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Nope! This guy was very "local". But his locality was large enough sustain him with a bit (or more) of good old-school hustling. That, and being able to play his instrument quite nicely, as this sample hopefully attests to.

Some early Edward Wilkerson today

Earl Turbinton on 10? Or maybe Jimmy Greene?

Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet -- Toshiko in Japan -- Liberty Japanese orig

Yes on #7, but no on Rusty Bryant.

Thanks!

I don't quite get Kay Kaiser either but as Krin Gabbard points out in "Jammin' at the Margins": " In the early 1940s, Kyser was one of the two or three most popular bandleaders in both record sales and popularity polls, often outdrawing Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey, not to mention the black bands." However a paragraph later he adds "But then, perhaps Kyser did not play jazz."

I can work around it. Just saying...

Well when you have a hit "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" you would HAVE to make a V-Disk for the troops.

Kay Kyser?

I think it's possible that all the Goodman V-Disks were reissues of commercial recordings (as the Ellington, Armstrong, Teagarden et al were I believe, for example). I think Mosaic is only reissuing the selections that were originally recorded for V-Disk.

I really like "Night Lights" but his date with Webster gets a lot of play time in my house. I have the Mobile Fidelity gold CD version and the 2CD "complete" version. I tend to pull out the MoFi disc more often these days.

No worries. You've got March. So, we still need presenters for*: April, June, July, August, September, October, November. (* Randy Hersom gets one of those, as do I, so really, there are five of those seven available.)

Stan Getz “Sweet Rain” Verve cd A killer session with Chick Corea, Ron Carter and Grady Tate. On my system it sounds best with the “Phase” inverted on the DAC. 300×297 5.3 KB Followed by Susannah McCorkle “Hearts and Minds” Concord cd I’m really enjoying revisiting McCorkle recordings. This was her last release. Not sure what teaser disc you mean but yes, I have the first and third sets (and a Mosaic one as well). Great music.

Oh my, so many. The Evans/Lafaro trio things first, always. And Tatum, yes, but I go to the 20th century live things before the others. I have a particular weakness for Pete Johnson's boogie woogie recordings (especially "Dive Bomber"), and I go back to the first Basie/Peterson collaboration ("Satch and Josh") fairly often. I could listen to Bud Powell's Blue Notes forever. And few people can beat Kenny Barron. But I'm leaving out a zillion great piano players/performances I adore.

Ditto and agreed!👏

I'll also preorder. Interesting not to see any mention of Benny Goodman in the blurb. I know the Goodman estate is notorious about limiting reissues, but V-Discs are all in the public domain, so I'm curious about that lacuna.

This. Have this mini-lp issue, one of the most suavist albums of all time.

Thanks, Joe!