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All the Best !

It also has a very nice box which is a variation of the other boxes. and some new Corky McCoy art (Miles as the Devil with tabourine) !

John Taylor 'Decipher' (MPS/BASF)

Misleaded by the name - but: Dexter Gordon on piano in Awakenings with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro ! Ronnie Scott was in the habit of announcing Joe Henderson as a forthcoming attraction at the club and then adding "Joe 'Mr Piano' Henderson, that is". I well remember him coming out with that one - and the hushed sound of awe and amazement around the club before the 'Mr Piano' bit was mentioned

Mosaic Complete Commodore Vol 2 set, LP1... only 22 more to go. Will the stylus last before I finish the set? An awesome set..

Should be good ! I guess there will be some duplication with material that is on the Complete Commodore sets..

Totally agree - especially in combination with Billy Higgins. Too bad that he left us so young..

and All the Best !

All the Best !

I have that one as two UK Stateside LPs, 60s issue. Very nice and an old favourite !

Sorry to hear this - RIP. Got the chance to meet him years ago and ask him about the Lee Morgan Lighthouse gig, very approachable guy.

Been reminiscing today about the many times over the years I've seen John Taylor play live. The first occasion might well have been at Ronnies in the 1983 Gil Evans British Orchestra lineup but it might also have been even earlier than that at Ronnies as he was in the house band for a while. One of the most memorable times in recent years was at Bath when he was due to duet with Kenny Wheeler - Kenny was ill and had to retire last minute but JT fulfilled the gig and played tribute to Kenny with a lovely performance. A great guy by all accounts. His is various collaborations with John Surman were a standout as well.

This sad news has rendered me speechless. I will really miss him out there on the live scene. What a great player he was - thankful I got to see him quite a few times, from back in the 1980s with Azimuth, then more recently with Wheeler's big band and his own trios as well. The last performance I saw was an intimate solo recital at a festival in Dorset a few years ago at a rural church location in Plush. That one was magical.. The LP of 'Pause and Think Again' will be coming out later today. I think it has just been reissued on CD as well. RIP Mr Taylor and thanks for all the good music. Huge loss for Britiash jazz.

I can only assume that it was Thigpen that Horace was thinking of and maybe his comment was mistaken.

Mine was less than £200 - that's the cheapesdt price I've ever seen for it. Watch out for one of their occasional day sales of the case set.

Horace Parlan !

I wonder who the 'retired US expat drummer' is who Horace mentioned in his interview as being the only other of that wave of Danish expats still with us? The only possibility I could think of was Ed Thigpen and he passed away in 2010 I think.

That show has an impromptu appearance in the front row from Mrs Morgan..

Just broadcast on BBC World Service by the same Danish producer is this sensitive portrait of Horace Parlan, recorded in his nursing home in Denmark and at Cafe Montmatre. Archie has a cameo role via the telephone ! Horace comes across as a great survivor and bright spirit. Bizarre dream story about getting served on a jumbo jet by Eddie Lockjaw Davis as a steward ! I-Player link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02whftg

One possible way of getting that one is to buy a Miles 'Trumpet Case' box from Popsike when a good deal comes up on it, trade the rest of it and keep the 'On The Corner' box !

I remember originally buying the Fresh Sound set thinking that this was a reissue of the Blue Note 'Live at the Lighthouse' and being initially disappointed with the sonics. Can't argue with the quality of the music though - it's up to the standard of the Blue Note set. I subscribe to the 'Both/And' gig being the origin of this one, although that is an interesting comment above about the piano sonics - radio airshot?

Complete Horace Parlan Blue Note set - LP7 ('Happy Frame of Mind' session). I'd forgotten just how good the sonics were on this set, helped by the 180g pressing weight. Lovely !

Just put my order in for the Sam Rivers and topped it off with a Charles Tolliver Select and Harold Land's 'Take Aim'. Cutting it fine again !

Washout..