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Well, I added "it seems", but that's how he sounded to me on these few sides...

well, that must be because it contained the line "signed by Wynton"...

my internet connection was cut before I could reply here (but my PM went through in time)... on the University network now (will be offline for several days after today, it seems)... Persson's an omission on the part of Bruyninckx and Lord Thanks for the info! Btw, Englund has some nice moments, very much in that lyrical trumpet tradition (Joseph, Fruscella etc), it seems!

Sad news - but for once it's cool that he lived to see that reissue, usually it's the other way 'round (as with Universal's Mangelsdorff reissues from last year... why did they wait so long?)

the below session is on a Dragon CD - there seems to be a mistake here, Björkman's said to play on the first two tracks, but on the last two, there's a trombone and no trumpet (and honestly the french horn on the first two sounds very trombone-like to my ears... though I do think it's indeed a french horn, but not one that's really been making use of as far as sonic possibilities go...). Anyway, would Englund be on trombone, or who's playing there? Anyone knows? Bengt Hallberg Ensemble featuring Lars Gullin: Ernie Englund (tp) Ake Björkman (fhr) Putte Wickman (cl) Lars Gullin (bar) Bengt Hallberg (p) Simon Brehm (b) Robert Edman (d) Stockholm, January 18, 1954 KSll7 Redhead Pacific Jazz EP4-17 KSll8 Depressionism (unissued} KSll9 Meatball (ab out) - KS120 Blues in fourths (ab out) -

Yes, "Quintets" is fine, but I think this here's my favourite: It has the Rodney/Sullivan pair backed by Tommy Flanagan, Oscar Pettiford and two Joneses (Elvin and Philly Joe). Yanow on this one: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&a...10:3xfoxqtgld0e Ken Dryde on the same (different package, Prevue reissue this time): http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&a...10:0xftxqyjldte It's one where you have to be careful not to buy it more than once... (almost happened to me, but I was cautious enough in the end and hence only have the Savoy version now)

The ones with Almeida were/are! Fine music, but a bit of a more flexible rhythm section (or drummer, it's Roy Harte) could have worked wonders, I think...

late as so often, but belated best wishes & congratulations! :party:

Sad news, but then he was around for a long time. I love his early playing, I think the Shank Pacific Mosaic is quite a bit underrated. In later years his tone got so ripe and emotional, his music was often of stark beauty... I guess you can tell I'm a fan!

The final tune of Complete Vogue Recordings Vol. 2, "Blues for Albert" is also a blues, obviously, it's only about two minutes and a piano solo. Vol. 4 has two further blues: "Buyer's Blues" as it's spelled on amazon.fr (I think it's "Byers' Blues", composed by Billy Byers) from the session with Allen Eager, and "Blouse Bleu" (blue blouse, a wordgame obviously), a short big band track featuring Solal in a few twelve bar solos between arranged parts by the band.

15 euros apiece. ...and now gone... after reading in this thread I would have ordered it for that prize, but hey, my bank account thanks him who was faster! Anyway, it being listed by caiman I guess it's more likely that if you order it, you'll just get a re-fund in a month...

One CD every ten years ... http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Sessions-Variou...s/dp/B00001ZSXK Yeah, that was the reference - great one! I was so happy to see the Dameron date on CD, finally!

No, unfortunately. missed this reply till today - thanks! would have loved to hear there's more and I'd only have to find it somewhere...

In serious: why don't they at least give us a compilation with the most succesful tracks from some of these sessions? Can't be all bad! Maybe a 2CD set with some nice booklet and lots of infos and session photos or something... and yes, that is to imply I fell for the joke... I don't quite get the use of april's fool's day anyway, so I'm not cautious...

Hey, good to hear that the st. quentin book is an easy read, brownie! I guess I can handle it then!

gee, let me look at the list... I'd like to get: Ahmed Abdul-Malik "Jazz Sahara" Walter Bishop Jr. "Trio" Al Cohn "Broadway" Honi Gordon "Sings" Charlie Mariano "Boston All-Stars" (the old OJC was a twofer of two 10 inch albums, I think, will this be the same?) Prestige Blues Swingers "Outskirts of Town" Ruth Price "At the Manne-Hole" Julian Priester "Keep Swingin'" Les Spann "Gemini" Duane Tatro "Jazz for Moderns" maybe also: Ray Draper "Quintet" Peter Erskine "Peter Erskine" Joe Farrell "Sonic Text" Ada Moore "Jazz Workshop Vo.l. 3" (or is that one in the Mingus Debut box? Will have to look it up) I don't know anything about: Claire Austin "When Your Lover Has Gone" Wild Bill Moore "Bottom Groove" Billie Poole "Confessin' the Blues" the rest I have, I think... they could have included some more of those all star things (in addition to the blues swingers I mean), "Roots" and "Earthy"...

Sorry, I missed the cut-off date!

Very good music indeed! But a blatant rip-off, I assume, of the Blue Note West Coast Classics CD (which contained the Gordon 10 inch album as a bonus) and the Koch CD reissue of the Atlantic album.

I have the Storyville Wax label CD - some of Jones' sides are on it, but not all (I guess that was a fair decision as the remaining sessions are more interesting... but still, with the actual CD being so cheap and the package so nice, they could have done a 2CD set instead...) Hart has alyways been fascinating to me ever since I got the Savoy 5LP complete Bird box 12 or 13 years ago (I think it was my first Bird, and what an impressive start it was!), and Hart is very good on the great "Red Cross" session (led by Tiny Grimes), which opens that box! (Also drummer Doc West I think was in that band of Lester Young's with no piano, which is sort of proto-bop, too - I think all that exists of that are two tunes from a live recording, alas.)

Yes indeed! Will spin this beautiful one again soon: I think it's quite a bit better than the rating it gets on AMG!

What about the tune "Bluesine"? I'm away from my discs and not googling around, but maybe that's a blues? Or did he ever cover some Parker blues tunes? Or on those MPS trio albums, maybe there's something there? (Sent you a PM, Allen!)

sounds intriguing, but where can I actually listen to his playing? (and what about Clyde Hart?)

That's a very cool selection! I've not seen those here, though... were they regularly sold in stores? In the usual OJCCD/RVG Remasters/Keepnews Edition "nice price" range, or more expensive? There'd be a few among them still on my list...

I had no idea Marty Grosz was related to George! I've loved Grosz' paintings for a long time, one of the most critical voices of Germany in the culturally very rich (at least up to the late 20s, that is) years between the wars. Why do these discussions and disclosures come up again and again in recent years? Is it because the heirs are dying themselves soon and trying to get at least some justice before they go? And why are the big museums such hard cases to break? Just because they don't want to create a precedence? I'm not sure that's enough to pay the prize of being ethically on the wrong side... On the other hand, cases like that one (was it the Klimt case? Or the Kirchner?) where the heirs get the paitings back only to sell them on the market I find problemtic to say the least... it's another difficult issue of course, but if all of them had such plans as the Grosz heirs have, that would be great of course! On the other hand, if it's their property, they can do what they like, but if they sell it to some rich moneybag who hides it away from the public, the question of ethics is risen anew, and not in favour of the heirs, I find...

ah well, you're lucky... I should learn to restrain myself again, too!