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Thanks for this re Teagarden and Spanier. I think I may have some of those sides scattered here and there and will hunt for them after I’ve finished absorbing the Crosby Mosaic.

Is "ballpark organist" a genre? I grew up in the Chicago area...Nancy Faust, who played at Comiskey Park for decades and Chicago Stadium for a few years, was a big deal. https://chicagoreader.com/music/the-secret-history-of-chicago-music/nancy-faust-organist-white-sox-comiskey/

Another one I have is Coltrane and Art Taylor. It should be remembered that Taylor was the drummer of choice on Trane's Prestige dates. It's hard to compete with the legendary pairing of Coltrane and Elvin, but there is a lot of fine stuff on these early records.

Plenty of good pairings...my thanks to everyone. I'm thinking more along the lines of players who were not in actual working groups for considerable (or decent) amount of time. Thus I would not choose Ron Carter and Tony Williams since they served so long with Miles (and you could count VSOP as well). Or Haden and Blackwell, since they were key players in the Ornette quartet and in Old and New Dreams. But then again it might be cool to spotlight Carter/Williams outside of Miles /VSOP, or Holland and DeJohnette outside of Gateway

Gerhard, my deepest condolences. It's a very sad time after this ... My wife died of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) eight years ago. I had chosen Vijay Iyer's piano version of Billy Strayhorn's "Blood Count" for the memorial service.

I'll take Bob Blumenthal seriously about Black organ sounds...when? Never? Bon Porter, probably. It's a problem for me when critical orthodoxy is informed by cultural homogeneity. Things become more about projection than actual understanding.

I got #6. It's the first track from this. Definitely sleuthed

Gheorghe - I missed that your wife had died. I am so sorry to hear this. 47 is too soon to be taken away.

I´m sure I saw him live with a Woody Herman All Star small band (Buddy Tate, Scott Hamilton, Al Cohn I think).

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Some other favorites not mentioned in this thread so far by relationship: Drums/Piano: Art Blakey with Herbie Nichols Roy Haynes with Monk Kenny Clarke with Monk Reggie Nicholson with Myra Melford Jo Jones with Teddy Wilson Vernell Fournier with Ahmad Jamal (too easy!) Drums/Saxophone: Randy Peterson with Joe Maneri Nasheet Waits with Tony Malaby Rashied Ali with Coltrane (also perhaps too easy) Dernardo Coleman with Ornette Coleman Jack DeJohnette with Jackie McLean Jo Jones with Lester Young Han Bennink with Peter Brotzmann Drums/Bass: Gerry Hemingway with Mark Dresser Tony Williams with Richard Davis Roy Haynes with Ahmed Abdul-Malik Antonin Gerbal with Joel Grip Susie Ibarra with William Parker Scott Colley with Bill Stewart Kenny Washington with Peter Washington Drums/Trumpet: Kenny Clarke with Miles Davis Ed Blackwell with Don Cherry Phillip Wilson with Olu Dara

Thanks. Hard to explain the blunder, as I had the CD liner notes right in front of me.

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The Crosby band likely was #1 in this field. At least on this level of presence on the big band scene. OTOH there were the short-lived big bands of Jack Teagarden and Muggsy Spanier, for example, that had their share of N.O. jazz influence too. But compared to the prominence of Bob Crosby and his band they were also-rans, much to the chagrin (and financial hardships) of their leaders.

Hank Shteamer on The Infinity of Jack DeJohnette. Hard to imagine the jazz world without Jack DeJohnette in it anymore.

It seems Ken Dryden is a fan of the sax on #6. I was surprised to find out that the saxophonist was born in the UK, but lives in New York City now. The marimbist/vibist has more records as a leader than the sax, but this is the saxist's date.

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Percy Heath and Connie Kay!

Listened to disc 1 last night—this set is a godsend for Eddie Miller fans, for starters. Until now all I’ve really heard of the Crosby band has been the Decca single-CD compilation South Rampart Street Parade; after learning from Scott a few years ago that he was hoping to do this set, I’d held off on picking up any further CDs featuring the big band and/or the Bob Cats. Sound is excellent, Michael Steinman’s notes are thorough, and I’m enjoying the music even more than I thought I would—did other orchestras emulate this New Orleans big band approach in the late 1930s/early 40s? Hearing some Ellington influences at work as well. And I haven’t even gotten to the first Bob Cats session yet! Much appreciation to Mosaic for putting this set out.