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That misprint is just on the initial batch of European copy protected RVG CDs. I still have one. I’m impressed with the sound on this one too.

I enjoyed his book about Claude Ranger and this Sonny Greenwich bio is definitely on my list.

Never saw him myself either. I was abroad in 1990 and the one chance I did get, a rare solo piano recital in Western Canada circa 1994, I missed ! (Not sure why, might have been on business). Admission was something daft like $8 too, very low profile appearance during the Canadian Summer Festival season. Was hoping to put that right in the late 90s, sadly not to be. His spirit was well and truly there though ! Continuing the Mosaic vinyl theme du jour, selections of this one followed by the J J Johnson Columbia vinyl set. ‘Slightly Latin’ is a very good album, very much under-rated IMO. A sort of cheesy approach, yes - but full of surprise and good humour. Some good playing on there by the likes of Martin Banks and - especially - Horace Parlan.

Checked up my old post on this on the ‘Tapscott’ thread and Bobby Bradford was also in the lineup. I remember Gary Bias and Roberto Miranda in the Arkestra as well. Board Member Adam was also in the audience that day, per his post. It seems largely to have been something of an ‘Arkestra Friends and Family’ thing so we were lucky to have attended.

Memories of attending Tapscott’s ‘wake’ performance in LA. It was billed as a fund raising tribute to help him with hospital treatment. They announced on the day from the stage that he had sadly passed away just the night before so it turned out to be a memorial. As well as the Arkestra there was Pharoah Sanders, Vi Redd and the Watts Prophets in the lineup that I can remember. Gerald Wilson and his family were sat right behind me.

Fair enough ! Tonight’s brew -

Don’t you guys ever drink beer? I was always under the impression that the German speaking peoples were beer drinkers..

Delighted to get hold of a copy of this one. Especially with a new Taylor release on the horizon. Board member Clifford gets another honourable mention in the text. Tadd Dameron bio also on order and arriving in a couple of days. Slowly working my way through the list of books I needed to get.

Found a near mint vinyl of the ‘Inc 1’ on DIW a year or so back, well worth getting. Will try to give it a spin today.

I think the luvvies at the BBC (Radio and TV) have over-bombarded us with the Bowie thing over the last few weeks. Anyone would think he was the only musician out there ! (end of gripe )

Presumably what they are planning is an expansion and sonic upgrade of the broad content of the excellent old 4CD box?

Those Decca British jazz vinyl reissues should help - assuming they actually happen. I think ‘Pendulum’ was the one mentioned in that possible first batch though. The CDs for both of them didn’t hang around long either. ’Jazz In Britain’ has a NEW Mike Taylor coming up, apparently. The recording comes from the Jon Hiseman archive and I think it will be on CD and vinyl. Meanwhile, their new Rendell/Carr is just about to sell out 3 months before it is actually released ! Definitely a good move. It would seem that they took the music from the CD and made a terrible job of it. Fingers crossed for a legit reissue from Decca/Gearbox. Just checked and ‘Trio’ is on Spotify.

That Russian release is a bootleg - and rubbish quality apparently.

NY mono

Columbia mono

One of the newspapers over here the other day had a good cartoon of a certain ‘artiste’ tinkling the ivories to that one and the piano falling apart.

A junior school buddy of mine had one (at least, his father did) and I can remember spinning MOR stuff from that collection (e.g. very cheesy Hawaiian stuff such as Wout Stenhuis) on that quadraphonic music centre. Seemed the bees-knees at the time. I think the records were stereo though.

Same here !

Believe it or not, it was a Poetry show, so they did some jazz and poetry ! Should be in the BBC archives. I had a ticket to see a subsequent broadcast they did at BBC Maida Vale Studios but sadly, couldn’t make it.

I actually saw the Garrick ‘Home Stretch Blues’ lineup back in the 2000s. It was for a BBC broadcast and pretty sure that all of the lineup were still then present. Sadly, Don Rendell and Michael Garrick are no longer with us but the rest of the band are still active.

No doubt another good little racket for Royal Mail !

Some very good material on those samples. That Neil Ardley ‘Olympic Studio’ material recently put out by the excellent ‘Jazz In Britain’ operation is a real find - early NJO demo and a prototype run of ‘Greek Variations’. Also some fine and rare stuff put out by Gearbox. Really like That 2LP Alan Wakeman Octet set that they have put out.

The proof of the pudding (for me at least) will be future orders from JazzMessengers. Otherwise - don’t care !

I once found a bundle of these sets at £30 to £40 each in very good condition and including the Basie Live Roulette and in a major London store too. So - it does happen. Mainly CD versions but the older ones were vinyl. That day was like birthday and Xmas combined.