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By the way - a new biography of the life of Shake Keane has recently come out. Covers his musical, literary and governmental exploits. Medjuck - I guess the band you saw must have been the classic Harriott Quintet lineup with Harriott, Keane, Pat Smythe, Coleridge Goode and Phil Seamen.

I really need to do the same with those and put them on CD !

Ta !

I remember him playing and reviewing Stanley Clarke ‘Journey To Love’ on that programme - very un-R3 ! Also Quincy Jones ‘Body Heat’. The other thing they put out on that station around that time was ‘Jazz In Britain’, broadcast usually at some impossible time in the night.

Very 1980s, reeking of Lycra workout backing tracks. Sort of fun though !

The only time I ever saw that one was in deletion racks with the inevitable corner click. Never heard it !

From a file obtained from the Jewell estate some years ago. Includes an invite from Ardley to Jewell to the first performance of ‘Kaleidoscope’ at the Roundhouse in 1974 as part of the Camden Jazz Festival of that year as well as a marked up programme of the QEH programme with Jewell’s thoughts on the night (v. positive). One thing I do remember around this time is listening to Jewell’s Radio 3 review programme back in 1976 I think which covered all popular music and not just jazz. He did a review of ‘Kaleidoscope’ on that show.

From the box.

Some of the best of the music on the Garrick/Harriott release is only available in the longer digital option so not getting hold of the LP is not a disaster IMO. Wish they would do a second batch of that Ray Russell Vol 1 though !

I remember the BBC showing ‘Sven Klang’s Combo’ just the once, as part of one of their all-too-rare jazz seasons. Tubby Hayes, Jimmy Deuchar and Alan Ganley featured in Amicus Film’s horror compendium ‘Dr Terror’s House of Horrors’, which has been broadcast here again recently. Roy ‘Record Breakers’ Castle on trumpet.

Nice to see Ray mentioned - bought some photos from him at a visit to his house, located near Bel-Air as I recall. By then his record store and the auction lists were in the past and he was retired but still doing his photography. Nice guy, originally from Windypeg. I think I popped in to the Bloomsbury Bookshop on one occasion. The main Bookshop in that locality was Dillons University Bookshop, since rebranded as a branch of Foyles. Bloomsbury Bookshop used to advertise back then in Jazz Journal.

I think the LP version I have might be a 90s German pressing. Never heard any of the CD versions.

The Candid LP version of that one sounds pretty good.

Yes Roger, it is very good. In fact I prefer what I’ve heard of it to the LP release, the music is expanded and opened out considerably.

CDs are back in vogue chez moi. After updating the CD player recently the gap in playback standard is not too big at all, in fact both mediums have their pluses. Best of both worlds but twice the house clutter. I need a storage shed !

I’ve just pre-ordered the CD - keen to hear it in full. I’ll be opting also for the vinyl in due course. I have the sneaking feeling that both formats will sell out pretty fast. I don’t think the Luca Ferrari bio of Taylor even mentions this live recording.

Yikes !

Just about to order the Neil Ardley ‘Kaleidoscope of Rainbows’ QEH Live 2CD from them as it ships out from Monday onwards, ahead of schedule. Particularly interesting as I have some original correspondence between Ardley and critic Derek Jewell relating to this music and gig !

Not a reissue but a new live recording by Mike Taylor just up for pre-order from Jazz In Britain. From the Jon Hiseman archive. Vinyl to follow later in the year.

Remember seeing him with Ronnie Scott. It must have been just before Dick Pearce joined that lineup because I think it was just the once.

AstraZeneca shot no. 1 today has gone fine, with nil effects so far. The vaccination centre was extremely well organised.

Dangerous. Before you know it your house will be full of cubes loaded with 12” platters. Slippery slope..

Yes, that’s right. Didn’t Danny Ray Thompson run the shop too? Echoes of ‘Stella Street’.

I wonder if that corner grocery store is still there selling intergalactic confectionery and (most likely long since discontinued) selections of Saturn and Thoth LPs?