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Shocked that (at least) the first tune by Mr. Madman didn't make it on to a Stompin' compilation as its right up their alley.

A very good new release from Cellar Live. Mags is one of my favorite trumpet players.   

“Jazz Tribune No. 47: The Indispensable Benny Goodman Volume 3/4 (1936-1937)” 2 cd set, disc 1

TRACK ONE - Call For Phillip Morris - Johnny Roventini Hey, it's Johnny!!! BONUS CUT:   TRACK TWO - Gil Evans - The Barbara Song from The Individualism Of Gil Evans Wayne Shorter on Tenor, Gary Peacock on bass, Elvin Jones on Drums, and Gil himself on piano. One of the more miraculous orchestrations (recompositions, actually) there is. The opening cut of the album, and I'm afraid the CD messed things up by shifting it out of that position. BONUS CUT:   TRACK THREE - Beautiful Telephones - Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow from Life Goes On If you can believe the recording date, this was Carla's last record. It's a great one, as are the others by this trio. It might be that Carla's big band work and this trio have both been underlooked. That's a pity. BONUS CUT   TRACK FOUR - Pastorales De Noel for Flute, Bassoon, and Harp - II. Les Mages -  The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet - from Pastorales A wonderful record, and it fit the mood and flow up to this point. BONUS CUT   TRACK FIVE - Smoking My Sad Cigarette -The Gil Evans Project from Centennial - Newly Discovered Works By Gil Evans - Ryan Truesdell That's Kate McGarry on vocals and stunningly so, imo. This is a leftover chart that Gil did for Lucy Reed's This Is Lucy Reed Fantasy record. It's a keeper in my book. This Truesdell record is one of the very best big-band records of this century imo. BONUS CUT   TRACK SIX-  Sunkenfoat - Jimmy Forrest from Black Forrest with Grant Green, Harold Mabern, Gene Ramey, and Elvin Jones. Leftovers from All The Gin Is Gone. This one I'm sure was left out due to the recording levels/balances being off. Oh well! This is the better performance in my opinion, but it's a close call. BONUS CUT   TRACK SEVEN - Too Much Sake - Montego Joe from Arriba! Con Montego Joe Leonard Gaines (tpt0 & Al Gibbons (ts) played on a fair number of Duke Pearson larger ensemble dates. Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, and Milford Graves you know, This not a great record, but it has its moments, of which this is the highlight. BONUS CUT   TRACK EIGHT - Leon Parker - Belief from The Simple Life Steve Wilson (as), Kazi Olivier (Percussion), Ugonna Okegwo (Bass), Xavier Davis (Piano). Another record that's a bit of a mixed bag, but the good monets (such as this, are great. Can't say that I've hear better Steve Wilson than this! BONUS CUT   TRACK NINE - Chico Hamilton - Helena from El Chico Sadao Watanabe, Gabor Szabo, Albert Stinson, Willie Bob, & Victor Pantoja. Pretty good record, even without Charles Lloyd. Stinson is a boss on this one! BONUS CUT   TRACK TEN - Tommy "Madman" Jones - Since You've been Gone from Tommy Jones Has and Plays "Bow Legs Jones (ts), Willie Jones (p), George Freeman or Leo Blevins (gtr), Betty Dupree (b), Bugs Cochran or Gil Gray (d). Tommy Jones is a really fascinating guy. Formed his own label and sold records in clubs, hustling all the way. but he got by (and over). Please do read about him and his labels here: https://campber.people.clemson.edu/mad.html BONUS CUTS  Hope everybody had a good nap and came out of the food coma!