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Those early Lateef Savoys are terrific ! I have most of them I think on the 70s Arista twofer 'Morning' and the follow-on double 'Gong'. The front line of Lateef and Curtis Fuller works extremely well on these sessions. Very similar in terms of sound to the 'Before Dawn' session.

'Compulsion' is a monster of a session - one of the very best things on the Hill Mosaic box. The extra percussion from Nadi Qamar works very well with Andrew's percussive piano attack and there's a great sense of energy and purpose to this album. Very under-estimated !

Jo Jones Harry Barris Barry Harris

Got all 6 disks of this one currently loaded into the I-Pod. Hugely enjoyable - a good prompt for me to power the thing up right now.. 'Mr Sandman' playing right now.

I have the Mosaic LP set for this one. Sound quality is superb - tracks are as per the 'Turn Out The Stars' CD box. Price point seems to be $300 and up.

That'll be a Vocalion/Vogue pressing.

'Live at Peps', 'The Golden Flute' and 'Before Dawn' are my 3 favourites. All of them absolutely terrific. I have the Verve Elite of 'Before Dawn' (came and went in a hot minute) but still seeking a holy grail vinyl of that one. Anyone ever seen it?

Holst 'The Planets' - Sir Adrian Boult/New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus (HMV stereo) Wout Steenhuis 'Surfin' (Columbia Lansdowne mono)

Mosaic Johnny Hodges '51-55 Complete Small Group set. Pharoah Sanders 'Jewels of Thought' (Impulse red/black stereo) Grant Green 'The Latin Bit' (BN NY USA mono)

Sorry to hear this. RIP.

There was a gut-wrenching sequence where he was checking out the damage at his house. Most of the prints on the ground floor were damaged - many with what looked like 'halo' effects around the faces of the performers which left the faces unaffected ! Herman Leonard was remarking that this was an amazing effect, in itself. The negatives seemed to have been stored in his upstairs levels and boxed up so they survived. He lost his dark room equipment and notes for development of each negative so in many ways he was having to start again from scratch. The fortitude with which he reacted to this news and accepted the reality of the situation was truly impressive. The end of the film saw him moving to LA with his archive and starting afresh - although his heart was still in very much in New Orleans. Just occasionally the BBC earn their licence fee and this was one such occassion..

Superb film on BBC last night telling of Herman Leonard's battle to save his home and archive of photos in New Orleans. "Among the devastation when hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in August 2005, jazz photographer Herman Leonard lost thousands of his pictures in the floods. This is the story of New Orleans' struggle to bring back the music and the story of Herman Leonard's fight, at the age of 83, to rebuild his archive and his life. Part of BBC FOUR's American Visions season. Fri 18 Aug, 21:00-22:00 60mins Stereo Widescreen" Anyone else see it? A touching portrait of this great photographer and beautifully filmed. Also a vivid portrait of the problems in New Orleans and the threat to jazz there.

Jabba The Hut Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson Barnes Wallis

no one has gotten the right answer yet! Ra-Ship pilot? Scribe? Chauffeur? Costumier? Moon stew preparer?

Freddie Roach 'Brown Sugar' (BN NY USA mono) - with Joe Henderson.

Yet another example of rampant UK over-charging.. What a rip off !

Earlier today: Freddie Roach 'Good Move' (BN NY USA stereo)

The UK Stateside and German SABA editions from the 1960s also have that cover art, I think.

Bobby Hutcherson 'Happenings' (BN NY USA stereo)

Just noticed this one - I'll check it out. Thanks for the prompt.

Good decision. Have a great trip up there. The hospitality in that part of Scotland is first rate. The only downer is the rain but with a dram or two inside you that will not be an issue ! Talking of remote bits of Scotland - on one occasion I was driving in the Perth area not far from Culloden (just after a business trip) en route to the airport for a flight back that day. A small sign at one of the small villages said 'Tonight in Village Hall - Stanley Turrentine In Concert'. Can you believe that? To say I was pissed off at missing this would be an understatement. . Not to mention that Stanley T. was touring places out in the middle of nowhere in 'Braveheart' territory !

There's rumours of another batch of Dutton Vocalions imminent and possibly also a volume 3 of the Giles Peterson 'Impressed Repressed' compilation from Universal. The rumours also say that the latter might include tracks by Kenny Wheeler (presumably from 'Windmill Tilter'?) and also from Vic Lewis (I'm guessing here but possibly this might be from the excellent 'Plays Bossa Nova At Home and Away'). It would be nice if these Hayes/Gonsalves sessions also saw light of day again on CD. Not sure what titles they might have in mind for the Dutton Vocalions. There was also a rumour (and a shaky one I think) that the 'Timewind - Mike Taylor Remembered' session might also see the light of day (from 1973). A track from this was included on one of the 'Impressed' compilations but the whole album, although funded by Dennis Preston, was put in the can and was never issued at the time (although Neil Ardley himself did put it out as a limited edition CD some years ago before his tragic death). As well as Neil Ardley this session also includes Ian Carr and Norma Winstone and (based on the track that has so far been reissued) merits release as a priority, I think. Hope we see Vol 3 of the 'Giles Peterson' soon !

Yes, but the price is Colossal! 'K2' it is then !

'The Incredible Jimmy Smith Vol 1' (Liberty mono 'clone' of 47W63rd issue). Sounds suprisingly good.

The Tubby Hayes/Paul Gonsalves 'Just Friends' was part of the EMI Lansdowne seried produced by Dennis Preston and originally released on UK Columbia. I don't recall any UK CD issue of this one. They also did a joint session released on World Record Club called 'Change of Setting' - again I don't think it's been reissued (allthough a track from this did appear on Vol 2 of the 'Impressed Repressed' compilation). The Gonsalves 'Hummingbird' (without Hayes but with Kenny Wheeler in the lineup) originally issued on Deram has, however, recently been reissued by Dutton Vocalion on CD.