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Filmmaker/composer Edward Bland who made the 1959 ducumentary film 'The Cry of Jazz' died this month. Obituary in The New York Times today: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/arts/music/edward-bland-filmmaker-and-composer-dies-at-86.html?_r=0

Never was able to find copies of the Mouloudjis at not too indecent prices. I have lived with dupes of them...

Charles Mingus Complete Debut Recordings, CDs 7 & 8

Oh! That must have been hard, you had such a fine collection! Did you sell off the whole lot? Most of the vinyls went away... I kept all my CDs, all my Mosaics and quite a number of vinyls I had doubles of... All these will go to the same buyer when I die! The time (and the money) was right I still have enough music to keep me happy until I reach 150!

Benny Carter 'New Jazz Sounds' (Verve Japan)

It's fine on my browser. Trying with another one (a black/black image):

This was the original album cover Had this before I sold most of my vinyls a few months ago. Interesting music!

The Capitol production from Cannonball Adderley does not rate really high in my appreciation of his recordings but I'ld be ready to reevaluate this!

The Atlantic Monthly carries an article about Stanley Kubrick's idea about making a film on Jazz under the Nazis: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/03/stanley-kubricks-unmade-film-about-jazz-in-the-third-reich/274225/ A great might have been film no doubt! A photo of Dietrich Schulz-Koehn in full uniform with various musicians including Django Reinhardt, at left. in Paris around 1942.

Wishing Rollins a full recovery! He needs to get a long good rest and limit his concert appearances!

Serge Gainsbourg 'Mauvaises Nouvelles des Etoiles' (Philips)