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His '700 Sundays' show which was recently broadcast on HBO had a wonderful 15 minutes or so chunk about growing up in the jazz world. Billy's uncle was, of course, Milt Gabler and his dad ran the Commodore music shop and put on jazz concerts. He had a nice story about Billie Holiday taking him to see 'Shane' and a little joke about Zutty Singleton too. I guess I'm just happy any time jazz gets some attention.

Absolutely fascinating article and thanks Paul for bringing it to our attention.

Looks like Richard Havers who did such a nice job on the big Verve label book is doing the same for Blue Note: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1452141444/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2GW3WTOB57QL6&coliid=I3IVV6PBT2N3RQ Not much info available now but it's coming in late October. P.S. - Does this mean Ashley Kahn's long-awaited Somethin' Else book is finally dead?

Allegro has the two Montgomery EPs up for pre-order: http://www.allegro-music.com/online_catalog.asp?sku_tag=RES18014 http://www.allegro-music.com/online_catalog.asp?sku_tag=RES18015 They also have up one for Charles Lloyd Live at Slugs too: http://www.allegro-music.com/online_catalog.asp?sku_tag=RES18016

I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.

Besides the Amazon listing, City Hall: http://www.cityhallrecords.com/cgi-bin/movits.cgi?cmd=displayrec&wdata=1000116406&wfilename=/home/cityhall/public_html/databases/ItemsTable.txt&prefile=/home/cityhall/public_html/templates/database/itemdbpage.html&fieldsfile=/home/cityhall/public_html/templates/database/null.html&postfile=/home/cityhall/public_html/templates/database/null.html

The new Uptown CD is coming on May 20th and it looks like it could be a good one: Trumpeter Howard McGhee is documented on various radio broadcasts and studio sessions from 1945-1947. Joined by altoist Sonny Criss, tenorist Teddy Edwards, pianist Hampton Hawes, bassist Addison Farmer and drummer Roy Porter. 19 tracks and over 67 minutes of music. More info will follow shortly I'm sure: Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ILGPIE8/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2GW3WTOB57QL6&coliid=I3AQZN7893LJ00

OK, there's probably only a very few people here who might be interested in this oddity but I wanted to let people know about it. Lemon Nash was a ukelele player from the Storyville district of New Orleans whose career spanned from the earliest days of Jazz up through the 1960s. A fixture for decades in the French Quarter, Lemon Nash also traveled with circuses and medicine shows around the country, hawking blood tonic and performing from his vast repertoire on the uke. With biographical notes by Adam Machado. Coming soon on LP! 1. Bourbon Street Parade 2. Papa Lemon's Blues 3. Serenading with Frank Wagner 4. Grave Digger's Blues 5. Trouble With the Man 6. What Was a Medicine Show Like? 7. Bowleg Rooster, Duckleg Hen / Sweet Georgia Brown 8. $25 a Night 9. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 10. Anybody Seen My Kitty? 11. Please Give Me Black and Brown 12. Barrelhouse 13. Let the Good Times Roll 14. What a Friend We Have in Jesus 15. Way in the Hee Hi Hoo 16. We Played Anywhere 17. I'm Blue Every Monday 18. Stagolee 19. The Battlefield 20. Rabbit Brown 21. If You Could Fight Like You Can Love 22. Those Drafting Blues 23. Spano's and Fox 24. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 25. Big Rock Candy Mountain 26. The Jiggler Vein and the Raincoat 27. Brownskin, Come and Go With Me Lemon Nash is not very well represented on CD with only about a dozen tracks spread out on several 504 Record discs. He's a very charming player that is a throwback to a much earlier time. Sound samples of all the songs can be found at the Arhoolie page: http://www.arhoolie.com/jazz/lemon-nash-papa-lemon.html And here's the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HNTP0LA/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2GW3WTOB57QL6&coliid=I692C4GIW7BIH

Great news! Thanks so much for letting us know!

I totally agree with jeffcrom. I love the GHB Jazz Foundation and own hundreds and hundreds of CDs, LPs, books and videos from them but they only issue about one Black Swan CD per year and they are mostly collections. Not sure why they don't do some huge sets of The Complete Paramount Blues Recordings, Jazz Recordings, etc. I can only assume it would be too expensive and time consuming. In any case, it's common knowledge that the Buck Foundation owns the Paramount material and I hope they can produce enough evidence of it to make Revenant rethink its plans.

Sent a PM for the Walter Bishop Jr. disc.

Storyville Records has just announced a George Lewis box set collection featuring 8 CDs that re-issues a big chunk of his material that has appeared on Storyville over the years. Here's the link: http://www.storyvillerecords.com/products/keeper-of-the-flame-1088613 Here's the track listing (sorry for any ugly formatting issues): GEORGE LEWIS BOX GEORGE LEWIS’ JAZZ BAND: Jass at the Ohio Union Recorded at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, March 3, 1954 Kid Howard (tp, vo); Jim Robinson (tb); George Lewis (cl); Alton Purnell (p, vo); Lawrence Marrero (bj); Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau (b); Joe Watkins (dr,vo). Note: Marrero plays bass drum. (a) Purnell and Pavageau are omitted on Just a Little While and Flee as a Bird. (b) Burgundy Street Blues has clarinet, banjo and bass only. CD 1 GEORGE LEWIS AT THE OHIO UNION 1. Basin Street Blues (Intro) 3.33 (Spencer Williams) 2. Salute to Ohio State 1:31 (trad.) 3. Collegian 3:43 (trad.) 4. Mama Don’t Allow No Music 6:35 (Davenport) (JW vo) 5. Climax Rag 4:16 (James Scott-PD) 6. Lord, Lord,You’ve Sure Been Good to Me 4:41 (trad. arr. Lewis) (KH vo) 7. High Society 4:56 (Porter-Steele) 8. If I Ever Cease to Love 1:44 (trad. arr. Lewis) 9. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise 6:30 (Lockhart-Seitz) (AP vo) 10. Maryland, My Maryland 2:48 (trad. arr. Lewis) 11. Funeral Sequence 5:18: Just a Little While to Stay Here—Flee as a Bird (a) (trad.) I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You (Sam Theard) 12. Burgundy Street Blues 4:28 (George Lewis) (b) Total time: 50:08 CD 2 GEORGE LEWIS AT THE OHIO UNION 1. Over the Waves 5:55 (Rosas-PD arr. Lewis) 2. Bugle Boy March 5:06 (trad. arr. Lewis) 3. Doctor Jazz 4:39 (Ferdinand Morton) 4. Red Wing 3:56 (Kerry Mills) 5. Sensation Rag 3:33 (LaRocca-Shields) 6. Corrine, Corrina 6:53 (J.M.Williams-Parrish) 7. Ice Cream 6:09 (Johnson-Moll-King) 8. Chimes Blues 4:22 (Joe Oliver) 9. When the Saints Go Marching In 5:29 (trad. arr, Lewis) 10. Muskrat Ramble 2:44 (Kid Ory) 11. Lewis talking (Finale) 1:18 Total time: 50:04 CD 3 GEORGE LEWIS AND HIS NEW ORLEANS STOMPERS GEORGE LEWIS AND HIS RAGTIME BAND Track 1 – 11: GEORGE LEWIS AND HIS NEW ORLEANS STOMPERS Avery Kid Howard (tp, vo); Jim Robinson (tb); George Lewis (cl); Alton Purnell (p, vo); Lawrence Marrero (bj); Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau (b); Joe Watkins (dr, vo). Recorded, Bakersfield, CA, May 28, 1954. Track 12 – 16: GEORGE LEWIS SESSION Percy Humphrey (tp); Jim Robinson (tb); George Lewis (cl); Jeanette Kimball (p); Johnny St.Cyr (g); unknown (b, dr); Elizabeth Eustis (vo). Recorded, New Orleans, LA, June 17,1954 1. Panama 5:28 (Tyers) 2. Tin Roof Blues 7:50 (N.O.R.K.) 3. Lord, Lord,You’ve Sure Been Good to Me 4:01 (trad.) vo KH 4. Burgundy Street Blues 4:18 (George Lewis) 5. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise 6:19 (Lockhart-Seitz) 6. Caldonia 4:48 (F. Moore) 7. Muskrat Ramble 3:24 (Kid Ory) 8. Sensation Rag 3:03 (Edwards) 9. Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home 5:43 (James Cannon) (JW vo) 10 Old Man Mose 2:38 (Louis Armstrong-Z.T. Randolph) 11. When the Saints Go Marching In 6:09 (trad. arr. Lewis) 12. Somebody Else Is Taking My Place 4:03 (Howard-Ellsworth-Morgan) (JK vo) 13. Savoy Blues 3:30 (Kid Ory) 14. Come Back Sweet Papa 3:48 (trad.) 15. Just a Closer Walk With Thee 2:29 (trad.) 16. Someday 4:01 (Friml) Total time: 71:34 CD 4 GEORGE LEWIS AT CLUB HANGOVER GEORGE LEWIS AND HIS NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND (a) Avery “Kid” Howard (tp, vo); Jim Robinson (tb); George Lewis (cl); AltonPurnell (p, vo); Lawrence Marrero (bj, vo); Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau (b); Joe Watkins (dr, vo); Lizzie Miles (vo) Recorded at Club Hangover, San Francisco, CA, November 7, 1953 (b) Same personnel and place. Recorded November 14, 1953 © Same personnel and place. Recorded November 27, 1953 1. Basin Street Blues 1:20 © (Spencer Williams) 2. Sensation Rag 3:32 © (Joseph Lamb) 3. Tiger Rag 3:33 © (O.D.J.B.) 4. Who’s Sorry Now 5:17 © (Kalmar-Ruby-Snyder) (AP vo) 5. Louisiana 6:00 © (Joe Darensburg) (AP vo) 6. A Good Man Is Hard to Find 2:26 © (Eddie Green) (LM vo) 7. Sheik of Araby 3:57 © (Smith-Whealer-Snyder) (JW vo) 8. Basin Street Blues 0:55 © (Spencer Williams) 9. Theme/Basin Street Blues 1:52 (a) (Spencer Williams) (JW talk) 10. Darktown Strutter’s Ball 3:38 (a) (Shelton Brooks) 11. Dallas Blues 6:09 (a) (Garrett-Hart-Wand) (JW vo) 12. I Can’t Give You Anything but Love 6:01 (a) (Fields-McHugh) KH (vo) 13. Careless Love 2:20 (a) (W.C.Handy-arr.Lewis) (JW vo) 14. Mama Don’t ‘Low No Music Playing Here 4:33 (a) (Cow Cow Davenport) (JW vo) 15. Theme/Basin Street Blues 0:47 (a) (Spencer Williams) 16. Theme/Basin Street Blues 1:27 (b) (Spencer Williams) 17. Alexander’s Ragtime Band 3;56 (b) (Irving Berlin) 18. My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It 4:45 (b) (trad. arr. Lewis) (JW vo) 19. I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You 6:49 (b) (Sam Theard) (KH vo) 20. Sister Kate 2:35 (b) (JW vo) (A.J. Piron) 21. Old Man Mose 2:21 (b) (KH vo) (Louis Armstrong-Z. T. Randolph) 22. Basin Street Blues 0:17 (b) (Spencer Williams) Total time 74:34 CD 5 GEORGE LEWIS IN NEW ORLEANS GEORGE LEWIS IN NEW ORLEANS Avery “Kid” Howard (tp); prob. Wendell Eugene (tb); George Lewis (cl); Alton Purnell (p); Lawrence Marrero (bj); Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau (b); Joe Watkins (dr). Recorded at Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, LA, December 17, 1954. 1. Willie the Weeper 5:07 (Rymol-Melrose-Bloom) 2. Gettysburg March 5:28 (trad. arr. Lewis) 3. Lord, Lord, You’ve Sure Been Good to Me 3:29 (trad. arr. Lewis) 4. I Want to Be Happy 2:28 (Youmans-Caesar) 5. Panama 6:27 (Tyers) 6. It’s a Long Way to Tipperary 5:49 (Judge-Williams) 7. The Second Line 4:48 (P. Barbarin) 8. Melancholy 6:15 (Melrose-Bloom) 9. High Society 5:43 (Piron) Total time 45:35 CD 6 GEORGE LEWIS WITH PAPA BUE’S VIKING JAZZBAND GEORGE LEWIS WITH PAPA BUE’S VIKING JAZZBAND Finn Otto Hansen (tp); Arne Bue Jensen (tb); George Lewis (cl, vo, talking); Jørgen Svare (cl); Bjarne Petersen (bj); Mogens Seidelin (b); Ib Lindschouw (dr). Recorded March 24 and 25, 1959 in Copenhagen. 1. The Old Rugged Cross 6:35 (trad. arr. Papa Bue) (GL. talking) 2. Now Is the Hour 4:06 3. Martha 4:06 (take 2) (George Lewis) 4. In the Sweet Bye and Bye 4:00 (take 2) (trad. arr. Papa Bue) 5. Listen to the Mocking Bird 4:35 (trad. arr. Papa Bue) 6. The Old Spinning Wheel 4:31 (Billy Hill) 7. Silver Threads Among the Gold 3:35 (trad. arr. Papa Bue) 8. Isle of Capri 3:41 (Kennedy-Grosz) 9. Mary Wore a Golden Chain 2:37 (trad. arr. Papa Bue) (GL vo) 10. Salutation March 4:26 (trad. arr. Papa Bue) 11. Far Away Blues 3:39 (trad. arr. Papa Bue) 12. You Always Hurt the One You Love 3:26 (take 2) (Roberts-Fisher) 13. If I Ever Cease to Love 2:14 (take 1) (trad. arr. Papa Bue) 14. Martha 4:09 (take 1) (George Lewis) 15. In the Sweet Bye and Bye 4:31 (take 1) (trad. arr. Papa Bue) 16. You Always Hurt the One You Love 4:50 (take 1) (trad. arr. Papa Bue) 17. Mary Wore a Golden Chain 2:32 (take 2) (trad. arr. Papa Bue) (GL vo) 18. If I Ever Cease to Love 2:10 (take 2) (trad. arr. Papa Bue) (GL talking) Total time 69:50 CD 7 GEORGE LEWIS AND HIS NEW OREANS JAZZBAND George Lewis Ragtime Band: Avery Kid Howard (tp); George Lewis (cl); Jim Robinson (tb); Alton Purnell (p); Lawrence Marreo (bj); Alcide Pavageau (b); Joe Watkins (dr); Monette Moore* (vo) Track 1 – 8. Recorded October 26, 1953, Los Angeles, CA. Kid Howard (tp); Jim Robinson (tb); George Lewis (cl); Alton Purnell (p); Alcide Pavageau (b); Joe Watkins (dr, vo); Lizzie Miles (vo). Track 9 - 15 recorded December 27, 1953 at Hangover Club, San Francisco. Track 16 - 22 recorded January 2, 1954 at Hangover Club, San Francisco. 1. Ice Cream 5:14 (Johnson-Moll-King) 2. Down By the Riverside 2:03 (trad.) 3. Burgundy Street Blues* 4:12 (George Lewis) 4. Panama 4:03 (Tyers) 5. Doctor Jazz 2:57 (Ferdinand Morton) 6. A Closer Walk with Thee 5:07 (trad.) 7. When the Saints Go Marching In 5:14 (trad. arr. George Lewis) 8. Louisana 4:46 (Joe Darensburg) 9. Basin Street Blues 1:22 (Spencer Williams) 10. Climax Rag 3:39 (J.Scott) 11. Mama Don’t Allow 5:10 (Davenport) 12. Bugle Boy March 4:41 (Schoebel-Meyers-Pettis) 13. Bill Bailey 2:55 (Cannon) 14. Muskrat Ramble 2:12 (Kid Ory) 15. Basin Street Blues 0:26 (Spencer Williams) 16. Basin Street Blues 1:27 (Spencer Williams) 17. Dinah 5:50 (Akst-Lewis-Young) 18. High Society 4:03 (Porter-Steele) 19. Old Man Mose 3:02 (Louis Armstrong-Z. T. Randolph) 20. Darktown Strutters Ball 2:31 (Shelton Brooks) 21. Mahogany Hall Stomp 3:15 (Spencer Williams) 22. Basin Street Blues 0:26 (Spencer Williams) Total time: 74:39 CD 8 GEORGE LEWIS AT THE HANGOVER CLUB 1953 (a) Kid Howard (tp); Jim Robinson (tb); George Lewis (cl); Alton Purnell (p, vo); Lawrence Marrero (bj); Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau (b); Joe Watkins (dr, vo). Recorded at The Hangover Club, San Francisco, CA. November 21, 1953. (b) Same personnel and place, Recorded, November 28, 1953. © Lizzie Miles (vo) acc. by Don McDonald (tp); Joseph Robichaux (p); “Smokey Stover” (dr). Same place and date as (b). (d) Same as (a), December 12, 1953. (e) Same as ©, December 12, 1953. 1. Basin Street Blues 1:20 (d) (Spencer Williams) 2. Dippermouth Blues 3:41 (d) (Oliver-Armstrong) 3. Salty Dog 1:53 (e) (Jackson) (LM vo) 4. Tiger Rag 6:01 (d) (D.J. La Rocca) (JW vo) 5. Chinatown, My Chinatown 4:35 (d) (Schwartz-Jerome) (AP vo) 6. Oh, Didn’t He Ramble 3:31 (d) (W.C.Handy) (JW vo) 7. Sister Kate 3:10 (d) (A.J.Piron) (LM vo) 8. Dinah 5:57 (a) (Lewis-Young-Akst) (KH & JW vo) 9. Chimes Blues 8:56 (a) (Joe Oliver) 10. Waiting for the Robert E. Lee 3:31 (a) (Gilbert-Muir) (JW vo) 11. That’s a Plenty 2:30 (a) (Lew Pollack) 12. Li’l Liza Jane 3:57 (b) (trad. arr, Lewis) (JW/Band vo) 13. Doctor Jazz 6:40 (b) (Ferdinand Morton) (JW vo) 14. A Good Man Is Hard to Find 4:26 © (Green) (LM vo) 15. Down By the Riverside 4:31 (b) (trad. arr. Lewis) (JW vo) 16. Ice Cream 5:30 (b) (JW vo) (King-Moll-Johnson) 17. Basin Street Blues 0:33 (b) (Spencer Williams) Total time 70:46 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CD 1 STCD 6020 CD 2 STCD 6021 CD 3 STCD 6034 & SLP 195 CD 4 STCD 6024 CD 5 SLP 4116 CD 6 STCD 6018 CD 7 SLP 6014 & SEP 315 – 321 – 322 CD 8 STCD 6025 Box set produced by Anders Stefansen Engineered by Jørgen Vad Liner Notes by Chris Albertson Most of this collection has obviously been on CD before. Only about 2 CDs worth has not been issued on disc. The Elizabeth Eustis material on Disc 3, all of Disc 5 and a handful of tracks on Disc 7 have never been on CD (to the best of my knowledge). I think this set would be a great addition to anyone's collection who doesn't have much George, and even worthwhile to a Lewis nut like myself if only for those two CDs worth of rare material.

PM sent for Tubby Hayes/Clark Terry & Ronnie Mathews

I'm a little surprised that so many of Red's 1978-1979 Galaxy recordings haven't been issued on CD. As far as I can tell Equinox, Stepping Out, Strike Up The Band and So Long Blues have never gotten to CD. Is there a good reason why these haven't been re-issued when so much of his earlier stuff has?

Between the changes in shipping policy and the fact they now collect tax in my state I'll be using Amazon a lot less. DeepDiscount and ImportCDs are almost always going to have a cheaper price now. I'll still use their marketplace sellers for older and oop things but as far as new stuff goes I don't think Amazon is going to be cheapest for me anymore.

The IPO recording 'Magic 101' was his latest release: http://www.allegro-music.com/online_catalog.asp?sku_tag=IPO31023 And in the description it lists this disc as "the first in a series of three CDs" so I think there will be some new Frank Wess in the future. Also, George H. Buck's Progressive Records just released a 1981 session of Frank exclusively playing flute a few days ago: http://www.jazzology.com/item_detail.php?id=PCD-7057

Just wanted to bump this up to the top again -- the project ends in 4 days so if people are interested in this they need to become backers quick!

Hi. I just wanted to let everyone here know about a potential problem with the Chick Webb Mosaic set. The booklet that came with mine was botched and missing about 20 pages. The first 11 pages are fine but then it repeats a few pages and then skips all over the place. All mixed up. I called Mosaic and they're aware of the problem and it's only affecting a handful of sets. They're sending me out a new booklet right away. I urge everyone here to check out their booklet carefully and contact Mosaic if there's any problems.

Looks like the next Uptown Records release will be a good one: Tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet and baritone saxophonist Leo Parker are captured live on this previously unreleased recording from April 29th, 1947 at the Mutual Street Arena. 11 tracks and over 70 minutes of music featuring trumpeter Joe Newman and Russell Jacquet, pianist Sir Charles Thompson, bassist Al Lucas and drummer Shadow Wilson. 1. Bottoms Up 2. Medley: All The Things You Are, She's Funny That Way, Music Hall Beat 3. Music Hall Beat 4. Body And Soul 5. Throw It Out Of Your Mind Baby 6. Oh, Lady Be Good 7. Medley: Memories Of You, Unidentified Tune 8. Robbin's Nest 9. Mutton Leg 10. Bottoms Up 11. Home, Sweet Home http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FLV0BSO/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2GW3WTOB57QL6&coliid=I3W3BXCEDMRBMZ

Glad this one got funded! This is the first Kickstarter project I've contributed to and am happy to see it's going to happen.

Looks to me to be a tie-in with the upcoming book of the same name. http://www.thamesandhudson.com/Verve/9780500517147 Could be interesting.

I don't mean to sound stupid, but all the music (aside from the six LPs) is on a flash drive?

Info is up: http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=252-MD-CD

You get a bit of Quincy Jones' article on Clifford Brown from Downbeat and then Morgenstern's essay is pretty much the rest of the book. I have no idea if it's been scaled down from the original booklet but it seems like a pretty nice package to me for the price.

The booklet is CD sized and 58 pages. The opening page says: "Inside booklet is reproduced from the original 1989 release."