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Talking of Mr Ra, I’ve just ordered a copy of this one - based on the content of a blog, chronologically ordered and smartened up. A print on demand item. Also noticed that ex-Ra trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah has an autobiography coming out soon. Looks interesting.

Now there was a submarine. Now in retirement, alas.

‘Impulse Records: Music, Message and the Moment’ 2CD A very good late era Hutcherson release - and well recorded.

For anyone in UK or Europe, Honest Jons currently seem to have this one in stock for £35.

Thoroughly memorable. Made even better too by getting to chat with Ian Carr at the Barbican bar, who reprised his humourous ‘jazz is dead’ story which he did on TV a few nights before. Priceless !

CD5 - Webster, Gillespie and Eldridge tearing it up.

It was on TV here quite a few years ago. No storage container or auction involved as I recall. The residence was a flat, which won’t have helped in terms of storage. Prior to that there was the late Ed Dipple of Mole Jazz with his lock-up full of jazz LPs. That was the subject of a radio programme !

Denham church

They already did that with the guy who used to run ‘Ray’s Jazz’ in London. His cupboards were incredible !

Jeez ! Poor old Stan had to put up with no end of crap over the years. Huge credit for the perseverance - both him and Jackie. I saw a couple of performances of ‘Under Milk Wood’. One was at Bath Pavilion back in the 90s I think, with the quartet including Wellins and I think followed by the Octet in the second half. I recall that the same quartet did a reprise of some of it in 2005 at the ‘Jazz Britannia’ event in the Barbican. Pretty sure I caught it another time too but I’m not sure where !

Sadly, the same thing has happened here too.

I hear you re: the sound on the mono original. Hard to improve on that. Great that Stan answered the phone with that order ! I really miss seeing Stan, Clark and co. at events like the Swanage Festival, especially with his great Octet. One of the last times I caught them, he was featuring those two suites which are included in the release ‘The Later Suites’ (‘Hong Kong Suite’ etc.). Also at the fishy site which shall be nameless.

Lee Konitz/Warne Marsh Quintet - ‘Live at Whitley Bay, 1975’.

So sorry to hear of this, my sympathies.

Brings back memories. I saw that Cork St, London exhibit of the Miles art shown on the Jo Gelbart video clip.

The first person I thought of was Ray. Should have stuck with it !

CD4

Have had a listen to the first 7 tracks. Some really nice stuff.. 1. ‘Amazing Grace’ soprano duet/overdub plus arch bass. Paul Dunmall on soprano? 2. David ‘Fathead’ Newman plus piano (Junior Mance?) ‘Making Whoopee’? 3, Bob Brookmeyer with strings? Maybe from one of those 80s albums recorded with Scandinavian musicians? 4. ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’. Iffy tuned piano, sounds Monkish in places. Sir Roland Hannah? 5. Mambo bluesy piece. Cal Tjader Trio plus congas from the 50s/60s perhaps? 6. 80s/90s sound to this one with gloopy bass. The piano sound reminds me of Geri Allen. One of her early Blue Note releases? 7. Julius Watkins Sextet Vol 1 on Blue Note with Frank Foster on tenor. I think this is the first track on the 10” LP - ‘Linda Delia’.

Clarinetist Wally Fawkes and trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton - cartoonists.

Next up - Reel to Real 2LP Good stuff !

Ian Dury also trained in fine art (and did the cover art on my A B Spellman Book).

Elemental 3LP - thankfully with booklet and not a damned PDF. This music is most definitely a find !

Kate Westbrook - and Mike as well I think.

Splendid - that will be me ordering the LP then. I assume you mean the original studio version?