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Happy 2009 to all. Lets hope that live jazz pulls through OK in what looks like another very challenging year ! And that jazz CD reissues from Blue Note etc. don't vapourise.

Woody Shaw Columbia Studio Mosaic LP set Art Farmer 'Something You Got' (CTI). With Lateef Pat Martino 'Strings' (Prestige blue label, stereo). With Farrell

Any relation to Norma?

I would agree with that. I'm not that keen on his music either. Can never work out why they haven't yet given Michael Garrick official recognition. Far more deserving 'For Services To British Jazz' IMO.

Blind Lemon Pie Blind Boy Fuller Blind Pue

Great LP !

Clarke-Boland Big Band 'Live At Ronnie Scotts' (MPS/BASF 2LP, 70s German reissue 'Encore' series)

A whoppin' £50 for 131 pages? At that price I'd expect Monk-inscripted gold leaf on vellum.

Please do, Mike. Welcome back !

Jimi Hendrix Larry Young Noel Redding

This must be an insider collaboration job with Durium Either that or the rest of us are bozos..

The Art Farmer is a pretty nice session - with added attractions Cedar and Jimmy Heath too. They've done a good job with the sound too and playing time is generous.

Remedied that with a trip to Half Price Books, where they had the 2-LP The Art of Freddie Hubbard. Spinning it right now; very nice! Yeah, thats a nice set - I'm going to bring it out today too. A good way also to sample the 'Songmy' material.

A couple of scraps..

Bloomin' 'ell - fist set of posts by Snoozer and he nails 4 of them ! Tip of the hat ! As for me, I'm giving up..

Have a great one !

and 'Blues and the Abstract Truth'. Nearly forgot that one..

'Breaking Point' and 'Blue Spirit' are hard to beat. As are 'Hub Cap', 'Hub Tones' and 'Ready For Freddie'. All great faves. 'Night Of The Cookers' too, in its wild and crazy way. His sideman work on Sam Rivers 'Contours', Herbie's 'Maiden Voyage' and 'Empyrean Isles' is first rate. Plus every single thing he recorded on Blue Note with Blakey. I also like most of the Atlantics. Currently spinning 'High Blues Pressure' and that one is under-rated. Fabulous playing also on Kenny Drew 'Undercurrent' (also just given that one a spin).

Freddie Hubbard 'High Blues Pressure' (Atlantic, stereo) Lots more Freddie on deck tonight - RIP Freddie.

Thanks Durium - My scalp appreciates your help. :rsmile: Mmm - this one gets even harder...

Yeah - these are excellent. Thanks.

What can I say? - I was really hoping like mad he would pull through all of this OK. I only saw him the once and that was around 1980 and the stage was well in the distance. Couldn't mistake the magnificent power of that playing though. And his Blue Note recordings both under own name and with Blakey, Shorter etc. are fantastic and will surely grow even more in significance with time. RIP Mr Hubbard and thank you for the music.

Horace Parlan?

Sahib Shihab 'Companionship' (Rearward 2LP)

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