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From the same people who once turned down a Pulitzer prize to Duke Ellington...

Frank Wess is due to play on June 18 at Central Park as part of the Newport Jazz Festival 50th anniversary celebrations. http://www.summerstage.org/ Should be a good opportunity for a New Yorker hardbopper to check him out! Oh those lucky New Yorkers

Brandon, I met Claude Delcloo when he was involved with the Byg/Actuel recording sessions. I have lost contact with him and have not heard any mention of his recent activities. I remember him as a pretty good conman - in a minor way - and a pretty bad drummer. He was trying to better his drumming capacities but never managed this, as far as I know. Stupid question... why the interest? There are so many better drummers. One of Delcloo's problem was that he was breaking in in Paris when Sonny Murray, Andrew Cyrille, Don Moye - not to speak of Philly Joe Jones, Art Taylor and Kenny Clarke - were all over the place!

Haven't even signed up. The door to BFT 13 has not opened yet! Guess I will have to relisten to some Tete! Looking forward to that

I drink my own wine thread every day I'll join a wine thread forum. We winedrinkers have to stick together. Afraid we are surrounded by beer drinkers on this board

Very nice story, Blue Lake. I'll raise a glass of Blanquette de Limoux in memory of Guy Lafitte later today. It's a bit too early in the day right now!

Harold Mabern and Buddy Tate sound like an interesting combination. But I don't think they recorded together. Guess you mean Buddy Terry

The Jazz in Paris issued only albums that were recorded in Paris, as the title of the series indicates. There has been no recent releases in the series but the discs are all predominently displayed at most bid record stores here. The Dizzy Gillespie on the French Riviera is outside that scope!

The Dick Twardzick Trio 'Complete Recordings' Lonehill CD has all 19 tracks recorded by the brilliant pianist, the seven ones (with Carson Smith and Peter Littman) from 1954 that were released on Pacific Jazz and the additional sides recorded in Boston in 1954 also that appeared previously on New Artists and then Orchard).

Have to add a new name to the list. Dutch trumpet player Saskia Laroo who plays brilliantly next to the great Teddy Edwards in a Dutch album 'Sunset Eyes 2000' I just purchased. And very pretty too! http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A0v63tr3ekl5x Ernie Andrews also sings on several tracks of the CD.

A negative side to Lafitte. Not only was he politically active (no problem with that) but he was also very vocal in a French jazz musicians union that created problems for American musicians in France in the late sixties. At the time, I was trying to help Cecil Taylor get gigs in Paris. Cecil Taylor and his Unit (Jimmy Lyons, Alan Silva, Andrew Cyrille) played for several days at a recently opened club 'Jazzland' on the Rue Saint-Severin. Then the French jazz musicians union got into action. The Jazzland management preferred to close the club after running into trouble with the union. Lafitte and vibraphone player Michel Hausser were the most active spokepersons in that union. They insisted on the club managers to hire French musicians! The Ornette Coleman trio (with David Izenson and Charles Moffett) and Johnny Griffin were among the headliners before CT. The Jazzland is a French restaurant nowadays

I had heard of the Italian Instabile Orchestra but never really bothered to check them until I purchased the Enja album with Cecil Taylor 'The Owner of the River Bank'. Since you're getting into CT now, check that one! I like it more each time I listen to it. Also got the Leo album 'Live in Noci And Rive de Gier'. Excellent also! The Instabile guys are amazing...

Sal, thanks for your enthusiastic assessment. I have seen this disc before but did not bother to check it. I will now!

It's Whitsun Monday. A legal holiday here. All shops (or almost) are closed but the good people at Jussieu Jazz not far from my place were open. With plenty of new arrivals (brand new secondhand copy at friendly prices). Today's purchases (CDs only) include: - Eric Dolphy 'Left Alone' (the Gaslight Inn gig with Ed Armour, Herbie Hancock, etc.), the Japanese Smash copy. They also had the Lonehill version of this much cheaper but I went for the Japanese copy, - Borah Bergman/Peter Brotzman/Andrew Cyrille 'Live at the Knitting Factory' (Soul Note), - Dick Twardzick Trio 'Complete Recordings' (Lonehill), - Maurice Vander Se Joue Nougaro (Phonogram), - Saskia Laroo Meets Teddy Edwards 'Sunset Eyes 2000' (Laroo), a Dutch release which I am enjoying right now! The lot for 45 euros (about $50) And I refrained from buying some more interesting items.

Couw, I have the same regard for the Yusef Lateef albums on Savoy/Prestige/Verve as you have for the Jackie McLean BNs vs. the Prestige/New Jazz albums. Much prefer those to most of the later stuff on Atlantic and Impulse. Don't think those are bad but the rough early stuff from Lateef are the ones I play more often!

They've ousted those. And have hired pretty postwomen now. The Jacques Tati postman type of 'Jour de Fete' is a thing of the past nowadays

Claude, England was - with quite rare exceptions - a forbidden territory to foreign musicians because of very restrictive musicians unions law. France was much more open to American musicians, especially black musicians. And the post-WWII spirit was very welcoming to these musicians. People like Don Byas and Sidney Bechet were treated like local heroes. Bechet found a second and much better life over here. His 1952 marriage to his French wife Elisabeth was a national event with the national media giving it the same attention which goes to a royal wedding. Among other musicians who were in Paris in those years were trumpet players Peanuts Holland, Mezz Mezzrow, Bill Coleman, Kenny Clarke. Later came Lucky Thompson, Allan Eager. Tony Scott, Miles Davis, Lester Young and Billie Holiday also stayed in Paris for extended sojourns. Jackie McLean, Donald Byrd, Steve Lacy, Quincy Jones, Bud Powell and others too. Each of their appearance drew crowds. And yes Paris is a very beautiful city. No doubt about that! Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Ben Webster, Idrees Sulieman also came to town but they were usually based in Scandinavia, Denmark mostly.

And they never go on strike...

When they don't go on strike! Looks like a lot of people have still not received theirs. All right, I'll wait a while. And prepare yourself to enjoy yours. Daniel A. has produced a great mix. Just to go on record I have identified some. I'm sure I have pinned tracks 2, 3, 4 and 6. Had a nice start then ran into identifications problems and have to guess a couple more. Several tracks I have no idea what they are. Like all of them except one!

I have not heard that one. As a matter of fact, I have not heard a new Burton Greene album in a long time. Which one would you recommend? I'll have to dig up his Columbia LP. A very nice album I have not played recently.

I have listened to BFT 12 (very nice job and great choices, Daniel!) and ready for discussions...

There's also a great interview of Burton Greene in the May 2004 section of the Paris Transatlantic Magazine in that link!

There's also a Music Minus One 'Take A Chorus' LP that Jimmy Raney recorded with George Duvivier and Ed Shaughnessy plus a tenor saxophonist player who used the alias Stu Berry but went usually by the name of Stan Getz! Jim, am not able yet to post a cover image of the Stil LP. Some day... That Stil LP cover is a gatefold job with a sketch of Raney and Solal playing together.

Couple more: 'The Fourmost Guitars'. Raney has four tracks on this UA LP (with John Wilson on trumpet, Hal Overton and Teddy Guitar). The three other featured guitar players on that album are Chuck Wayne, Joe Puma and Dick Garcia. - Jimmy Raney-Martial Solal 'The Date', a 1981 release on the French Stil label. Excellent disc!