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Funnily enough, I once saw Ray Bryant with guests sat in front of me in the audience at a Toronto Club. I think it was the ‘Top O’ The Senator’ - can’t recall who was playing.

I’ve got the 24000 series 2LP of that one too and will give it a spin this weekend. Magnificent stuff - and Wilbur Harden is a good foil !

Wish someone would reissue her Concord LPs on 180g audiophile - as has been done for the Neil Swainson. Such a shame that she was lost to us so young.

CD box version

Still got mine.

It needs some tightening up and expanding out to an hour or so but there’s a potential interesting docu-drama there which the likes of BBC4 (if they actually stuck to their remit instead of the endless repeats of stuff from 5-20 years ago ad infinitum) ought to commission as an end product.

It’s not pressed by German Liberty is it?

Because the Germans were efficient - and pressed an initial batch of these (maybe just a very few as a demo run) before the official cancellation word came out from BN HQ across the Atlantic. That’s my theory anyway. This must also have been around the time that Francis Wolff passed on, maybe adding to the confusion.

Nothing additional to what I have stated above.

Glorious late Summer day yesterday, sort of like Isle of Wight 1970. More to come today.

Ah - the good old days...

Indeed. Maybe, with a bit of luck, Simon (a fellow board member) might comment on this playlet and the intentions behind it? I was trying to work out the identity of the (listed as fictional) participants in those scenes. Obviously Ronnie Scott for one. The female in the rehearsal room I thought might be based on Joy Marshall as she mentions the Dankworth Band but according to Simon’s book by 1967 Tubbs had flushed her wig down the toilet ! So maybe not. The strung-out guy nodding on the sofa in braces in the flat (‘Bob’) seems to be another musician so perhaps Bobby Wellins - or Bob Efford?

Mono Media (the guys who put out the Tubby Hayes doc) have just put out a short drama film covering several days in the life of Tubby in 1967. Perhaps this is a taster for a longer play/drama feature? https://youtu.be/t6vjf_CPcOs

CD4

I checked out the HMV shop that I got the copy of this a month or two ago and - zilch !

CD5 - ‘Majestic Soul’ etc.

Worth picking up the 2 CDs if you can find them around. Those were two of the earliest Blue Note CDs I ever bought - at the huge Sam The Record Man Store in Toronto in the longbox format. On the day I picked those up I thought all my Xmases had come at once as they were $Cdn for £ (, nothing changes) and I also picked up a couple of Andrew Hills and Mobley’s ‘No Room For Squares’. Still have them. My only regret with the Elvin Mosaic is that it didn’t also come out in LP format.

CD1 from the box - relaxing Sunday morning listening

Good as that double LP is, this is one where the two separate CDs (and the Mosaic) have a strong edge with the excellent additional tracks. Maybe a Tone Poet issue on 3LPs is in order?

The vinyl version of Vo, 1 of this one (signed by Ron) was also issued on Record Store Day and sold pretty fast. Not sure if it is still available but I was able to order a copy directly from the label in Germany.

Yes, if anyone was going to blaze a trail getting things back running again, it would be Nigel. It helps that he has a loyal fan demographic that covers all the ages, so the youngsters are likely to turn out. Hear what you say about staying online. Rare excursion for me into the ‘wilds’ of central Bath yesterday, furtively and with mask. Distinct lack of social distancing going amongst many which doesn’t bode good. Didn’t hang around too long.

Mixed 47w63rd/NY labels, DG mono. Hits the spot !

Nigel Price has a tour coming up - quite a few jazz clubs outside London on this list, thankfully.