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Very Happy Birthday ! :party:

natural gas powered??? Don't tell the Montreal Protocol police. My Zerostat pistol from 1978 is still going strong !

Lalo Schifrin 'The Dissection and .... etc' (Verve, stereo). Today's £5 bargain, original pressing. Snap, crackle, pop on first play but a few spins on the VPI and it is sounding excellent. The sound trounces the Verve Elite CD !

Really liked his work with Oliver Nelson ! RIP.

The 'Smoky Dives' was a hoot. Always good to watch that programme. The Acker/George Lewis 'Jazz 625' was nice too - I wonder how many more like that the Beeb are still managing to keep from us.

Here's a link to a useful article on the orchestra: http://vzone.virgin.net/davidh.taylor/ronnie2.htm I suspect that Jimmy Deuchar, Ken Wray and Tony Crombie (plus others - Harry South?) will have contributed to the band's book.

Damn, this is very sad news. Our thoughts are with him for a full recovery.

The 'Structurally Sound' LP is one of those I picked up in the second hand bins in Mole. It was £7 I think !

Sad news - just missed out on a book signing by him on one occasion in Long Beach, years ago. RIP.

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Sorry about that !

Happy Birthday Chuck N. ! :party:

Bill - that's a myth ! It was recorded by Tony Hall at Decca studio used by Tempo (CTS Wembley, I suspect...) $250 for 'Shades of Blue' (or either of the Mike Taylors) would be a bargain. 'Shades' goes for upwards of $1k now.

Both of them are really great. Hard to choose between them to be honest - 'Pendulum' has that fine, quirky reed work by Dave Tomlin whereas 'Trio' has an incredible atmospheric feel of great concentration on tracks like 'Abena'. It was not for nothing that they opened the 2005 'Jazz Britannia' concert at The Barbican with that very number - played solo by Matthew Bourne - and played pretty well verbatim. It stunned the house (well - it stunned me, for sure). As for parallels - I think Jan Johansson in Sweden was covering similar ground - possibly with more of a 'folk' angle. The Nordic connection is an interesting one ! 'Atmospherically knotty' - spot on, Clifford ! The one album major Lansdowne I don't have and am looking for is Amancio D'Silva 'Integration' (although I have it on CD - if you see a nice copy let me know). Have all of the Rendell/Carrs and 'Hum Dono' on LP, although the vinyl on my 'Shades of Blue' is far from mint. It's a beautiful album though and fortunately the sleeve is immaculate. I just need a mint LP with a gash sleeve now..

Mike Taylor 'Trio' (UK Columbia, stereo)

'The Fabulous Fats Navarro Vol 1' (BN Lexington, DG mono)

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Bobby Hutcherson 'Waiting' (BN blue label)

That's right - I think they broadcast at least one of the George Lewis numbers on one of those BBC4 compilation shows but the whole thing has not been broadcast in full.

Herbie Hancock 'Takin Off' (BN mono, DG both sides)

Excellent news ! I think I have that George Lewis Jazz 625 - it will be good to see it again though. There was another really excellent one with Henry 'Red' Allen and Alex Welsh and his band.

Just checked that price guide on the 'Jazz Collector' site and the nearest equivalent I could find was a trashed-sounding VG+/VG copy which went for (gasp) $1525 in 2010. Utter madness ! I reckon you can check in for that Antigua cruise and line up the pina coladas..

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Aha - yes, I see what you mean. Didn't register with me - I thought it was part of their regular decor ! Kate was in good voice for the concert, I thought. Some very good interpretations of the opera material from her..

There are big variations in the Yorkshire accent too. Locals can often pinpoint it to within a few miles of a locality. There are bits of Old Norse slang that can sometimes help to pinpoint it too.