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I’ve got the feeling that she might have been as starting act in tandem with either George Coleman or Cedar Walton’s groups. At the time, she was seen as an up and coming London based singer. Australian singer Julie Amiet was another I saw around that time. Plus Joy Yates with Dave Macrae.

I never heard the Candid original but this version fulfils all my requirements. Bodes well for the rest of the LP reissues. I have the Max Roach on an 80s CD and this version blows it away completely.

The audio isn’t the greatest but is acceptable, especially given the live club circumstances in a cramped space. I don’t think it is up to the musical standard of the first Deram album but being the very last night of Ronnie Scott’s Old Place this is all about occasion and it is captured and at an interesting point in the Westbrook story. 75 mins of music. The Ellington influence comes across very strongly in the arrangements. Her early and tragic passing was so sad. I can remember her during the UK stint seeing her with Keith Ingham on piano at Ronnie Scott’s.

The recent RSD LP of ‘We Insist !’ (clear vinyl) mastered by Bernie Grundman sounds fabulous and bodes well for the rest of this series.

Aha - the Mole Jazz CD reissue. Less than 2 months until he sets foot again at jazz dives across this land !

Looks like Toshiko in the rack alongside Benny Goodman.

Here’s the DJM LP:

Pepper Adams ‘Room At The Top’ LP1 with Eurovision Song Contest on mute..

BGO CD

Definitely the album of the week on this board !

‘Far Away Lands’. Yes, that one was a real welcome surprise when it came out over here on a French DMM LP.

Last time I saw David Murray was about 15 years ago with the Go-Kwa Masters, with Hamid Drake on drums and Olu Dara on trumpet. BBC Radio recorded it. Yes, agree that Drake is excellent.

Ah, fair enough - got ya. Pretty muddy sound on the whole but I get the impression that the session was low budget/low key. It is what it is I guess. It’s had some weird releases over the years. I remember that budget DJM LP in the 70s with the zebra stripe and safari cover put out under Herbie’s name. Not much mention of Tootie or Mtume.

Yeah, that one is great as well. Nearly forgot about it, time to dig it out ! When Fantasy had their big disposal these sets could be had at bargain prices. I think I paid £10 for the first at FOPP and about the same for the second. Awesome bang for the buck. Interesting to read about Koenig/DuNann’s Telefunken/AKG mikes and all-valve input streams and Westrex cutters with minimal complexity in the input signal processing. They got that absolutely right !

Excellent 4CD set brought out back in the day by Fantasy. Covers the whole gamut from Lighthouse All Stars to Woody Shaw. Nice booklet with session photos and memories of John Koenig too. Superb sound on this set too but no surprise given the source of the recordings.

Not so sure it’s ‘great’ - and the sound quality is so so at best. Still - worth hearing. The LP of a few years ago (RSD) was put out by a British outfit I think (offshoot of what used to be DJM) so I guess they might also be the source of any forthcoming CD.

There’s a record shop in Norwich? Proprietor A. Partridge?

Really liking this one, Pepper Adams really on form. Good article on ‘Room at the Top’ by Marc Myers on his blog. Must have walked past it at the UofA campus but don’t recall ever going in and can’t recall any jazz gigs there. The Tommy Banks Trio couldn’t have done a better job ! Hopefully Marc Vasey’s tape archive results in more gems like this.

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Both Pepper Adams and the Tommy Banks Trio are great on this - atmosphere very well captured too. The only negatives are the skimpy booklet and the lack of numbering on my copy.

Fair point ! Never even realised it was on Spofify.

The 5LP set - impressive looking package. Need to take care with the volume not to annoy neighbours tonight. I find the early stuff such as the material in this Mosaic Candid set as well as the UA stuff and ‘Into The Hot’ side B to be sort of a ‘friendly’ introduction to Cecil. His later stuff I’ve found intimidating but seeing him in person a few times made much more sense of it. Two solo recitals at Jazz Bakery, Culver City we’re particularly memorable (and I even dug the poetry).

But rubbish sound quality.

My LP version arrives in the mail today !