Chuck Nessa

I was the sloppy one.

Thank God (or Mark Cuban) for another league in the future. We can start fresh with undamaged goods.

Boy, this is really disturbing.

Azimuth.

Probably.

Hope to be there. Maybe Skid will ride with me.

Don't have a bunch of old JazzTimes to search but ask you to check Litweiler's notes for "Slice of the Top" and quote the passages showing him " penniless and homeless in Philadelphia".

Not Litweiler's piece.

I've pre-ordered the Cox from CDUniverse for $14.04 (about €10.40). Using the Organissimo link at the top I hope.

If I read this all correctly, go back to my post #30. If this is wrong, please correct me. Just trying to supply most "bang for the buck".

Perez Prado & his Orchestra : Al DeRisi, Fats Ford, Roger "King" Mozian, Mike Shain, Jack Mootz (tp) José Humberto Celaberto (tb) Joseph D'Addario (= Joe Dee), George Furman (as) Irv Greenberg (ts) Tony Ferina (bar) Perez Prado (p,arr) Mike Cardona (b) Luis Rivera (d) Chino Pozo (bgo) Mongo Santamaria (cga) PaquitoSosa (mar) Johnny Hartman (vcl) Dave Lambert Quartet : Dave Lambert, R. Wollter, E. Thomas, S. Jones)(vcl) New York, September 19, 1951 E1FB-3640 Savoy mambo (dlq vcl) RCA LPM3108 E1FB-3641 In a little Spanish town - , Vic 20-4319, BVCP-5047, Blue Moon BMCD-2006 E1FB-3642 C'est si bon (dlq vcl) Vic 20-4319, RCA LPM1196, LPM3108, VPM6066 E1FB-3643 Muchachita Vic 23-5806, Tumbao TCD-028 E1FB-3644 Wild (jh vcl) 20-4433, Cam CAL409 E1FB-3645 Safari (jh vcl)(unissued ?)

That is very interesting, Chuck. Bob Thiele's name appears nowhere in the editorial listings. The editor is Pauline Rivelli--do you know who she was? Correct, Thiele's name is nowhere in the mag but is was common knowledge at the time. Met Rivelli once and corresponded with her a bit. Some said she and Thiele were involved but I don't know if that is factual. I do know I once stopped at her office and was told she was "in California on business". The next day I stopped by Thiele's office and was told he was "in California on business". Thiele started a Jazz Magazine in the late '30s while a teenager - just before he started Signature. Both names were later resurrected. Writers for the magazine were frequent liner note writers for Impulse and Flying Dutchman and both of those labels got fairly "heavy" coverage in the magazine. I still have a bunch of the magazines from '63 to '71.

Jazz Magazine (later called Jazz & Pop) was owned by Bob Thiele so it shouldn't suprise you they exhibited a "much more positive attitude toward the Impulse! label".

I blame George Martin.

Does she sing "Rockin' Chair"?

Any examination of the early days of New Orleans "jazz" requires an understanding of French (and to a lesser degree, other) opera as performed in the city during the late 19th and early 20th century. Trumpet and clarinet solos as "arias" is a concept rarely explored. That sort of thing may be available but I have missed it.

If you really knew your Beethoven all would be clear.

That trio made tons of records from 1958-1961. Good hunting.

The music has moved way beyond the '30s model.

I hope he can hold on and continue issuing cds. Werner is a smart guy, but the graveyards are filled with smart guys.

Guess I made a big mistake with my son and daughter. I tried to make them "aware human beings" able to defend themselves and to give aid to others. None of this involved killing large mammals.

It'd be a bitch to get on the grill.

Quentin Warren.

I was not in "invisible mode" when this happened.

The recording title "Soapsuds, Soapsuds" is a parody of the title "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman". This song was the theme music for a "soap opera" satire on tv at the time of recording. A Google of "Mary Hartman" should give ample evidence. Sometimes it is difficult to divorce an art from the society surrounding it.