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Any albums with Philly Joe Jones! Agree with the Miles Davis-Tony Williams albums. These have to be played LOUD!!

Thanks, Blue Lake, for bringing that 'Algonquin' release to the attention of Cecil Taylor fans here. Will be looking for this album.

BruceH, never cared much for Burt Reynolds as an actor and doubt that he was any good as a director. But at least he knew how to pick good musicians. Wish I could hear what that soundtrack sounded like!

Hope you're having a great day. A very happy birthday to you

When I was really into films, I loved albums by some of my favorite actors. Favorites were albums by Bob Mitchum, not to speak of Marilyn Monroe! Some of Mitchum interpretations were a bit corny but I still like them. As for MM

Many, many happy returns to these gentlemen. And may they continue to produce more great music!

Terry Gibbs in his autobiography 'Good Vibes' also mentions that Art Pepper was in the band that played music for Burt Reynolds' 1981 film 'Sharky's Machine'. This one: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0083064/ Gibbs mentions an all-star band was assembled for the music, including Gibbs and Buddy de Franco, plus Art Pepper and Marshal Royal on alto, Conte and Pete Candoli, Sweets Edison on trumpet, Carl Fontana and Bill Watrous on trombone, Ray Brown on bass and Shelly Manne on drums. Bob Florence wrote the arrangements. And Sarah Vaughan and Joe Williams sang the theme song. Seems that Burt Reynold who is a jazz fan handpicked the musicians. This should be interesting music. Anybody saw that flick? Is there a soundtrack of the music somewhere?

Not only 'Sweet Smell of Success' had a 'jazz age' feel and look, it also had great jazz music by the Chico Hamilton Quintet (with Paul Horn and John Pisano). The soundtrack was released on a Decca album at the time (late '50s). Very impressive film with superb acting (one of my favorite dumb blond Barbara Nichols had a marvelous part), script and cinematography.

Rainy Day, the new diesel-powered cars over here have much improved emission control systems. The diesel cars of several years ago were smelly, smoky, noisy cars. That's over now. And if that was not enough to clear my pollution level near zero, I almost never drive in Paris. 95 per cent of my driving is on the open road. My conscience is clear. And my son is asthma-free

John Alton, not only a master of black/white cinematography. He made a lot of films with Hollywood veteran Alan Dwan. His use of color in that 1954 Dwan western 'Silver Lode' is masterful. Wish one of those French TV films channel would replay that one soon. I am longing to see this film again. Excellent western with good script which turns out to be an allegory on the Joe McCarthy era.

Hadn't seen these before...not a bad looking car. This looks like a US version (if there is one). The original actually looks more refined. The front is slightly different. And mine is dark green. Great no-nonsense car. Drove a Saab 900 turbo for several years before. Loved it except when I had to refuel every 200 miles and it ran on premium only. Could not afford the gas bills. Or the repair bills. My wife loved it and was about to divorce when I decided to change. The Seat suits her fine now. And the gasoil is much cheaper.

A very happy birthday, Larry Hope you will keep providing more of your wisdom for many, many years to come!

Already listed in the 'Out of the Past' thread some favorite cinematographers. A selected lis would include: Gregg Toland's work on 'Citizen Kane' and 'The Grapes of Wrath' among others, Arthur Miller's work on 'How Green Was My Valley', Eduart Tisse's work on Eisenstein films, notably 'Alexander Newsky', Raoul Couard's work with Jean-Luc Godard, notably 'A Bout de Souffle' and 'Pierrot Le Fou', Joseph McDonald's work on 'My Darling Clementine', Stanley Cortez' work on Laughton's 'The Night of the Hunter', Winton C. Hoch's work on Ford's 'The Searchers', and plenty more including Nick Musaraca, John Alton, James Wong Howe, etc.

About Jane Greer, if I remember well her Hollywood career was put to a near end after she refused to become one of Howard Hugues' girls. Saw a filmed interview of her on French TV several years ago where she mentioned this. She still looked great and obviously aged gracefully.

More sad news. Missed the obituary when it came out. Thanks (that's not the right word in this case, but you know what I mean) Paul for taking notice. Dug up the New York Times obituaty:

I bought a car that runs on diesel (gasoil) three years ago after hearing how much those diesel motored cars had improved. I am delighted with this car (a Spanish-made Seat Toledo). A tankful costs about some $50-55, even with the recent 10 percent oil price increase. The car runs some 600 miles on a tankful (at legal limit speeds). Diesel is the way to go for me now... Push over!

Dinah, the Queen! Oh yeah! I bought all those Complete Mercury CDs, the whole lot of them, when they came out a decade ago. Could not get enough of those. I was an instant Dinah fan the moment I heard the 'Dinah Jams' album on EmArcy (with Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson et al) long time ago. Still get giant kicks out of this music.

garthjs, thanks for providing the links to LaPorta. Actually, I did not really rediscover LaPorta's music. Always enjoyed his contribution to a number of Charles Mingus albums. Problem was finding his albums. These were very rare items. I was glad when Fantasy reissued the 'Theme and Variations' CD. Another LaPorta album I rediscovered was 'Most Minor' that FreshSounds reissued a couple of years ago.

But, but, but I was waiting for you to turn 100 and celebrate

Those Detroit people still have a long way to go... Bet they are preparing to jam together. Just waiting to hear where and when.

His autobiography 'Playing It By Ear' was also recently published by Cadence. I was looking to get this book. It will part of my next purchase from Cadence. The recently issued Fantasy album 'Theme and Variations' which gathers two of LaPorta's rare albums from the fifties was a revelation. It came out as part of the OJC series.

cannonball-addict, glad you found this board. Any friend of Bertrand is welcome here. And even more so if they're fans of Cannonball B)

I always thought that KD's playing on Cecil Payne's 'Zodiac' on Strata-East was really excellent. One of Dorham's best session ever. My preferred Dorham's later dates.

Currently reading - and enjoying - 'Good Vibes', the autobiography of Terry Gibbs. He mentions being asked by Norman Granz to put a big band together and conduct for Ella Fitzgerald at the Apollo Theater. Gibbs was leading his Dream band in LA at the time (1959) and asked Gerry Mulligan to front the band while he was in New York. Gibbs indicates that among the musicians he hired for the Apollo week were Kenny Dorham and J.R. Montrose (with wrong spelling). Besides Ella, there was Oscar Peterson, Roy Eldridge and Sonny Stitt on the same bill. The book includes several vignette size of the Apollo appearance including two photos that show the Gibbs band. Too small to identify anyone but I thought I recognized Dorham and Jimmy Cleveland among the players. The caption to the photos give the Apollo week date as September 11-17, 1959. Wonder if there is any tape from those Apollo dates?

Sad news. From The New York Times today: