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Go here http://www.jazzdisco.org/bn1977-dis/c/ and go down to 1985. You will have a full list of what was issued from 'One Night With Blue Note Preserved' plus the full list of what was on the 'One Night with Blue Note' albums.

Lee Morgan - LeeWay (RVG) Lou Donaldson - The Natural Soul (RVG) Brad Goode/Von Freeman - Inside Chicago, vol. 2 (SteepleChase) Zoot Sims/Eddie Davis 'Tenor Giants' (Pablo) Lee Konitz/Martial Solal - Star Eyes (Hatology) Richie Kamuca - Drop me off in Harlem (Concord LP) Don Cherry/Garo Barbieri - Togetherness (Durium LP) Johnny Hodges with Strings - The Prettiest Gershwin (Verve LP)

'Invisible Orchard' was an unissued RCA album by Shorty Rogers and his Giants that Fresh Sounds published on CD several years ago. Excellent date indeed with the usual gang (Conte Candoli, Rosolino, Perkins, Red Mitchell, Mel Lewis, etc.)

Paris, in La Belle France. The place where I live is burglar-proof (sort of!!)

Charles Mingus always had with him, a small trunk which was packed with all kind of medications. He had it when I saw him in Paris in 1964. He kept it at hand and would pick up various pills or liquids from it off and on.

'Good Morning Blues' by Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing. And when I have time I enjoy tea, jam and croissants from the bakery at the streetcorner.

I have that 'Pisces' King album too. A good Messengers album. The Ping Pong version is different from the one that was included in the 'Roots and Herbs' album. The Wayne Shorter solo in the 'Pisces' Ping Pong version is worth the admission price. A stunning solo where Shorter lays it out! That 'Pisces' album was part of the treasures that Michael Cuscuna discovered when he started exploring the BN vaults. It was issued in 1979/1980. Just for nostalgia freaks, here is the list of albums that King Japan published at the same time: Sonny Clark 'Blues in the Night', Kenny Burrell 'K.B. Blues', Grant Green 'Matador', Wayne Shorter 'The Soothsayer', Dexter Gordon 'Clubhouse', Sonny Clark 'My Conception', Kenny Burrell 'Freedom', Grant Green 'Gooden's Corner', Wayne Shorter 'The Collector', Bobby Hutcherson 'Oblique', Jackie McLean 'Tippin' the Scales', Bennie Green 'Minor Revelation',Curtis Fuller 'Two Bones', Grant Green 'Oleo', Hank Mobley 'Poppin'' Jackie McLean/Tina Brooks 'Street Singer', Lou Donaldson 'Sweet Slumber' Those King LPs had superb mastering. I have most of them and their pre-digital sound is gorgeous. When I see many board members get all heated up about the current forthcoming releases from BN, I keep smiling and stay in my corner. And then I remember how I was excited when those Kings appeared.

The sound is bad but the music is so glorious. Yes, the vast majority of those Boris Rose LPs have low fidelity sound but the man should have eternal gratitude from us jazz fans for preserving those magical moments when the jazz greats were putting out so much great music. Among other treasures he left us, Rose is the one who recorded with whatever material was available at the time the radio broadcasts from the Royal Roost (when the musicians playing there were legends like Bird, Prez, Miles, Dameron, Basie..). Wish Rose had caught the broadcasts from the 1943 Earl Hines big band with Bird.

Loved it. The colors had me fooled for a minute but I recognized the place: France!

Calm down Rooster! The Sam Rivers photo is just another superb image by Wolff which is obviously why it is the cover for a jazz calendar. But you're right about the shabby treatment Rivers is getting from BN.

Don't know if this was distributed in the USA, but Warner Brothers Europe reissued a couple of years ago on a single CD two of the Chico Hamilton albums with Eric Dolphy 'The String Attached' and 'The Three Faces of Chico'. The CD is titled 'Chico Hamilton Quintet' (WB 9362-47874-2).

From Michael Fitzgerald's list: Bill Russo passed away

Boris Rose issued records on quite a number of labels. Alto, Ozone and Session are the best known but they were dozens of others (Bombast, Ult-Tadd, Enigma, etc...). Boris Rose is reported to have issued some 400 different LPs, mostly of broadcasts. The LP that DoubleM mentions should be the Alto issue with some of the September 1948 Royal Roost sides by the Miles Davis Birth of the Cool band that Capitol reissued alongside their official Capitol sides and the May/June 1950 Birdland sides by the Miles Davis group that included Brew Moore, JJ Johnson, Tadd Dameron, Bird and Fats Navarro. 'Rambunctious' is a bogus name for 'Wee', 'Poobah's is 'Conception' (that's the track with Miles Davis and Fats Navarro playing alongside). The entire Birdland 1950 date was published by the Italian bootleg label JMY on the CD 'The Last Bebop Session'.

What!!?! No link to Blue Note???? Seriously, this looks good. Will look even better when the photos will show up...

Randissimo, wish I could hear your dad play nowadays! He and Richie Kamuca made a great pair during those Third Herd days.

Forgot to mention that Oscar Peterson is scheduled to appear at the Marciac jazz festival in southwestern France next week. So is Wayne Shorter.

Not only is Down Beat expensive nowadays but I find it less interesting than it used to be. I learn more about what's going on the jazz scene at Organissimo. I buy the DB issues that I find interesting. I still have not bought one this year. I subscribe to Cadence, despite its shortcomings. They keep reviewing albums I have not heard about anywhere else. And some of their interviews are worth the subscription.

I keep the Kamuca flame alive too. I have a lot of his records and keep playing them. What a beautiful sound the man had! He swung! Took good note of him when he played on Al Cohn's The Brothers RCA album with Cohn and Bill Perkins. I also cherish that Jazzz LP with Mundell Lowe. The only thing I don't like about this album is the cover.

Sonny Rollins is making concert appearances in Europe this Summer. He was at the Perugia jazz festival in Italy this week. So was Elvin Jones with his Jazz Machine. Elvin played this Tuesday at the Digne jazz festival in the French Alps. Know that Kenny Burrell and Roy Haynes are still very active.

Today (Wednesday) is the last Pyrenean stage. The riders go from Pau to Bayonne. That's in the Basque area. If you think, the French are cycling crazy, watch TV today. You will see nothing but orange. The orange is the basque color and these Basque madmen and women will crowd the Tour route to cheer their local stars. Should be a superb stage. The mountains and the countryside are just glorious. And may the best man win!

The marvelous Jeanne Lee! Two more recommendations. The Byg album 'Blase' by Archie Shepp. Her own album 'Conspiracy' (with Sam Rivers). Not sure it was reissued on CD.

The opening track 'Blue Train' did it for me. My vote went there. As for which Coltrane came first (BN or Prestige), the Prestige was out first. I was a teenage Coltrane freak at the time (I'm talking about 1958/1959) and there were very few of us around then. I caught the bug when I heard the Miles Davis Quintet records. The first articles on Coltrane appeared in swedish and french magazines around that time. Much later in the USA. I made sure at the time that any new LP by him, I'ld get. The Prestige came first. 'Blue Train' showed up some months later. I still cherish my original copies.

For those who have not read Randi Hultin's book 'Born Under the Sign of Jazz', I would recommend buying it. Not an essential book. Readable, with lots of anecdotes about musicians. But what makes the purchase interesting is that the book comes with an accompanying CD which mixes comments from the author with glimpses of music she taped at her home in Norway. Heard on the CD are people like Sonny Clark, members of the 1954 Count Basie band with Anthony Ortega, Stuff Smith, Zoot Sims, Hampton Hawes, Phil Woods singing and playing, Kenny Dorham singing and playing, Jan Johansson, Jaki Byard and others. Only the Sonny Clark jam (Jeepers Creepers) appeared elsewhere on the Xanadu Sonny Clark Memorial album.

HELP!!

Couw and Mikeweil's avatars going wild at the same time... Getting an headache. Where's the aspirin?