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[soulpope]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

Didn't Duchamp give up art for a while to concentrate on chess? Sure I remember that from a biography 

He even participated @ Olympic Games 1928 ....

[rostasi]

7 minutes ago, soulpope said:

He even participated @ Olympic Games 1928 ....

I think you mean the Chess Olympiad, but, yes,
he participated for something like 5 years.

[soulpope]

14 minutes ago, rostasi said:

I think you mean the Chess Olympiad ....

Indeed ....

[rostasi]

[jazzbo]

John Coltrane with Paul Chambers, Miles Davis, and Red Garland (in the background). The Miles Davis Quintet in action at Peacock Alley in St. Louis, Missouri, probably in July 1956.

Photo by Bernie Thrasher

[rostasi]

Ray Charles learned to play chess while in rehab for his heroin addiction.
He played on a specially designed board with raised and lowered squares,
allowing him to differentiate between the light and dark.
The pieces had round or pointed tops according to their color.

[rostasi]

"Yesterday [Sept. 8, 2024], we welcomed 18 wonderful Veterans who worked at Bletchley Park during WW2 to return to the once top-secret site for the Annual Veterans’ Reunion. Aged between 97 to (almost) 102, Veterans enjoyed an afternoon tea in the Mansion, spending time together, with family and friends and reminiscing on their wartime experiences. Hazel Halter, who worked in the Naval Section during WW2, is now 99 years old and attended the reunion for the first time. She said: "I am so glad I came here to my first reunion. I have had a most enjoyable time. I was so happy during my time working at Bletchley Park, with wonderful friends. It has brought back so many lovely memories."

[JSngry]

[jazzbo]

Allen Lowe and members of his orchestra in a recent performance at Yale. Photo: Helen Ward

[JSngry]

Helen Ward? She's still alive?

[jazzbo]

I think there is a distinct possibility there have been and are more than one Helen Ward.

[mjazzg]

15 hours ago, rostasi said:

"Yesterday [Sept. 8, 2024], we welcomed 18 wonderful Veterans who worked at Bletchley Park during WW2 to return to the once top-secret site for the Annual Veterans’ Reunion. Aged between 97 to (almost) 102, Veterans enjoyed an afternoon tea in the Mansion, spending time together, with family and friends and reminiscing on their wartime experiences. Hazel Halter, who worked in the Naval Section during WW2, is now 99 years old and attended the reunion for the first time. She said: "I am so glad I came here to my first reunion. I have had a most enjoyable time. I was so happy during my time working at Bletchley Park, with wonderful friends. It has brought back so many lovely memories."

Heroes, one and all

[jazzbo]

Juliette Greco and Miles Davis at the club Saint Germain In Paris, France In 1958. Photo by Andre Sas

[optatio]

Juliette Greco and Miles Davis

 

Miles Davis: Autumn Leaves. The Jean-Pierre Leloir Collection. Jazz Images 37055 [2017]

[soulpope]

5 hours ago, optatio said:

Juliette Greco and Miles Davis

 

Miles Davis: Autumn Leaves. The Jean-Pierre Leloir Collection. Jazz Images 37055 [2017]

Superb photography which says it all ....

[Gheorghe]

On 9/24/2024 at 10:08 PM, jazzbo said:

John Coltrane with Paul Chambers, Miles Davis, and Red Garland (in the background). The Miles Davis Quintet in action at Peacock Alley in St. Louis, Missouri, probably in July 1956.

Photo by Bernie Thrasher

oh, too bad a time machine still was not invented ! 

11 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Juliette Greco and Miles Davis at the club Saint Germain In Paris, France In 1958. Photo by Andre Sas

I first saw a pic of Miles with Juliette Greco on that bop album "Miles-Dameron in Paris 1949", which is one of the most exiting bop albums of the whole period, in the same line with Parker´s "One Night at Birdland" and "Summit Meeting at Birdland". 
She seems to have been a very nice girl, beautiful brown eyes and long natural hair. 
It´s not hard to believe that Miles fell in love with her. But did Miles speak French ? I mean enough to really get to know and understand a French Girl ? 

[sidewinder]

5 minutes ago, Gheorghe said:

oh, too bad a time machine still was not invented ! 

I first saw a pic of Miles with Juliette Greco on that bop album "Miles-Dameron in Paris 1949", which is one of the most exiting bop albums of the whole period, in the same line with Parker´s "One Night at Birdland" and "Summit Meeting at Birdland". 
She seems to have been a very nice girl, beautiful brown eyes and long natural hair. 
It´s not hard to believe that Miles fell in love with her. But did Miles speak French ? I mean enough to really get to know and understand a French Girl ? 

I seem to recall hearing that their relationship was conducted without either speaking the other language - Greco was asked on film about this.

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[JSngry]

[jazzbo]

 

1948, when Mary Lou Williams hosted a jam session with some female contemporaries in her NYC apartment.

Vivien Garry: bass
Bridget O'Flynn: drums
Mary Osborne: guitar
Margie Hyams: vibraphonist
And of course, Mary Lou Williams on piano.

Edited September 28 by jazzbo

[soulpope]

From the set of "Cleopatra" (1963) ..... great photography ....

[JSngry]

[jazzbo]

 

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[optatio]

I took this photo of Marilyn Mazur backstage shortly before her performance with "Marilyn's Future Song" in Göttingen on November 9, 2001. The photo was on her homepage for a long time.