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On the second disk from 1966 with the Penthouse broadcasts, Ruth adds a vocal to the short 3rd track of each broadcast. Works well ! As mentioned in the booklet, she was also a good friend of Manne and helped him to scout out the location of the Manne-Hole club.

Shelly Manne and His Men 'Jazz From The Pacific Northwest' (Reel to Real 2LP) A definite find - Monterey and Penthouse, Seattle recordings by 2 groups in good sound.

He effectively curated my whole jazz listening life, apart from the UK stuff. Right from the time I saw those brown bag twofers put out with Charlie Lourie in the little provincial shop window - as if from Mars. Huge and grateful thanks to him for this gift.

My local still had LP copies this morning so succumbed and will give it a spin later on. Bread and jam for the next month ! He has over-done himself with good stuff this year. Thank goodness this is only an annual thing.

Absolutely !

I have a signed photo on my wall by Cecil Spiller sans Howard that must have been taken at the same time - Shelly and Max are wearing the same shirts.

Picked up the Manne on vinyl earlier today - only spun LP1 as yet but the sound of that Monterey Fest gig is very good and the playing is strong. As with the Don Ellis recording about a decade later there is a booming USCG plane buzzing the stage during Manne's drum solo on LP1 side 2.

I'm shocked and so saddened to read this, we owe him so much. A life very well lived - RIP.

Cool. Zawinul and McCurdy are in the lineup, Victor Gaskin on bass on the LPs.

Almost picked up the vinyl of this today but the budget was already blown out of the water so resisted. The track on Ken Dryden's RSD podcast from this one sounded nice.

Recorded 1969 so - yes. The LPs kick off with a burning version of Nat's 'The Scavenger'. There's also an early version of the tune 'Experience In E', another highlight.

You are welcome !

For full coverage of Beckett's recording career, the book by John Thurlow of Jazz In Britain is very useful. Long since sold out though, unfortunately.

These live recordings are great ! I'll bet they sound good on CD as well - mono sound but well recorded by INA. For any Adderley Brothers fans I would say don't hesitate on both sets, I am enjoying them very much.

Last time I saw him live was in that Mingus tribute group with Chris Biscoe. He must have been at least 80 but was still playing very nicely. Apparently Harry was several years older than his publicised age.

Great album. I remember hearing a couple of tracks on BBC radio at the time it came out and thinking 'gotta get that'. The thing was, I never could find a copy and it was many years until I picked up a very good original. The reissue has been extremely well done as well. I don't think Harry ever did a recording that was less than good !

Cannonball Adderley 'Burnin' in Bordeaux' RSD 2LP release, recorded 1969. Both of the Adderley RSD twofers on Elemental are absolutely burning, full of presence and sound very punchy in the vinyl format. Copy no. 73 ! My local was well stocked with most of the releases, including Waldron/Lacy, Lateef and Sun Ra. They didn't get a delivery of the Rollins though.

Somewhere in my racks I have that one ! Have most of those Atlas West Coast sessions I think.

Up for this very, very old thread but I saw the Octet with much of this lineup in London in 1980 I think - certainly Strozier and Idris Muhammad were present, also Mario Rivera on baritone and Sal Nistico I think on tenor, Danny Moore on flugel. Just been watching a UK Channel 4 TV broadcast recording from 1983, with the group recorded either 1981 or 1982 at The Roundhouse as part of the Camden Jazz Festival (those were the days). By then the alto chair had been taken by a young Bobby Watson. It's a nice broadcast, culminating with Coleman's tune 'Simone', also featured on Elvin Jones 'Coalition' album. George mentions in the broadcast the difficulty of finding time for rehearsals of the Octet in NYC with this busy group of musicians.

This is sad news. My only exposure to him was the RSD reissue of his that was put out a couple of years ago. I will give it a spin later today - RIP and particularly sad considering he was still musically very active.

My reaction too.

Makes a change from the usual moggy (aka breakfast for this guy !)

Indeed ! As an aside, I believe that this particular group of exiles and their offspring have a decent claim to be the only 'real' Germans. The ones who were left were thoroughly latinized by Charlemagne et al.. Food for thought !

Followed by this latest one from Jazz In Britain - Bobby Wellins Quartet (2CDs) of Bobby's two obscure LPs done for Vortex with a fine group including pianist Pete Jacobsen.

The two excellent CDs which came with the book.