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A couple of Lou Bennett's albums have been mentioned on another thread. There's a nice Lou Bennett album that goes under the title 'Pentacostal Feeling' that came out in the Jazz in Paris series. Rene Thomas and Kenny Clarke, plus Donald Byrd (on some tracks) are on that one. Lou Bennett is also on Rene Thomas 'Meeting Mr. Thomas' from the same Jazz in Paris series. But Bennett's best album is the 'Amen' RCA album (with Jimmy Gourley, Jean-Marie Ingrand and Kenny Clarke) that is described at the site you mentioned.

Thanks all! So far it's just another busy day at the office. My better half is probably taking care of preparations for a dinner. Nothing really extra planned but I'll explore the wine cellar this evening for the appropriate drinks. One splendid Havana cigar will also meet its smoky end. The evening looks pretty good!

Please, elaborate! Well Barney Wilen embarked in 1969 on an expedition to Africa. The original idea was to travel to deepest Africa and document pygmy music. A dozen filmmakers, musicians, artists joined in. I think actor Pierre Clementi (if you ever saw Luis Bunuel's 'Belle de Jour', you'll know who Clementi was. He was the young hoodlum Catherine Deneuve fell in love in that masterpiece) was a member of the company. The trip lasted a couple of years. They traveled from Tangiers to the Sahara, Niger, Mali and ended up in Dakar, Senegal. Wilen's album 'Moshi' which incorporated ethnic music was released around 1972 by Saravah after their return. Wilen then went back to his hometown in Nice. He reappeared around 1977 at the Nice Jazz Festival where he jammed with various musicians including Curtis Fuller. I think that shortly after that he was involved with a punk rock band 'Moko'. No recorded evidence seems to have come to light of this adventure. Wilen returned to the jazz scene in 1986 after the comic strip 'Barney et la Note Bleue' which was very loosely based on his early years (the character Barney dies in 1962) was published and turned into a minor bestseller. Wilen never elaborated much on that long period in his life in subsequent interviews. An aside about Wilen's girlfriends. Wilen had many. One of them was Caroline de Bendern, the heiress to a very rich family and a very pretty blonde who climbed on the shoulders of a friend during the May 1968 Paris students riots. A photographer caught here waving a black anarchy flag. The photo was widely published and Caroline was disinherited. Jazzbo asked about Marie Moor. She is a painter. Beside appearing on the 'Tu Ne Sais Pas Aimer' track of Wilen's Starbust Forever Modern Nostalgie)album that came out on Alfa Jazz, she made a record under her name (with Barney Wilen playing sax) for a AAAA record which I have never seen or heard.

One of Coleman Hawkins most obscure albums (don't think it got the CD treatment) was his Capitol LP 'The Gilded Hawk', a 1956 date with string arrangements by Glenn Osser. Will have to dig this out some day. Nothing essential but the Hawk always delivered.

The thread has reached page 6 and it seems that nobody has mentioned Charlie Fowlkes yet. Can't remember solos by him but his sound was really part of the Basie New testament band. Folks! Anybody knows solos by Fowlkes?

The racecar driver was Italy's ace Lorenzo Bandini who was killed when he lost control of his Ferrari car at the 1967 Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix. The car crashed, Bandini remained trapped inside and was horribly burned. He died after a three-day agony. Wilen recorded the album for MPS in 1968. It came out as 'Auto Jazz'. Another great Wilen session.

It is big news over here. All TV news shows had videos from those fires yesterday. California seems to be doing things BIG!

Ubu, don't think the new Bud Powell releases on Fantasy have material that has not been issued previously on other labels. The George Gruntz 'Mental Cruelty' CD has not been seen here so far. Never heard that one. One excellent session that is not listed in the discography that is attached to the La Note Bleue link is the Jay Cameron International Sax Band, one of Wilen's very first session where he played alongside Bobby Jaspar, Jean-Louis Chautemps and Cameron. The 1955 session was reissued in one of those Vogue/BMG CDs that showed up several years ago. I have the original Swing 10-incher which still plays very well. It was my introduction to the sound of Wilen (he was not 18 at the time) and I was very impressed. Wish I had heard Wilen and Jaspar playing together in a club. This must have happened at some time! Wilen's first session was with Roy Haynes, another Swing 10-incher that had Wilen, Cameron, Henri Renaud, Jimmy Gournley, Joe Benjamin and Haynes. Worth checking also. It was reissued in the Vogue/BMG series (The Paris 1954 Sessions which gathers dates from Haynes, Rene Thomas and Frank Foster).

Wonderful idea! Felt nostalgic about Barney Wilen yesterday after seeing the Wilen tangential on the Sun Ra sidemen thread and had the LP 'La Note Bleue' (the 'blue note' for people who have problems translating from the French) spinning late last night which is the right time to listen to it. This was the first album he recorded when he returned to the jazz scene in 1987 after a 15-year absence. The album was issued in conjunction with a comic strip 'Barney et la Note Bleue' by French artist Jacques de Loustal which was inspired by Barney Wilen's life. More about the book is here The site is in French but there are a lot of sketches from the book and some useful links. The book and record were very well received and brought a belated recognition to Wilen. Wilen was a beautiful cat. Was lucky to meet him when we were both teenagers roaming the streets of Saint-Germain des Pres and spent many evenings with him in clubs (was there when he played with Miles Davis, Bud Powell, Kenny Dorham and his own groups at the Club Saint-Germain) and at his hotel opposite the Club Cameleon on the Rue Saint-Andre des Arts.

Out2Lunch and I were both listening to Barney Wilen's La Note Bleue over the weekend! A very, very nice album.

Ornette Coleman at Golden Circle, vol. 2 (RVG) Sonny Stitt with Strings 'Tribute to Ellington' (Catalyst LP) Barney Wilen 'La Note Bleue' (Ida LP) Don Friedman 'My Foolish Heart' (Steeplechase) Al Grey 'Snap Your Fingers' (Argo/Verve)

To add to the confusion regarding the Miles Davis 'Isle of Wight' French CBS LP issue, Jan Lohman's 'Sound of Miles' discography indicates that the track listed as 'The Little Blue Frog' is in fact a 2m32s Miles Davis solo excerpt from the March 3, 1970 'Go Ahead John' version from the 'Big Fun' label. The mistake is also mentioned in the Miles Ahead link that Gary posted.

In love with Mosaic vinyls? Definitively, YES. I'm still mad at Mosaic for dropping vinyl with too rare exceptions. The Miles Davis Plugged Nickel vinyl was just incredible. So was the Miles Davis/Gil Evans box. Much better than the CD versions. One other later Mosaic box that was also a stunner was the Bill Evans 'The Final Village Vanguard Sessions'. Malcolm Addey's analog work on this was proof of the beauty of the vinyl process.

Joyeux anniversaire, Daniel! Wish you great successes with your enterprises.

Aric rightfully mentions the Don Byas session with strings. I'll add the Ben Webster sessions (with strings arrangements by Billy Strayhorn and Ralph Burns) 'Music With Feeling' and 'Music For Loving' that were reunited a few years ago on a 2CD Verve set with a Harry Carney With Strings session added. Ben Webster's sound was a natural for strings accompaniment and made the most of it. Superb sessions that should not be overlooked.

Late, thanks for the info but what I want is a CD with the added material that came out on the Mosaic box (and more if any additional alternate is available). I got the Affinity Lp reissue of 'Boston Blow-Up' and marveled at the music. Later, I got the original Capitol LP. I'll stick to that vinyl until the complete session shows up on CD. One amazing baritone session that I have not seen mentioned is the Beehive album by Nick Brignola 'Burn Brigade' where Brignola has Ronnie Cuber and Cecil Payne along (with Walter Davis Jr, Walter Booker Jr and Jimmy Cobb as a rhythm section). Their version of 'Our Delight' really means it! Remember that Beehive was (is?) reserved for vinyl fans only.

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Obscure but beautiful is the Johnny Hodges 'The Prettiest Gershwin' that was released on Verve. A With Strings date recorded in Germany. Not sure it was released on CD.

Never ran into that one. Thanks for the tip, Dan! Will keep watching for it.

More and more jazz albums are being reissued on LPs. But I have not been able to find a list of recently-available or upcoming releases and keep seeing fresh vinyls that come unnanounced. Alan Lankin's Jazzmatazz mentions CDs issues only. Any equivalent available for LPs?

The 'Bud on Bach' track on volume 3 of 'The Amazing Bud Powell' Blue Note album.

Not really that soon. The album was widely available for quite a long time (at least a couple of years) after its release. I have a copy and agree with the 'for completists only' appreciation!

Just could not vote. I love good music from all of the proposed options (except for 'Fusion' for which I don't have much taste).

Does the deal apply to France? We're part of Old Europe. The Mosaic CJB is not listed on Amazon.France.

Michael Cuscuna in the liner notes to the 1988 Pacific Jazz CD reissue wrote: Wondered at that time why Cuscuna had not been able to get a copy of the original LP to complete the CD tracks to their more complete presentation. Pacific Jazz at the time often 'enhanced' their copies. They added Bill Perkins and Jimmy Giuffre contributions to the original Chet Baker quartet date that appeared as 'Prett/Groovy'.