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Tooter - Ronnie made a sterling short appearance on the Beeb last night. I wasn't expecting it but the Bill Le Sage 'New Directions In Jazz' unit were featured on that Duke Ellington 70th Birthday 'Love You Madly' tribute (from 1968 ish) along with Stan Tracey's Big Brass. Absolutely wonderful show - after total chaos with my video recorder failing initially to record BBC4 off Freeserve and totally losing the 'Ronnie Scott at Coconut Grove' , I cracked it with 1 minute to go and I think I've got the Ross recorded. We'll have to look at transferring this to DVD for you. Ronnie took just the one solo but it was a nice one !

Larry Young 'Contrasts' (Liberty) Lew Tabakin 'Rites of Pan' (Disco Mate, Japan)

Ahem.... Blue Parrot

The lineup on these sides looks too good to miss. Touff, Kamuca, Perkins, Al Porcino, Bill Perkins and arrangements by Holman & co.; not an easy set to pass on. I guess Mosaic are nearing the time limit on this set and don't want to order a new pressing, hence the leap-frogging to 'Last Chance. I wonder if we'll see quite a few sets of the circa-2000 vintage (Roach, Wilson, Stitt?) do that this year.

Yep, identical to mine.

Don't have the LP I'm afraid, Tooter but glad that this was of service By the way check out the BBC4 Jazz Britannia lineup - looks like the 'Jazz 625' show may have some footage of that Bill Le Sage/Ronnie Ross group. I thought that stuff had been wiped over by the Beeb years ago

This was all over the West of England news today. Caused a whole load of guffaws around the office

I've pre-ordered along with grabbing a Herman set. Looks stonking !

Yikes !

British tradder Harry Gold (of 'Pieces of Eight' fame) used to play the bass sax.

Whoaah ! 'Kenny Wheeler Big Band' rec 1977 from 'Omnibus' and the Tubby Hayes Big Band from 'Jazz 625'. Not to mention Rendell/Carr in the 'Duke' tribute.

Indeed ! My video recorder will be in continuous action. Lots of great stuff to be broadcast over the next few weeks, including a couple of hours of 'Jazz 625'. Check out some of the listed bands - I'll have to give Tooter a heads up about the LeSage so that he gets some rare Ronnie Ross footage in the bag.. Jazz Cup Runneth Over On The Beeb.. Its 'fill yer British jazz boots' time

Never thought I'd ever see it ! Harriott Pic

Don't think this one is on your list Tooter but I'll post it in any case (Tony Kinsey RFH, 1954).

I've just tallied up my LPs and CDs and I'm around the 5000 mark. All jazz, apart from a couple of Classical LPs and a stack of Steely Dan. Gonna have to clear out some old 70s vinyl to make some room..

I'm booked for the 2 concerts on the Saturday. It will be nice to see Surman/Lawrence/Marshall and the Westbrook group at the 'Conservatory' concert. Looks good ! I'm not a massive Courtney fan though so may give Sunday a miss.

I have this one on a video. Most of it concentrates on Rollins practicing on that railway bridge in NYC, along with Paul Jeffrey. There's also footage of that school band rehearsal where Rollins sits in and gives a bit of tuition. At first I thought the teacher might have been Ken McIntyre (looks like him) but the guy plays trumpet so it obviously isn't. The film has a 'Rhapsody Films' credit so may be on their recent batch of releases. From the video evidence of the playing, Rollins definitely 'had it' as of late 1967. There's also that incredible video of him at Ronnie Scotts where he turns up at the club entrance emerging from a taxi and playing the tenor cadenza, walks through the entrance and onto the stage, somehow synchronising with the band has he does so. Haven't seen that film for years, last time was on some TV show. Must have been recorded late 60s/early 70s.

OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD. BLASPHEMY...LOU DONALDSON 'LIVE AT THE CADILLAC CLUB'...ALMOST NOTHING HAPPENING?....OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD. Blasphemy indeed ! That one cooks like hell, the sammiches were definitely loaded..

Seconded !

Have never seen the cover of that Donaldson 'Cosmos' before. The photograph is very similar in style to the one taken of Lee Morgan and used on the front of the 'Memorial' album. Must have been the same vintage (72/73?)

No problem Tooter, glad it was of use. I'll keep my eyes scanned for the others.

Aw, shucks...

I may well be flamed by the grease merchants for saying this but Reuben Wilson's 'Blue Mode' has never grabbed me and sounds like an under-rehearsed jam. Cool cover art though (wasn't this a Marti Klarwein?) Thumbs up for the 3 Sounds by the way..

That performance at the Hammersmith Odeon was in October 1969 (28th, I believe). There was an advert for it in the October Jazz Monthly but this listed Farlow in the lineup so Grant was a very late replacement. The night before, the Clark Boland Big Band were performing so Ronnie Scott was at least there the night before. There's minimal reporting on the concert in subsequent issues of JM and no mention of Grant, unfortunately, so its not clear if Scott was MC at the Jazz Expo.

Ronnie may well have introduced the 'Jazz Expo' concert, alternatively it could conceivably have been recorded at the Frith St club. I'll check out the review in my old Jazz Monthly and report back. I believe Grant was notoriously scared of flying so this excursion to the UK was a rare one for him - his first and possibly only visit.