Pete B

pm sent Kenny Burrell Soulero (Contains The Tender Gender and Ode To 52nd Street) (1995 Issue) George Russell and His Orchestra Jazz In The Space Age (Chessmates Issue) Al Cohn Quintet featuring Zoot Sims (Chessmates Issue

I'm doing a little house cleaning. Flat rate of $3 for media mail postage within the US, no matter how many you buy. I will mail to any other country at cost. Paypal or your check accepted. Albums are VG+ except where noted - visually graded unless noted. Covers may have cc, small stickers, normal shelfwear. Anything more will be noted. Buy 4 or more lps and take 10% off (not including postage). Thanks for looking. $4.00 except as noted: Albam, Manny Something New Something Blue Columbia (6-eyes) some light scratches, surface noise VG $2 Bernstein, Leonard What is Jazz Columbia (6-eyes) looks clean, plays VG surface noise $3 Beyond the Fringe Beyond the Fringe Parlophone Beyond the Fringe Original Bdwy Cast Vol 2 Parlophone Brubeck, Dave West Side Story Columbia Candoli, Pete Blues When Your Lover Has Gone Somerset $2 Cleveland, Jimmy Cleveland Style Mercury (Japanese reissue) some surace noise Cohn-Perkins-Kamuca The Brothers RCA (France) sealed Dorham, Kenny Memorial Xanadu Ellington, Duke The 1953 Pasadena Concert GNP sealed Ellington, Duke Indigos (Stereo) Columbia reissue $3 Freeman, Bud & Braff, Ruby The Test of Time Bethlehem (reissue) Hines, Earl & Gonsalves, Paul It Don’t Mean a Thing Black Lion Mann, Herbie & Collette, Buddy Just for Kicks 1957 Vintage Jazz $3 clean record, but noisy transfer from needle drop Montgomery, Wes Movin' Along Riverside (Fantasy) Norvo, Red Music to listen to Red Norvo By Contemporary (black label) surface noise Russell, George Ezz-thetics Riverside (Fantasy) Cover creased, lots of scribbling on back - $2 Sims, Zoot The Swinger Pablo various Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Solid State Christlieb, Edison, Fontana, Land, Rosolino, etc Young, Lester Prez Vol 2 Pablo Better titles and double lps, priced as marked Berry, Chu and his Stompy Stevedores Epic $5 Breau, Lenny & Atkins, Chet Standard Brands RCA $5 Coltrane, John & Harden, Wilbur Countdown Savoy 2-lp $5 Ellington, Duke Big Band and Small IAJRC $5 Ellington, Duke Up To Date Vol 1 Up to Date $10 Ellington, Duke Up To Date Vol 4 Up to Date $10 Ellington, Duke Up To Date Vol 5 Up to Date $10 Ellington, Duke Up To Date Vol 6 Up to Date $10 Flory, Med, Levy, Lou, Geller, Herb West Coast Scene Vol 3 Vogue (UK) 2-lp $10 Gonsalves, Paul Ellingtonia Moods & Blues RCA (France) $5 Hodges, Johnny with Ellington All-Stars and Strayhorn All-Stars Prestige 2-lp $6 Hodges, Johnny The Smooth One Verve 2-lp $6 Markowitz, Marky Mark's Vibes Famous Door $5 Mulligan, Gerry Mainstream of Jazz Vol 2 Emarcy (Japan) $10 some surface noise, looks very clean various Jazz Off the Air, Vol 2 Spotlite (UK) $10 Bob Cooper, Teddy Edwards, Art Pepper, Wardell Gray, etc feel free to send me a pm or email me at bainbridge@dejazzd.com Thanks Pete

PM send on HERB ELLIS -Thank You, Charlie Christian Japanese Issue POCJ-2754 Obi included $9 Pete

If you do vinyl, you can look for the French series of double lps that cover the Columbia 1930s sides in complete chronological form - both small units and full band. I've not researched if they are truly complete, but the bulk of the recordings should be there. Every so often I see them on offer at reasonable prices - check Cadence or Euclid. There are no liner notes but they have complete discographical details. The sonics aren't necessarily the best, but they are acceptable, at least to my ears. I love that period of Ellington - they are definitely worth having.

I have found Duke Ellington - A Listener's Guide by Eddie Lambert to be an invaluable guide in exploring Ellington's music. the 1947-1952 box set was issued as a cd box in France (4 cds I think - they left out the Liberian Suite as I remember). I have the vinyls so I have never bought a copy but I see them turn up on Ebay from time to time and they don't seem to draw many bids. I'm rather fond of that period. Some of the vocal numbers are, shall we say, an acquired taste, but the bulk of this box is prime Ellington.

I bought one of these last summer and I've been pleased with it. I use it sometimes to record myself in practice (acoustic bass) but I use it primarily to record myself on gigs. It makes remarkably good recordings even in rather noisy nightclubs. I replaced the miniature tripod with a full size camera tripod which works well in most situations. My experience has been that it records best at about waist height - putting it near the floor on the mini-tripod seems to drown the recordings in bass notes.

I really like Lunarcy with Pete Christlieb. If you do vinyl, find a copy of "The Kid's Got Ears" on Jazzizz label - great solo version of "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" and some nice trio material. If you dig vocalists, check out his album with Pinky Winters - "Happy Madness".

You're right, of course, how did I miss that? Stardust set is missing "Harmony in Harlem" and a version of "If Dreams Come True".

I have the 2-cd set above but it is on Stardust label. It is a straight re-release of 2 lps on Jazz Archives Label (JA-12 and JA-13). There are 22 tracks on this release. According to DESOR, the following remain: 4/29/38 1 title, 5/5/38 1 title, 5/8/38 titles, 5/22/38 7 titles. Most of these are on the Jazz Panorama LP JP-14. I don't know if they are available on cd. There are also 6 titles listed as unreleased. I too have long anticipated the Storyville release. I would order a copy the minute it bacame available.

Coates lives in the Delaware Water Gap, PA area and is still active. I saw him perform a couple of years ago at one of the annual COTA (Celebration of the Arts) festivals which are held there every September. He gave a marvelous solo performance, mature and powerful and beautiful.

Kevin, I'll try to get over to my friend's house soon and copy some details. I remember they claimed the whole first disc was newly issued, taken from 3 hours of tapes found in Ben Webster's estate. It seems they have access to his stock of tapes. I do remember that, according to the booklet, the session with Rowles is newly discovered. Storyville had sent a small batch of cds for review in addition to the box. The only Warne Marsh was the date with Kenny Drew, previously titled "I've Got a Good One for You". I don't recall what the other titles were, but everything was a rerelease. I regret the absence of the Ellington Cotton Club material. Although I have this on vinyl, I have long looked forward to a complete issue on cd. Likewise the absense of stockpile material. It's a shame that their access to that material is going to waste.

I got to look at a review copy of the Webster box. According to the notes in the booklet, part of the material has not been released before. Some of it is from Webster's private tapes. I got to hear the first disc, which the booklet says is previously unreleased material from the Montmartre. The music was excellent, in pretty good sound. I can't remember all the things on the 8 discs, but I recognize some of the things from private recordings I have traded for. Most of it seems to be extracted from various broadcasts in Europe. The last disc has the "No Fool, No Fun" session which I think was released on vinyl (Spotlite label, perhaps) and then a studio session with Jimmy Rowles that was supposed to be background music for a commercial (I don't remember the details). The book is nicely produced, very handsome with a lot of nice photos. I read over the session notes and I thought they were very well informed and well done but I am by no means an expert on Webster. Among other things in the booklet there is a nice essay by NHOP about working with Webster which I really enjoyed. Again, I only got to spend an hour or so with the set, but my impression was good enough that I will buy this at some point, since I own almost none of this material.

The Patty McGovern features arrangements by Thomas Talbert. These were done around the same time as his "Bix Fats Duke" album. Previously available on cd on a very hard to find Norma label release. The original vinyl always seems to go for many $ when it turns up on ebay. I just listened to this cd again, very fine small group arrangements prominently featuring Barry Galbraith, with some nice contributions from Joe Wilder.

pm sent on: Thelonious Monk – Live at the It Club – Complete (Columbia 2-CD set) - $9.50 Thelonious Monk – Monk Alone – The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings: 1962-1968(Columbia 2-CD set – there is one small area with a few light scratches/scuffs that do not affect play) - $7.50 Stan Kenton – The 1950’s Birdland Broadcasts (Jazz Band) - $4.75

Up. I'll reduce the price to $40. Anybody interested?

If you google the album name you will see the link to a certain blog that has a link to an mp3 download of the album. I think that's what Chuck's referring to . I had the good fortune to snag a copy of this cd with a preorder at cdjapan. It's really nice. I'm amazed that it is already out of print - I only received mine at the end of July.

I have a copy of Bebop in Britain, the 4 cd box issued on Charly focusing on early bebop sessions 1948-1952. The box is in nearly new condition. I'm asking $50 including shipping in the US, which is what I have in it. Checks or paypal accepted. I'll ship to other countries at cost. If interested send a pm or email me at bainbridge@dejazzd.com Thanks Pete

email sent ref West Coasting Stan Levey and ConteCandoli with Zoot Sims $15 Jap Bethlehem

These are for sale from my collection. Everything is in very good condition. Prices include postage within the USA. I will ship to other countries at my cost. Checks or Paypal accepted. You can pm me or email me at bainbridge@dejazzd.com . Thanks for taking a look. Pete artist title label price Brown, Ray Don't Get Sassy Telarc 5 Brown, Ray Live at Scullers Telarc 5 Brown, Ray A Ray Brown 3 (Ray Brown, Montey Alexander, Sam Most) Concord 8 Brown, Ray Soular Energy Concord 5 Brown, Ray & Ellis, Herb In the Pocket (2-cd) Concord 9 Carter, Ron Stardust Blue Note 7 Coltrane, John Lush Life SACD Hybrid Prestige 8 Davis, Miles Miles Davies Tadd Dameron Quintet in Paris Festival May 1949 Columbia (French) 5 Ellington, Duke Carnegie Hall Concerts 1944 (2-cd) Prestige 9 SOLD Ellington, Duke Cotton Club Nights (live 1938) Arpeggio 6 Ellington, Duke Cotton Club Anthology (2-cd, live 1938) Stardust 9 Ellington, Duke Hollywood Bowl Live 1947 Unique 6 Freeman, Von The Great Divide (hole punch) Premonition 5 Freeman, Von with Frank Catalano - You Talkin' to Me? (hole punch) Delmark 5 SOLD Gaillard, Slim Sabros-Here's Smorgasbord! (1946-1953 28 tracks) Verve (Japan) 9 Getz, Stan Rare Recording & Collectibles 1949-1952 Suisa (Italy) 5 Getz, Stan Final Concert Recording (2-cds, wear to cover) Eagle 9 Gourley, Jimmy & Barney Wilen Double Action Elabeth (France) 12 Sold Hampton, Lionel Dark Eyes (outstanding 1956 Jazztone session) Earlybird 5 Herman, Woody Montery Jazz Festival Koch 6 Kellaway, Roger Kellaway/Putte Wickman/Red Mitchell Some of This Some of That Dragon 12 Konitz, Lee Tenorlee Candid 7 Konitz, Lee Alone Together (with Meldau, Haden) Blue Note 7 McKenna, Dave Double Play (2-cd, hole punch) Concord 9 Powell, Bud Jazz Giant Verve 5 Powell, Bud Time Was RCA 5 Previn/Lowe/Brown Old Friends Telarc 6 Previn/Lowe/Brown After Hours Telarc 6 Previn/Lowe/Brown Uptown Telarc 6 Rich, Buddy Legendary 47-48 Orchestra Hep 7 Waller, Fats Complete Recorded Works Vol 2 (4-cd, sawcut) JSP 18 Webster, Ben Stormy Weather 1201 6 Webster, Ben There is No Greater Love 1201 6 Wilen, Barney Barney Wilen/Philippe Petit Flash Back PJC (France) 12 SOLD Williams, Cootie In Hi-Fi (sawcut - older 1995 release) RCA 5

The full session is available on "First Bass" issued by the IAJRC, and readily available. I would assume they paid the appropriate fees, and the cd is excellent. It was produced by OP's discographer Coover Gazdar.

I managed to get this on dvd-r. Previously I only had a rather poor videocassette of it from a collector friend. The Ellington and Basie segments are very nice. I particularly liked watching Ray Nance do his "showtime" routine.

Looks like a new discovery. Very limited information only in the definitive Gerry Mulligan DISCOGRAPHY - Recordings, Concerts and Whereabouts by Gérard Dugelay & Kenneth Hallqvist - see Mulligan discography GERRY MULLIGAN WITH BILLY TAYLOR TRIO Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Hall, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, October 1-3, 1993 Information available

Thank you all!

I had a chance to leaf through the "Paris Jazz" book yesterday. It is mostly a series of chapters on various jazz clubs in Paris, and also a few historic addresses related to jazz in the city. Not really focused on the history of jazz at all. It is an attractive little book and if I had the good fortune to be travelling to Paris anytime soon I would have bought it.

from http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=78&p=2&c=630007 Jason Ray, Tar Heel Mascot, Passes Away By UNC Athletic Comm. Posted Mar 26, 2007 Jason Kendall Ray, 21, died Monday morning at Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center. Ray, a senior at the University of North Carolina, was a member of UNC's cheerleading squad and was injured in a pedestrian/vehicle accident in Fort Lee, N.J., on Friday, March 23. He was pronounced dead by doctors at 8:38 a.m. Ray was in New Jersey to perform as the Tar Heels’ mascot, Rameses, in the NCAA Men’s Basketball East Regional in East Rutherford, N.J., on Friday and Sunday. Dozens of family and friends gathered at the hospital’s Surgical Intensive Care Unit since the accident. ”Our family would like to thank the staff at Hackensack University Medical Center for the compassionate and professional care they provided,” says Jason’s brother, Allen, speaking on behalf of the family. “They made this terrible experience as tolerable as possible and gave solace to our family. “We would also like to thank the UNC athletic department. Jason was a member of their family and they extended their support to us and provided support to our family as we have dealt with this terrible loss. “Jason was a wonderful son, brother and friend. He leaves behind a legacy of friendship, laughter, excitement for life and a genuine love for all the people he touched during his all-too-short life.” In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Jason Kendall Ray Memorial Fund, Concord Christian Church, 3101 Davidson Highway, Concord, NC 28027. ”Jason believed in organ donation and in the sharing of the gift of life,” Allen Ray says. “His organs will be donated to the Sharing Network of New Jersey. We hope that Jason’s gift will be able to help up to 50 people in critical need of transplant.” “This is a devastating loss to the Ray family and our University community,” says Director of Athletics Dick Baddour. “Jason had many talents. Over the last several days, we have heard from so many people who said Jason went above the call of duty to brighten their days and make their child smile and laugh. He may have performed in the anonymity that comes with playing the mascot, but his life has had an overt and lasting impact on the people whose lives he touched. Our hearts and prayers again go out to his family and friends in this time of extraordinary grief.” Jason was majoring in business administration with a concentration in marketing at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and was working toward a minor in religious studies. He had played the Ram mascot for the past three seasons. “Jason gave Rameses an energy that was unique,” says UNC cheerleading coach Brown Walters. “He embodied all of the qualities you would want in a team member. He was a tremendous ambassador of the University of North Carolina and that spirit will live on forever. The Carolina Spirit Program has lost a member of our family and he will be deeply missed.” "The loss of Jason Ray will be felt by all of us who love and care about Carolina,” says Chancellor James Moeser. “His legacy will be one of caring and joy, of hard work and enthusiasm for life. Susan and I join his friends, classmates, teammates and instructors, people across the campus and far beyond Chapel Hill in wishing his family comfort during this time of profound loss." “My heart goes out to Jason’s family,” says Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams. “He was an engaging young man and a friend to a number of our players and managers. They tell me he was a wonderful person. Obviously our team is disappointed with the outcome of Sunday’s game, but that pales greatly in comparison with the loss the Ray family is dealing with today. We ask everyone to remember Jason and his family in their prayers.”