Hardbopjazz

Correct.

This one was done. The second post.

Done before. We've found them all.

In April 1949, Mercury Records announced that it was soon to release a $25 jazz album made up of six 12-inch 78-rpm records, together with thirty-two 12 x 12 in. photos of top jazz stars taken by Life photographer Gjon Milli. They confirmed that material for this project had been in preparation for the last three years by Norman Granz. Granz having started the Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series in 1944 had become a record producer and was heading up Mercury’s jazz division as well as issuing records under his own label Clef, through Mercury. This is without question one of the most important albums to be issued in the 78-rpm album era, and it arguably created a template for much that followed in the recording industry, from LP box sets to the deluxe editions of today with books, CDs and all kinds of other attractive ephemeral assets that appeal to the collector. Granz and Mercury planned to limit the output to just 5,000 numbered limited editions... More on this. https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/jazz-scene-important-album-youve-never-heard/

RIP, Bill.

1961? The article below is stating it was 1960. On 29April 1960 Thelonious Monk and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers took to the stage for a sell out show at London’s Festival Hall on the south bank of the Thames. This was Monk’s first appearance in the UK. With top ticket prices at £1 it seems remarkably inexpensive, but the average weekly wage back then was under £19 per week. According to The Guardian newspaper, “Monk’s appearance on the stage maintained his reputation for eccentricity, a soft cap perched on his head, a tweed suit that appeared to have travelled from New York the hard way, and brogues that had that Brand X look. At intervals he meandered slightly loopily around the stage while his bassist, John Orr, pounded away at chordal progressions on another planet” https://thejazzword.wordpress.com/2014/03/05/monk-and-the-jazz-messengers-in-london-1960/

In April 1960 both Monk and Blakey were in London with their bands. Anyone here at these shows? This is what I found. So the concert started at 6 PM. How many sets would be played in the night?

He will be missed.

It is not Hank.

I too had the same issue last night on my iPhone. Today it seems to be fine.

Happy Birthday. The two sets last night were wonderful.

This would work in the surreal are thread.

All it takes is one person thinking he’s saving money by reusing the tapes.

Thanks for your replies.

Too bad.

Thanks. I was trying to determine who was in Silver's group.

Plus it is such a wonderful jazz club.

Why not check out Michael Weiss at Mezzrow? It's his birthday too and he will be playing at this wonderful club in the Village. Two sets Friday and Saturday. https://www.mezzrow.com/