mikeweil

mc This allstar tribute to McLean is a really fine effort - recommended!

Violinist Valerio Losito has a wonderful tone!

Doug Hammond also ran his own label, Idibib.

... and they are in the Hawkins Mosaic Box Set just as well. Now the Dicky Wells date with Pres is more difficult to find if you want all takes on one issue.

Earlier today in the car while shopping:

I gave up attempting complete collections of such labels - many issues are oop and hard to get used. And there are overlaps of the Cuban stuff with reissues on Tumbao.

Thank you so much!

A must for organ freaks!

I wrote a list of all CD issues of vintage jazz, Cuban, South American, Carribean etc. music that the British Harlequin label issued. The label's web pages list only CDs currently available; I added CDs from my collection and those listed on doscogs, but there still are some gaps - I'd be much obliged if some board members could help me close them: Harlequin CD Listing HQCD 01 Spike Jones: Riot Squad HQCD 02 Sike Jones: Louder and Funnier. Transcriptions and V-Discs HQCD 03 Charlie & his Orchestra Volume 1 HQCD 04 Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster: Bean & Ben 1944-1945 HQCD 05 Tubby Hayes: Live 1969 HQCD 06 Don Barreto 1923-1935 HQCD 07 Lecuona Cuban Boys Volume Two HQCD 08 Township Swing Jazz 1954-1958 HQCD 09 Charlie And His Orchestra Vol. 2 - I Got Rhythm 1941 - 1944 HQCD 10 Don Azpiazu HQCD 11 Lecuona Cuban Boys Volume One HQCD 12 Valaida: Volume 1 1935-1937 HQCD 13 HQCD 14 Xavier Cugat: Bim Bam Bum 1935-1940 HQCD 15 Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band 1939-1941 HQCD 16 Various: Trinidad 1912-1941 HQCD 17 HQCD 18 Valaida: Volume 2 1935-1940 HQCD 19 Una Mae Carlisle - Savanna Churchill - Maxine Sullivan HQCD 20 Don Barreto: Volume 2 HQCD 21 Lecuona Cuban Boys Volume III HQCD 22 HQCD 23 Various: Hot Music from Cuba 1907-1936 HQCD 24 HQCD 25 Various: San Francisco Jazz - Flexo Recordings 1930-1932 HQCD 26 The Music of Puerto Rico 1926-1941 HQCD 27 Septeto Anacaona & Ciro Rimac 1936 - 1937 HQCD 28 Various: Tickling the Strings HQCD 29 Xavier Gugat with Dinah Shore HQCD 30 Spike Jones: Com's A-Poppin' HQCD 31 Rico's Creole Band 1931-1937 HQCD 32 Antonio Machin: Volume 2 HQCD 33 Carmen Miranda: The Brazilian Recordings HQCD 34 Various: Tango Ladies HQCD 35 Lecuona Cuban Boys: Volume 5 HQCD 36 Don Marino Barreto 1936-1943 HQCD 37 Various: Cubans in Europe Volume 1 HQCD 38 Xavier Cugat: Unheard Transcriptions & Airshots HQCD 39 Miguelito Valdes with the Orquesta Casino de la Playa HQCD 40 Trio Matamoros 1928-1939 HQCD 41 Rico's Creole Band: Volume 2 HQCD 42 Don Barreto: Volume 3 HQCD 43 Dinah Shore: Mad About You, Sad About You HQCD 44 HQCD 45 Various: Instrumental Tangos of the Golden Age HQCD 46 Various: On a Coconut Island HQCD 47 Orquesta Tipica Select 1920 - Argentine Tango HQCD 48 Havana Cuban Boys HQCD 49 HQCD 50 Edmundo Ros: Tropical Magic HQCD 51 Orquesta Casino de la Playa HQCD 52 Se Va La Vida – Tango Ladies 1923-1954 HQCD 53 Sexteto Habanero 1926-1931 HQCD 54 Lecuona Cuban Boys In Venezuela 1940 (Volume 6) HQCD 55 Xavier Cugat: The Early Years HQCD 56 Various: Cubans in Europe Volume 2 HQCD 57 On The Beach At Waikiki 1914-1952 HQCD 58 Antonio Machin 1933-1934 Volume 3 HQCD 59 Armando Orefiche & his Havana Cuban Boys HQCD 60 NBC's Chamber Music of Lower Basin Street HQCD 61 Various: Buenos Aires to Berlin HQCD 62 Various: Cuban Trios 1940-1941 HQCD 63 Various: Cuban Big Bands 1940-1941 HQCD 64 Various: Cuban Sextetos & Conjuntos HQCD 65 Various: Cuban Danzoneras 1932-1946 HQCD 66 Bianco - Bachicha HQCD 67 Various: Early Music of the Northern Caribbean 1916-1920 HQCD 68 Rafael Hernandez 1932-1939 HQCD 69 Trio Matamoros HQCD 70 Various: Instrumental Tangos of the "Old Guard" HQCD 71 Juan D'Arienzo: King of Rhythm 1937-1944 HQCD 72 Pedro Flores 1935-1938 HQCD 73 Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band Volume 3: Cuban Love Song 1940 HQCD 74 HQCD 75 Cuarteto Caney 1936-1939 HQCD 76 Johnny Rodriguez 1936-1940 HQCD 77 Anselmo Sacasas 1942-1944 HQCD 78 Noro Morales: Live Boradcasts and Transcriptions 1942-1948 HQCD 79 La Sonora Matancera: Live On The Radio 1952-1958 HQCD 80 Connie Boswell: Deep in a Dream HQCD 81 Miguelito Valdes: Havana 1938-1940 Volume 2 HQCD 82 Sexteto Habanero 1926-1948 HQCD 83 Xavier Cugat: Congas, Chihuahuas and Rumbas 1940-1945 HQCD 84 Nilo Menendez 1934-1938 HQCD 85 Lecuona Cuban Boys Volume 7 (In South-America 1940-1944) HQCD 86 Pedro Marcano 1935-1940 HQCD 87 Machito and his Afro-Cubans HQCD 88 Various: Buenos Aires to Madrid HQCD 89 HQCD 90 Orquesta Tipica Victor 1926-1931 HQCD 91 Various: Classic Bands of Tangos Golden Age HQCD 92 Various: Rhythm of the Islands 1913-1952 HQCD 93 Felix Mendelssohn & His Hawaiian Serenaders HQCD 94 Carmen Miranda 1930-1945 Volume 2 HQCD 95 Xavier Cugat: On the Radio 1935-1942 HQCD 96 Lecuona Cuban Boys 1941-44 Volume 8 (Carnival In Buenos Aires) HQCD 97 HQCD 98 ¡Soy Un Arlequin! (Tango Ladies 1923-1947) HQCD 99 HQCD 100 Spike Jones: The Bluebirds HQCD 101 Johnny Rodriguez 1935-1940 Volume 2 HQCD 102 Davalita HQCD 103 Xavier Cugat: Cuban Love Song 1939-1940 HQCD 104 Cuarteto Machin Volume 4 HQCD 105 Edmundo Ros And His Rumba Band Vol. 4: Chiquita Bacana 1946-1947 HQCD 106 Desi Arnaz 1937-1947 HQCD 107 Lecuona Cuban Boys Vol. 9: Live, On Film & New York Sessions 1946-1949 HQCD 108 Roberto Inglez 1945-1947 HQCD 109 Various: Cubans in Europe 1934-1954 Volume 3 HQCD 110 Rafael Muñoz Volume 2 HQCD 111 Armando Orefiche 1951-1961 HQCD 112 Various: Isle of Golden Dreams HQCD 113 Los Amigos Panamericanos HQCD 114 Various: Before The Tango -Argentina's Folk Tradition 1905-1936 HQCD 115 Xavier Cugat: Loves to Tango HQCD 116 Pedro Flores 1933-1942 HQCD 117 Francisco Canaro 1924-1940 HQCD 118 Freddy Gardner HQCD 119 Pepito Torres HQCD 120 Thursday's Tangos from the Golden Age HQCD 121 Various: Buenos Aires to Europe HQCD 122 Antonio Machin 1935 Volume 5 HQCD 123 Antobal's Cubans 1932-1937 HQCD 124 Oscar Calle 1932-1939 HQCD 125 Xavier Cugat: Cugat's Nugats HQCD 126 Various: Guiro, Bongo y Maraccas HQCD 127 German Tango Bands 1929-1935 HQCD 128 Rafael Munoz Volume 3 HQCD 129 Edmundo Ros: La Comparsa Volume 5 HQCD 130 Hawaiian Memories: Rare Transcription Discs 1936-1947 HQCD 131 Various: Early Cuban Danzon Orchestras 1916-1920 HQCD 132 Xavier Cugat: Cugat on Film HQCD 133 Carmen Miranda: The Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat HQCD 134 Cuarteto Mayari 1941-1942 HQCD 135 Fausto Delgado 1929-1942 HQCD 136 HQCD 137 Xavier Cugat: Weekend in Havana HQCD 138 Roberto Firpo 1920-1944 HQCD 139 Machito: Baila Baila Baila 1943-1948 HQCD 140 Billo's Caracas Boys 1941-1944 HQCD 141 Bobby Capo 1940-1944 HQCD 142 Various: Euroswing 1936-1948 HQCD 143 Julio de Caro 1926-1932 HQCD 144 Spade Cooley: Big Band 1950-1952 HQCD 145 Carlos Gardel: The Magic of Carlos Gardel HQCD 146 Ramon "Moncho" Usera HQCD 147 Edmundo Ros: Chocolate Whiskey & Vanilla Gin Volume 6 HQCD 148 Cesar Concepcion Volume 1 HQCD 149 Ivy Benson & her All Girls Band HQCD 150 Xavier Cugat: The Unheard Xavier Cugat HQCD 151 Ary Barroso with Carmen Miranda HQCD 152 Various: Argentine Swing 1936-1948 HQCD 153 Alfredo de Angelis HQCD 154 Xavier Cugat: Live from Statler-Hilton & Roseland Hotels HQCD 155 Orquesta Tipica Victor HQCD 156 Carlos Molina 1932-1946 HQCD 157 HQCD 158 Graeme Bell & his Australian Jazz Band 1948 HQCD 159 Osvaldo Pugliese: In the 1940s HQCD 160 Xavier Cugat: Jack Jack Jack HQCD 161 Xavier Cugat: Live from the Waldorf-Astoria 1950-1954 HQCD 162 Felix Mendelssohn: Paradise Isle HQCD 163 Freddy Gardner: Body & Soul 1939-1950 HQCD 164-5 Edmundo Ros: Mambo Jambo 1949-1950 Volume 7 & 8 HQCD 166 Xavier Cugat: In Person 1940-1942 HQCD 167 Spike Jones: The Ones You Always Wanted HQCD 168 Ignacio Corsini: The Prince of Song 1922-1940 HQCD 169 Francisco Canaro: Adios Muchachos 1926-1938 HQCD 170 Xavier Cugat with Jose Luis Monero 1946-1948 HQCD 171 Various: German Tango Orchestras 1926-1942 HQCD 172 Miguel Calo & his Orchestra of the Stars 1942-1950 HQCD 173 Edmundo Ros: Radio Broadcasts 1960-1961 HQCD 174 Xavier Cugat: The War Years 1941-1945 HQCD 175 HQCD 176 Victor Silvester's Jive Band HQCD 177 Edmundo Ros: It's Illegal, It's Immoral or It Makes You Fat HQCD 178 Spike Jones: Fonk HQCD 179 Xavier Cugat: Among his Earliest HQCD 180-1 Edmundo Ros: Playtime in Brazil HQCD 182 Various: Steeling Round the World - Hawaiian Style HQCD 183 Enric Madriguera: The Minute Samba HQCD 184 Bob Crosby: 1939 Camel Caravan Shows HQCD 185 Leon McAuliffe: Take It Away Leon HQCD 186 Chuy Reyes: 1947-1950 HQCD 187 Various: Broadway's Gone Hawaii HQCD 188 Freddy Gardner: Sideman Supreme

My favourite Randy Weston album - grab a drink and let yourself get carried away ..... Now playing: ... in its Phoenix CD reincarnation. One of the best albums of a jazz soloist with strings I have heard. Byrd plays magnificently, Fischer's arrangements are superb. It's a shame Warner Brothers kept this on the shelf after it was recorded.

Another really great compilation from Harlequin. Splendid music.

This afternoon: