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Thanks - I'll keep an eye on that one.

That's one of the Lps from the Mosaic box, I think. I've seen a few of those London Atlantics around with material from this set. I'll bet it sounds good in the London pressing !

Skippy Monk Tony Kofi

Car boot sales? Is there a festival on there? Wasn't aware of that one.

Go for it ! done - and this looks great! and except for the VMEs, the few Mobley cuts on Diz & Getz and the film music twofer, the rest is new to me, some of it looks very interesting! And the sound is very good too. I'm still working on the 'Double Six' material in this set but the rest is . Glad you got it !

Oh dear ! Looks like I'll be there on the Monday but not for much else. End of an era? (I always thought the Bath Fest was at its best in the mid 1980s when many of the events were in the evenings at the Assembly Rooms and Guildhall. Helped by the fact that I lived in the city at that time for some years. They served wine by the glass and not by the plastic cup too !)

How well he played on tenor on that session - and sounding very advanced for that time !

Hey Stereojack - some really nice stuff on this BFT disk. Really enjoying it so far Thoughts for the first section of the disk: (1) Definitely Coleman Hawkins on tenor. So harmonically forward thinking in his ideas, astonishing really. I can't place the music but it has a Prestige/Swingvile sound to it so probably from the late 50s/early 60s. (2) Bigger sounding group in an afro-cuban style. Parlan-ish piano, Pepper Adams on baritone? Needle drop for sure - issued on Ronco records? (3) First reaction was either Al Jarreau on Johnny Mathis ( ). So no idea on the singer - but he's with a classy West Coast big band. Is that Art Pepper on alto? Sure sounds like him. (4) Alto-led R&B track. Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinso perhaps - you could sand paint to this one. (5) Elegant piano leading into a Lestorian tenor solo. There's a bit of Warne Marsh in the style but I'm not sure it's Warne. (6) March-like intro into a two-tenor feature. Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt? (7) Recognise the tune - 'The Thespian' off of one of Freddie Redd's Blue Notes. But this isn't from the BN LP - one of Redd's later Milestone albums perhaps? (8) This is definitely off a Blue Note - I think it's Sonny Clark but I'm banging my head against the wall trying to recall which one. No excuse, cos I have it ! (9) Tadd Dameron's 'If You Could See Me Now'. Stylish piano intro leading into a very lyrical trumpet solo. Damn - I've definitely heard this one before but again, vcan't place it.

Salvatore Massaro/Guiseppe Venuti CD3. What a great, swinging set !

Anyone got a handle on how many Manone/Prima sets are left?

I have to be careful there - or I sleep through late afternoon concerts! The 'Barnstormer' usually does me in..

That was my impression too. That - and Swiss jazz alpenhorn (no - to be fare - I did enjoy the alpenhorn stuff that year). The lineup at Bath seems to have a better mix this year of the straight-ahead more US-based styles in addition to contemporary European. Nod Knowles must have been doing a bit of market research. And Bath has the better beer selection ("Bath Ales" ).

Yes jazzbo, I totally agree. The BBC did a documentary on 60s advertising which was broadcast this week as part of a 'Mad Men' season (to introduce the first showing of the drama here) and excerpts from 'Milestones' were all over the soundtrack. Particularly Cannonball's alto breaks. Still remains such a fresh and invigourating record that one. I tend to play it on a 50s Dutch Philips vinyl, as well as the Mosaic set (and I agree with porcy that sometimes its good to play the original LP to get the impact of the original programming).

An understatement !

I'm afraid I find the lineup a bit disappointing after last year's great lineup but hope to get to the Cleo/John Dankworth and maybe also the Enrico Rava/Stefano Bollani. As the weather improves, I may change my opinion. The Previtte and Allessi shows look tempting. I'm more fired up this time round with the proposed lineup at Bath (Tyner quartet, Tony Kofi etc).

Jack Wilson 'Easterly Winds' (Japanese Toshiba stereo)

Gilles Peterson - 'Impressed Vol 2' (UK Universal 2LP stereo). More 60s/70s British jazz gems.

Sahib Shihab 'And All Those Cats' (Schema/Rearward 2LP). A bit more affordable than German Vogue

Go for it !

Yes, that one is pretty nice. It's on the Basie Roulette Studio Mosaic set. I've also seen Japanese vinyls of it - and the UK issue can also be picked up without too much bother for £5 or so.

My copy of Japanese TAP 15 by the Jazz Couriers has just arrived - have had chance to compare it with the real thing and - it's pretty good. On both original and reissue the cymbal sound from the late Bill Eyden is a bit flat - probably roll-off on the original recording I'm afraid. On the reissue there's no attenuation of the cymbal top-end so it sounds a bit like fried eggs. The reissue does though capture the 'fat' sound of the original deep groove LP very well. In fact, with the nice silent vinyl I think I may prefer it on the whole. The fried egg effect is a bit annoying on 'Cheek To Cheek' though. It's also there on the original, but attenuated. The Japanese reissue is too good so you get warts and all !

'Tubby Hayes and the Jazz Couriers, Featuring Ronnie Scott' (Japanese Tempo heavy vinyl, mono). A corker !

Yusef Lateef 'Before Dawn' (Japanese Verve heavy vinyl reissue, mono). Just arrived from Dusty !

Had a similar incident - but much less severe thankfully - with Lufthansa some years ago on a short flight back from Germany to Heathrow in an Airbus A320. At about the 100ft decision height and looking out of the window the wings were swaying thinking 'no way are we going to land' and the pilot fortunately pulled nose up with full throttle for a 'go around'. After we climbed up the pilot, in reassuring Teutonic accent said 'not to worry, we have a little bit more turbulence than expected and there are lots of options available for diversions'. At least one person near me threw up. No need to divert though - after a circuit through the Midlands on next landing attempt we were straight in with a near-perfect landing. The flight from Frankfurt had been delayed over an hour with departure due to bad storm conditions over the UK. I've never been the happiest of flying passengers but - when you think about it - it's amazingly safe considering the number of passenger miles covered and the rarity of incidents. Much safer than getting in the car.

'Ray Warleigh's First Album' (UK Philips, stereo)