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Speaking of the Imperial War Museum, I've never been to the one in Duxford, but I've been to the main one in London and it is very, very impressive. They've got a Blitz and a WWI exhibit where you're taken back to those times and I swear you feel like you're living the experience. In the Blitz, you're in the underground and the lights go out and bombs are blasting above you and the room shakes and it feels like you're the one being subjected to the bombing. If you're ever in London, don't miss this museum. Duxford is an outpost to the main London branch of the Imperial War Museum but if you want to see the actual aircraft then Duxford is the place ! There is a very large hangar just dedicated to USAF aircraft types, many of them rare. The visitor briefing room is actually where they briefed the USAF fighter squadrons during WWII - and hardly changed ! Last time I was there about half a dozen Spitfire fighters of all denominations flew overhead on display (including some real Mk rarities), something they regularly schedule. Well worth the trip to Cambridgeshire !

Is he? Can you link me to any information? There's a listing in this month's Jazzwise David. I'll post the dates on the board sometime during the weekend. It's with a 'UK RivBea' big band, comprising UK guys such as Tony Kofi and Ian Ballamy, sort of like the UK Andrew Hill Big Band of a couple of years ago. Off the top of my head there are dates scheduled in London, Southampton and Bath for sure..

Amazingly, the one time I've seen Cecil (doing solo piano recital and poetry) was in that very locale ! He's in the UK later this year with Bill Dixon and Tony Oxley and that's one that can't be missed.

Until very recently my immediate reaction would have been to say Sam Rivers but he's touring the UK over the next few months with two concerts in my vicinity. Hopefully I'll be at both !

One of our greatest ever exports to the US (thanks to Miles' visit that night to Ronnie Scotts).

Getting quite esoteric but how about the Keith Jarrett ECM 'Hymns/Spheres' (recorded on a Bavarian Baroque organ in a Bennedictine Abbey ) and also the 2LP he did of Clavichord Music. Both intriguing and strange releases, even by Jarrett's standards. I think 'Hymns/Spheres' was recorded just before the 'Sun Bear' mammoth LP set, so he was on an esoteric roll at this time... In fact I was just listening to side 1 of 'Hymns/Spheres' this morning and the room started resonating with volume cranked up when he pulled out the stops

This was the Gillespie 'Perceptions' album, released as part of the Verve Elite Edition series and which went OOP pretty quickly. Definitely fits into the remit of this thread - very much a 'third stream' feel to the arrangements with lots of heavy brass. Hindemith and Copland influence to some of the orchestral sounds. Incidentally, a couple of the tracks were revisited by JJ in his 'The Brass Orchestra' CD for Verve and Joe Wilder is featured on both albums. I think the JJ also possibly qualifies for inclusion in this thread too.

There's one currently on with a 'buy it now' option on the flight deck of the USS Intrepid. NYC seller but the condition is only VG, fuselage a bit rusty. There's also a rare UK import with seller location of Imperial War Museum Duxford..

Yes, this is a great box combo, John. Just listening to it the other day. I think mine cost the equivalent of £10 or thereabouts in Brussels. Timeless label 3CD box set. The Vanguard sessions are just as enjoyable. Listening to the Mosaic LP version is almost like being in the front row of that gig (having witnessed the same band live at Ronnie's about 6 weeks previously I can say that hand on heart).

I've got vinyls of both of these, UK originals with the SAPCOR numbers. Both are very nice - typical MJQ refined sessions of the period and absolutely no psychadelia/Beatles influence. 'Space' has a couple of tracks with dreamy, shimmering sounds which match the title well. I think both were out on CD some years ago. They come up on ebay on occasion - often (or at least they did) fetch big bucks.

Glad to hear that, Alfred. This might just be a set that I pass on. In the interest of my wallet, absolutely no more reviews, please...

Tristano/Konitz/Marsh Mosaic LP set just being hauled out of its storage pen for 33rpm action. Inspired by watching that great Tristano Copenhagen Concert DVD.

A Mosaic Larry Young LP set.

Just pre-ordered a copy from Amazon UK - should be out here within the next few weeks.

A timely reminder of the riches which were available on Collector's Choice. Just looking in Mosaic Brochure 17, which had a True Blue flyer listing some of these. There was also Bill Potts 'The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess'. Fond recollections of when these items appeared - I'd struggled to find 'Oblique' in the shops until CC delivered the goods. Picked up a whole wadge of these also through that special offer from Tower a few years ago publicised on the BNBB. The Potts and the Randy Weston were acquired through that route. About $5 each I recall...

I've just had a few listens to track 1 on my LP copy - a 1977 blue label UK pressing of the Liberty/United Artists period. Although the recording level sounds a bit suppressed to my ears (which seems very common to RVG recordings in the Liberty era) there is no noticeable cymbal distortion or tweaking of levels, at least on this copy. If there has been some deterioration of master tape, sounds as though it could be a post-1977 issue.

George Braith 'Extensions'

Aha! At last we have found a use for the International Space Station. Vinyl Processing Module !

A wise decision !

The LP of 'Off Limits' has arrived from Italy, together with the Drevo and Baggs/Griff. 'Off Limits' sounds pretty excellent, typical late period CBBB. They seem to have forgotten to send the Sahib Shihab 2LP set though (or maybe it was lost on my order? ).

I tend to use one basic treatment for any LP that can benefit from a cleanup. 1 part ethyl alcohol to 4 parts distilled water, used in a 'Disco Antistat' manual brush-cleaning machine. Then leave the LP to dry for 20 minutes. Forget the Disco Antistat fluid - it leaves a nasty stylus gunge residue. This method is more benign. For the 47W63rd etc. I tend to leave them be..

Can't belive that that Andrew Hill set is still looking for a home. A mighty fine, stunning Mosaic if ever there was one.

Probably 'Another Workout'. It's always seemed to me a bit of an anti-climax after the great peaks of 'Soul Station', 'Roll Call' and 'Workout' and I've tended to put it sort of on one side. I really must have another in-depth listen to this session and - yes - suspect that it is long overdue for RVG treatment (as is 'A Caddy For Daddy'). Message to Classic Records - please may we have a 200g vinyl deepgroove of this one? First impressions of 'Another Workout' back when it was first issued in the 80s was of a hugely swinging, solid and very listenable Hank hard bop date but there was nothing that really caught the ear and said this was special. At the time, there were reissues of things like 'Search For The New Land' and 'Empyrean Isles' coming out of Pathe Marconi and this one sounded routine in comparisson. On that basis, this one is well overdue for my listening attentions. I've also just picked up a Prestige twofer of the 'Messages' sessions, which I wasn't familiar with before, so its nice to have a bit more new (at least to me) Mobley to savour.

A bit of Blue Note action this Saturday morning. Starting of with Wayne Shorter 'Night Dreamer' NYC mono then onto Horace 'The Tokyo Blues' NY USA DG mono

Sweet Love, Bitter !! One of the recent releases on Rhapsody Films, produced and directed by Herbert Danska in 1967 and starring Dick Gregory. Notable for a very fine soundtrack by Mal Waldron and with a story line loosely based on the last years of Charlie Parker. Charles McPherson 'ghosts' for Gregory in the soundtrack - the band is absolutely top notch with Dave Burns, George Coleman, Mal Waldron, George Duvivier/Richard Davis and Al Drears (?). The film superbly depicts the NYC of the period, the scuffle of the jazz life and the pit-falls in a sort of 'film noir' style. Very cool indeed ! B-) My understanding is that after initial release in the 60s the film was subsequently shelved and has been an 'underground' item ever since. I have the sneeking suspicion that I might have sen it at a rare jazz films festival put together by the National Film Theatre in the late 70s but I'm not sure. It looks sort-of familiar !