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Jimmy Smith 'The Sounds of Jimmy Smith (BN 47W63rd DG mono) Jimmy Smith 'Groovin' At Small's Paradise Vol 1 and 2' (Both BN 47W63rd DG mono)

Saw Enrico with his Quintet at Cheltenham last year (lovely performance - he'd just broken his leg skiing but did the gig like a trooper) and the phenomenal Bollani in solo performance at the Guildhall, Bath. He does an incredible routine where he asks for about 12 tunes from the audience then improvises a suite around them, mixing them up almost at random. Should be great !

Big John Patton 'Soul Connection' (Nilva)

Brand new copy of the Big John Patton 'Soul Connection' LP on Nilva for 15 Euros.

Jackie McLean 'Capuchin Swing' (BN 47W63rd mono DG)

That place is amazing. Reminds me of the Elf's bank in the Harry Potter movie. Some incredible classical music vinyl titles, if you are into that stuff - at prices to match !

Still procrastinating. I think I'll probably pass on this one.

Happy Birthday !

The DVD of 'The Connection' movie will be viewed tonight.

Damn !

Some great stuff this morning. Having to go to work now in the middle of this one is a real pain ( ) but I'll be tuning in tonight, by which time they should have got to 'Its Time !!!'

Not sure exactly when but it must have been in the early 1960s. My understanding is that the 'One Step Beyond' group with Hutcherson and Moncur did much of their collective woodshedding during a residency at the 'Blue Coronet' in Brooklyn (1963 ish), which must have been an outcome of the NYC ban. Strange to think that a big personal negative such as this ban could have spurred on new creative avanues in Jackie's music.

This WKCR broadcast is amazing ! Hitting a particular high at the moment. All the tracks from 'Swing Swang Swingin' and 'Let Freedom Ring' back-to-back, minimum of chat.

Awesome !

Ah - Cornet Studios I guess. Thanks ! (Not sure why I thought there was a French connection to this one..)

Yep, a good one. Almost a prototype of the later sessions with the bigger lineups. Karl Drevo on tenor sax. Wasn't that one recorded by Pathe?

'Nakatini Suite' from 'Leeway' being played by them during the early morning hours.

"The CD concludes with a whimsical take of “When I’m Sixty-Four,” Aw - I was really looking forward to that one !

Indeed. Nice light bulb !

'Agharta' and 'Pangaea' !

Thanks - Just checking this out. Some great shows on this list, how did I miss them?

I remember seeing one of these polls in MM around 1976/77ish so they ran until the mid-70s at least. Don't recall them later than that though. In the 70s the MM could be an excellent jazz resource. I recall articles by Steve Lake and Richard Williams discussing the likes of Miles Davis 'Dark Magus'/'Pangaea' Japanese Imports (unknown entity at the time), the sonic experiments of Basil Kirchin and discussions of rare Sun Ra on Saturn. Pretty damn cool ! There were also very nice cartoon-style illustrations of British Jazz musicians of the time (by Mal Dean, I think).

'Destination Out' Conn CD about 10 times.

I do have a copy of Inner Glow on tape...it's an interesting record. Some good stuff, but Harold I think only gets one solo on the whole album. I do hope Mosaic releases it though! A Lazy Afternoon is fantastic. Wow, you saw him live. Sadly I started getting into his music just shortly before he passed away, so I never had the pleasure of seeing him. Tim It was a memorable open-air concert in California. After the gig I got chance to chat to Harold for 5 minutes or so. I was hoping that he'd do a tour of the UK but sadly there were no plans and it never happened. It must have been many years since he played over here and I got the impression it must have been Ronnie Scotts decades ago. Very nice cat !

I've spent pretty much of the day here enjoying some of Jackie's greatest Blue Note albums and if anything the brilliance and pinnache of these recordings only becomes even more apparent. What a truly great body of work this is - and that's before I even think about the Prestige/New Jazz's. It is astonishing that not one major news site has announced this sad news in a tribute. Appalling..