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I agree with Gheorghe that, if it was indeed Jimmy Scott singing on that Embraceable You, it must be one of his worst vocal performances on record, if not THE worst. It has always puzzled me for that reason. The voice sounds like Jimmy Scott, but the singing doesn't.

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Duke Ellington “Jazz at the Plaza Volume II” Columbia stereo LP A very well-recoded live event with the band very “on” and a great vocal (one medley each) by Jimmy Rushing and Billie Holiday.

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I listened to the great Savoy "Star Eyes" yesterday and appreciated Jenkins there.

Eddie Bert on the transport next, the “Encore” Savoy/Denon cd I really like this music. Part of the disc is a quartet with Joe Puma on guitar, the rest a quintet with Hank Jones on piano and J.R. Monterose on tenor, both have Clyde Lombardi on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums.

It was the previous OP Mosaic set that made me enjoy Peterson a bit more and since then I've paid more attention to his work. I don't have many of thes albums so I pre-ordered this set. I do enjoy the live material from this trio on the London House box set; looking rorward to this one. (The past two decades I have pre=ordered ever set. . . Mosaic is a label I trust and support).

Rain! A very unhappy dog on my lap. Starting off with another Savoy/Denon cd, “A Pair of Pianos” – John Mehegan and Eddie Costa with Clyde Lombardi on bass. Very nice early morning material.

Moreno Viglione - Gpysy Stories (FM Records)

Music that's 100 years old!

Of course I am not one of the lucky ones who owns Dial LP 217, but at any rate this is very odd indeed. That title would have been remembered if more widely known. For the record (literally ), "Night In Abyssinia" with matrix no. D1130-A is not listed in the JEPSEN discography, neither is it listed in BRUYNINCKX (neither in the printed edition nor in the updated pdf version). So its discogrpahical non-existence goes back a long way. But since it was on that 50s LP it cannot be a "late discovery" if it is listed on the jazzdisco site now. I wonder where the jazzdisco fellers got that matrix number from? If it wasn't just some clever guesswork this info must have come from somewhere (Not LP 217, so ...?). Amazing nobody ever has come across this track before to reissue it, neither the people at Spotlite (usually very thorough, aren't they?) nor the Jazz Club Basel that compiled the thoughtfully programmed gap-filling "McGhee Special" LP (JCB-20) in 1981. I just re-read the liner notes on Spotlite SPJ131 (written by Ross Russell, none less), and it is stated specifically that NINE tunes were recorded at that session on 3 December 1947. A total that does not leave room for something called "Night In Abyssinia". Somehow this "Abyssinia" sounds almost like some mistitling à la Crown Records. P.S.: According to Discogs, that "Abyssinia" track is not even on Spotlite SPJ-CD131 (which is an expanded version of LP SPJ131 and is supposed to feature the "Complete" Dial sessions, including many alternates). I wonder if the booklet to this CD mentions anything about "Night In Abyssinia" (mistitling of an alternate? Which alternate?). If there's any place where something about this track ought to have been written (if it existed as a separate entity) it is there (or on its U.S. CD clone on the Jazz Classics label).

I've just noticed an anomaly regarding Dial 10" LP 217 "Night Music" pertaining to the track Night In Abyssinia (D1130-A) - it's listed in the Jazz Discography (see below) but not in Lord. Is it a version of A Night in Tunisia? There is no track by that name listed in Lord also when a search is performed. The LP is listed as Various Artists but it's primarily Howard McGhee's material. The track is listed as a McGhee/Edwards composition on the original LP label plus it does exist on the LP (I've seen an image of the 4 tracks on side 2 of the LP, coinciding with the 4 label titles). I have a list of all (I presume) the Dial (78/10") releases & D1130-A is not there. Maybe it's an alternate of another track but given this new title which did occur with certain Dial alternates. https://www.78discography.com/Dial.htm This track is not listed or present on any of my Dial releases (LPs & CDs, including the Dial Mosaic) Can anyone shed more light on this? Someone could listen to the track on the original 10" (if anyone has it). Howard McGhee Sextet Howard McGhee, trumpet; James Moody, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Hank Jones, piano; Ray Brown, bass; J.C. Heard, drums. NYC, December 3, 1947 D1121-A Dorothy Dial 1027, LP 209; Spotlite (E) SPJ 131 D1122-A Night Mist Dial LP 209; Spotlite (E) SPJ 131 D1122-B - Dial 1027, LP 217; Spotlite (E) SPJ 131 D1123-C Coolie-Rini Dial 1039, 1039 (alt.), LP 209; Spotlite (E) SPJ 131 D1124-B Night Music Dial 1037, LP 217; Spotlite (E) SPJ 131 D1125-A Turnip Blood Dial LP 209; Spotlite (E) SPJ 131 D1125-B - Dial 1047; Spotlite (E) SPJ 131 D1126-C Surrender Dial 1039, LP 209; Spotlite (E) SPJ 131 D1127-A Sleep Walker Boogie Dial 1039 (alt.), 1047, LP 209; Spotlite (E) SPJ 131 D1128-A Stop Time Blues Dial LP 209; Spotlite (E) SPJ 131 D1129-A You - D1130-A Night In Abyssinia Dial LP 217 * Spotlite (E) SPJ 131 Howard McGhee - Trumpet At Tempo 1976 * Dial LP 209 James Moody His Saxophone And His Band 1950 * Dial LP 217 Various Artists - Night Music * Dial 1027 Howard McGhee - Night Mist / Dorothy 1948 * Dial 1039 James Moody - Surrender / Coolie-Rini 1949 * Dial 1039 (alt.) James Moody - Coolie-Rini / Sleep Walker Boogie 1949 * Dial 1037 Hank Jones - Night Music / Jean Germain - The Chase 1949 * Dial 1047 James Moody - Sleep Walker Boogie / Turnip Blood 1950

I will order this. I enjoy OP.

This one

So…pretty much everything EXCEPT the 9 Songbook albums. I’ve got the Canadian 5 CD box containing those, but it would’ve been really nice to see those get the Mosaic remastering treatment.

Bebop street alto. I'm a fan.

Nice player - to my ears part of a small group of uniquely expressive "plaintive-cry" altos stemming from Bird, including Rudy Williams, Ernie Henry, Jackie Mac ...

Looks like this must have just been posted on the Mosaic site, unless I’ve been asleep. The Classic Oscar Peterson Studio Sessions With Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen Preorder price is $149, regular $169. I will definitely be up for this.

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