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From AP: Stash was a very active label which issued numerous albums from people like Jimmy Rowles, Chris Connors, Red Norvo, Sal Salvador, Khan Jamal, Steve Turre plus numerous reissues.

How appropriate mentions of Oscar Dennard in a thread about Unlucky Thompson! Talk of unlucky! There is practically no trace of Dennard's pianistic talent. The man appeared on half-a-dozen sessions with Hampton but was left very few solo space except for the 1956 Jazztone sessions with LT and Pettiford. Dennard recorded a trio date that is mentioned in the Tom Lord discography. It is a January 9, 1956 session for an obscure label with Joe Benjamin on bass and Osie Johnson on drums. This remains unissued. The Japanese Somethin'Else CD 'The Legendary Oscard Dennard' at least provided an opportunity to listen to the man. But it was barely in circulation. The session was recorded in Tangier by local jazz fans at the Radio Tangier International Studio. The recording date is listed as July 1958 but in 1958 Dennard was still in the USA playing and recording with Hampton. Dennard traveled to Europe, probably at the very beginning of 1959, with trumpet player Idrees Sulieman, Jamil Nasser on bass and Buster Smith on drums. They were in Paris at the start of that year. Pretty sure the recording date of the Somethin'Else CD is off by one year and should be July 1959. The sound is a bit muffled, the piano is untuned but the four musicians had talent and it shows. The liner notes mention the informal recording session was held in a small studio with an old piano. More bad luck and one more unheard Dennard session is a French radio broadcast (Carrefour du Jazz) that had Lester Young playing with Dennard, Jamil Nasser and Buster Smith (the full rhythm section of the Dennard/Sulieman group) plus fellow pianist Rene Urtreger and guitarist Jimmy Gourley. The broadcast produced a 'D.B. Blues' that remains unissued. It was recorded in Paris on March 11, 1959 just two days before Lester Young flew back to New York to die. The liner notes to the Somethin'Else CD by Jacques Muyal mentions that the Dennard/Sulieman quartet played for a couple of months at the Casino in Tangiers. Muyal adds that the group also played in Tunisia, Marseille and St.Gallen (Switzerland) and arrived in Egypt. There Dennard was stricken with typhoid fever and died in 1960. He was buried in Cairo at Zan Eldin cemetery.

The original Atco LP Sonny & Linda Sharrock 'Paradise' had the following lineup: Sonny Sharrock, guitar, Linda Sharrock, vocals, Kenny Armstrong, piano, Fender Rhodes, Moog synthetizer, clavinet, Chamberlin mellotron, Dave Artis, electric bass, Buddy Williams, drums, tympani, Sonny Bonillia, percussions

It's the player! Not the tune. The only time I really get upset by a tune is when I hear a lousy street musician or subway player go into 'Desafinado'

Grew up on Milt Jackson and Lionel Hampton. Then dug Eddie Costa, Bobby Hutcherson and Walt Dickerson. Mourned the lack of Earl Griffith material. One player I have always enjoyed though he is not often mentioned around here is Terry Gibbs. Check his Impulse album 'Take It From Me' with Kenny Burrell, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes! Gibbs swung!

Ocium obviously lifted the seven Lucky Thompson Decca sides from the French Decca/MCA LP which I have enjoyed since it came out in the '70s. One side of the LP had various Decca/Coral tracks by Coleman Hawkins. Flip side had the Lucky Thompson material minus the eighth side (Slow and Easy) which remains unissued.

The pianist in 'Une Femme de Menage' is Rene Urtreger who plays with the HUM trio (Pierre Michelot on bass and Daniel Humair) in the jazzclub scene and the recording session. The film was directed by Claude Berri. Berri and Urtreger have been friends for life. They grew up in the same Paris neighborhood. Urtreger also wrote the music to Berri's 1976 biographical film 'La Premiere Fois' (The First Time).

Jeanne Lee 'Natural Affinities' (Owl) Eje Thelin/Barney Wilen 1966 (Dragon) Charlie Mariano/Tele Montoliu 'It's Standard Time', vol. 1/2 (Fresh Sounds) Frank Trumbauer 1936-1946 (Chronogical Classics) Mal Waldron/Jim Pepper 'More Git'Go at Utopia' vol. 2 (Tutu)

No problem accessing Jazzmatazz this Friday morning. Last update on upcoming jazz releases is November 18.

"Lavern Baker Sings Bessie Smith" is another Atlantic from that "series". Absolutely! Another great one from Atlantic. Took me years to get an original copy with that beautiful Lee Friedlander cover

The Fresh Sounds LP issue is FSR-722 which appears alongside the original Rama LP 1001 number on the back cover and both labels but not on the frontcover which has the Rama number only. Mike, since you're working on the Lucky Thompson discography, you aware that unlucky appeared on several dates with Quincy Jones while in Paris in the late '50s? For instance, he was on the 'Eh Voila' album by Eddie Barclay (with Quincy Jones arrangements). If you need details, I have a copy of that one and could list LT solos. Let me know.

Let's not forget the mighty Big Joe Turner who made two superb albums for Atlantic 'The Boss of the Blues' and 'Big Joe Rides Again' with musicians like Joe Newman, Lawrence Brown, Pete Brown, Pete Johnson, Coleman Hawkins, Vic Dickenson, Doug Watkins and others. Those two would need to be properly reissued! And since I mentioned Atlantic, how about 'Mainstream Jazz' which featured groups led by Vic Dickenson on one side (with Buck Clayton and Hal Singer) and trumpet player Joe Thomas (with Dicky Wells, Buster Bailey, Budd Tate and Herbie Nichols!!)?

A few days left until this one comes up for AOW. Have given the RVG album a fresh listening. This was recorded when Bud Powell was still in relative good mental and physical condition. He had returned to the jazz scene at the start of the year after a 17-month sojourn in a mental institution. His talent was intact. And it shows here. Piano playing was obviously the best medicine Powell could get and this remained valid for the rest of his life. Even if his later playing was not as artistically brilliant, there were flashes of inspiration that proved the musician in him was still a master. And the technique was still there Genius is a word that should be used with extreme caution. It applies however for Bud Powell. And particularly for his work in this album. Just one example. Two minutes and 21 seconds of haunting emotional variations that turn out as 'Glass Enclosure'. Mindblowing! And what about his influence on practically every other piano players that appeared after he came on ther scene? Hank Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Bill Evans, Andrew Hill, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and so many others. Let's turn to Bud Powell!

I have them now. And they're good. It's a pleasure to listen to Charlie Mariano dig into standards like 'Moonlight in Vermont', 'Flamingo' or 'Too Marvelous For Words'. Beautiful blowing dates with Tete Montoliu in fine shape. In the batch of Fresh Sounds I got was also a 2CD Tete Montoliu set 'Momentos Inolvidables de Una Vida' that came out in 1997. Have not had time to listen to that one yet. The set includes previously released sides by Montoliu from Fresh Sounds, Ensayo and Discophon plus a couple of unissued sides with J.R. Monterose and Jerome Richardson. The booklet mentions a 2CD set from 1990 of a Monterose/Montoliu set. Could not find that one on the Fresh Sounds site. Has this been released? This should be an interesting combination too.

The Fresh Sounds LP reissue I have is the exact replica of the original Rama RLP 1001 issue. (Around the World in Jazz) Ralph Sharon Sextet: Lucky Thompson, ts, Eddie Costa, vibes, Ralph Sharon, p, Joe Puma, g, Oscar Pettiford, b, Osie Johnson, dm. - Tipperary Fairy - Strictly Occidental - Ask an Alaskan - Blue in Peru - Prettily Italy - Piccadilly Panic - Sorta Spanish - Parisienne Eyeful - Stateside Panic - Hassle in Havana - Gibraltar Rock - Just a Japanese Side-man All compositions by Ralph Sharon. Various recording dates have been given for the sessions. See here for details: http://home.t-online.de/home/themenschmidt/oscar60.htm

I thought that one was a normal CD? Because it was too long to fit on a cactus s**t? ubu My mistake! Meant the Larry Young/Lee Morgan 'MotherShip' reissue. 'Sonic Boom' was not a copy-controller release.

One more Texan on this Board! Do we really needs this? Anyway, best of luck to Aggie from Old Europe

The copies I have seen in stores here all have stickers claiming the CD was 24bit remastered.

Dan, let me add my congratulations. I'ld love to hear Weinstock's recollections of sessions like The Miles Davis Collectors Items date with Rollins and Parker. And of course, the Miles Davis-Thelonious Monk session. Couple of questions I would ask: - why did Coltrane appear on only one track of the Sonny Rollins Tenor Madness album? Was this the original plan? - why are there practically no alternate tracks of some of the great Prestige sessions?

The Jelly Roll inclusion was a typo. Stupid mistake As mentioned at the start of the post, this was done very quickly. Think the rest of the list is accurate for musicians born between 1900 and 1910. Who's from 1919. If you refer to Tab Smith as being born in 1919 (as listed by EKE BBB), my reference books list him as being born in 1909 -_-

A very impressive list. But I am from an older generqaion and always thought that the 20th Century's first decade had also produced quite an impressive list. Here is what I came up with in a relatively short time (hard pressed for time right now and I am sure that quite a number of big names are missing): Henry Allen - Albert Ammons - Ivie Anderson - Jimmy Archey - Louis Armstrong - Buster Bailey - Mildred Bailey - Ray Bauduc - Bix Beiderbecke - Bunny Berrigan - Sidney Catlett - Shirley Clay - Cozy Cole - Eddie Condon - Bud Freeman - Stephane Grapelli - Edmond Hall - Lionel Hampton - Milt Hinton - Budd Johnson (and brother Keg) - Jonah Jones - Louis Jordan - Max Kaminsky - John Kirby - Eddie Lang (and Joe Venuti) - Jimmy McPartland - Louis Metcalf - Bubber Miley - Jelly Roll Morton -Phil Napoleon -Red Norvo - Hot Lips Page - Walter Page - Ward Pinkett - Sammy Price - Ben Pollack - Jack Purvis - Django Reinhardt - Pee Wee Russell - Muggfsy Spanier - Jess Stacy - Rex Stewart - Joe Sullivan - Frank Teschemaker - Frankie Trumbauer - Arthur Wetsol - Fats Waller - Chick Webb - Paul Webster - Mary Lou Williams, TENORS ANYONE? Chu Berry - Happy Caldwell - Hershel Evans - Coleman Hawkins - Lester Young SOME SMITH? Ben - Buster - Jabbo - Pine Top -Stuff - Tab - Willie (not the Lion) SOME THOMAS? Foots - Joe (JR Morton sax player) - Joe (Lunceford sax player) - Joe (trumpet player) MORE TROMBONES? Lawrence Brown - Jimmy Harrison - Benny Morton - Tricky Sam Nanton - Juan Tizol - Dicky Wells - Sandy Williams SOME ALTOS? Buster Smith - Bennie Carter - Johnny Hodges - Charlie Holmes -Hilton Jefferson- Russell Procope - Rudy Powell, BANDLEADERS? Count Basie - Cab Calloway - Jimmy Dorsey - Tommy Dorsey - Benny Goodman - Glenn Miller - Don Redman - Luis Russell - Artie Shaw Any point in comparing? Let's just enjoy good music from any era

Walked past the Virgin store on the Champs-Elysees avenue the other day. I never buy CDs there but went to have a look at what was available. They had the latest batch from BN releases. The made in EU copy-protected CDs (Hill's 'Passing Ships' and Morgan's 'Sonic Boom') were available at 15.46 euros. The US-imported copy-free CDs of the same titles were listed at 19,90 euros (some 23 US dollars). I have not noticed yet any of the old BN CDs with copy-protection added.

Meant it was reissued as LP. Disc is vinyl to me. I still live in that age

Yes, it was released at the time it was recorded in 1969. It's one of my favorite albums since. Know it's been reissued and should be available.

It was reissued on LP by Fresh Sounds. Nice date where Lucky Thompson is heavily featured with solos on all twelve tunes by Sharon. Eddie Costa sticks to vibes which is cool. The rhythm section with Oscar Pettiford and Osie Johnson is just fine. And Ralph Sharon is OK. Not really essential but no fans of unLucky could let this remain ignored when it was available. Saw a Fresh Sounds CD reissue of this, long time ago.