Cat Stevens: A fan seeking his old haunts and any Jazz

[dr.33]

Hi Folks,

I am a hugh Cat Stevens fan. Other than Jazz his is the only stuff I play repeatedly. I will be going to London soon to check out the Jazz CD shops and bookshops. But my main goal is to check out Cat's hometown and things associated with him. I think Soho and Shaftesbury Ave. are the places to start. Any suggestions about his father's restaurant (Moulin Rouge, but I think it's called Alfredsons or something now). He also has other connections to the area (where or what is "Tin Pan Alley," Island Records, Hammersmith College where he went for art, the hospital where he recovered from TB, the Catholic school he initially attended, theatres he hung around as a kid, the Islamia School that he started as Yusuf Islam and the hotel that he used to run?). I also was seeking some bookstore recomendations because there a but a few biographies on him and none in the States so I thought maybe the used shops in London might have something (George Brown's, Charlesworth, and Evans are the three authors that come to mind). Thanks again for your info and any forthcoming on the Cat!

Regards,

Jeff

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

sorry, we all here only stalk dead jazz musicans

[bertrand]

Since you are both into jazz and Cat Stevens, perhaps you might be able to enlighten me on the following mystery:

Why does the All Music Guide web site claim that 'Lady D'Arbanville' was written by Wayne Shorter? Do they know something I don't?

Thanks,

Bertrand.

[dr.33]

Since you are both into jazz and Cat Stevens, perhaps you might be able to enlighten me on the following mystery:

Why does the All Music Guide web site claim that 'Lady D'Arbanville' was written by Wayne Shorter? Do they know something I don't?

Thanks,

Bertrand.

It was definitely written by Cat Stevens. She was his recent ex-girlfriend in 1969-70 when he wrote it for his first album after his bout with TB (Mona Bone Jakon). The AMG cites Shorter as the writer for the same song on Bub Roberts all acoustic "Tribute to Cat Stevens." Unless they mean that Shorter did some sort of rearrangement of the song, they must be in error; it is all Cat.

Jeff