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Happy birthday, Bertrand! Hope you feel well soon...

Peter Robinson - "Cold is the Grave" One of the titles in the mystery series with the lead character of Detective Chief Inspecor Alan Banks.

Now available for pre-ordering: Brötzmann Clarinet Project - Berlin DJungle (Atavistic Unheard Music Series 246/FMP Archive Edition) July 27 -- six clarinetists: Peter Brotzmann, John Zorn, Tony Coe, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Louis Sclavis and J.D. Parrin -- plus Tony Oxley: drums, William Parker: bass, Toshinori Kondo: trumpet, Johannes Bauer and Alan Tomlinson: trombones -- recorded at JazzFest Berlin 1984 Gerd Dudek/Buschi Niebergall/Edward Vesala - Open (Atavistic Unheard Music Series 247/FMP Archive Edition) July 27 -- recorded at in Berlin in 1977 -- first time on CD

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I have recently added a new batch of jazz CDs listed for sale. Many are bargain priced, hard to find, or out-of-print. New additions are at: jazzmatazz.home.att.net/sponsors/salelist_additions.html#50. The full list is at: salelist.jazzmatazz.info. Musicians with new items include: John Abercrombie, Muhal Richard Abrams, Arild Anderson, Bob Berg, Art Blakey, Jane Ira Bloom, Bill Coleman, Marilyn Crispell, Jesse Davis, Jack DeJohnette, Eric Dolphy, Lou Donaldson, Kahil El'Zabar, Joe Farrell/Art Pepper, Von Freeman, Dexter Gordon, Dusko Goykovich, Stephane Grapelli, Hampton Hawes, Coleman Hawkins... Plus: Julius Hemphill, Andrew Hill, Earl Hines, Jay Hoggard, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Paul Horn, Willis Jackson, LA4, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Thelonious Monk, Tete Montoliu, David Murray, Fats Navarro, Mike Nock, Chico O'Farrill, Leo Parker, Sonny Phillips, Bud Powell, Florian Ross, Roswell Rudd, Poncho Sanchez, Archie Shepp, Zoot Sims, Buddy Tate, John Tchicai, Cadar Walton, Jessica Williams, Phil Woods and others. Labels with new additions include: Black Lion, Concord, Dacapo, Delmark, ECM, Enja, Freedom, Ensayo, Leo, Muse, Naxos Jazz, Pablo, Prestige and others. Again, that's: http://salelist.jazzmatazz.info Help me clothe, feed and school my kids!! Or at least pay for some Mosaics.

That 1990 interview was quite interesting. Has anyone heard this tape?!

You mean this one: The Sextet of Orchestra U.S.A - Mack the Knife & Other Berlin Theatre songs of Kurt Weill (RCA) And yeah, Zwerin was the leader. It was released in 1964. Eric Dolphy was one of the soloists! (Koch reissued it in 2001, but it's now OOP.)

Paul Bley - Circles (Milestone) June 29 -- with Dick Youngstein, Glenn Moore, Frank Tusa, Steve Haas, Bobby Moses, Dave Holland, and Barry Altschul -- all compositions by Carla Bley and Annette Peacock -- two-fer of "The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show" (12/9/1970) and "Paul Bley & Scorpio" (11/24/1972) -- Bley's experiments with combining synthesizer and electric & acoustic pianos Scorpio (Milestone 9046) is the one with Holland and Altschul. I have it on vinyl. I also own (also on vinyl), Improvisie (America 30 AM 6121) on the French label. Recorded in 1971 with Bley on synth, Annette Peacock on vocals, el & ac pianos and Hans Bennink on drums. One side is the title track, a 16' improv; the other side's a 23'45 version of Annette's "Touching." Makes me wish my turntable was hooked up again.

Very sad. He's been one of my favorites since shortly after I started intensely listening to jazz. I admire his directness, intensity, imagination and sense of humor. The best soprano saxophone player. One of the best (the best?) interpretors of Monk. I'm happy that I was able to see him perform live three times and sad that I won't be able to again. At least we still have his recordings. He's made (more than) a few!

I've never gotten into Chet Baker...

He moved north and the music moved south?

Cute girl. Is she also a ventriloquist?

This one calls for a quiz. Which is the scariest? a. Her hair b. Her shoulders c. The ox

I was in Phoenix for a half week in the beginning of May. I'll be at home with the kids for a week while their mother is at a conference.

You're welcome. I think Bley's merging of acoustic (Baldwin) piano, RMI electric piano and tasteful synthesizer is one of the musically most satisfying I ever encountered. Those early synthesizers were huge. I remember an interview with Annette Peacock where she talked about how insane they were to be lugging around all that equipment. Makes me want to listen to some of those sides again!

Paul Chambers/Wynton Kelly disc 1

Oops, I'm on the wrong "vinyl" thread...

brownie, have you heard his latest solo record on Drimala? I am curious about it. I've heard the new Burton Greene and enjoyed it. I need to listen again before I can say much more. But, in other news, the Burton Greene Quartet, with Roy Campbell, Adam Lane and Lou Grassi, will be playing in Philadelphia at Slought on Friday, June 25th. I'm hoping I can get a night off and make the show..

And further research shows: Sears (Label profile) Johnny Rivers (2) Jimmy Smith (1) Paul Revere & the Raiders (1) Harry James (1) Bobby Hackett (1) Pete Fountain (1) Simon & Garfunkel (1) Jerry Lee Lewis (1) Faron Young (1) Skeets McDonald (1) Hank Locklin (1) George Jones (1) Johnny Horton (1)

And almost 29 minutes of playing time!!

Cool photo! But what label is this one on?

The Sears label??!!??!! Looks like they also did compilations of Bobby Hackett, Harry James and Simon & Garfunkel!

Cool cover! Has anyone heard "Four Keys"? Looks like it hasn't made it to CD yet.

MD202 #1892 & MD205 #1917 appeared on my porch this morning. I knew I shouldn't have been surfing the web on Memorial Day. I have a strange mixture of happiness, pride and guilt... I'm currently listening to a tasty Wynton Kelly solo on disc 1, track 2...