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'The Fabulous Fats Navarro Vol 2' - BN Lexington label DG pressing

Splendid ! . Thanks..

It's the first time I've seen a solo piano recital interupted by the featured artist taking a swig from a mug of coffee but continuing to tinkle away with the left hand.

Thanks Bev, appreciate the suggestions. I haven't seen mention of the Mingus Big Band playing in NY that week but I would be definitely in there checking them out if they are 'in town'. I haven't seen these guys yet.. ('Mingus Dynasty' with Danny Richmond, Johnny Coles, Don Pullen & co twenty-odd years ago was my last 'Mingus' gig ) Good suggestion on the Village Voice. Very good source, I recall that on my last trip I almost re-wrote the itinery based on the listings in there. Now it would be really great if Msrs Grachan and Shepp just happened to be in town that week..

Thanks, Marcello. Junior Mance in the Park whilst sipping a lunchtime beer sounds pretty good to me ! Keep 'em coming ! :rsmile:

Indeed, there is definitely a second tenor player in the ensembles ! Bearing in mind the timeframe of the session and the fact that Stan Tracey is on piano, I wonder if the 'mystery tenor' might perhaps be Bobby Wellins?

That Mengelberg solo recital was the second time I've seen him. The first was years ago with the ICP Orchestra (Bennick etc) on a Canadian tour. Each performance has left me scratching my head somewhat. Very much a 'stream of consciousness' grab-bag, which is pretty well as he described it before the performance at Bath.

Guy and Michael - thanks very much for your responses. I'm thinking about the Jarrett at CH, its on the night I arrive. Fortunately this is vacation, no work so I can just spend the days checking out NYC and soaking up some great jazz . Hopefully I can make it over to the Knickerbocker Restaurant, Michael. That gig sounds cool..

I'm on a hunt for the rest of these (in the Bath shop ) tomorrow. 'Chitinous' and the rest of the Garricks at the top of the list.

The original release of 'Booker Little 4 & Max Roach' was on United Artists. The original of '& Friend' was on Bethlehem.

More cheap Blue Notes: Grant Green 'Aint it Funky Now' compilation CD Lester Young 'Alladin Sessions' 2CD £5 each !

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I'll be in NYC from June 22nd - 26th for a short foray and wondered if anyone on the Board had specific recommendations on gigs to check out? I'm aware of the stuff on at the JVC Festival but would be specifically interested in any good hard bop/post bop/big bands to check out. Either Manhattan or Brooklyn would be ideal. Also - any good Jazz vinyl emporias that I should check out? Thanks in advance !

Probably. He sounds well out of it on some of the tracks but strangely the playing is very appealing. Reminds me quite a bit of Tony Coe at times. Style-wise its a fairly typical Brit modern/mainstream date of the late-60s. I find Kenny Wheeler's playing on the session up to his usual fine standard and of course there's Stan Tracey on drums, making an excursion from the 'black hole' of Scotts (where he was house pianist at the time and dealing with his own demons) and adding his usual witty backing. Anyone notice that 'Benny Goodman' is on drums?

I can vouch that this new 'Hummingbird' reissue sounds great - one of a very fine initial batch of Derams from Dutton Vocalion, all very scarce on original vinyl. You could do worse than buy the whole batch of them (minus the Terry Durham).

Some of these Fontanas were reissued in Japan on Trio Records.

Yes, I must admit that the impression I picked up just listening to Episode 1 was that Orrin was the one 'calling the shots' (for example with him listening to the Bill Evans tape on the phone call with Mundell Lowe), with Bill Grauer just getting a few mentions.

Arthur Godfrey Tiny Tim Don Ho ← 'The Don' Richie Benaud Geoffrey Boycott

Yes, this is a good idea. As long as there are no more than 2 or 3 BFTs in 'active posting' mode at any one time (as distinct from 'late additions'), I think this is quite workable.

Just a mention also that there is a great DVD in the 'Jazz Casual' series with Thad & Mel from 1968. This has some of the tunes on the Mosaic: Tracks are: 'Just Blues' 'St Louis Blues' 'Kids Are Pretty People' The disk also has a broadcast of the Woody Herman 1960s Herd on it. Unmissable..

DrJ - they are around.. Good luck in getting hold of it, I just VPI'd the LPs the other day and they sound great. I too got hold of the CD set first (which I still own and play, just love this set) but it was nice to get the vinyl. You shouldn't have to pay any more than $300-400 for sure.

He certainly has some nice recollections of Wes Montgomery on programme 2, with the story of the Adderley's phoning him up with the hot news from Minneapolis. Interesting comments on the junkie habits of Chet Baker and Bill Evans too.

Francy Boland 'Going Classic', Vogue 2LP set

Yes, it's removed on the Mosaic. Seeing this thread made me dig out the Mosaic LP set this afternoon and I can vouch that the sound on these Q-LPs is pretty damn good. No noticeable reverb. I agree with your verdict on this set - I'd probably put it in my top 5 too and I would also agree that the first few LPs hit the peak. Precision, incredible swing and enthusiastic playing sum it up for me.

I have a couple of rare-ish British jazz albums on the way. A pristine copy of the original 'Under Milk Wood Suite' by Stan Tracey on UK Columbia and a nice mono copy of 'Presenting the Harry South Big Band' on UK Mercury.