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The Roland Kirk Mercury and Clifford Brown Emarcy are probably top of my list - both absolutely wonderful !

Marcus - the 3 disks arrived today, I will forward to Tooter and Ubu in tomorrow's mail. Many thanks !

John Cameron 'Off Centre' on Deram. Another neglected Brit-jazz classic !

Just listening to 'Byrd in Flight' right now (and what a killer that one is) so this thread is highly appropriate !

Hilton Ruiz 'Piano Man' on Steeplechase.

any idea what it went for, just curious, I paid 8 euro for my copy, its a pretty quiet pressing .(not sure how it'd be officially graded) No idea Clunky - it was listed in their catalogue along with other 'rarities' but I've no details as to what price it went for. If you are interested perhaps it would be worth emailing them? (auction ended 15th July I think). If you got this one for 8 euros then that is one heck of a bargain.

How about the Ed Thigpen 'Out of the Storm' on Verve (last seen in the Elite edition). Interestingly, Burrell is on that one too.

Saw Bobby, Victor and Horizon live about 3 times in the early 90s around the time 'No Question About It' and 'The Inventor' came out. Great shows in each case and those BN albums by the band are all worth checking out. 'Post Motown Bop' and 'The Inventor' are probably my faves.

In the move to Frith St the Harold Davison Agency (who were partner to Scott and Pete King in running the club) injected significant capital in order to secure the lease. The influence of this agency and their raised profile may also be a factor.

I've just checked my copy of the biography of Ronnie Scott (written by Scott's daughter) which states that Lateef was actually the first artist to appear at the new (Frith St) club starting Friday 17 Dec 1965. Ernestine Anderson was the other half of the bill. Quote:- 'There were no electric lights on the tables, only candles, and there was no front door. The first drink was on the house and the punters poured into the club whilst the staff tried to make sense out of the chaos.' Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were also in the audience apparently and in hysterics as they surveyed the fiasco... B) I wonder how Tompkins managed to record things (using his own portable generator perhaps? ). Presumably by the following week things were sorted out... So it looks as if the move to Frith St was not the deciding factor. What did happen around 1966/67 though was a marked increase in 'name' US bands featured at the club, a higher profile and the first visit of big bands such as Buddy Rich's (who recorded there in the early 70s for RCA). Commercial pressures therefore might have been a factor.

Maybe the change of location of 'Ronnies' from the 'Old Place' to bigger premises in Frith Street around this timeframe may have had something to do with the stoppage in recording?

Cosey is also featured to advantage on 'Philip Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble' recorded in the late 60s I think and issued on Aestuarium Records. Recommended ! :rsmile:

Thanks ! I think I know where to get hold of a copy of that one.. B)

Yes, quite often see copies of this double LP - RCA Camden, about 1975? If its the one I'm thinking of it has arrangements by Billy Mays.

Too true ! I've yet to listen through Hill's 'Passing Ships' without a skip and a jump intruding.

That Blakey sounds like a 'great find' in mint. Paris Jazz Corner have just auctioned a similar copy but yours sounds like it's in better nick !

With his lungs pretty well shot its amazing that Mobley kept on playing as late as he did. I remember seeing lineup details for a Northsea festival in the early 80s and I have the feeling that the 'Hank Mobley Quartet' was listed. I think the listing was in Jazz Journal, I'll have to check it out. The next mention I heard of Hank before his death was his audience appearance at Town Hall as part of the Blue Note festivities. I suspect that the Northsea appearance must have been canned.

Any particular recommendations from the Parlan Steeplechases?

Very cool ! I have been playing the Steeplechase vinyl of 'Home' and 'Hindsight' today and they are both heartily recommended and compare well with the material on the 'Complete UA Sessions' set (ie. 'Year of the Iron Sheep' and 'Way, Way Out'). The LP with Byard is a very interesting line of development from the 'Iron Sheep' session, with McIntyre on great form on both disks. Must get hold of the 'Introducing the Vibrations' LP as well. In contrast with some of the Steeplechase sessions of this vintage, these LPs are anything but 'journeyman' stuff.

'Miles in Amsterdam' (OMS) followed by: 'Milt Jackson + Count Basie + Big Band' Vols 1 & 2 (Pablo) and Walt Dickerson 'To My Son' & 'To My Queen Revisited' (Steeplechase)

Recording date given on my VHS copy of this was 7th March 1965, presumably at the BBC Shepherds Bush studios. Humphrey Littleton was compere. There is definitely a splice on the trail-out and if my memory is right they bolt on some of the audio from Curtis's 'The Egyptian'.

Nope ! B)

For me the combination of these two is very definitely not generic. Great teamwork, an instantly recognisable paired sound and great 'vibe' to their paired work. Hard to put this into words but the level of mutual support and respect comes across to me as comparable to that achieved by Kenny Dorham and Joe Henderson. Heck, if it was good enough for Horace Silver all those years.. B) Favourite track off the Mitchell Mosaic. 'Heads Up! Feet Down!' from 'Heads Up!' absolutely kicks ass !