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Bud Powell 'At Home' (Fontana)

I have not seen the inside of a barbershop since my army days (decades ago)! Maybe I should reacquaint myself with the experience

George Adams Black Saint-Soul Note box, the Village Vanguard discs

Hope you're having a Great Day for your birthday :party:

Sam Rivers 'Contours' (BN stereo)

Miles personal souvenirs include an episode at the July 1969 Antibes concert by the Lost Quintet. I was taking photos that day and had positioned myself right under the stage (oddly there were very few photographers at the concert that evening). A few minutes into the concert, Miles positioned himself near where I was. He obviously did not want photos and showed his displeasure by stamping a foot to have photographers out of his sight... I moved to a less visible position. Several months later (November 1969) I planned a housewarming party after moving to a Left Bank apartment. Friends (and musician friends) were invited. Someone mentioned that the party was to be held on the evening of the Miles Davis concert at Salle Pleyel and said Miles should be invited. The late critic Maurice Cullaz who knew Miles proposed to ask and invite him which he did. Unfortunately Miles was in the middle of a tour and was playing in Copenhagen the following day. and could not make it. (Miles was a noshow at the party but other guests that came and had a good time included Cecil Taylor, Sonny Murray, Archie Shepp, Grachan Moncur, Michel Portal among others). If Miles had come there would have been interesting encounters...

Happy Birthday, Hans

It is!

Roland Kirk 'Kirkatron' (Warner)

It took me years to get into Ellington's Liberian Suite. I have recently started to get into this. Another great work from Duke!

Thelonious Monk 'Criss Cross' (CBS)

I tried this one for size but that's the biggest image I could find on that one