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Ronnie Ross 'Cleopatra's Needle' (UK Fontana, stereo) Annual 'airing'

Steve Backer Michael Cuscuna Ed Michel

Joan Collins Leonard Rossitter Reggie Perrin

Dinah Washington Complete Roulette, CD1

Bud Shank 'New Groove' (Vogue LAE, mono). With Carmell Jones

Harold Land/Bobby Hutcherson 'A New Shade Of Blue' (Mainstream) Dreadful sonics !

Andy Gonzalez on bass, Steve Berrios on drums and Jerry Gonzalez - reminding firmly about his excellence reg this instrument - on percussion really get things going here...... Excellent Steve Backer production ! A real favourite of mine. Plus Sam Rivers - what's not to like? I have that on vinyl as well and will dig it out forthwith..

Mylie Cyrus Billy-Ray Cyrus Otis Ray Appleton

Certainly big thanks to him for backing artists like Mulgrew Miller and Hilton Ruiz on RCA Novus plus those various releases/reissues for Arista/Savoy. RIP.

Great set - a wise purchase.

St Xavier St Bartholomew St Cliff of Richard

So pleased to hear Pharoah is still playing. During last year's European trip he was reported to be in poor health by Gheorghe in Vienna and I never got to see him in Manchester as he cut short the tour because of illness and returned to the U.S. Hope to get to see Pharoah again some day. I saw him several times in the early 1990s with that quartet with William Henderson. The Toronto appearance in 1990 at Bermuda Onion was incendiary ! Some good recent Sanders concerts available for viewing on YouTube.

Happy Birthday ! :party:

Allen Lowe Allen Eager Lily Allen

Sonny Greenwich Don Thompson Ed Bickert

Terminator GI Joe No-Neck Joe

When it is shipped, I think.

Certainly would agree with that. Best CD sound to date for most of the Atlantic material.

A bit earlier LP1 of: A considerable sonic upgrade on the Sony CDs, good as they were..

Ella Speed Cleo Henry Chummy McGregor

Oh God, SS is turning over in his grave! They must have used the 32Jazz graphics department !

I`ve a few of these and all sound good to me. Agreed.The 'Strange Strings' is particularly good.

For the second time in 2 days, it literally vanished into thin air just after I had pressed the button..

I picked up the Ferguson in LP form when it was on 'last chance'. I think it gave the postie a hernia

Lou Donaldson Poppa Lou Fatha Hines