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Here is more on Dreyfus: http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1463324

Do you have any thoughts on these french jazz compilations from Dreyfus Records? http://www.dreyfusrecords.com/cgi-local/So...REFJAZZ&l=0 I think they're very fine compilations, with great sound. Especially like the Art Tatum and Charlie Parker ones.

I have many favourites with these on my list right now: Monk's mood (Blue Note) Dinah (Solo Monk) Round Midnight (Monk's Blues) In Orbit (In Orbit) Sophisticated Lady (Plays Duke Ellington) Darkness on the Delta (Big Band)

I've been busy ordering "Face to Face"! - Jostein

Big Box with 30's recordings: http://www.amazon.com/Portrait-Teddy-Wilso...TF8&s=music - Jostein

Here's an article on the quite unknown to me Baby Face Willette, jazz organist: http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/baby...jazz.html?10805 Is his Blue Notes worth checking out? - Jostein

What do you mean by sanctioned here? - Jostein

Hi, The U.K. label Cherry Red, which also has the Five Four Label, will soon release two very interesting CD's by Lennie Tristano and Sun Ra: Lennie Tristano - Abstraction & improvisation http://www.cherryred.co.uk/fivefour/produc...play=FIVEFOUR18 This has a great track selection, including "Descent into the Maelstrom", one of the first free jazz classics and a monumental work, which long has been out of print. Sun Ra - Toward the stars http://www.amazon.co.uk/Towards-Stars-Sun-...TF8&s=music Recordings from the 50's. A couple of books on these artists will also be released this spring: Lennie Tristano - His life in music http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lennie-Tristano-Li...TF8&s=books Sun Ra - Pathways to unknown worlds http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pathways-Worlds-Ch...TF8&s=books - Jostein

Rough Trade is going strong, not too far from Honest Jon's: http://www.roughtrade.com/site http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_result...mp;category=009 http://www.roughtrade.com/site/about.lasso - Jostein

A couple of overviews of music shops in London: http://www.talkingcities.co.uk/london_page...pping_music.htm http://www.londonnet.co.uk/ln/out/music/record-shops.html http://jazz.about.com/od/londonjazzclubs/a/londonguide.htm - Jostein

Strange feature/restriction that 3 character limitation, makes it impossible to search for artists like Art Pepper, Art Farmer, Sun Ra a.o. Can't find the same limitation at forums.allaboutjazz.com or jazzcornertalk.com. - Jostein

Here's a quote from this link: http://playjazzguitar.com/forum/viewtopic....0d38d66b4ccb822 "Ampeg makes 3 new amps called the J-12T, SJ-12T, and R-12T. J-12T 15 watts with one 12" speaker. Controls include volume and tone. This is basically a reissue of what Grant Green used on the old Blue Note sessions. Utilizes the EL84 tubes (valves) like the Fender Deluxe, Princeton and Champ." - Jostein

Record shop - Honest Jon's in Portobello Road! http://www.honestjons.com/ and you have Jazz After Dark as a really intimate jazz club in Greek St., Soho. I have been there a couple of times, and it's cool. http://www.jazzafterdark.co.uk/ - Jostein

Sun Ra - Astro Black. Great vinyl from Impulse! records in 1973. Damn groovy.

On "Of Mythic Worlds": http://www.the-temple.net/sunradisco/ofmythic.html The whole discography is here: http://www.the-temple.net/sunradisco/disco.html and here: http://www.dpo.uab.edu/~moudry/discintr.htm A couple of new CD's "Live at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium(Transparency)" and "Towards the Stars (FiveFour)" that are forthcoming are listed on Dusty Groove: http://www.dustygroove.com/browse.php?form...n+ra&alpha= - Jostein

Thanks for all suggestions! Has anyone heard the newest CD "Shifting Grace" from October 2006? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shifting-Grace-Mar...TF8&s=music - Jostein

I'm with you on that! I have listened a lot to "Strange Celestial Road" lately. Seems like it's from 1979. http://www.the-temple.net/sunradisco/scroad.html Sun Ra in this period was in a very productive phase releasing a lot of wonderful records. He used a lot of various keyboards with different-sized groups creating new sounds in jazz, as well as touching other genres. An example is the title track on "On Jupiter", and "U.F.O.". "Lanquidity" is a fine cool one originally released on Philly Jazz, now available on Evidence. "Of Mythic Worlds" released on the same label in 1979 is on my reissue wish list, as well as the 3 Horo vinyls from the 70's. - Jostein

I have wondered looking into some of Marilyn Crispell's releases. She's seems like an interesting artist, me being fan of Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, John Coltrane and such. Does anyone have any recommendations on what to get first? - Jostein

Art Yard Records in U.K. did release Hiroshima by Sun Ra yesterday on 180 gr. vinyl. They have previously released these original Saturn records by Sun Ra: Media Dreams Disco 3000 On Jupiter Beyond the Purple Star Zone Sleeping Beauty More info at the forum: http://www.the-temple.net/astroblack/news.html My favourites records are "Sleeping Beauty" and "On Jupiter". Real groovy records with that special avant space jazz feel. Art Yard is on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/artyard Seems like they are going to release more original Saturn's in the future. Here is hoping for new reissues of "Nature's God", "Horizon", "Omniverse" and "The Antique Blacks" too! - Jostein

A new book by Eunmi Shim on Lennie Tristano: http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=17728 A new book on Sun Ra is coming next year: "Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn and Chicago's Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954-68" The authors are: Glenn Ligon (Contributor), Adam Abraham (Contributor), Camille Norment (Contributor), Anthony Elms (Editor), John Corbett (Editor), Terri Kapsalis (Editor) Link: http://www.amazon.com/Pathways-Worlds-Chic...TF8&s=books

A couple more here: Karen Bredberg - http://karenjazzcello.com/ Harry Babasin - http://www.onoffon.com/harrythebear.html Akua Dixon - http://www.jazzbows.com/akuadixon/akuascareerhighlights.html Gideon Freudmann - http://www.cellobop.com/bio.htm

Here are a couple: http://brubeck.info/discog/Labels.html http://www.jazzdisco.org/brubeck/cat/

I have not heard Julian Priester outside his great work with Sun Ra in the 50's. Is this a good record? http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=bkj...p%3Bincl_cs%3D1 Seems like a great band.

Robert L. was a giant contributing to and recorind a lot of classic blues. Henry Townsend went in October: http://www.document-records.com/show_news.asp?articleID=347 He also was an incredible stayer. Honeboy is the last man standing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_%22Honeyboy%22_Edwards Cool book: http://www.amazon.com/World-Dont-Owe-Me-No...9283514-1745742

A live review of a Moore and Ra concert here. http://radiofreechicago.typepad.com/rerede...review_thu.html