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Hilton Ruiz 'Live In Birdland' recorded for Candid back in 1991 (or was it 92?). Producer Alan Bates was at a nearby table I think, along with Mark Morganelli. No more than about 15 people in the audience. George Russell Living Time Orchestra '80th Birthday Concert'. Really must buy the CDs.. Recordings of the 'Louis Bellson Explosion' and the George Coleman Quartet recorded at Ronnie Scotts. Put out on Pye/Ronnie's own imprint. Struth !

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This week's read bought at the wonderful Salt's Mill, Saltaire. Bumper compendium of all things Ecky Thump, Eeee Bah Gum & Trouble Up 'T Mill... Wittily signed on the front by Mr M. And incredibly - The MC5, John Taylor, Graham Collier and John McLaughlin all get mentions.

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I've got an Esquire of that one somewhere in the racks. Time for a search ! Sounds like someone needs a cataloger/organizer. I'll volunteer! Other than Blue Notes, Prestige, British stuff and Mosaics, everything else is pseudo-random..

Happy Birthday ! :party:

All The Best ! :party:

I've got an Esquire of that one somewhere in the racks. Time for a search !

Nice to see this - but just over 30 minutes total CD length is somewhat brief !

All the best ! :party:

More sad news - but she had a great life and was a great ambassador for jazz and the UK. RIP.

Today - The Hockney collection at Salt's Mill, Saltaire, Bradford. Used to walk past the site of the Old Bedford on a daily basis - Camden Town. I think Crippen's wife used to sing there !

Eric Burdon knows his jazz and was a good friend of Ian Carr, of course !

The Daily Telegraph have just posted an obituary for Cedar. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/10255554/Cedar-Walton.html

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Last time I was in HMV Oxford St it was still a main room for jazz and with OK selection. It was only a few years ago that they had some Mosaic Selects for sale there. Sad.

Happy Birthday MsP :party:

Remember one performance at Ronnie Scotts where he was part of a double bill with Prof. Irwin Corey. Funny as Corey was, during the 'question time' bit of his set, one member of the audience asked him how long he was going to continue as they had paid first and foremost to hear Cedar Walton. He was really on form that night.

Spot on.

My reaction too. Totally shocked and gutted by this news - really wanted to see Cedar play at least one more time but alas missed the most recent UK gigs. Saw him quite a few times over the years and got to chat with him a couple of times too, even made him some popcorn at a club once (!) Caught him a few times at Ronnies with the Walton/Williams/Higgins lineup (plus addition of Bob Berg/Ralph Moore in Eastern Rebellion) and then in LA with both Jackie McLean and George Coleman, on separate occasions. Also solo recital and with his trio in Canada. Such a consistent and capable composer/player, a huge loss to jazz. RIP That 'Roots' CD is really good - glad I was able to snag a copy when I did.

Yep, one of the major weaknesses of that book.

Having read the book cover to cover now I must agree that it's a bit of a mixed bag - some very interesting sections covering the likes of Joseph Holbrooke Trio, AMM, Neil Ardley/NJO, Mike Osborne, Graham Collier & Mike Westbrook but far too much inter-linking with Marxist theory to spin a (very debatable and somewhat biased) narrative. The section on drugs/alchohol was quite interesting - hadn't heard of that Bert Courtley chlorodyne story. The musical 'critique' is also good - can't disagree with many of the choices re: key recordings. Some artists mentioned briefly in passing deserve much more prominence though - Dick Morrissey, Amancio D'Silva and Ronnie Ross come to mind. Having said that - people such as Ray Russell, Mike Taylor and Howard Riley get the prominent mentions they deserve. Nice to see John Dankworth's 60s big band writing given prominence too. There's really two books here - with a very good one covering British Jazz developments 1960-75 trying to get out. I found the sloppy editing/proofing in parts very annoying too. Kudos though that this book was written in the first place - the author's considerable knowledge of and enthusiasm for the music wins through.

Derek Ansel's bio also uses the photo - much later published book though.

Benny Golson 'Gettin' With It' (New Jazz DG mono). With Curtis Fuller..