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I too thought #1 sounded like Kenny Dorham but #2 brings Booker Little to mind, together with George Coleman which fits with the Max Roach group hypothesis. #3 guess George Coleman again and maybe Pepper Adams. #8 there's a connection with Miles. Tiobbe - Good - I am not alone then.

Is this a private party or can anyone join in, even us newbies? I received my unofficial copy this morning - even as I was sending my email, Couw, it dropped through the letterbox - thank you! It's playing even now and has been an eye-opener. Not sure of anything (ears only) until I came to #8 (danced with joy at success!) which I know very well indeed but won't mention of course. Still working on the others - with help. This is going to lead to me to places I haven't been before.

Don't know of any plans for reissues - would be interested to hear from anyone who does. I read that RR's career began to tail off with the advent of John Surman as the number one British player so I guess he became unfashionable in some circles. But to me his improvisations were almost always very good and sometimes superlative. Having listened to all I can, including recordings of broadcast sessions at the British Library Sound Archive (an on-going program - see more additons to discography in due course) of which copies are not available, and tried to track his development, it seems that a big turning point for him was his rubbing shoulders with Mulligan in Paris in, I think, 1959. After this his sound changed, became more robust. On earlier recordings he has a lighter but still very attractive sound, but some of the BLSA sessions I've heard his sound was virile indeed. The latest session I heard, one of the tunes bordered on "free" ("Part Two" - 1985), which came as a bit of a surprise to me. Greg Dyke, of the BBC, announced fairly recently that he would like to see the BBC archives made available on-line to anyone, free of charge I think. I don't see this happening anytime soon but am living in hope. The recordings might become available after fifty years but I doubt I'll be around to reap the benefit.

Thank you, Couw, nice to be here. Finding my way around the other place you suggested too now. Sidewinder - tried to email you but failed - returned. Interested in your tape. Can you email me please?

Many thanks for your generous plug, Couw, which is already helping us at the Ronnie Ross homepage. I'm working on your other suggestions and have implemented some. Thanks too for the above posts which we hope will be succeeded by many more! See also thread started by my partner-in-crime Jazzman4133 - yet to attract comment! The discography is meant to include only those recordings by Ronnie Ross that were mainly in the jazz vein but this is a difficult judgement to make when one can't hear the material. Walk on the Wild Side is mentioned on the site but is not in the discography for this reason. Lots of other good stuff as well as "Jazzmakers" Brownie - hope your appetite is whetted!