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Man, this is turning out to be a day of sad news. Very sorry to hear this - I heard Stan reminisce once about his bebop days in NYC and it was truly fascinating. He came across as a most formidable guy. RIP Stan..

Just checked my mold-susceptible area and it is looking fine. When the problem was originally discovered I moved the Miles Mosaics and in the offending area I stuck a row of French Pathe Marconi Blue Notes..

The same thing happened to me with a bunch of my vinyl sets earlier this year. I have all of the Mosaics stored in cube storage shelves against a wall. Behind one of the cubes is an air inlet grill. The problem I think was there was not enough separation between wall and cubes with potential for localised moisture. Damp had started to form on the back surface of the cube units - adding additional separation distance sorted out the problem, to get a reasonable airflow through. Fortunately I spotted the problem just as it was starting - a rub with slightly damp cloth on the boxes sorted the problem. It didn't pervade to the vinyl inside the boxes fortunately. The problem was localised to the area where I have 5 or 6 of the Miles Davis LP sets stored. Funnily enough it only affected the Miles boxes. Almost ones worst Mosaic nightmare come to life, especially when the first one you spot is the 'Miles and Gil'...

sigh.....

My goodness, this is shocking news. Way too early is an understatement. I wonder what the cause was? RIP

Don't know too much about it and have never heard it but it's an ensemble which includes Ian Carr, recorded around 1971 for Deram. The only LP copy I've ever seen was for £275 ! (and in less than mint). £8.99 ish is a lot more like it ! 'Cleopatra's Needle' was for Fontana so may not be covered, if this series is for Deram/Argos. I'll console myself with the full series of the Michael Garricks. The Carr/Tracey/Ardley 'Will Power' would be nice, too.

'Chitinous Ensemble' . That one is just about the Holy Grail of rare British jazz. Incredible ! 'Dutton Vocalion' look to be one heck of a weird label for the Brit Jazz Derams though, with Mantovani et al also in the artist roster.

I figured something was up with the Westbrook 'Love Songs' last night when Dusty's site said 'due for issue in May' when they had just been selling the Jap issue. Couldn't work that one out.

John Cameron 'Off Centre'..... John Cameron 'Off Centre'... I'm just picking myself up off the floor. This one is terrific, check out 'Troublemaker'. Great session with Harold McNair. Not to mention the Henry Lowther 'Child Song'. A masterpiece. and the Garrick 'Heart is a Lotus'. Are they doing a vinyl edition as well perchance.. :rsmile: Hey, this isn't April 1st again is it..

Woops - sorry ! Talking of wasted rockers - doesn't that ex-lead singer of Uriah Heap live near there (I have a feeling it is in Sonning). Sonning BTW does have some excellent pubs !

Only one half-way decent thing ever came out of Reading - Kate Winslett..

This is infuriating - if this was 1-2 weeks later, I could get there ..

Very happy birthday !!! :rsmile:

Very !

Thanks, I'll check it out. Just about to take a look over at Dusty's site anyway to see if they have any new greasy comestibles..

Did he have a PC hooked up with a stack of disks next to it?

Here's ten of my current greasiest faves: 1. Big John Patton 'Memphis to New York Spirit' 2. Big John Patton 'Understanding' 3. Big John Patton 'Boogaloo' 4. Lou Donaldson 'Alligator Boogaloo' 5. Big John Patton 'Got a Good Thing Going' 6. Brother Jack McDuff 'Moon Rapin'' 7. Pat Martino 'El Hombre' 8. Lonnie Smith 'Think !' 9. Harold Vick 'Steppin' Out' (extra lashings of the Castrol GTX on this one..) 10. Clarence Wheeler & the Enforcers 'The Love I've Been Looking For' I would also add in Big John Patton 'Let Em Roll' but its a tad behind on the grease factor although a superlative album.

This very fine session by Gordon Beck, with 'Johnny' McLaughlin. Great jazz versions of 1960s pop hits.

Clifford, the David Mack is almost forgotten, even over here. It raised some interest amongst the critics back in the 1960s (Max Harrison wrote an essay on 'David Mack's 'Serial Jazz' at that time in his fine book 'A Jazz Retrospect') but then was promptly forgotten. Good news re: the Ardley though. 'Dejeuner' looks as though it will be re-issued on the dreaded alternative format ( ) sometime over the next year. LP copies are pretty scarce. By the way, I think this one (along with an album by Phil Seamen) was the first and only UK domestic-artist ever put out on vinyl by Verve. 'Dejeuner' by the way is a fantastic album. It starts out with a cracking big band version of Michael Garrick's 'Dusk Fire' and then leads into (IMO) the finest version of Coltrane's 'Naima' other than the one recorded by the Master. Fantastic !

Sure was, Adam. Impressive to see how much affection was shown to Horace from the LA jazz fraternity, although many people were obviously in 'shock'. I count myself as being fortunate to have been there, a moving tribute.

Followed up by this gem on UK Verve from Neil Ardley and the New Jazz Orchestra (it's Neil on the left and Jon Hiseman with the turban).

Just listening to this interesting British third-stream session from the early 60s with Shake Keane and Coleridge Goode. A scarce one !

Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabakin Big Band 'Live at Newport '77' (Baystate)

Always really liked his playing with Woody Shaw, especially the Contemporary date 'Song of Songs'. The Japanese date 'Why Not' for that same label is really nice too, as is the CBS work with Dexter. 'Manhattan Symphonie' is a particular favourite (what a great album that is), Cables is superlative on 'As Time Goes By'.

I have 'Thoughts of Dar Es Salaam' and the 2CD of 'The Dark Tree'. Also recommended is the book 'Songs of the Unsung - The Musical and Social Journey of Horace Tapscott'. Lots of interesting material in that one - not sure if it is still in print. Not sure if I have mentioned this on the board but on a visit to LA some years ago one of my ambitions of the trip was to actually get to see Horace Tapscott live (I had - much to my regret - missed one of his solo piano recitals in Western Canada some years previously). When I got to do the trip Horace's health had taken a bad turn for the worse. There was a benefit concert in South LA which I attended but in the event Horace sadly died the night before and it turned into an official wake. The concert featured a reformed 'Arkestra' with guest spots by Pharoah Sanders, Bobby Bradford and the Watts Prophets, among others. Some illustrious faces in the audience that I recall - Gerald Wilson was sitting right behind.