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I have most of those Mingus tour concerts on LPs. Can't decide which concert was really best. Mingus and his men really made history on that tour. The Amsterdam Concertgebouw concert first appeared on a two-fer then on one additional LP, all from a French label called Ulysse. A fine name to issue concerts from the Mingus odyssey. Johnny Coles plays throughout that one (he is also on the Copenhagen, the Oslo, the Stockholm and the Bremen concerts). The Paris concerts are now history. The Wuppertal concert appeared on two LPs (Mingus in Europe, vol. 1 and 2) that were issued by Enja. The Ulysse and Enja albums carry the imprimatur of Mrs. Susan Graham Mingus/Jazz Workshop Inc. None of those LP have really good sound. Acceptable at best. Then there are the bootlegs. The Stuttgart concert was issued by the Italian label Unique. One twofer plus a single LP. There's also the Bremen concert which was issued by another Italian label Ingo. I never got that one. Neither do I have the Oslo concert that came out on Landscape and Moon. The Copenhagen concert was issued by Landscape on CD. The Stockholm concert was issued by Royal Jazz on CD. Landscape and Royal Jazz were French bootlegs label. Even if some discographies list them as Danish the two labels were operated by French fans. The sound on those I have is acceptable at best. But who cares really when the music is that superb.

'Invitation' was a very nice record, indeed. Kenny Dorham provided another one of his great tunes 'None Shall Wander' for that album.

Shouldn´t we leave this honour to our host member and administrator b-3er ? I second that. The 10,000th post belongs to our generous and honorable host, B-3er

Bertrand, I have no information on the Princess beside the mention by Leonard Feather in the liner notes to 'Bossa Nova Bacchanal' that she suggested the melodic line of 'Un Dia' to Rouse. As for Eileen Gilbert she was a pretty busy backup singer. She also sang on other 'Jazz Modes' albums (the two Dawn records). She also did backup vocals on Blue Note albums (Lou Donaldson's 'Sweet Lou' and Bobby Hutcherson's 'Now') and on some Verve albums (including George Benson's 'Giblet Gravy' and Jimmy Smith's 'Stay Loose').

If they release more Melville movies, I would recommend you take a look at 'Deux Hommes dans Manhattan' a 1958 movie shot in Melville studios in Paris plus scenes shot in New York with Jean-Pierre Melville playing one of the lead characters. An excellent 'film noir'. With good jazz sountrack by Christian Chevallier (and Martial Solal). I'll second your suggestion for a DVD release of de Toth's 'Crime Wave'. Never saw that one. Read and heard plenty about it. And anyway, any film with Sterling Hayden is a must see.

Ruby Braff is one those ever-consistant and inspired musicians who provide delights in any of his albums. Can't recall a bad release from him. And to the gratitude of his fans, he recorded prolifically. When I was not that much of a Braff fan, I stayed away from albums like the duo albums with Dick Hyman when they played the music from 'South Pacific' or 'My Fair Lady'. Don't need those! was my reaction then until somebody called my attention to the marvels in those dates. Now I grab any Braff albums that comes my way. Another minor delight was the Ruby Braff at Wimbledon sessions. Wimbledon was strictly tennis to me! It's also excellent jazz now. I love those Braff-piano duets. The ones with Ellis Larkins and Mel Powell have rightfully been mentioned but I also groove on the dates with Roger Kellaway and Gene di Novi. If things had been right in the USA, Braff would have been made a national treasure!

The Tom Lord discography lists that Gene Shaw album as the only recorded appearance for Sherman Morrison.

Sonny Stitt 'Only the Blues' (Verve) Jessica Williams 'This Side Up' (MaxiJazz) Jacques Coursil 'Way Ahead' (Actuel) Bill Frisell 'Ghost Town' (Nonesuch) Django Reinhardt volume 14 (Fremeaux)

Happy Birthday to 7/4

I'm one day late but happy to learn you celebrated your birthday in grand style to the sounds of Pee Wee Russell! Happy anniversary to one of the most delightful posters on this Board! And this regular reader of your posts adds: keep them coming!

No mineral water except for some Badoit when I feel the need for bubbly water. Tap water is just fine around here.

Didn't vote. No birthdate necessary. It should be a jazz holiday every damn day of the year

Never heard about that one. Was not even aware of a Tony Williams Atlantic connection.

Bertrand, I was at that concert. The Coles collapse occured at the start of the first Mingus concert at the Salle Wagram. From where I was seated did not notice that there was a problem with Coles when it actually happened. I caught up on the confusion shortly after when Coles was taken offstage and the last thing I saw of him at that concert was when he was carried out of the theater on a stretcher. When Mingus and the rest of his band appeared for the other concerts at the Theatre des Chanps-Elysees, there was an empty chair on stage to mark Johnny Coles' absence.

Jazz1, THAT concert has already been discussed here http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...=mingus+concert Yes, another Mingus concert that killed!

French jazz critic Frank Tenot died on Thursday in Paris. He was 78. Tenot and partner Daniel Filipacchi had launched a popular jazz radio show 'Pour Ceux Qui Aiment le Jazz' in 1955 on the Europe 1 radio. Tenot and Filipacchi also became editors of the monthly jazz review Jazz Magazine which was the base of a company that grew when they created the youth-oriented magazine 'Salut les Copains' which became an instant hit in 1962. They also turned concert producers - often in partnership with Norman Granz. Music from the concerts they produced (by Miles Davis, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson and others) were released several years ago. Tenot and Filipacchi constantly expended their publishing empire. Frank Tenot went on to become head of the Europe 1 radio station in 1986.

Chronogical Classics released a very nice box a couple of years ago with the 6CDs they released on the Louis Armstrong records from 1932 to 1940. That was Volume 2. Volume 1 was a similar 6CD box with the Louis Armstrong Classics from 1927 to 1932. These contained all the sides Armstrong recorded for the various labels he was attached to. No alternates takes, no broadcasts or film sountracks.

Mingus solos on bass on 'I've Got It Bad', later on 'Sophisticated Lady'. The tracks sequence on the Mingus JSW 001/002 album is: record 1A, - I've Got It Bad, - In a Sentimental Mood, - All Too Soon - Mood Indigo - Sophisticated Lady, - A Train record 2A, - A Train (part II) - Orange Was the Color of Her Dress Then Blue Silk record 2B, - Orange Was... (part II) - Meditations on Integration record 1B, - Meditations on Integration (part II) I understand Mingus and engineer Bob Simpson had trouble with the concert tape. Sound on the original Mingus records is somehow muddy. There is a 'Balanced Stereo' indication at the bottom of the label of the four sides. Wonder if the reissues just copied the Mingus LPs. Or did they improve on the tapes if they were able to get at those?

The JSP Bunny Berigan 'The Key Sessions 1931-1937' 5CD box is out. It does duplicate the Mosaic box. The JSP box has 128 titles, all of them were in the Mosaic box. The 128 tracks are in Mosaicv sequence. The sides missing from the JSP are: - all the alternate takes included in the Mosaic box, - the two Billie Holiday sessions that were in the Mosaic box.

Jim has it right, once more I have the Prestige LP. I'm glad to see it reissued so that others can enjoy it. And who wants to miss an Orgy?

The Harlan Leonard sides were included in the hundreds of LPs that were released by French RCA in the '70s in their 'Black and White' series. That series was a total jazz education for me. The Harlan Leonard sides were released on two LPs and included several alternates takes. All from the Tadd Dameron arrangements: 'Rock and Ride', 'A La Bridges' and 'Dameron Stomp'. Those sides have solos by seldom heard musicians like trombonist Fred Beckett and tenorsax player Henry Bridges. Two highly underrated jazz greats. The 'Black and White' series producers had access to the RCA archives and unearthed a lot of very rare material. Volume 2 of the Harlan Leonard 1940 records also included six sides by saxophonist George James that were recorded in 1951-1953. Nice jumping sides with musicians like Taft Jordan, Dick Vance, Tyree Glenn, Henderson Chambers, Budd Johnson, Bill Doggett, etc.

My brother got the jazz bug around 1952 when I was about to reach 13. He kept listening to Sidney Bechet who was a big star in France in those years. I really enjoyed those Bechet tunes. Then he played some Armstrong. We listened to radio shows by the one and only Hugues Panassie. Panassie's tune song was 'Cornet Shop Suey'. This sounded so much better and enjoyable than the other music I was lending an ear to at the time!

Autumn 1952. First record was a Decca 10-incher of Louis Armstrong and his All Stars. The album included 'New Orleans Function'. Did not realize at the time I'ld still been hooked bad on that music more than half a century later. Second record was a Count Basie 12-incher will all the great Decca sides. Which is when I caught the Prez fever from which I have not recovered yet.

Thanks for the information and the details. This really should be good. David Berger did a very class job on the two books of Milt Hinton photos he published 'Bass Lines' and 'Overtime'. Two essential jazz photos books.

For all I know, Louis Armstrong was the first jazz vocaliser when he recorded 'Heebie Jeebies'