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Thanks, Bev. I've tried this out. Hope it works. Garden view I've now worked out how to display photos in the post ( I think ) :

Thanks, Bev. I've tried this out. Hope it works. Garden view

It's come back now. How did that post vanish and reappear in the same spot? I noticed that yesterday as well. No idea how that happened. It's the first photo I've posted so may have done something wrong. Anyone know how to make the image larger, like all the other photos?

I guess everyone's garden is their personal paradise.

A photo of our garden in Cornwall ( South West UK ). My wife's the gardener - I'm just the (unpaid) labourer.

There's another one from the Tivoli, Copenhagen in 1971.

I've just bought the basic version ( not the deluxe version with bonus cuts ). Sounds pretty good to me. Some of the grungy layers have been removed so it's as clear as it can be, given the limitations of the original recording. The bottom end has also been improved.

Some very listenable live sets from Jack McDuff and Groove Holmes, recorded at Parnell's in Seattle, 1982 : McDuff and Holmes

It's on Amazon now ( pre-publication ) as 'Dust Fire'. Oh dear!

Thank goodness ! It was worth it just to see 'Sir Alec' Ferguson totally p*ssed off. Made me laugh how he was complaining that Bayern were clustering around the referee to get Da Silva sent off. Particularly when you consider how his teams have often done exactly the same thing.

And you could pick that up back in the early 70s in Woolworths as it was on the budget MFP 'Music For Pleasure' label. Have only heard a bit of it - sounds very much 'of its time'. ! Indeed, very much of its time. Also a very raw live sound quality achieved in the studio.

There was another album - 'Deep Down Heavy' - which featured Chris Spedding and lyrics by poet Robert Cockburn. I don't think that has turned up on CD yet.

The BBC have so far failed to come up with a decent tribute to John Dankworth - pretty shameful when you consider the amount of material they have in their vaults - but the More4 UK channel is airing a programme titled 'The Show Went On' this Saturday ( 10th April ). This, apparently, will recall the life and career of John Dankworth as well as include footage of the concert when Cleo Laine broke news of John's death.

Mine was the Modern jazz Quartet at either the New Victoria Theatre or Odeon, London probably 1964 or 1965. I remember getting special dispensation from school ( I was a boarder ) to attend. I felt really grown up, in a way I haven't since.

Thanks for the birthday wishes - much appreciated. If my mother had waited another day I could have shared my birthday with Ornette. Still, sharing with George Coleman and Gabor Szabo isn't bad.

Absolutely. The whole album 'Spoon Sings N' Swings' with the Dick Morrissey Quartet is a blast from start to finish.

Another unissued album on CD ( as far as I know ) is Pete Lemer's 'Local Colour' from 1966 which featured Nisar Ahmed ( George ) Khan, John Surman ( one of his first recordings ), Tony Reeves and Jon Hiseman. Unusually for a British group, it was released on ESP.

I've just been enjoying a wonderful new(ish) CD on Sharp Wood records titled 'The Late Great Phil Seamen'. Phil was probably the greatest jazz drummer Europe has produced and, tragically, died at the early age of 46 through constant drug use. The fine booklet in the CD mentions a mere three pieces of film in which Phil appears so I thought it would be fitting to link to them here. The first is a short piece from a long forgotten pop film titled 'Golden Disc ( 1958 ). The group is Don Rendell's Jazz Six : Phil Seamen - Golden Disc The second is a BBC studio recording of Al Cohn and Zoot Sims with Stan Tracey, Dave Green and Phil, from a 1968 programme titled 'The Cool Of The Evening' : The Cool of The Evening The last one is from a UK film ( 1967 ) titled 'Sound' and features Roland Kirk and John Cage. The clip features Kirk at Ronnie Scott's backed by Johnny Burch (p), Dave Green (b) and Phil ( drs ) : Sound ( 1967 )

I have a cd of this as part of a box bought from the Dankworth's place directly http://www.quarternotes.com/ Not sure if they are still trading but its worth asking? Thanks - I'll check it out. Peter

I have an apparently legit CD of this - on British CBS, if I remember correctly (I'm at work right now and can't check). That doesn't mean it's print now, but it has been reissued. That certainly was legit - reissued on CD by Sony a few years back with other great CBS Realm series albums - a few copies still knocking around Thanks. It must be out of print now. I was looking for it recently and couldn't find it anywhere, except a £55 item on Amazon ( although there was a cheap mp3 download). Luckily a friend came up with a copy. Its one of the 5 star albums in the Penguin Guide so you would have thought it would be more widely available. Still, its only jazz.

To the list, I would add : Mike Westbrook - 'Live' ( Cadillac ) John Dankworth - 'The $1,000,000 Collection' ( has that really never been on CD? ) Tony Oxley - 'The Baptised Traveller' Ricotti & Albuquerque - 'First Wind' plus Jimmy Witherspoon - 'Spoon Sings n' Swings' ( for the great band featuring Dick Morrissey, Phil Seamen etc ). I've got this on scratchy vinyl only. Most of the albums listed so far can be obtained online. I'm not condoning this, of course, but in the past I have obtained an online version and ditched it when a CD version has been reissued - for both reasons of audio quality and 'morality'. However, the chances of most of these albums being reissued is minimal at best. Exceptions to what's available online ( to the best of my knowledge ) include : Harold McNair - 'Affectionate Fink' Phil Seamen - 'Live' ( is that the same as 'The Phil Seamen Story'?) Colin Bates - 'Brew' Maybe the 'online' issue will cause some debate but do we wait forever in vain for a CD reissue or grab a reasonable interim copy in the meantime? If anyone wants more information on some of these long-lost items maybe they should send me a PM.

If you worked on the Round The Horne or Beyond Our Ken series, how on earth did you Americanize the Julian and Sandy sketches? They got away with murder - and on the BBC - by using the Palare slang language adopted by the gay community.

There was an excellent Rotterdam concert ( November 9, 1969 ) rebroadcast by the BBC in 2006, the 80th anniversary of Miles's birth. Like most Miles fans I recorded this. Not sure whether this counts as a bootleg or whatever.

Earl Turbinton played on Buster Williams's fine 'Pinnacle' album. Didn't know he was Willie Tee's brother though.

There is a repeat showing of a programme in the Legends series on John Dankworth and Cleo Laine, to be broadcast this coming Sunday ( 21 February ) on BBC 4 at 2200 hrs. John Dankworth - Legends You would hope that the BBC could dig out some of their Jazz 625 material as an additional tribute ( looked like some of it was used in the news clip ).