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Anyone familiar with French singer Barbara? A very good singer who died in 1997. I'm not really a fan but a couple of songs she composed keep haunting me. Look for the song 'Nantes' which is about the time she travelled to the Brittany port city after getting a message indicating her father who had deserted his wife and children was dying in a hotel room. She arrived too late. A heartbreaking song on which she accompanies herself on piano.

Always liked his first two albums for Contemporary 'Blackstone Legacy' and 'Song of Songs'. Those came out on in the early '70s. Had started paying attention to him when he played in Paris with Nathan Davis (and Larry Young on piano!) back in 1964 or 65. Another great Shaw date is the Dexter Gordon 'Homecoming' album for Columbia when Dexter 'borrowed' the Woody Shaw band for one of his return to New York.

The previous worst heat wave in France was in 1947. The 2003 one was as fierce but what made it exceptional was its length: two full weeks with temperatures over 100 degrees F (40C). In Paris, the death figures rose after two nights when temperatures did not go below 78 degrees F (25.5C). This of course happened during the month of August when practically everybody in France is on holidays. The majority of victims were eldely persons who were left alone in their overheated apartments. Air conditioning in private apartments is practically unheard of here since the summer temperatures rarely reaches the 2003 highs for more than one or two days. The fact that the current government reduced the help to unpoverished elderly persons earlier in the year is probably a factor that will explain the unprecedented death figures.

None better than Clifford Jordan. He was the perfect man for this unit. As BFrank noted, the group was the Magic Triangle when Jordan was part of it. It became Eastern Rebellion in 1975 at the time Jordan left. Caught the Magic Triangle live a couple of times but never got to see Eastern Rebellion play.

Claude, newspapers and many officials in Spain now talk about at least one thousand dead. Italy is also slowly waking up to the unusually high death figures.

Dan, our responses crossed. But even with the rhythm section of Drew, NHOP, Riel, I'ld pick Dexter.

Where are Warne Marsh, Bud Powell, Cecil Taylor? They - and a number of others - made beautiful music at the Montmartre. Of the three listed, I have to pick Dexter.

Wish I could see Mnytime's favorite films list. He contributed heavily to the films posts.

Up. Up, up and away. The death toll from the heat wave in France is now said to reach 10,000. From AP:

b-3er. have deleted cookies, re-enlisted. no changes. I have Netscape Communicator 4.7 browser.

Yes, Pablo was mostly conservative but a lot of other labels were recording the less conservative jazz. And Pablo did release the John Coltrane European concerts and Afro-Blue albums. It's also where MaryLou Williams and Cecil Taylor embraced. And that was the label that had albums like Roy Eldridge's 'What's It's All About', Sonny Criss' 'Intermission Riff' to mention just two. Not to forget the Lester Young in Washington series. And where jazz greats like Basie, Benny Carter, Zoot Sims, Joe Pass and many more were home.

b3er, I have Netscape Navigator. When I hit 'My Profile', all I get is the top of the page (down to the 'Your Control Panel line'), then it's all blank until the 'Forum home' part.

I've got problems with the new software. When I try to view some posts, all I get is the top of the page (down to the 'Add Reply/New Topic/New Poll' level). It's all blank beneath down to the 'Forum home' line where the bottom rest of the page reappears. This happens on quite a number of threads. I manage - sometime but not always - to get into the thread by going thru the 'Add Reply'. Also I could not get into my profile to add a location to my signature. Anybody else has these problems?

Some alltime favorite movies from a Paris Cinematheque-bred film fan): - Buster Keaton's The General, - Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Newski, - Jean Renoir's Rules of the Game, - Howard Hawks' Only Angels Have Wings, - Otto Preminger's Laura, - Raoul Walsh's White Heat, - Charles Laughton's Night of the Hunter, - Fritz Lang's Moonfleet, - Elia Kazan's Wild River, - John Ford's The Searchers, - Alfred Hitchcock's North By Northwest

Richard Davis (with Joe Beck and Jack de Johnette) recorded 'Song For Wounded Knee' for Flying Dutchman after the 1973 occupation of the massacre site.

The studio version of 'Alabama' was on the Coltrane Impulse album 'Live at Birdland'.

Oliver Nelson's album for Impulse 'The Kennedy Dream' which was composed and recorded after the 1963 assassination of JFK.

Is it just my imagination or is the Board software slower than the previous one?

Gave it a spin. The music is fine but it is mostly jazzy movie music. Dave Burns is heard mainly on the opening track which clocks in at just over 5 minutes. The other tracks are all around or under 3 minutes. George Coleman has a lead role on the album. He plays alto. Charles Davis on tenor is barely heard. Mal Waldron also keeps his part discreet. Good opportunity to listen to drummer Al Dreares who appeared on albums by the likes of Randy Weston, Freddie Redd and Jackie McLean.

Is this like the DEFINITIVE label? 'Definitive' is pretty similar to 'Past Perfect'. Definitive come from Spain, Past Perfect from Gemany. Definitive look better. Past Perfect are cheaper.

Jazzkrow, reading your e-mails. You're not getting mines. Give me a non-Organissimo e-mail adress.

No need to flip out. Use3D is playing tricks on all of us. Hope he is having fun!

This came out in 1967 (Impulse 9141). Good album. Never got to see the movie. Charles McPherson ghosted for Dick Gregory who played the Parker-inspired hero of the film. Mal Waldron wrote the score for the film which includes a sequence where McPherson appears in a nightclub scene with Dave Burns, Chick Corea, Steve Swallow and Al Dreares (according to the book 'Jazz in the Movies' by David Meeker.

Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley Jackie McLean - A Fickle Sonance

Nothing silly about that one. The lady was beautiful. She appeared in Playboy magazine back in my highschool days. Think the album photo was shot by Bunny Yeager, Though this was very far away off from my mind at the time, the album girl did wonder to help ease my prostate problems to be. I have a copy of this Marty Paich among my albums now.