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That's obscure stuff !

Top Rank 30/019 - Johnny Dankworth Orchestra " London To Newport" - rec. 1959

I like that a lot! Is it a Willie Mitchell joint? No, it's not. But that's John Klemmer!?!?!?

Ts-find, feels truly underrated.

Wounded Bird reissue

Me too. And Ed is a long time favorite, or so I thought.... Time for an Edward Wilkerson refresher binge!!!

I remember happening on a nice original copy at JRC on a trip to New York in the late 90s. Bought it without hesitation, and it's an album that has given me many hours of musical enjoyment over the years. It was probably one of the first Murray LPs as a leader that I picked up.

Might be a distribution issue with your local shop, wherein the cost to purchase is prohibitive or the distro only deals with shops that have a large minimum order baseline.

Ts-find, ... well-produced album ! I am surprised.

Oh, for the love of... got that one, too. 🙄

There is an AACM connection with #4 (I only found out from opening frames of the youtube video), which maybe accounts for my "that sounds vaguely familiar" reaction.

A couple of years ago I asked my (semi-)local bookshop to order a jazz book (Sun Ra, I forget the title) for me. They told me they couldn't do it because it was published by a university press (although they sometimes stock university press releases 🤔). The shop is generally accommodating on special orders. Either the shop let me down or there's something strange about university press operations.

New season of Loot - needed something "light".

Paperback is fine by me. Will preorder for sure.

About time!

@Fer Urbina Thanks for checking.

The hardback version is most likely to be purchased by libraries, which helps explain the pricing. Also, this is just how many academic presses operate. Looks like this will also be available as an ebook. Finally, you can also preorder via Bookshop (in case you don't want to give your $ to Amazon). https://bookshop.org/p/books/whistle-stop-kenny-dorham-jazz-and-the-journey-of-a-texas-family/548472d7f36a72cf?ean=9781496861955&next=t

Thanks, Fernando! That clarifies another snippet of the history immortalized in this book.

Anthony Branker & Imagine “Songs my Mother Liked” Origin Records cd 300×300 19 KB 700×500 54.7 KB Donny McCaslin - tenor & soprano saxophones Philip Dizack - trumpet Fabian Almazan - piano Linda May Han Oh - double bass Rudy Royston - drums Pete McCann - guitar Aubrey Johnson - vocals Anthony Branker - composer & musical director

No, that's Columbia's studio at 30th St in Manhattan ("the Church"). Can't remember whether it was at this studio that they raised the control booth some time in the 1950s, but this looks like it. F Not that I can see, sorry. This book is more focused on photography as art than as historical record, though. Many images are pretty dark and it's difficult to identify the subjects. F

Had trouble sleeping so I woke up and took care of a task, let Memphis outside for “business” and now am warming up with a cup of organic Mexican coffee. It’s COLD. Which felt nice. Starting off with the new Charles Lloyd, “Figure in Blue” on Blue Note, 2 cd set, disc 1 I’m not a HUGE Lloyd fan, I liked him up til ECM, not much of a fan of his ECM work or his work with the Marvels or others on Blue Note but liked his last one and this one is also very nice. A trio with piano and guitar. I'm a big fan of Moran, and Marvin Sewell's sound is really dialed in nicely. 230×230 8.44 KB

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This price difference betwen hardback and paperback versions seems to be an increasing trend these days, at least in the "special interest" non-fiction sector. Is there ANYTHING to warrant such differences with the hardback version? Particularly since it is not likely this can be recouped anywhere once these books hit the secondhand market. And production costs cannot really be THAT different.