall standings. The spectator was upset because he thought Merckx - who had been dubbed 'The Cannibal' by his opponents because he won most of his races - was too often the winner!

Yes, that 3LP on the French label America was the original release of The Great Concert. America published quite anumber of other interesting LPs including two more by Mingus 'Blue Bird' and 'Pithycanthropus Erecuts' with the 1970 Mingus group that had Eddie Preston, Charles McPherson, Bobby Jones, Jaki Byard and Danny Richmond. These two came out in the USA on a Prestige twofer 'Reincarnation of a Lovebird'.

Eighteen tracks. Goes up to some of the sides recorded at the February 27, 1953 session for Columbia.