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Joken Records has its own website. Only three albums listed (with samples) : those given by Mike.

When Woody Shaw came to Europe right after Eric Dolphy's death, he recommended some of his friends from his hometown of Newark to join him in Paris. That's how Larry Young and drummer Billy Brooks came over here. Shaw and Young flew back some months later but Brooks didn't.

Is the "Side Winder" recorded by James Brown (on organ) on the album "James Brown Plays James Brown, Today and Yesterday" (11 instrumentals) on Smash is Lee Morgan's "The Sidewinder"? http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/i/jb-escape/jbdi...o/TODAY-LP.html

How does it come that Mosaic or Blue Note hasn't come with more material from those jam sessions? They played La Marchal two nights, more than 4 tracks must have been recorded. Where are the out-takes?

From Fantasy "News" webpage : "Due out this fall is an 11-CD box containing the Prestige recordings of tenor saxophonist DEXTER GORDON, about which more later. . ." After Blue Note, after SteepleChase, now Prestige ?

There's a new website. I hope they didn't change the functionnality.

The new Kenny Barron CD was released on Verve in Europe through Universal France... but licensed to Sunnyside for the US.

One of Bill Holman's masterpieces is the album he recorded on Thelonious Monk's music, "Brilliant Corners" (JVC, 1997). This is to me the best arrangements which were ever written on Monk's music, because it is as respectfull to the original spirit of the compositions as it still sounds original in its own way in the writing. Amazing stuff, completely fresh, even on some of the most heard Monk's tunes. Some very fine soloists like trumpeter Ron Stout too. Highly recommanded.

I missed that one (can't find a complete DB collection in Paris). How was the album rated? As far as I know, Lee Morgan came back to his hometown of Philly in late 1962, and had a band with Jimmy Heath. This quintet played at Birdland November 1962 (cf. Fresh Sound "We Remember You"). After that, I haven't been able to locate a single gig until he came back in NYC during the summer of 1963, at a time when he mostly playing Monday nights gigs. He soon reaffiliated with Blue Note, first recording with Hank Mobley on October 2. Few days before, on September 30, he had played at the annual Gretsch Drum Night at Birland as part of Elvin Jones' pick-up band. So there's a 6-month period during which he seems to have been pretty down and off the scene, even in Philadelphia. So, as Michael said, issuing this album right in the middle of that period of time wasn't really appropriate. Thanks everybody for your help. By the way, Michael, where did you find mention of that September gig at Take 3 club. Pretty interesting...

Does anyone on this board own the original LP? I'd like to know when this album (recorded January 1962) was first issued. It might have a © somewhere on it with the year it was released. I checked most of the Down Beat issues from that period but couldn't find it. Thanks.

I found it rather dull and uninspired. To me Blanchard (playing all the time à la Wynton) doesn't fit at all in McCoy Tyner's music. Gary Bartz isn't at the level he was in the early 70's when they recorded "Extensions" et al. The album is a strange mix of quintet versions of new tunes (some nice) and trio interpretations of ever-greens like 'Come Rain or Come Shine' or 'If I Should Lose You', which I don't find the most interesting to listen.

Bill Holma says that most of his best music is in this set. So if you care for him, you should get it before it's too late (I don't think we'll see those recordings on single CD before a long time).

Get Mosaic. Tremendous themes. Wonderful Freddie. Exceptionnal Wayne. Superb Cedar Walton. And Blakey at its best.

To me, the Fresh Sound 3-CD boxset is much more worth getting than the Fantasy issue. It includes a beautiful 84-page booklet with many many rare and unseen pictures from the recording sessions, remembrances by most of the players (Bud Shank, Herbie Harper, Shorty Rodgers, Harry Babasin, Lou Levy...), all the original cover art and liner notes, and more. This is a real labor of love by Jordi Pujol, one of the greatest fan of West Coast Jazz, who made that set with the collaboration of Roy Harte and Harry Babasin before they died. Fantasy later licensed the musical material but didn't accomplished the work Pujol done. Exact title of the boxset is :"The Complete Nocturne Recordings, Jazz in Hollywood Series". Have a look > here < to learn more.

According to a very interesting > article < about his carrer, drummer Don Lamond spend several years working for Disney :

Thank you, guys, for your comments. I may order a few of those DVDs from Disconforme before they go out of print.

There's a bunch of new DVDs from Rhapsody Films listed on Disconform website. Most of them looks very interesting but are unknown to me : > link <. Anyone have seen any of them? Can recommend any? Thanks.

24 reissues from the MPS catalogue are announced to be released in France on June 8 : Hans Koller “Exclusiv” (1964) /981 344-0 Attila Zoller / Hans Koller / Martial Solal “Zoller Koller Solal” (1965) /843 107-2 Hans Koller: “Relax With My Horns” (1966) / 981 344-5 Hans Koller Big Band: “New York City” (1968) 981 343-7 Hans Koller Free Sound: “Phoenix” (1972) /981 343-8 Hans Koller: “Kunstkopfindianer” (1974)/ 981 343-9 Don Menza: “Morning Song” (1965) /981 144-6 Annie Ross & Pony Poindexter “With The Berlin All Stars” (1966)/ 981 125-7 Fritz Pauer: “Live At The Berlin Jazz Galerie” (1969) /981 126-3 Art Farmer Quintet: “From Vienna With Art” (1970) /981 144-3 Friedrich Gulda: “Fata Morgana - Live at the Domicile” (1971)/ 981 144-7 Fritz Pauer Trio: “Blues Inside Out” (1979) /981 126-4 Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band: “All Smiles” (1968) /981 479-0 Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band: “More Smiles” (1969) /981 478-9 Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band: “Fellini 7½” (1968) 981 480-5 Horst Jankowski Studio Orchestra: “Jankowskeynotes” (1970) /981 480-6 Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra: “Changing Colors” (1971) /981 479-4 Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra: “Communication” (1971) /981 479-5 Joachim Kühn: “Hip Elegy” (1975)/ 9808186 Charly Antolini: “Drum Beat” (1966)/ 9808191 Wolfgang Dauner: « Music Zounds » (1970)/ 9808190 Horst Jankowski Quartett: « Jankowskinetik » (1970)/ 9808189 Volker Kriegel: « Spectrum » (1971)/ 9808699 Albert Mangelsdorff - And His Friends – (1967-1969) /0673752

Someone (might be Freddie Hubbard or maybe James Spaulding) told me that round '64 ("Breaking Point" period of time) he was only a part-time bassist, working also into the electronics field. Maybe that's where he spent his time after '65.

Brownie, I bought my copy (CD) a few years ago at Croco Jazz, not far from you home I believe. Gilles might still have a copy. Apparently this has been disrupted by Boplicity, since the album is no longer listed on their website (even if they allude to it on the left side of the screen)

I would strongly suggest that you get "Corps et Ame" (= Body and Soul in French), on Black & Blue. Recorded in 1978 with Hank Jones, George Duvivier and J.C. Heard. Not a bad rhythm section.

Based on what I can observe on that list of Musica releases a few albums have been reissued by other labels, such as : the last two Marc Hemmler are now on Elabeth (including a very fine duet with Ray Brown) ; Jimmy Gourley's album is also now on Elabeth ; Philippe Petit's "For All The Life, You Are In My Heart" has recently been reissued by Paris Jazz Corner Productions with new cover and title.

Most of the discographical data about Bethlehem are availbale on-line on Toshiba EMI Japan website with most of the original covers reproduced.

Thanks Jazzbo. Palo Alto albums are now officialy reissued by QuickSilver Records Improvising Artists are also available, at least on-line. All the Incus catalogue probably isn't available on CD but many references are presented on Incus records website (and some Lps still available). PM Records also has a website where most of their releases seems to be available too.

Jazzbo, could you give us some names?