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Yes, he did another one in Italy, on July 1964, with the Enrico Intra group ("Milt Jackson Sings").

Jean Louise, IIRC. Wait 'til I find the CD in this mess...

I definitely agree. That's a great record!

Is this a joke, or is this a really obscure outfit? The Complete Black & White Recordings 1946-1949 - 2 Cds Earle Spencer and his New Band Sensation of the Year 1946 Featuring: Performances at Casino Gardens with Earle Spencer, Al Killian, Paul Lopez, Les Robinson, Jack Marshall, Tommy Todd, Red Callender, Jackie Mills, Ralph Lee, Tony Rizzi, Art Pepper, Herb Geller, Roy Hall among others Fresh Sound CD 2501, 2CD) Earle Spencer, The Pioneer of Modern Big Band Earl Spencer’s ambition was to be a progressive bandleader and a top-flight arranger-composer of an orchestra capable of playing his advanced ideas. When the first Black & White record by the new Earle Spencer orchestra came out the band was already a sensation in Los Angeles. Now the complete Black & White recordings 1946-1949 are available for the first time on CD. An historical moment for any Big Band Jazz fan. Tracklisting: Cd-1: Black & White Studio Recordings 1946-1949 Orchestra Featuring Al Killian, Paul Lopez, Les Robinson, Jack Marshall, Tommy Todd, Red Callender, Jackie Mills, Ralph Lee, Tony Rizzi, Art Pepper, Herb Geller, Roy Hall Among Others. 1. Bolero In Boogie 2. Concerto For Guitar 3. Production On Melody 4. Soft And Warm 5. Earle Meets Stan 6. E.S. Boogie, Part I 7. E.S. Boogie, Part Ii 8. Rhapsody In Boogie, Part I 9. Rhapsody In Boogie, Part Ii 10. Amber Moon 11. Spencerian Theory, Part I 12. Spencerian Theory, Part Ii 13. Five Guitars In Flight 14. Gangbusters 15. Piano Interlude 16. Oh! You Beautiful Doll 17. Sunday Afternoon 18. Box Lunch 19. Jazzboo Cd-2: Plus Live Performances At Casino Gardens 1946 Orchestra Probably Featuring Al Killian, Paul López, Bob Fowler, Clair Jones, Ray Sims, Ollie Wilson, Ronny Lang, Steve Perlow, Doris Carl, Bob Clarke Among Others. Live At The Casino Gardens Ballroom, Ocean Park, November 1946 1. Theme 2. Spenceria 3. I May Be Wrong 4. Hey! Mr Postman 5. In The Hall Of Mountain King 6. The Flying Saucer 7. Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop 8. Bolero In Boogie 9. Progressions In Boogie (E.S. Boogy, Part Ii) 10. Theme Recorded At Us Services Hospital In California, November 1946 11. E.S. Boogy, Part Ii Probably Recorded At Casino Gardens, November 1946 12. E.S. Boogy, Part I

This video is from a concert in Rome, the day before the recording session for Horo. Nice to see it again. Fantastic memories: I was there

I put a track from that album in my BT. Almost everyone hated it...

Yes, on Gambit, together with "Brass Shout".

I think I have a tape somewhere

It happened that after ten minutes everyone went his own way and the whole concert became a grotesque drum battle where an utterly bored Tony Williams tried hard to outplay Roach and especially Baker, while all the poor remaining M'Boom members were desperately looking around, in search of something to do.

Dibdin's Obituary from The Guardian

You know, living in Italy I am very familiar with Dibdin's settings and cynicism (he lived here for quite a while, too). I met him more than once: he was a very interesting guy. His recent death was a shocking surprise to me.

Excellent, indeed. One of his better novels, in my opinion (and I've read them all). Last year's "Echo Park" was quite good, too.

This Soul Note record, "It Couldn't Happen Without You" (SN 1098), recorded in 1984 under the leadership of the mysterious bass player Saheb Sarbib, is very good. The band is hot (Joe Lovano, Joe Ford, Pete Chavez, saxophones; Kirk Lightsey, piano; Sarbib, bass; Rashied Ali, drums) and the tunes, mostly by Sarbib except Trane's "Crescent" and "You Don't Know What Love Is", are quite interesting. Nice hearing Ali in an almost "mainstream" setting. I wonder where Sarbib has gone. I have soma other LPs under his name (another Soul Note w/Mark Whitecage and Mel Ellison on saxes, and a couple for Cadence Jazz, one of which has Frank Wright aboard), but he seems to have disappeared into thin air. That's a shame, since he was a very talented guy. If I remember well, nobody knows where he was from - Nat Hentoff suggests North Africa - or what is his real name). But this record is strongly recommended.

I think I have it somewhere. Quite forgettable. Joey Baron's on drums, it must have been one of his first recording sessions.

And it's also an excellent record, imho.

I saw M'Boom four or five times. Sometimes they were absolutely great (the first time, I think in 1979, was incredible), but in other circumstances they were downright embarrassing. The craziest one of all was a Verona concert with the regular M'Boom members, plus Ginger Baker and an unrecognizable Tony Williams. Admittedly, Roach had never heard Baker play before going onstage. One of the worst concerts in my life...

The Louis Jordan 8CD box on Bear Family (the complete Decca recordings). Way out!

Unfortunately, there are many Roach recordings from those years that are still waiting for a CD transfer... The Denon and Baystate LPs (except the Roach-Brand duo), "Confirmation" on Fluid, the perennial favorite "The Loadstar" on Horo. In a sense, we're lucky that Max signed with Soul Note, whose CDs have always been comparatively easy to find (here in Italy, I mean. I do not know how their distribution goes today in the States). Can't remember how many times I have seen Max's quartet in the late Seventies-early Eighties (and a fantastic duo with Braxton at the Verona Jazz Festival, far better than the Hat release and the Black Saint studio session).

Once Eddie Harris told me that, when Harold Land left the Brown-Roach quintet, Clifford asked him to take Land's place (they were playing in Chicago at that time). But Roach did not want Harris, since he didn't like his tone. So they asked Sonny Rollins, who was living in Chicago in those days. The rest is history.

The great British trombonist Paul Rutherford has been found dead at home (a heart attack, maybe). He was 67.

So? Great record, imho. My favorite Peacock ever.

Oh, no.... And that one seems to be something people are holding on to (quite understandably). Not many used copies around. Daniel, I may have a spare copy of the Our Kinda Strauss CD (I think I have the Shihab too, if anyone is interested). Please hold on a couple of weeks; I'll let you know as soon as I get back home. luca

Doug Payne's CTI discography says that Carter plays electric bass on two tracks from Hubbard's Red Clay, the title track and John Lennon's Cold Turkey. Maybe Payne had access to CTI's studio logs. BTW, am I wrong or has Red Clay (the tune) been built on the chords of Sunny?

"..now if I make a record date I will make sure, much more sure that everything is done the way it's supposed to be done, and that the musicians will be the right musicians. Like, on that record date I did with Blue Note I had a trumpet player, Dizzy Reece, and I shouldn't have given him the date. I should have given it to someone else because he didn't jell with Turrentine, the saxophone player. It was a wrong combination and the record date didn't come out the way it should have". Duke Jordan, interviewed by Roland Baggenaes, Coda, September-October 1973