LF: F. Redd, T. Flanagan, Willie Lion Smith,etc.

[agriffith]

Hello all and Happy Thanksgiving!

I would like to trade for cdrs of the following lps that I've been trying to hunt down for a long time:

1) Freddie Redd: Extemporaneous (Interplay 1978)

2) Tommy Flanagan: Informal Solo Piano (Hi Fly 1975?)

3) Willie The Lion Smith: The Lion Roars (Dot 1958)

4) Various Artists: Kings Of Harlem Stride (Euphonic lp; includes Fats, James P., and a rare radio broadcast of "The Beetle" Henderson)

If anyone has any or all of these, I would love to set up a trade.

Thanks to all who respond.

[Jim R]

Tommy Flanagan: Informal Solo Piano (Hi Fly 1975?)

Sorry to say I don't have any of the above, but I'm now curious about that Flanagan LP. Do you (or anybody) have any further info?

I Googled it, and found this on an "Ask Ken (Dryden)" page at AAJ:

December 2002

Charles from New York City wrote:

I'm looking for a set of LPs put out by Hi-Fly, one of which I've looked for decades to find! I'm referring to the four LPs: Randy Weston "Informal Solo" (P-101), Roland Hanna "Informal Solo" (P-102), Tommy Flanagan "Informal Solo" (P-103), and Dizzy Gillespie '46 Live (H-01). Now, I know the series exists because I own all EXCEPT the Flanagan. Never seen it. Auction List,ads,trade shows,swaps-NOTHING. Any leads as to whether this item was actually released?

Charles:

I could only find a trace of the Weston LP on the web and I've never heard of ANY of these LPs, let alone the Hi-Fi label. Since the Weston LP is supposedly from 1974 and the rather unimaginative titles suggest that these were rather limited edition bootlegs. I can't say one way or the other as to whether the Flanagan LP was ever released; maybe they went bankrupt or got busted prior to its release.

The only other link I found was to a Roland Hanna discography.

[agriffith]

Thanks for the reply Jim R. Interesting that the guy from New York found all but the Flanagan. I have the Weston and the Hanna lps. Perhaps the Flanagan was never issued.

There's a Flanagan discography on the Modern Jazz Discography website, and the Hi-Fly lp isn't listed there either.

Hopefully someone will know .