George Lewis embroidered

During the last years my fathers works has been mostly embroideries, here is his latest work from last week, however I must convince him to do something in my kind of jazz.

Coltrane Lush Life Italian press

Lovely Italian only sleeve to this LP ,laminated, thanks Giovanni for letting me take photos of these rare Italian ones!!

Me and my sister back in 1968

Negative photo by my father in 1968. 40 X 30 cm.

February 2011

In case anyone had not noticed...

Regnbågslandet puzzle

Another favourite late 60´s puzzle of mine, "rainbow country".

Lucky Thompson at Gyllene Cirkeln

Another very nice poster from "the golden circle", mid-60´s.

Sven Hessle LP 1967 Private press

It is time to step up in terms of rare, here´s probably one of the rarest swedish jazz records,pressed in very limited edition and distributed by Mr.Hessle himself.

What is most fascinating by this is the sound, it was made and recorded as a studio lp and the sound is as good as on any other Jazz lp, this LP include the brilliant tune "novotek" wich was recorded at the swedish radio, 20 minutes of Coltranish jazz wich makes any jazz player envious.

Since this incredible music is not available to everyone at least you can get this tune "novotek" by buying the recent reissue of Gilbert Holmström LP utan misstankar on cd here: www.moserobie.com

Very nice and exclusive reissue with improved sound of the magnificent Holmström LP wich include novotek as a bonus track.

However the whole Hessle LP should be reissued and earn its recognition as one of Sweden´s finest LP´s of all time.

Chet Baker-Il mio domani ep

Simply one of the most beautiful tunes ever recorded, great vocals in Italian by Chet.
Makes me think of David Lynch kind of Blue velvet/Bobby Vinton for some reason.
If anyone has got this one for sale, please contact me.

Creepy

Here´s another example of my fathers works. I do not know what kind of period he had when making this one, but it is from mid 70´s.

The Mods--Jigsaw puzzle

My absolute favourite jigsaw puzzle when I was a child.

Trio Lasse Mårtensson EP Finland

My guess is that this little finnish gem is from around 1960, very intresting piece mostly because Christian Schwindt plays the drums.

Eje Thelin Concert poster Gyllene Cirkeln 1964

50cm X 70cm Original screenprinted concert poster for Gyllene Cirkeln 1964, I will bring a couple of these originals all framed in nice black frames to the record fair in Solna/Stockholm February, anyone intrested in purchasing one could reserve in advance by contacting me.
This poster was made in at most 50 copies and is a treasure for any jazz collector, so beautiful on the wall.

Skivposten

Does anyone remember this record catalog ? came out a couple of times each year and when looking back I surely bought wrong records from them as it includes some major rarities which sells for large sums today......................

Caracas jazz club-Venezuela

Screenprinted poster 40cm X 50 cm made by Dan Kovacs for Caracas Jazz club in Venezuela sometime around early 60´s, beautiful piece!.

My sister

I just remember that even my sister has been on a cover to a book, she is down to the right,in front of the guy playing bongos, around 1977?

Al Tanner quintet

I have decided after having this for the third time to keep it, such a delicate LP with many great tunes.

On touche records late 60´s San Fransisco.

me

Here I am in the mid 60´s, top drawing by my father.

Pat Granar trio EP

On danish label Jacks beat record,possibly around 1967, not jazz,more like Bob Azzam sound.
An italian trio touring Europe got to make an ep in Denmark, must be truly rare.

Golden Circle jazz club

A totally new discovery for me,this screenposter made for Gyllene cirkeln in the early 60´s is one of few I have not seen before.

Grandfathers

Both my grandfathers made it to the front sleeve of a magazine, how come I haven´t?

Carsten Meinert Quartet To you LP 1968

The first time I heard this danish LP ,about ten years ago it was like a revelation for me,it is still one of the best jazz records from Europe and I cherish this one a lot.
Musically it reminds me a lot of Coltrane and P.Sanders however it is so powerful that it just stands well alone as a landmark in Danish jazz.
For the collector I can reveil that there are 2 different pressing, first Mr.Meinert pressed it on his own label M.S. records and the label is red, more solid vinyl, second pressing possibly the same year is on blue MS/ spectator label. The first red label is almost impossible to find and he did not press many on that one.
Need I tell you that the sleeve is amazing?, it does not really look like a jazz lp more like an early progressive lp.

Dangerous friendships OST

This U.K. press is pretty rare and the sleeve is amazing, top jazz from Art Blakey with Barney Wilen.

The Johnnie Spence Big band --Why not LP

Great u.k. jazz big band LP on Verve with Don Lusher,Johnny Scott + a lot of talented british musicians.
Cool sleeve and cool version of "moanin".

Staffan Abeleen/Monica 7" dutch 1966

Finally I got the picture for one of my top wants, very rare dutch only 7" wich was featured in the dutch film Een ochtend van zes wekend.

Very early 60´s drawing from my father, I guess the model was my mother.

Solar Plexus - Samba

When seeing this clip I got a flashback from early 70´s that I saw it on swedish television at that time.
Just amazing play by this swedish group and Monica is so cool behind the hammond.

Vintage Jazz posters

I love vintage jazz posters, so if anyone has any for sale don´t hesitate to contact me...

Eero Koivistoinen The Original Sin LP

Finland 1972 and a magnificent LP, one of few scandinavian jazz lp´s with laminated sleeve.

Order in chaos

My mothers "corner" at my parents apartment, no comments...

I wish....

Hope you all had a great start of the new year!!! Honestly I have to say that I am sick and tired of minus degrees and snow and there is only one place I want to be ......see photo....

Loosdrecht Jazz Concours 1964

Another fine example that Holland produced the finest jazz from Europe in the 60´s besides Sweden and England.
One of my finds at the Record fair in Utrecht November 2010.

and A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Mandrill "Mandrill" 1971

It doesn´t get much more better than this! way cool...

Sonja the record loving cat

I remember a couple of years back when going through my collection, all of a sudden there was something odd appearing....

Monica Zetterlund Dutch 7"

Such a lovely little piece, finally managed to get a copy of this rare dutch only record.

Guy Warren of Ghana 1968

Pure hiphop style, but back in 1968!!!!, this sleeve was almost 20 years ahead of its time.
UK original and with some fierce frejazz mixed with african rythms and with a solid line-up including Don Rendell,Ian Carr and Michael Garrick.

Flavoured soul 7"

It is not everyday one stumble across a privately pressed swedish soul/rock single, this one is from 1971 and the band based in Lund pressed only 100 copies of it according to the info from one of the band members.
The most intresting about this item is that it by no means sounds like they are amateurs, highly proffesional and this version of "vehicle" is even better than the original.

Bruno Spoerri and his all stars LP 1965

I was really surprised by this swiss jazz LP, magnificent version of "stolen moments", and what a great sleeve!.

Trio Tony Vos ep

Dutch jazz at its best!, fantastic jazz and I just love the setting with sax,drum and bas..exploding version of "coming home baby"...

the Sony boy

When I woke up this morning the Sony boy had taken over the stereo.
This plastic guy is from the early 50´s and a family member, my mother got him from her father when he worked at the swedish radio in the 50´s.

Franco Cerri Bluesette 7"

Totally unknown 7" from Cerri, this version sounds extremly scandinavian and reminds me a lot of Monica Zetterlunds "att angöra en brygga" great!!

The Diddys feat. Paige Douglas LP

Charles Earland production 1977, one of my favourites for over a decade now in the category "timeless tune" , check out "intergalactic love song" and be amazed, groove does not get much better than this!

Collage 1966

This is another example of my fathers works during the 60´s, this collage is made from magazine papers and it is quite big, 100cm X 200cm.
I grew up with this collage, it used to hang over the sofa in our living room and for some reason I think that it in many ways has made a great influence on my way of looking at art and women too....

Jazz poster Philips 1950´s

2 weeks ago at Utrecht record fair and Antique fair I got a chance to see the original print of this rare jazz poster, the price for it was euro 850.

Roland Kirk

Cheap record on Supraphon but a remarkable sleeve, laminated and flipback ,just the way I want it...

Peggy o´Keefe and her quartet

Exclusively rare jazz from Scotland 1966, possibly the best version of "cubano chant" there is out there.

Miles a Antibes

French original Lp 1963, laminated sleeve and flipback cover, but what an amazing sleeve, the whole composition with the white frame and the fine photo makes this a beauty.

Vintage sound

Nothing beats a vintage Reciever from the 70´s in sound and design, I can sit and watch these led lights forever.

Mike Westbrook Love songs Deram 1970

This U.K. jazz LP I do consider to be the best from England, such an epic album.
The way they play you can just imagine what a jolly good time they must have had, smooth sound from Dave Holdsworth and Malcolm Griffiths just makes it an outstanding piece. For me the combination of Flugelhorn and Trombone is a winning concept.
In many ways this LP is also a perfect example of British jazz, no other country even come close to the sound or the concept. Beautiful laminated, but I have also had copies unlaminated, wich is the first press does not really matter.
Highly recommended!!

Anders Ekdahl trio EP

Possibly the only ep on this strange label, musically very close to Jan Johansson. I am not sure but my guess is that it is from around 1963 .
Club Le Celeste was based in Malmö and not many jazz records coming from Swedens 3rd largest town.