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'The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr' (Contemporary)

I don't have that LP. I thought it might be that album because of the recognizable (and excellent) arranging but the organ player struck me as being pretty weak and I have heard much better from him elsewhere. How is the rest of the record?

3 was this one (track 2) http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Ahtk9ikvhbb39 8 was this one (track 8) http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A9zeq97bjkrst

Flurin, you were the "baby in jazz" guy! Man, at 13 I was a bit of a pop-sinister (Echo & the Bunnymen, the Cure, the Smiths, Joy Division, Siouxsie, Psychedelic Furs...) trying to leave that stuff apart, taking my time with 60´s and 70´s rock and hard-rock.... and starting with the blues, which leaded me to jazz... Wish I had started with jazz before. Away with you, young punks... By the time I was 13, I was already into Charlie Parker. And he was still alive then!

Since the early '50s

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04160/328391.stm

Pre-WWII distribution of Coca-Cola was very sparse. The Coca-Cola invasion of France started right after the end of the war. The GIs have long gone but Coca-Cola is still all over the place! Pinups in France? No. Girls were (and still are) everywhere around here

I think we discussed that alread, but with Avenel, Chevillon and Texier, there's some great french bass players around lately, with that great sound, too. Others? ubu France has always produced great bass players. On the "modern classic side" you had, yesterday, PIERRE MICHELOT (MILES: LIFT TO THE SCAFFOLD, DEXTER GORDON: OUR MAN IN PARIS and his association with DANIEL HUMAIR et RENE UTREGER for the HUM TRIO - integral on SKETCH) Today, you have, PIERRE BOUSSAGUET (check his TRIO EUROPA on EMARCY with HERVE SELIN, piano, ALVIN QUEEN, drums, and GUY LAFITTE as a guest.) On the "progressive side", JEAN-FRANÇOIS JENNY-CLARKE was a good example of this french particularism. Another bassist of great importance was the late Beb (Bernard) Guérin (you can hear him on the MICHEL PORTAL UNIT: CHATEAUVALLON: 23 AOÛT 1972). Among the living, I like particularly the following: DIDIER LEVALLET (NOAH ROSEN, SYLVAIN KASSAP, ANTHONY ORTEGA) JEAN-PAUL CELEA (DAVE LIEBMAN, JOACHIM KÜHN, FRANÇOIS JEANNEAU) OLIVIER SENS (CHRISTOPHE MARGUET) CLAUDE TCHAMITCHIAN (FRANÇOIS CORNELOUP, GRAND LOUSADZAK) STEPHAN BOISSEAU (DANIEL HUMAIR, STEPHAN OLIVA) JEAN BOLCATO (LE WORKSHOP DE LYON, DAUNIK LAZRO) But beside those and the already named HENRY TEXIER, BRUNO CHEVILLON and JEAN-JACQUES AVENEL, my current favorite is BERNARD SANTACRUZ who has this "big boisterous sound" that we like. Check the following if you don't have them yet: BERNARD SANTACRUZ - FRANK LOWE - DENIS CHARLES: AFTER THE DEMON'S LEAVING (AA) FRANK LOWE-BERNARD SANTACRUZ: SHORT TALES (BLEU REGARD) MARC MAZILLO - ANDRE JAUME - BERNARD SANTACRUZ: JAISALMER (CELP) Glad to see Beb Guerin mentioned in that list. He is way too much overlooked even if his name reappears as some of the Byg-Actuel albums he played in are being reissued. Beb was one of the warmest person I ever met. He and Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark are dearly missed. They died too young...

Excellent mix of various tunes and players. 1- Manteca. Still trying to locate the exact band that plays this. 2- A favorite: track 6 of this classic album http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Afzdgylo8xppb 3- I could not miss that one. Instant identification. Track 2 of another classic album: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Auqf6zff7ehok 4- I had more trouble with this one. I heard some Jamal but searched for the exact player before guessing it: the opening track of this fake concert recording: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A7xddyl58xpnb 5- I failed to identify this one at first but the trumpet player (and also the tune) was a bit too familiar. The search for the right one took longer than the first tracks of this BFT then it struck me that it had to be this one. Track 5 of an album I had trouble getting a copy of: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Axycibkr9hak0 6- A favorite of mine - even if there are dissenters on this board! I have enjoyed the album for a long time. Track 4 of this album: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/oscarpeterson/m3-6113-e.html 7- liked that but could not guess it. 8- Hancock's Maiden Voyage. Interesting version, pianist sounds familiar but remains unidentified as far as I am concerned. 9- no clue, will have to relisten, 10- another unidentifiable track as far as I am concerned. And not my preferred track, 11- same problems as 11 12- I Cover the Waterfront. Nice band - obviously European - but I had to relisten several times to start to enjoy the vocalist. Will wait for a final identification. 13- no clue 14- enjoyed that one but could not identify 15- very enjoyable version of Dark Eyes but I could not trace the players who must be big names. Still searching for an answer to this final track. I have played that Blindfold Test a few times after receiving it earlier. I have been sidetracked these past few days by non-jazz activities but I am ready to relisten to some of the tracks I have not been able to pin. Many thanks again to Daniel for providing a very interesting assortment of music!

Hope you will have a great time wherever you will turn out to be. Drop us a line when you can!

Yes, yes, yes.

Not really essentials but certainly very enjoyable are the two LP albums Roy Haynes recorded for Galaxy in 1977-1978 'Thank You, Thank You' (with John Klemmer on one track and various rhythm sections including George Cables, Stanley Cowell, Bobby Hutcherson, Ron Carter, Cecil McBee, etc.) and 'Vistalite' (with Joe Henderson, Ricardo Strobert on flute and alto, Cables, Cowell, McBee, Kenneth Nash and others). Don't think they were reissued on CD.

Not only underrated but totally forgotten: Don Sleet. He recorded an excellent album 'All Members' for Jazzland in 196O. And also appeared on the 'Eastern Lights' Riverside LP by Lenny McBrowne that came out in the 'A Cannonball Adderley Presentation' series plus a coup^le of other albums and seems to have been lost since.

Lenny McBrowne and the Four Souls 'Eastern Lights' (Riverside)

huh, what was that? sounds cool! please give some info! ubu Majesty, none of your business Ubu, I traded discs with Brad to get the Barney Wilen 'Passione' Venus CD - with Enrico Rava - and a Herb Geller VSOP date. They're no longer on the list since I am enjoying those two now.

I was in Normandy over the weekend to coordinate news converage of the various D-Day celebrations. I have been there on numerous occasions during the past decades and was even privileged to obtain authorisation for a couple of very specials events to work from a small supply room which is located right under the main memorial at the American cemetery at Omaha Beach where the remains of 9,387 servicemen and women are buried and where the US Presidents travel for the main D-Day celebrations. Saw Reagan, Clinton and Bush at the cemetery. And so for the 40th and 50th anniversary celebrations - when we needed specific working spaces to set up the film processing machines that were in use in the pre-digital cameras era - I was there with a small crew in the very early dawn at around the same time the real invasion started. My colleagues and I could walk around those graves, look at all the white crosses, reflect on the values that are attached with incredible actions. These were very intense and emotional moments and it was also an honor to be in the company of all those brave soldiers who gave their life so that we could enjoy ours. Despite all the recent antagonism which has risen over the policies of the two countries, in France we are very much aware of the sacrifice of all these young people who met their death for the Liberation of our country. The attention the 2004 commemorations have gotten over here is simply unbelievable and quite unprecedented. Most of the tv channels had full programs relating the events of 60 years ago. Newspapers have been full of accounts of what happened and give detailed analysis of the various ceremonies. Some asides. That cemetery over Omaha Beach is American territory inside France. The permanent use of this burial ground has been granted by France in perpetuity. When world leaders gather there, the US President is host. Two side notes that were related by photographers. - when President Bush arrived from Rome at Orly airport in Paris on Saturday, the official bouquet of flowers that was presented to Laura Bush looked miserable. The photographer who was at the airport told me 'I would never dare offer my wife such a bad bouquet', - Prince Charles was at British ceremonies in full uniform. He mingled with the D-Day veterans. Prince Charles who has never been to war had huge rows of medals lined on his chest and was obviously not uncomfortable about this when he faced the real heroes who has much less medals on their chest.

I'm waiting for the discs

The French consider jazz was the best thing that the US brought to their country when they landed in Normandy. From AFP:

The US/english title of the Leone film is 'The good, the Bad and the Ugly'. Glad you did not use 'ugly' for Haynes. ROY HAYNES IS BEAUTIFUL!

I will check on the Jimmy Lyons sessionography I have at home. Jan Strom is always open to suggestions but issuing those broadcasts would certainly created copyright problems and Strom is very cautious - with very good reasons - about this.

I liked Roy Haynes from way back (oh! those Sarah Vaughan sides...) but it's when I heard him behind Monk and Griffin in the Five Spot sessions that gave the Riverside albums 'Thelonious in Action' and 'Misterioso' that I realised the greatness of his drumming. I am still amazed that this musician who was playing behind Lester Young and Charlie Parker back in 1949 is still creative. and producing excellent albums. Roy Haynes is forever young!

Ubu, it's that one (from the Cecil Taylor Sessionography): It's very good but the audio is way off!

Each and every Walt Dickerson album is grossly underrated.

Jasmine vinyls were very useful and enabled fans to get acquainted with long unavailble jazz gems. I bought a number of them when they went on the market. Among those were the British jazz albums by Tubby Hayes, Dizzy Reece, Vic Feldman, etc...

I knew him as Nico Buninck, or was it Bunink?? Definitely not Bunick. A google search has three different versions: Bunick (which was how it was spelled on the first album he recorded when he tried his luck in the States -the 'Mingus' LP on Candid), Bunink and Buninck. Bunink seems to be the accepted spelling!