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Must have been Les Condon at the back LHS in the trumpet section, Tooter, with Hamer to his left. Vacant chair to the left of Condon for Deuchar (featured up front by Tubby).

Yes, its from the Barbara Schwarz discography. The sessions from 13th and 14th of August 1964 are actually the Hayes Big Band with Benny Golson. I've got the film of the 13th on that old video recording. Nothing of the session on the 14th though. Track details as follows: 13th Aug 1964: 'Stockholm Sojourn' (4:20) (I think Ross solos on this one) 'I Remember Clifford' (4:58) (Deuchar feature) 'Come On In' (4:32) (Dave Goldberg feature) 'Put on a Happy Face' (3:34) 'The Call' (4:24) 'Waltz For Debbie' (4:45) 14th Aug 1964 'A Swedish Villa' (4:27) 'Goodbye' (4:36) 'Hey Lady Mama (3:50) 'Oh Look at Me Now' (4:30) 'My Foolish Heart' (5:31) 'Are You Real' (3.05) Band for the 14th had 23 musicians so looks identical to the 13th. Must assume that RR was present. Nw if only the Beeb could re-broadcast both of these sessions IN FULL !

Yes, I was watching a repeat of that Fame interview yesterday and he mentions listening to Ross and LeSage at the entrance to the Flamingo, not having the funds for admission. Georgie Fame was at the local jazz club in the audience a few weeks ago. Too bad, I could have asked him !

There were a couple of brief LeSage video snippets on 'Britannia' Tooter which didn't look as if they were from the '625' performance so perhaps they were from the 'It's Jazz'.

B-) Both of these events sound wonderful !

Just checked the Hayes discography and that episode of '625' with the Hayes Big Band was recorded at the Marquee on 31st Jan 1965 and originally broadcast by the Beeb on 7th April 1965. Tracks recorded were: 'Blues for bloody Morag' 'Parisien thoroughfare' 'In the night' 'Suddenly last Tuesday' 'Young and Foolish' 'Blues for bloody Morag' (reprise) 'Killers of W.1' 'Theme' There were also Hayes '625' recordings done on the 13th and 14th August 1964 with RR present but I don't know if they survived the tape cull.

Oh, that rings a faint bell...... but (1) I'm not a Toronto native (was here in the early 1990s, then moved here permanently in 1997) & (2) I'm pretty sure that the venues you speak of are no more. But maybe older hands than I can give a better answer. They were down by the lakefront, bottom of Yonge I seem to recall. 'Honest Ed' Mirvish was a high profile Toronto entrepeneur who in addition to his 'pile em high' outlets also ran a group of restaurants in this complex, catering to a variety of cuisines. Interesting place ! Several other great musical experiences in the Toronto area. Sun Ra's 1989 band at the O'Keefe Centre, doing the 'Disney' and 'Fletcher Henderson Tribute' sets. Miles Davis performance in early 1990 at Massey Hall. Also a wonderful, no-charge open air performance by Tony Williams' group at Nathan Philips Square, around the time that 'Angel Heart' came out. There was also a really great club called 'Bermuda Onion' on Bloor West that, very sadly, folded in the early 1990s. The likes of Elvin, Pharoah Sanders and Lee Konitz played there around that time.

This Euro set is retailed at about £80 in UK HMV outlets, I believe..

About £37 through Caiman/Amazon UK (still a great price but they wouldn't give me the $48 through Amazon US). I wonder how long it will be before the Jazztet and Eldridge sets appear here.

Ken McIntyre 'Year of the Iron Sheep' United Artists mono

Second that suggestion to stir the Beeb into action on the '625s'. What we want is a full series of repeats with the whole shows. All of those that haven't been wiped, that is..

Sorry Tooter - what I meant is same titles but 'Tours' was recorded at a separate studio session. From the (totally microscopic) writing on the back of my Japanese Fontana CD I see that Ronnie is in the lineup, in fact the saxophone front line looks identical to the one on '625' (Hayes, Wellins, King, Ross, Sharpe). No Stan Roderick in the trumpets though - wasn't that him in the lineup last night?

Classic !

Mingus Bethlehem sessions spinning at the moment. 'East Coasting' and 'A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry' Both mono deepgrove originals and recorded in 'micro cosmic sound', whatever that is.. 'East Coasting' is one hell of an album. Great cameo appearance by Bill Evans on piano. According to the writeup in Brian Priestley's 'Mingus' bio, he was asked to participate the night before this session. Unbelievable !

I love those German Saba pressings. I've got several of the Prestige issues (Jaki Byard at Lennies for one) and their reissue of Nathan Davis's 'Hip Walk'. Also a Francy Boland. Great pressing quality ! Huge

Glad you enjoyed it, Tooter. Good stuff from Ronnie R. last night - the Le Sage 'Directions In Jazz' unit was quite fascinating with the 4 cellos (aha - that German LP !) and the two tracks with the Hayes Big Band (I think that music appeared on one of their Fontana albums, probably 'Tubbs Tours'). I see that the Hayes front line had two baritones - nice big sound there.

Thanks ! I'll check it out. Oh - 'Two Lane Highway'. Now why did I think of three?.

Absolutely !

Yes, Gary - there was some mention of SME on the show last night and Evan Parker was interviewed but I think all we saw of Bailey was a photograph for about half a second with a few sort-of half-dismissive remarks as being really way out. Really enjoyed this episode 2. That colour footage of the Graham Bond Organisation with Dick Heckstall-Smith was amazing - I believe it was a track they cut called 'Harmonica' for some low-key mid-60s film. Good that they gave the GBO the appropriate plaudits as a key influence on 60s rock. The 'Jazz 625' show was also well worth recording. Great to see Ronnie Ross get the appropriate features and to see those two Tubby Hayes Big Band performances. Bil LeSage's 'New Directions' with Ross also got some good footage. Also nice to get the chance to see that Kenny Wheeler Big Band material from 1977 as originally featured on 'Omnibus' (I half-remember that one originally going out).

Probably not so much the clubs - indeed at Montreal Bistro the audience is usually very appreciative. I'm thinking more of places like that set of restaurants which were run by Honest Ed - I wonder if they are still going. My memories of Montreal Bistro are of when it was known as 'Cafe Des Copains'. There were some superb solo piano sets to check out there - I recall seeing Sir Charles Thompson, Jay McShann, John Lewis and Joanne Brackeen. Somehow missed Stanley Cowell. Watched the Lewis performance stood right next to him at the grand whilst he was doing one of his 'Parisian' suites - wonderful !

Yep, that Lee Morgan 'Lighthouse' LP set is always a huge pleasure. The CD set is great for having all of the music but the LP set has the 'presence'. Cue to dig out my Teutonic version later today !

Capitol Gene Krupa/Harry James disk 7. Some lovely Ernie Wilkins arrangements for the James band on this one and superbly recorded by Capitol. No qualms whatsoever re: the Mosaic CD mastering on ths one. Lovely.

After reading the report I've backtracked on this one. No transactions made so nothing lost.

Looks like the Mosaic dam has burst today !

Sadly, it looks as if commitments will keep me this side of the pond this time