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William Green and the Marty Jazz All Stars - Shades of Green

Disc 2.

Whenever I sell or buy a sealed record (from someone other than the manufacturer), the record is described as presumed mint. You can never know for sure obviously.

You can say that about anything, honky tonk, for example.

Bengt Berger (1942-2026)

Brahms- Piano Trio No.1 - Suk Trio Brahms - Piano Trio No.2 and No.3 Borodin Trio

By the mid-50s Dot had become a "cover" label in the pop field anyway. E.g. Pat Boone who'd cover anything from the R&B charts "that wasn't up the tree by the count of three" (to translate a German saying - I think you understand the core of its meaning. ) And there were other copycats and kittens on the label, e.g. Gale Storm. Which issue of "Cash Box" exactly did that ad appear in?

Almost sold it today ... almost ...

Randy Wood

Catchy!!!

Thanks. I checked the first listing of the recording and none were available, didn't look at the others. I checked Cash Box from that time frame, and their "top 50" (from some sort of survey of retailers) shows this progression for Doggett's recording: August 18 - #46 August 25 - #19 September 1 - #10 September 8 - #7 The advertisement for the Dot recording (apparently a distributor of some sort, as the ad also promotes Honky Tonk and the Hot Doggett LP, plus Dot Records as "another great version" of Honky Tonk. So while the tune swept the nation in September, Dot had its finger on the pulse, or the song was "in the air" for them to get a cover version out so fast. Very interesting.

Joe Quijano Y Su Conjunto Cachana – Do Their Own Thing (Hacen Su Cosa)

May 19 Cecil McBee - 1935

Couldn’t sleep. . . big day ahead that I am nervous about, so I’m just trying to chill with some Benny Goodman . . . “Today – Live In Stockholm” London/Decca (UK) 2 cd set, disc 1 Couldn’t sleep. . . big day ahead that I am nervous about, so I’m just trying to chill with some Benny Goodman . . . “Today – Live In Stockholm” London/Decca (UK) 2 cd set, disc 1 Couldn’t sleep. . . big day ahead that I am nervous about, so I’m just trying to chill with some Benny Goodman . . . “Today – Live In Stockholm” London/Decca (UK) 2 cd set, disc 1

Hector Lavoe – Revento Mike Cooper – Trout Steel

This version of "Honky Tonk" (Part 2 - again) is most easily accessible on a CD that reissues all of Bryant's Dot singles and looks like one of those "reissue compilations for collectors" (I know, some would say "bootleg" ... ) with sometimes fancy label names and numbers (no guesses where the "Carolyn 101" release name came from ) that proliferated in the 90s. If you really want to have that version of "Honkly tonk", the CD is here: https://www.discogs.com/release/17677285-Rusty-Bryant-And-The-Carolyn-Club-Band-Americas-Greatest-Rock-N-Roll As you can see it reproduces the cover of Rusty Bryant's very first LP but its contents go well beyond the LP. The Bryant version of "Honky Tonk Part 2" does not stray far from the Doggett arrangement but overall sounds slightly "cleaned up". Probably it was the influence of the Dot A&R men at work. In fact, by their overall sound, most of the Bryant honking sax recordings from the Dot era (all very foot-tapping and danceable - musts for any honking sax collection ) might just as much have been the recordings of a competent white tenor saxist of those times (Sam Butera, Nino Tempo, et al.). Copies of the 45 are available via Discogs too: https://www.discogs.com/master/1356175-Rusty-Bryant-And-The-Carolyn-Club-Band-Honky-Tonk-Part-II-Lonely-Cryin-Heart

Ryan Porter, Lauded Jazz Trombonist & Kamasi Washington Collaborator, Dies At 46

Some of the earlier recordings on the Lou Donaldson Mosaic still sound pretty boppish. Lou Takes Off, for ex.

He had eyes for Varese. He knew he was trapped, by life. But he remained open and curious up until the end.Because he only heard music. "Avant-garde" is a lazy, bullshit term anyway. So is "free". So are all these labels. Witness the discussion about "what is Honky Tonk?" I'll tell you what it it - it's goddamn Honk Tonk, that's what it is

Not many can be Parker plus he realized he had to find his own style. I always wonder whether Bird would have embraced avant garde.

The newest album from Chris Potter, released May 6, 2026. With Bill Frisell, Burniss Travis, Nate Smith, Zekkereya El-Magharbel, Rane Moore and Sara Caswell. It's a "suite inspired by the story of John Brown." I don't listen to a lot of Potter, but while he plays fine here I keep thinking about how Frisell (g), Smith (d), and Travis (b) would make a helluva trio.