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When I pulled out the Sidney Bechet Mosaic to play this one was right alongside so I relocated it to the upstairs as well. This was only available on LP, and it’s a great set in many ways. “Complete Mosaic Johnny Hodges Sessions 1951-1955” LP 1

The Electrola issue WAS a European issue of the American Victor recording, but not "quick". Not nearly, as this case shows. In fact, it was even later than you and I would have assumed. I would have thought the much later "Cubano Be Cubano Bop" pressing (of an original recorded in late 1947, 22 months after "Night In Tunisia") hit the market relatively quickly in 1948. But not so. Out of curiosity, I checked Discogs for what (numerically) must have been the next Electrola release (EG 7780) after the two Gillespies, and to my amazement this was a German cover version of "Blue Tango" by Leroy Anderson that was a chart topper in the USA in early 1952! So the two Dizzy Gillespie 78s cannot have been released too long before that period. (The Electrola releases AFTER EG 7780 according to Discogs featured unimportant German popular orchestra music that is not likely to figure in any discography and therefore cannot be dated accurately.) In general, even though the delays of EG 7778 and EG 7779 may be extreme, it is far from so that releases outside the USA always followed the U.S. original release fairly quickly or with fairly regular delays during that period. It depended on the licensing labels, their "response times" or marketing considerations (cashing in on overseas hits etc.). And yes, the name of the tune had changed by 1945. Since the other surviving early recordings of that tune (various live recordings) that predate the Sarah Vaughn recording of 1944 all were released for the first time MUCH later than 1944/45 it is obvious they were assigned the commonly used title of that tune in hindsight for those later releases. However, referring to V-Disc 275 of September 1944, the actual V-Disc pressed in 1944 displays the "Night In Tunisia" title: https://www.discogs.com/release/7805779-Tony-Pastor-And-His-Orchestra-Boyd-Raeburn-And-His-Orchestra-Schicklegrüber-A-Night-In-Tunisia So my conclusion would be that this title had come into common use by that time - in 1944. (BTW, just for info, that "Schicklegruber" title refers to the maiden name of the mother of none other than Adolf Hitler! A name often used in mockery when referring to that "person".)

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Warm morning, a bit stuffy. Looking forward to a walk with Tobi soon. Starting off with Chet Baker, “Young Chet,” compilation cd on Pacific Jazz cd.

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April 5 Jack Walrath - 1946 - 80 today!

A steal. Grab them asap!

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RIP. A wonderful guy.

The hard cover one was such a revelation. I must find mine to pull it out and gaze at it 🤩

Side By Side is great. So is Back To Back!!

1. A very fine Smoke Gets in Your Eyes with tenor (I think) and guitar. My guesses are all over the place. Lovano and Lage? Not Lovano and Lage. 2. Oh, that's got to be Walt Dickerson. From the Prestige era I think (flip side of For My Queen), if not then it's the Richard Davis duets. Walt brought out the best in every bassist he played with. It is the Walt Dickerson album To My Queen. 3. Something from the Joe Pass Virtuoso albums on Pablo? No there's a bass there. I'll switch to the Jim Hall Ron Carter duets. Not Jim Hall & Ron Carter. 4. Sounds like a drummer led band, I'm leaning toward Max Roach. Not a drummer led band, previously identified. 5. Angel Eyes on bass clarinet. David Murray? Not Angel Eyes, bass clarinet or David Murray. 6. Who Can I Turn to? Maybe Cory Weeds? Not Who Can I Turn To?, nor is it Cory Weeds. 7. Jaunty, with a latin touch. I'll try Zoot Sims Not Zoot Sims. 8. I was about to guess Tatum and Defranco, but this is live. Is it Ken Peplowski? Not Ken Peplowski. Not Ken Peplowski, though he likely played this oldie. 9. Nice marimba tune. Also live. Later Bobby Hutcherson? Not Bobby Hutcherson. 10. Bebop standard, but not Yardbird Suite. Or is it? Tuba! Wild guess - Wynton Marsalis? It is a bebop standard, no Wynton Marsalis. 11. Nice piano trio. Thought about Hampton Hawes, but decided Fred Hersch might be a better guess Not Fred Hersch. 12. Sprightly theme and meaty solos from trumpet and tenor. Later Woody Shaw? Not Woody Shaw. 13. Guitar duet on My Old Flame. I'll guess one of them is Herb Ellis Not My Old Flame nor is Herb Ellis present. 14. That sounds like later Archie Shepp playing inside. Horace Parlan on piano? Shepp and Parlan were previously identified. 15. I'll use a second Bobby Hutcherson guess hoping one is right. Yes, it is Bobby Hutcherson. 16. Dexter Gordon? Not Dexter Gordon. Correct.

Muscle relaxers don't typically work for facet joint/nerve pinches. Be very careful here. I had a coworker who woke up like you and he pushed through for a day. The next day, he had to call an ambulance and be rushed to the hospital for immediate back surgery. He had ruptured a disc and came close to doing some permanent damage doing it the way he did.

Barth plus Wilson suggests #6 is from one of Barth's early Enja recordings with Scott Wendholt on trumpet?

You are right on both counts, Steve Wilson on alto, Bruce Barth, Piano and leader.

1. A very fine Smoke Gets in Your Eyes with tenor (I think) and guitar. My guesses are all over the place. Lovano and Lage? 2. Oh, that's got to be Walt Dickerson. From the Prestige era I think (flip side of For My Queen), if not then it's the Richard Davis duets. Walt brought out the best in every bassist he played with. 3. Something from the Joe Pass Virtuoso albums on Pablo? No there's a bass there. I'll switch to the Jim Hall Ron Carter duets. 4. Sounds like a drummer led band, I'm leaning toward Max Roach. 5. Angel Eyes on bass clarinet. David Murray? 6. Who Can I Turn to? Maybe Cory Weeds? 7. Jaunty, with a latin touch. I'll try Zoot Sims 8. I was about to guess Tatum and Defranco, but this is live. Is it Ken Peplowski? 9. Nice marimba tune. Also live. Later Bobby Hutcherson? 10. Bebop standard, but not Yardbird Suite. Or is it? Tuba! Wild guess - Wynton Marsalis? 11. Nice piano trio. Thought about Hampton Hawes, but decided Fred Hersch might be a better guess 12. Sprightly theme and meaty solos from trumpet and tenor. Later Woody Shaw? 13. Guitar duet on My Old Flame. I'll guess one of them is Herb Ellis 14. That sounds like later Archie Shepp playing inside. Horace Parlan on piano? 15. I'll use a second Bobby Hutcherson guess hoping one is right. 16. Dexter Gordon?

Hardy Rittner. So far he reclorded five volumes. Excellent sound. https://www.discogs.com/artist/2702384-Hardy-Rittner For the late pieces, this is my unsurpassed favourite: