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I know, Colin, I have plenty of these sheet-type booklets in other Folkways LPs from the 50s and 60s. Except that the printouts of the scans from their site turn out somewhat smaller than the originals.

Thanks Dan, I'm a (Philadelphia) Eagles fan, and Jalen and Saquon say we don't do offense anymore, so none taken! I'm 11 years older than you, which music-industry-wise is a lifetime (Woodstock vs. MTV), with music probably holding a very different meaning to my youth than it did to yours. My earliest jazz listening (1972, first semester of college) was John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Blue Note. tracks #1 and #4 - I was there. track #2 - the pianist is a favorite of mine. track #8 - Not Hutch or Land, not written by Cedar, or Hutch. But a well known tune (though not in this version). Thanks as always for your good-natured feedback - I even read it to my wife! And I'm sure many will breathe a sigh of relief (and some will re-engage in the BFT process) when you're up in January.

Yes, the liner notes make mention of the death of his wife, which happened after this recording was made, but before its release. He dedicated the recording to her, Akiko Tsuruga, a jazz organist. Now:

Lester Young - The Jazz Giants ´56 (Verve)

PM sent for Montara

Sidney Bechet, Live in Paris 1952-1958 (Fremeaux)

Best part is this is basically what most of them are like in the first place!

It's a two-LP set. In any case, the music is fantastic.

Your words of the day: Offensive/Inoffensive. That's the best way I can describe a Felser compilation. Listening to his BFTs over many years now, for me it reinforces the "music of my youth" cliche and today I was wondering, if I were his age, and he mine, would we have the same radical differences of opinion, only from a different angle of opposition? It has to be recognized that the jazz I like was not in any way the music of my youth, but I did come to the music when neobop was in its ascendancy, and my earliest listening was a mixture of classic swing and bop/hard bop. Something I pondered while swinging between degrees of offense. On to the specifics: TRACK ONE: I think you had to be there. Is there a jazz connection here aside from the sort of scat the vocalist briefly attempts? Inoffensive: **. TRACK TWO: Sunrise, Sunset? After two minutes I want to say NEXT but I did persevere (work emails helped distract). Is that Elvin? Piano is better ... I think because it is much harder to make ugly sounds on the piano (if you stick to, you know, the keys). Offensive: Zero stars. TRACK THREE: Not my style of piano. Inoffensive: ** 1/2 TRACK FOUR: Really had to be there. What the hell is he singing about? Offensive: * TRACK FIVE: No notes taken, so ... Inoffensive: ** TRACK SIX: See #4, but final evaluation is Inoffensive: ** TRACK SEVEN: Oh hell no. Offensive: Zero stars. TRACK EIGHT: Following up one of the worst with the track for me? Is this a Cedar tune? Hutch? I don't think its his regular partner Mr. Land on tenor. Neither offensive nor inoffensive - *** 1/2 (1/2 star removed for the congas which rarely thrill me that much) TRACK NINE: When the band came in .... I went out. Offensive: Zero stars. TRACK TEN: Wait a sec this is obviously the Dan selection. Doesn't thrill me the way Gene would. *** TRACK ELEVEN: More vocals I have a hard time understanding ... Inoffensive: ** Thanks Mr. Felser and remember, if you were offended by offensive/inoffensive, you always get the last word since my BFT follows yours.

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Arthur Doyle was an exceptional musician. I was lucky to know him and call him a friend. I released a recording of his trio playing 'Nature boy' in studio rivbea in 1972. It has barely been noticed, but if anyone out there would like to hear it, just contact me via www.homeboymusic.co.uk which also contains more information on one of the music's most original figures

Thanks very much, Niko! That's exactly what I was looking for. Printed out, cut to size, stapled and placed into the record jacket right away. That Folkways site really is amazing for this kind of info. Bookmarked now, not least of all to check if there are any other Folkways records on my shelves that are missing their booklet. (And to see what to look out for elsewhere )

Charlie Parker, Fiesta (Verve)

JD Allen - Love Letters (The Ballad Sessions) (Savant). I like ballad dates for listening while eating dinner. This one is very well done. Pianist Brandon McCune is a new name for me (though it looks like he's been on the scene for quite a while) and he plays very nicely here. Another name to watch for I guess. Weird that the subtitle is "The Ballad Sessions" since it was recorded in one day. I haven't seen Allen play live in a long time. There was a time when he seemed to come through Boston 2 or 3 times a year.

Paging @webbcity to give a listen to cut #4.

500×498 48.8 KB Ben Pollack “Volume 5 Recorded in New York 1931” Some sweet and hot music and some features for Jack Teagarden. Hitting the spot this morning.

Got another two inches plus of snow overnight so will got out and work on the deck and driveway in a bit but first I’m sneaking in a re-listen to Gregory Groover Jr.'s latest one, “Old Knew” on Criss Cross cd Joel Ross is a great addition here–I love hearing him as sideman or leader. Gregory Groover Jr. with vibraphonist Joel Ross, pianist Paul Cornish, bassist Harish Raghavan, and drummer Kendrick Scott

On the Folkways homepage, you can download scans of the liner notes to many releases for free, including this one https://folkways.si.edu/new-orleans-jazz-the-twenties/ragtime/music/album/smithsonian Just scroll to "download liner notes"... It's a pretty amazing resource actually

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This is a wide shot, but I am giving it a try anyway ... At a recent clearout sale at a local record shop (each item priced at 1 EUR) I bought a copy of "New Orleans Jazz: The Twenties" on RBF 203-1 (Record Book and Film Sales - an offshoot of Folkways Records, released in 1964, not the 2-LP set but Vol. 1). Excellent condition, but the booklet is missing. The scans in the Discogs listing of this release unfortunately are hardly readable at all once they are printed out. So if there is anyone out there among you forumists who owns this record (or the 2-LPs set or the Folkways pressing which should have the same booklet) and would be prepared to send me a scan of the booklet I'd love to hear from you! Thanks a lot in advance!

N&OG is one of those records I enjoy returning to every couple years to see how it sounds to me then .... I've never been able to really crack it personally.

oh holy ghost oh.... I love both New and Old Gospel and ´Bout Soul !! Gospel....I was close to the late great pioneer of Free Jazz here in Austria, Fritz Novotny, the founder of Reform Art Unit, and he pulled my coat to that record. Bout Soul I got later. Without having had any thoughts about it, now that you mention it, the record I made in october and will be on sale early next year, it also has a track that starts with spoken lyrics, you will like it. I love Bout Soul, and Demon´s Dance. I had heard Jackie McLean many times live. Once even with a true BN reunit, it was him with Bobby Hutcherson, Herbie Lewis and Billy Higgins. But I also dug a later group with his son René and with Hotep Galeta, Ronnie Burrage, David Eubanks and Dinizulu, that was some stuff.....

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