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Indeed - I bought it back then and it is shocking how those 30 years have flown past. I think I picked it up on one of those free CD offers from the Canada BMG Club. Those were the days !

Daft question ! Yes, I recommend it. There’s a good mix of fine early jazz on there including the Edmond Hall ‘Celeste Quartet’ and of course this material helped to put Blue Note on the map. I think it was an early Mosaic release, by the Lowrie/Cuscuna team. Good choice there with the Jazzman ‘Shades of Blue’

Agree !

Weren’t those paintings used for those 2LP sets auctioned off on behalf of Bruce Lundvall’s estate after he passed? I remember seeing the Lester one at least.

On the Edmond Hall etc. Blue Note set - I was playing those sides the other day. Without a doubt James P. was one of the most important and under-rated figures in jazz, bridging ragtime and early jazz. Fats Waller was his prodigy I believe.

I am very sorry to hear this. I think Hot Ptah was a very long term member of the board from at least 2006 and he was a good contributor.

LP1 - featuring the great Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet ‘Profoundly Blue’ tracks.

Kongsberg 1973 or 74. Amazing lineup with Gerald Wilson, Dexter/Griff/Leo Wright/Shihab, Dusko Gojkovich Quintet with Bobby Jones/Horace Parlan and more.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZivotsh6DU

Once upon a time I lived near the Hopbine - never knew about it though as a jazz venue, although I recall regularly driving past it. Now a Tesco Express

That’s the one downside with this set. Due to it’s size shipping even here in the UK is not the cheapest but to be fair they include ‘signed for’ delivery. It is worth it though.

Absolutely ! I have the old ‘Reel’ CD but this set builds significantly on it. Amazing how well Phil Seaman and John Stevens functioned as a 2-drum unit and tragic that Seaman was dead within 4 weeks of the last, Stockwell gig. The book (brilliant) mentions that later ‘Splinters’ variant sessions into 1974 sans Hayes and Seaman from the Trevor Watts archive might be forthcoming, in which case ‘bring it on’. Sorry to hear that your CDs have been delayed Clifford. I know that JIB HQ have just relocated from Farnham up to Holmfirth, quite a distant move, so that is probably the reason. Must have been disruptive to their operations.

Definitely.

This is great. 3CDs with all the recordings (off of C120s!) plus excellent hard back book with Simon Spillett essay and colour photos. Recorded almost 50 years ago !

Of course not. Of particular note concerning that trio from the jazz perspective was the presence of Pierre Michelot on bass. They also had a massive TV advert ‘hit’ with the Hamlet Cigar ads.

Jacques Lousier Trio massive over here and on TV quite a bit, as were the Swingle Singers. With regard to Mainstream, I can recall record stores with ‘Mainstream Jazz’ markings/dividers in the record racks. Clark Terry, Harry Edison and Buddy Tate come immediately to mind when thinking of that style. Scott Hamilton and Ruby Braff as well.

That ‘Encore’ series was really good. Not often seen here though. I have the CBBB Ronnie Scott’s double in this series.

Remember seeing that when it was first broadcast on TV in the 1970s. Same show had Buddy Rich guesting on one episode and duetting with ‘Animal’. Zoot with his floppy hat and shades obviously modelled on Gato Barbieri.

Evidence

Yes, the German pressings were done by SABA and are usually excellent.

Heard a bit of this stuff once and wasn’t interested.

It was certainly in common usage in the 1970s and possibly even earlier too. In fact in the 1970s it seemed to be used much more than now to cover the ‘middle ground’.

Yes, great arrangements and sound. They out-Metheneyed Metheny. Short but sweet. Another winner from Jazz In Britain.