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I've been thinking about getting this one , I think you may have pushed me over the edge.

A beautiful album.

My DVD of Goodfellas has the first half of the film on side one & the second half on side 2.

I hired 'A new History of Jazz' by Alan Shipton from the library at the weekend. Initially I was a bit concerned that it will take nearly 500 pages to reach the periods I'm more interested in , but the first chapter on the origins of jazz is fascinating.

Thanks BOb, you've sold it to me . I have got an audio copy of Call It Anything . Fantastic! I'm just rewriting a letter to Santa now!

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No surprises from me I'm afraid . In my late teens I saw 'Round Midnight on TV , I was working in a record shop so the next day I ordered the soundtrack and bought a few more around the same time (I cannnot remember the very first) , Giant Steps , KOB & the best of Dexter on Blue Note. I bought a few more titles along the way until one afternoon about 5 or 6 years ago I thought 'I think I'll play some jazz CDs today' & havent really listened to or bought anything else since.

The sleeper.

I've only got the Jimmy Lyons Ayler box with Malik on disc 1. Initally i , like Ubu, thought he sounded too overpowering & that he took over the session , but the CD grew on me with more listens , I think i'll give it another spin this evening

Of the later films I found the Mighty Aphrodite hilarious in places.

Am I Blue seemed just about right at 11:30 pm after consuming most of the contents of a bottle of red . It didnt sound quite as good the next afternoon at work though.

Jeb Bishop

"I once knew a girl who believed in oral contraception. I asked her for sex and she said no."

That sounds very interesting Chuck, would you be kind enough to let us know how that came about ?

not going to happen, as Water records just reissued this and the other Eddie Gale BN. You should grab those, I really think you'd enjoy them. Thanks John - looks good to me. RVG / Water whatever - as long as I can hear it through the speakers its all good.

I've only heard the title track & I'd love to hear the rest of it.

Cool link Ubu, theres a couple of other good shows on there too April 9 1960 - one of the last shows with Trane & a real corker. http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/Disco.aspx November 4 1969 http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/Disco.aspx

That was the positive I was reading in your post. STAY STRONG.

Hey John , that photo makes Sam look further away from what I remember! What a great show . There was loads I really enjoyed , the trio came on and as the first piece was being played i remember thinking ' I NEED this tune in my life' only for Sam to announce at the end of it someting along the lines of ' that was called Impromtu , we just made that up on the spot & now that musics gone never to be heard again.' There was some nice piano playing from Sam weaving from melodic & free . Later Anthony Cole played a nice tune on the piano. When all 3 played with horns was a stand out moment for me . A really great trio. The big band was really powerful with some great soloing throughout & nice to see some of the top young guys in Britsh jazz.

This years Jazz festival is just about to begin. http://www.serious.org.uk/index2.cfm?refid...tmpt3&tmptID=42 In ten days there’s a wealth of premieres, commissions, collaborations and new talent, along with a celebration of the jazz tradition. This year features a plethora of events dedicated to inspirational artists of the past - Jelly Roll Morton, Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Williams, Sun Ra – alongside some key figures that have shaped the course of jazz - Sam Rivers, Cecil Taylor, Tony Oxley, Bill Dixon, Anthony Braxton, Sunny Murray, the Ganelin Trio, Jack DeJohnette and Lennie Niehaus. Looking forward, the Festival concentrates on cutting edge talent from the global jazz scene. Vijay Iyer, Mike Ladd and Enrico Pieranunzi play their first UK gigs; plus new projects from Matthew Bourne, Nitin Sawhney & Britten Sinfonia, Carla Bley, the Future Sounds of Jazz, Dhafer Yousef, Matthew Herbert, F-IRE and Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield & Larry Goldings. A mass of new work and collaborations can be heard in the clubs and extensive PizzaExpress FreeStage programme. The Festival also strikes out to new venues, with the Wigmore Hall, the Arts Depot, The Royal Academy of Arts and Wapping Project included for the first time. As well as dozens of concerts across some of London’s major concert halls, the Festival celebrates the clubs and independent producers that keep the flame burning year round. Jamie Cullum certainly hasn’t forgotten the importance of the clubs where he started. Last year’s massively sold out Royal Festival Hall concert lit the blue touch paper on a stellar career, but for the Festival he’s returning to his roots, playing the jazz clubs where he cut his musical teeth

That was One hour photo , he was excellent in Insomnia with Al Pacino.

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A few shots of Michael York. I'm trying to think of who he looks like... That looks nothing like Chuck - Michael York is trying to smile in one of those pics.

Happy birthday