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Also dug up the 1967 Down Beat interview (by Helen McNamara). Copies of this and the Jazz Special articles are in an envelope that will be on your way when I have your adress.

HLP was the name of the trio that reunited Daniel Humair, Eddy Louiss and Jean-Luc Ponty. They recorded two albums that were reissued by Dreyfus couple of years ago. Eddy Louiss also played organ (and piano) on a Jean-Luc Ponty album 'Jazz Long Playing' that was reissued in the Jazz in Paris series. And on a couple of Stephane Grappelli. One of them is the 1972 album 'Satin Doll' on Festival (with Jimmy Gourley on guitar and Kenny Clarke on drums)

Rooster likes Hill? Damn! Never noticed

In addition to the Von Freemans, suggest you check the followings: Ted Brown 'Preservation' Lee Konitz 'RichLee' (with Rich Perry) Lee Konitz 'DigIt' (with Ted Brown) Don Friedman 'Almost Everything' Don Friedman 'My Romance' If you like Andrew Hill, you should check Don Friedman. Very interesting musician!

Volkher, e-mail (or PM) me your adress. Found the article. It's a four-page spread in the 2002 international edition of Jazz Special. Also checked the Grove Dictionary of Jazz which lists two articles on Ed Thigpen that were published in Down Beat. I should have one of them (a 1967 issue). Let me check through the DB copies I have stored somewhere.

I can understand why Duke Ellington does not appear when the LCJO Plays the Music of Ellington but Ornette not playing when the LCJO Plays the Music of Coleman, that really beats me! (No offense to Dewey Redman!) Is Ornette Coleman invited to attend the concert?

Not only she watches the Basie band, she whispers in Basie's ear right in the middle of Basie's solo on 'Dickie's Dream'. Billie could be very good looking but she looked BEAUTIFUL in the show. I read somewhere she bought a very expensive gown to appear on the show but was told by the producers that the musicians would appear in regular clothes. Billie looks gorgeous in her white jersey and splendid in her pants ensemble later in the show. Does anyone have the DVD release of the show? Heard it's not really an improvement over the original video that looks horrible and sounds terrible? I have a taped copy of the video and get upset everytime I watch it because of the bad quality. What a shame ! This is one of the greatest moment in jazz history!

I have somewhere home a Danish jazz magazine (in english) which included an interview with Thigpen. Will try to locate the magazine and mail (or fax) you a copy.

There were three sessions for the Kenny Clarke Plays Hodeir album. Roger Guerin, Nat Peck, Billy Byers, Rene Urtreger, Pierre Michelot, Kenny Clarke. Paris, October 26, 1956 ROUND MIDNIGHT WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW Martial Solal replaces Urtreger, same session ON A RIFF Billy Byers, Hubert Rostaing, Armand Migiani, Martial Solal, Jean Warland, Kenny Clarke. Paris, November 21, 1956 OBLIQUE JERU ERONEL TAHITI Roger Guerin, Billy Byers, Armand Migiani, Martial Solal, Jean Warland, Kenny Clarke. Paris, November 30, 1956 BEMSHA SWING BLUE SERGE SWING SPRING THE SQUIRREL CADENZE Don't have the Jazz in Paris reissue. If the name Robert Guismath (or Guisnath)appears on the liner notes for an alto sax player (the name was used on US issues of the original LP), this was a nom de plume for Rostaing. Rostaing recorded under that name on a couple of Hodeir sessions.

Did not go after most of the Legacy albums but those Jimmy Rowles were beauties. Henri Renaud took good care of producing dates for Rowles and we can be thankful Rowles delivered the goods. Those records are among the best piano albums released. There also was a very limited edition of more Rowles in Paris solo material released on LP for a French Columbia convention back in the '80s. Doubt that these masterpieces will be reissued now that Renaud is gone.

Claude, I am very impressed with the sound on the new Rollins 2CD release. Mastering was done by Jean-Pierre Chalbos at La Source Mastering, Paris. The reissue is part of the new releases in the BMG France RCA Victor Gold Series. The Paul Desmond 'Desmond Blue' seems to be a straight reissue of the US Bluebird re-release (mastering engineer on that one is Michael O. Drexler). Doubt that the other BMG France Rollins 2CDs releases ('Sonny Meets Hawk/Our Man in Jazz' and 'The Bridge/What's New') have any sonic interest. They're part of the cheap boxes that are released for the yearend purchases.

A heartily recommended later day (from 1984) Helen Merrill record is the Owl album 'No Tears, No Goodbye' she recorded with Gordon Beck on piano. Their reworking of standards like 'Bye Bye Blackbird', 'The Thrill is Gone' or 'I Love Paris' are masterful. And the opening track 'When I Look In Your Eyes' keeps haunting you long after you stopped playing the album.

anyone know what this one is like? I like that album very much. It was produced by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen of Steely Dan who were Warne Marsh admirers. Marsh and Christlieb were a great match and inspired each others on the session. The rhythm section of Lou Levy, Jim Hugart and Nick Ceroli is top notch. Gonna get that one for the added tracks.

This is the track list for the Now's the Time 2cd. Disc 1 (the original LP tracks): - Now's the Time (take b) - Blue 'n Boogie (take e) - I Remember Clifford (take d) - 52nd Street Theme (take 10) - St.Thomas (take c) - 'Round Midnight (take d) - Afternoon in Paris (take d) - Four (take d) Disc 2 - Now's the Time (alternate take 3) - I Remember Clifford (alternate take 8) - 52nd Street Theme (monaural alt. take d) - St. Thomas (alternate take 8) - Afternoon in Paris (alternate take 12) - Four (alternate take a) - Django (alternate take 8) - Four (monaural alt. take) Oh yes, Rollins was blowing then!

Heartily recommend the Proper Gospel. All the important figures of Gospel are on that one. It's the best introduction to this music I have seenor heard so far. I love that box.

A highly recommended AEC reissue is the 'Pathe Session' CD which was part of the 'Americans Swinging in Paris' series that came out last year. This has two of the Art Ensemble best albums: 'People in Sorrow' and 'Les Stances a Sophie' which they recorded in the weeks that followed their arrival in Paris in 1969. I was at the first concert they gave in Paris at the Centre Culturel Americain and caught them at a series of concerts they gave at the Cafe Lucernaire. Innovative, provocative and humorous concerts, these were. They really shook Paris at the time.

Bon anniversaire, Paul. And yes 1945 was the 20th Century's greatest year. So many great things happened then. Your appearance must have been cause for more celebrations!

Get it! It's late Monk. But great. The only thing I don't like about the reissue is what they did to the cover (one of the classic jazz record cover ever). The reproduction is just awful. It looks shitty brown now. I'll keep the original LP just for the cover photo of machinegun-carrying Monk playing the piano somewhere in World War II France. With plenty of near empty bottles of what look like excellent Bordeaux wines. And a nazi prisoner plus a Resistance belle in background. And the reissue does justice to Monk's music. Charlie Rouse is beautiful on that one. His contribution was somehow damaged on the original issue (Teo Macero did a butcher job on that one).

BMG France has released this week several 24bit remastered albums. Among the ones I have seen are: - Paul Desmond 'Desmond Blue' (with the 7 bonus tracks which have been reissued elsewhere), - Sonny Rollins 'Now's the Time' (the full session on 2 CD with the eight additional tracks) - Maynard Ferguson 'Birdland Dream Band' vol 2 (with 5 unissued alternates) - Gato Barbieri 'Under Fire' - Gato Barbieri 'Yesterday' The remastering job on the Sonny Rollins 2CD is quite impressive. An improvement on the excellent sound of the original LP (I have a mono version). Volume 2 of the Birdland Dream Band issue was not as good. The sound is shrilling on several tracks. Volume 1 also had problems - all minors - on some tracks. Obviously the original tapes suffered some stocking problems. But the music is superb with solo contributions from the like of Ferguson, Jimmy Cleveland, Herb Geller, Budd Johnson, Al Cohn, Nick Travis, Don Lamond.

Will check with the LP issue. Don't have the Jazz in Paris reissue.

That´s the same I thought when I heard "Kenny Clarke´s sextet plays André Hodeir" (Jazz in Paris 39). BTW, a very good disc, revisiting classics written by Monk (3), Dameron, Ellington, Miles, Mulligan, Carter & Bags, plus three originals by Hodeir. Klook accompanied by Hubert Rostaing (as); Róger Guérin (t); Billy Byers (or Nat Peck) (tb); Armand Migiani (bs); Martial Solal (or René Urtreger) (p); Pierre Michelot (or Jean Warland) (B). All the arrangements by André Hodeir Minor point re the Andre Hodeir/Jazz Groupe de Paris CD. There is a mistake (a rare one from the Jazz in Paris people) in the personnel listing. Armand Migiani who is listed as playing piano is in fact the barytone saxophonist heard throughout the album. The mistake was also in the Tom Lord discography. The liner notes to the original Vega LP have Migiani (he is mispelled Mijiani there) playing barytone. There is no piano heard in the album.

Thelonious Monk - Underground (Sony reissue) Roland Kirk - Mysterious Phantom (Hyena) Steve Lacy/Gil Evans (Owl) Birdland Dream Band, vol. 2 (French BMG reissue)

Finding out too late that the subject has already been discussed elsewhere

Catching up on this thread. Late again. But congratulations to all. Had been thinking for some time about the costs of maintaining the site. Would be happy to contribute to the costs. Leaving it to you to think of what's the best way we could do this.

There go my savings. More Brownie sessions is just what I need I have a lot of the Philology Bird LPs and CDs. The sound is very uneven. From pretty bad to pretty good. But the music, oh my! It's Bird. And rare. Many of the tracks made their first - and only appearances so far - on the Philology releases. There was a Clifford Brown/Chet Baker Philology LP several years ago that had Chet Baker rare dates and one opening track of Clifford Brown practising his trumpet. Not the type of music you listen every week.