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6.05 7:58 3/27/57 NYC., HENRY"RED"ALLEN & HIS ALL STARS: Red Allen (t) J.C.Higginbotham (tb) Buster Bailey (cl) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Marty Napoleon (p) Lloyd Trottman (b) Cozy Cole (d) Everett Barksdale (g): 6:52 ALGIERS´ BOUNCE (now on BB-CD-2497-2-RB )
(here separated for copyright reasons because SME/GEMA would close the complete BBC-part in Germany, although non-commercially used for historical docu. and I own directly permission by the late Pearlie Mae Allen for use)
6.06 6:41 12/5/57 Sounds Of Jazz- part-1: HENRY"RED"ALLEN ALL STARS: Red Allen (t) Rex Stewart (c) Vic Dickenson (tb) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Nat Pierce (p) Milt Hinton (b) Jo Jones (d): 4:50 WILD MAN BLUES -#2 / added: 8:45 WILD MAN -#1 (on Col.CD-CK66082 a must for any jazz collector)
( here separated take#2 and added #1 because for copyright reasons SME / GEMA would close the complete BBC-part-6.06-6.11 in Germany. I used #2 from Col.LP and many thanks for Col.CD release with uniss.#1. Perhaps SME will tolerate such non-commercial use with illustrations of Col.label & cover scans and screen passages from the TV-clip for a vivid historical documentation and as PR for their phantastic Col.CD)
6.07 5:19 11/9/59 Basel, KID ORY (tb) & RED ALLEN (t,v) Bob McCracken (cl) Cedric Haywood (p) Squire Gersh (b) Alton Redd (d): St.James Infirmary
6.08 5:19 2/20/66 London Marquee Club, telerec.BBC-2TV-"JAZZ 625", transmitted 8/24/66 Red Allen (t,v) ALEX WELSH BAND: Roy Williams (tb) Johnny Barnes (cl,ts) Fred Hunt (p) Jim Douglas (g) Ron Mathewson (b) Lennie Hastings (d): 4:18 CANAL STREET BLUES (the BBC-6.08 docu. used 5/1/64 BBC-TV-Red Allen & Alex Welsh: Rosetta - already uploaded)
6.09 4:27 April/May-64 Carmel Court, London, Doug Dobell record shop party -- Red Allen played solos to records; taped by Eric Saunders, there's no balance between the rather quiet records and the loud Red Allen trumpet in the foreground at the mike: 4/5/58 NYC, Johnny Hodges (as) Roy Eldridge (t) Vic Dickenson (tb) Ben Webster (ts) Billy Strayhorn (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard (d): Gone With The Wind + Honey Hill (cut) (the BBC-6.09 original used: 1934: Big John Special -already uploaded)
6.10 5:50 speech about Don Ellis´ statement: Allen is the most avant-garde trumpeter
+ 8/18/65 Blue Spruce Inn, Roslyn; Red Allen (t,v) Sammy Price (p) Bennie Moten (b) George Reed (d): 4:21 ALL OF ME -vRA unissued (on RA-CD-25c), (BBC-6.10 original used: Feeling Good -already uploaded)
6.11 5:56 3/4/67 Manchester Sports Guild; Red Allen (t.v) & THE ALEX WELSH BAND: Roy Williams (tb) Al Gay (cl) Fred Hunt (p) Jim Douglas (g) Ron Rae (b) Lennie Hastings (d): 4:02 PATROL WAGON BLUES -vRA, on to 7/15/30 Henry Allen: Patrol Wagon Blues /cut
"Ride Red Ride" BBC series; Radio Times, 2000 Jazz File Red Allen in 6 parts with John Chilton & Mike Pointon discussing Red´s life and style to records; prod. David Perry;
more details in Red Allen Bio Disco http://www.rainerjazz.de/AllenRed.html(ts) Nat