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Nice to hear !

And don't forget also to get hold of those UK Tempo recordings, on Jasmine !

Sounds like that one might be named after the long-lived 'Yardbird Suite' club in Edmonton, Alberta ! Second the comments about Lanny. An excellent guy to catch in live performance.

Acker Bilk 'Blue Acker' (UK Columbia Studio 2, stereo). With Stan Tracey's Big Brass. Brilliantly recorded, as ever, by Adrian Kerridge. No expense spared with the cover photo. Tin-foil glacial backdrop !

Giles Peterson 'Impressed - Vol 1' (UK Universal, 2LP)

Did she get promoted next year? Office parties aint what they were. I can remember whole spaces being vacated, beer kegs being set up on the re-ordered desks and staff pulling the pints. With the management doing the first shift on the pumps . These days, even a whiff of the stuff over the bounds would be a dismisable offence and any event done in office space has the ambience of a Soviet-era state reception. How times change !

"But that did not stop some eBay sellers claiming to have tickets, with some selling for up to £1,800 each. BBC Radio 2 listener Kenneth Donnell, from Glasgow, had the most expensive tickets - after paying £83,000 for a pair of passes in an auction for Children In Need." Jeez !

Isn't that from 'Byrd In Hand' ghost?

Critic and author Derek Ansell.

Rock on ! Esquire rules !

It may be heresy in this particular thread - but I find the 2CD set is the way to go with the Gil Melle.. Failing that - the King pressing. I think mine was £10.

I'll add to that. Happy Birthday !!

Interesting, brownie. I wonder what it was about Boulanger's method that put the damper on Byrd's lyricism/spontaneity? Certainly, sessions such as 'Free Form', although very enjoyable in themselves - show a much more restrained player.

And bassist Ron Rubin's book of musical limericks ! I wonder if that one will also have some more extracts from his diaries - which have fascinating stuff from the 1960s. Jazzwise's article on Mike Taylor this month has some excerpts from them relating to Taylor - there's definitely a book to be had from presenting more of the same.

Thanks Roger - sounds great ! My order now on its way to them

My 'home-made' fresh lasagne followed by apple 'n' sultana crumble and fresh cream. Yum !

Donald Byrd 'Kofi' (BN Rare Groove, stereo) Donald Byrd 'At The Half Note Cafe Vol 1' (BN 47W63rd DG stereo)

Two sessions in particular stand out, for me. First that 'Jazz Messengers' date recorded with Blakey, Hank Mobley and Horace Silver for Epic. Both he and Mobley solo superbly on that one (inspired I guess by some fine Horace arrangements). Then there's the 'Long Green' session for Savoy which has some lovely lyrical playing on it, very well executed. A forgotten gem, that one (Frank Foster on tenor and Hank Jones on piano, I think).

Itchy and Scratchy Tom and Jerry Sylvester and Tweety Pie

'Lem's Beat' Apologies to Weizen

Seems to me like he shifted his style in 3 phases in the 50s and 60s - very lyrical in his early Savoy/Blue Note phase and with the Messengers (check out that Epic Lp for one of his greatest sessions IMO) then more of a gospel/pentacostal phase starting with the quintets with Pepper Adams and the 'Free Form' LP through to sessions like Sam Rivers 'Dimensions and Extensions' where he pared things down even further - almost a (not quite so out) Alan Shorter-ish style on sessions like that one. I think the first phase had his best playing - but there were always interesting things going on in the later phases.

There was a Gambit/Lonehill catalogue in this month's Jazzwise - doesn't seem like an operation in risk of shutdown (although you can never tell with these things). Have yet to buy anything from them. Correction - I have one of the 'Jazz-Lab' CDs.

Very Happy Birthday, Davisd !

Explains the ebay 'handle then ! Not sure where the trotting and gallopping comes in though - other than to your nearest Tokyo Blue Note emporium?

You're welcome. 'Head On' is a strange album. First time I heard it, I didn't like it at all. Found it somewhat disquieting. Its only after a few plays that you realise there's a very serious message coming out of this album and its appeal grows.