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Back to Kenny Barron: as heard in this 32 Jazz compilation:

Neil Ardley's excellent Kaleidoscope Of Rainbows is set for a double vinyl reissue in December on Analogue October Records having been half speed remastered https://analogueoctober.com/product/neil-ardley-kaleidoscope-of-rainbows-vinyl-reissue-aor003st/?audiogallery_startitem_ag2=0

Listen to Mullennium. When this CD came out in 1998, I'm guessing it was the first issue to the public? Meaning, there was never a vinyl issue? Or was there...🧐 There was probably a vinyl issue, but I'm not sure if it was under Mulligan's name. I don't own the CD, but the music (listening on YouTube) is excellent.

CD compiles two LPs: #1-6 originally released as Stormy Monday (Fantasy 9558) #7-10 originally released as Sky Street (Fantasy 9514)

No, I meant what I said. Perhaps the irony doesn't translate?

Underwhelmed ... "White Glenn Miller"? White(r)washed Glenn Miller, you mean? As for "The Girl I left Behind Me", I'll rather take any Bob Wills version anytime ...

Goodman did several sessions with the Big Band and small groups specifically for V-Disc. I heard that Mosaic is considering a seperate Goodman V-Disc set and not sure how large it would be and whether their would be other material included.

https://www.radioechoes.com/?page=play_download&mode=play&dl_mp3folder=A&dl_file=afrs_v_disc_collection_194x-xx-xx_kay_kyser_and_his_orchestra_-_bye_bye_blues.mp3&dl_series=AFRS V Disc Collection&dl_title=Kay Kyser And His Orchestra - Bye Bye Blues&dl_date=194x.xx.xx&dl_size=479.6 KB Sounds like White Glenn Miller to me...

Never saw the movie, but have had the soundtrack since the early 80s. Just played it last night. RIP

He sang one of the most ravishing ballads in pop music: "Many Rivers to Cross" This song and Cliff´s soulful way in which he intonated it remains forever. RIP Jimmy Cliff

Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring - Spli Decision (Smoke Sessions). Excellent live date from these two sax players.

All three of his Blue Note albums have been great but Passage is my favourite.

Jonathan Blake “My Life Matters” Blue Note cd Different from this great drummer’s last release, but I’m enjoying it.

Johnathan Blake - Homeward Bound Tone Poet

Too bad. The Harder They Come is an awesome movie.

,Sonny Rollins, Tour De Force (Prestige/Japan)

Issued on CD in 1989 and very affordable on Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/9138756-Gerry-Mulligan-Mullenium

I haven’t heard tons of Mulligan, but apart from the excellent Concert Band Mosaic, the single album I probably like best is The JM Songbook — which is really elevated by Bill Holman’s imaginative arranging. ❤️

Indeed and Collectors' Choice released a 3 cd set of V-Disks so they are out there in okay sound.

Very interesting quote indeed. I seem to recall that some of the Hurricane Restaurant broadcasts might have gotten their first release on V-Disc. In any case, with the Treasury Shows and the World Transcriptions, there is no shortage of Duke Ellington recordings from this period.

I've read that none of the Ellington V-Disks were recordings made for V-Disk, they were all other recordings put onto V-Disk. I think that puts them outside the scope of this set. Yes, I found this page. https://ellingtonweb.ca/Hostedpages/DoojiCollection/DoojiCollection-VDiscs.htm The following I found very interesting: "[George T.] Simon, a V-disc producer, asked Duke if he would let the band make V-discs. Duke suggested he 'ask some of the guys'. 'And so I went over to Harry Carney and Lawrence Brown, whom I'd known for years, and asked them. Their reply in essence: 'George, if you are asking us to do this for free as a personal favor for you, of course we'll do it. But if you are asking us to do it for the Army, forget it - not when you consider the way they have been treating our people.'"