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That Stitt/Peterson is part of my Stitt bootie. I have a Japanese LP of it. Stitt was ON there! No bad Stitt on Verve. Norman Granz must have had ways with him.

Well I was wondering if I should add (Art and Adams) to the Pepper name, but didn't! Their sound is instant recognition.

It's big band jazz. Will spin it when I get back home and report further dayside.

Different indeed. Even her name was different then. Wasn't she still going under her French sounding name Lucille LaSueur (The Sweat in our language) when this was taken?

Berigan, I must be in a minority but I never cared much for Joan Crawford. Her grand acting leaves me cold usually. Liked her in Nicholas Ray's 'Johnny Guitar' where she was outbitched by Mercedes McCambridge! In glorious color!

All the leading ladies in the film (Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and others) were afraid of the 'glorious' Technicolor process that MGM was trying to push. The Technicolor system was still in its infancy at the time. The ladies who felt safer with the way they were photographed in black and white won. The MGM executives just threw in that Technicolor fashion show to promote their new system.

Dan, forgot about that John Anderson Tangerine album. I've got this. It's real good. I've always been intrigued with this musician. He is black. And he has played with Stan Kenton back in the mid-40s. Stan Kenton had THAT reputation of not hiring black musicians (which leaves out Anderson, Karl George, Curtis Counce, Lucky Thompson among others). Anderson seems to have had a successful career on the West Coast. Check this http://www.artistdirect.com/music/artist/c...,563367,00.html

That was tough. Voted for 'If You Could See Me Now'.

All the jazz greats have their signature. Listen to a quick sample of Armstrong, Parker, Prez, Hawkins, Webster Coltrane, Monk or Miles, and you know instantly who's playing. Same goes for Lee Morgan, McLean, Hill, Pepper, Ayler, CT. And how about Mingus? LaFaro? Wilbur Ware? Paul Chambers? When you hear them, you know instantly who's on bass.

Dug out the Hillcrest America and IAI Coleman Classics vol. 1 LPs. The music is really inspired. The cuts on the albums comes from various sessions. The America (that label was part of the Musidisc group) has a muddy sound. The note to the LP indicates Paul Bley was responsible for the recording. The emphasis is on Coleman and Cherry, with the rhythm section slightly off and Paul Bley getting the worst treatment. His piano is far away and is out of tune. The sound on the IAI is slightly better (David Baker is mentioned as 'mixing engineer'. The audience was also more responsive to the music. There are early versions of 'When Will the Blues Leave' and 'Ramblin''. The 'official' Contemporary and Atlantic renditions of the two are more cohesive and dynamic. 'Crossroads' and 'How Deep is the Ocean' are inverted on the vinyl and on the labels. A four-age IAI catalogue was inserted in my copy.

Thanks for the comments. Will pass this one. No need to have one off Stitt.

I have the IAJ Coleman Classics 1 LP too. The IAJ LPs came out in the '70s. I remember looking for the Coleman Classics volume 2 for a long time. In vain. Will give those Hillcrest albums a fresh hearing. I talked to Paul Bley many years ago and he mentioned having all those tapes with him. Hope he still has them and we will be hearing a lot more of this music.

Jazzkrow. Didn't realize that the 'So Doggone Good' session was on the 'Goin' Down Slow' volume. Thanks for the offer but no need to bring that Stitt CD. I don't have the session with Hank Jones and strings either, so will get that one. The Time Out should be with you before you take off.

Check the starting bid on this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...5&category=1078 One thousand dollars for an unopened Freddie Hubbard 'Straight Life'!

About that Byard Lancaster album, The Lord lists the following: December 18, 1966 session (Lancaster, Sharrock, Hunter, Gravatt) - Garden of Prayer Unissued - Last Summer Unissued - Ghost Unissued - Mr. A.A. Unissued - Dogtown Unissued - Satan Vortex 2003 - John's Children Vortex 2003 - Misty Vortex 2003 - Over the Rainbow Vortex 2003 - Hello Eric Vortex 2003 July 12, 1967 session (same musicians) - Dogtown Vortex 2003 - Mr. A.A. Vortex 2003 - Peanut Unissued - Hello Eric Unissued - Traning Unissued - It's Not Up to Us Vortex 2003 - Last Summer Vortex 2003 - Untitled (electric b solo) Unissued - Untitled (guitar solo) Unissued Quite a lot of material still in the can!

I have the America LP of this. Am not a hundred per cent sure but I seem to recall that it was Paul Bley who loaned the Hillcrest tape to America for release. Inner City also released this LP in the USA.

I have not heard that album which was issued on Prestige. There is a Japanese CD of it that is at reasonable price in one of the Paris stores. The rhythm section is interesting (Hampton Hawes, Reggie Johnson, Lennie McBrowne). Was it one of those sessions where Stitt was ON? Or just another Stitt date? I have my share of these.

The French pronounce it Djaakie (Terrasson) like in Djaakie McLean.

The album was recorded in two sessions in late 1966 and early 1967. I checked the Tom Lord discography and noticed that there were a number of unissued tracks. Guess these don't appear on the CD reissue.

I stand corrected. Completely forgot about that Cagney 'comeback' film.

I remeber that thread. Don't think this one was THE one but it's pretty good: http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/WWUH/program/mu...ion%20guide.htm

Gave a fresh listen to the Vortex LP. Outstanding music. The back cover indicates a 1968 Atlantic Records copyright. By the way, the cover was shot by that photography master Lee Friedlander as was the backcover image of Lancaster. Also while doing a search on Lancaster on the Internet, found this disturbing story: http://citypaper.net/articles/011101/cb.ci...t.jazzman.shtml Hope this has been settled and he is free to play his music on the streets of Philadelphia.

Mine is rusty all over except on the backside where I left the coverpage. The music is beautiful but if I were to search for Bill Evans boxes, I would get the Complete Riverside set and the 'Turn Out the Stars' Village Vanguard Warner set first.

Oops. I'm one day late. Joyeux anniversaire, Lon! And many, many thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!

Some Tangerine releases: - 1503. Louis Jordan 'Hallelujah' - 1512. Ray Charles 'My Kind of Jazz 1' - 1513 John Biship 'Plays His Guitar' - 1516. Ray Charles 'My Kind of Jazz 2'