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Ken Peplowski: Double Exposure. Concord Jazz/Bellaphon CJ-344 [Germany 1988] In memoriam – R.I.P. ...

... very sad news - R.I.P.

February 3 Bob Stewart - 1945 I saw him with 'Tony Malaby TubaCello' in Göttingen November 7, 2015 – he replaced Dan Peck

+ 1 - and remembering 'soulpope' ...

I saw Louis Sclavis in a duo with Henri Texier (b) in Göttingen on November 7, 1998. Before going on stage, he did push-ups in the dressing room hallway...

February 2 Louis Sclavis - 1953

February 2 James Blood Ulmer - 1942

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February 1 Joshua Redman - 1969

February 1 Sadao Watanabe - 1933 - 93 today!

January 31 Charlie Musselwhite - 1944

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From my shelf: Philippe Carles/Jean-Louis Comolli: Free Jazz – Black Power. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag Frankfurt am Main 1974 [German translation] Original: Éditions Champ Libre, Paris 1971 English translation: https://www.amazon.de/Free-Black-Power-American-Music/dp/1628460393

January 29 Remembering Jeanne Lee - 1939 (- 2000) I often saw her as a citizen of Göttingen with Gunter Hampel and their children Cavana and Ruomi.

Jutta Hipp: The German Recordings 1952-1955. Jazzhaus / SWR Music JAH-423 [Germany 2015] ... with Hans Koller, Albert Mangelsdorff, Attila Zoller et al.

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Richard Beirach: Elm. ECM Records ECM 1142 [Germany 1979]

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... sad news - R.I.P.

Carlos Ward and his quartet performed at the Göttingen Jazz Festival on November 9, 1996, at midnight. After the gig, he wanted to stay at the theater, but his tour manager insisted to take him back to the hotel. I gave him a bottle of red wine to console him... R.I.P.

January 27 Bob Mintzer - 1953