Chuck Nessa

Yup, it's right next to the Superman suit.

He later recorded under the name Boots Randolph.

Step outside for another hit Jim.

The one with the gorilla suit in the closet.

Many thanks. I've wanted to read that piece for 40 years.

First of all, the licensing issue is correct. Part of the license with BMG would stipulate the labeling. All Mosaics will have this marking. Next, EMI manufactures BMG club Blue Notes, Universal manufactures Verves for BMG, Sony manufactures Legacy releases for BMG, etc. Labeling is the only difference in the discs.

I actually think Counce's Landslide and More Bounce (aka Counceltation) are even better. You should get all 4.

I was "imprinted" by a version on one of the early Granz Jam Sessions with Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge (tp) Johnny Hodges (as) Ben Webster, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips (ts) Lionel Hampton (vib) Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Buddy Rich (d).

Yup, but all that brass is poison.

Is that why I hate tea?

In the database I use I file various artists under Z , then by label alphabetically.

The Bobby Brown cd might sell better as a Bobby Broom date.

From the Dunes & The Del-Tunes site: Dunes & The Del-Tunes features “Mr. Rock n’ Roll”, Gary Dunes, (real name Gary Modugno), cousin of the late singer/actor Domenico Modugno who had a #1 hit and one of the biggest songs of the year with Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blue, “Volare” (1958). Gary can also be heard from 5 am to 10 am Monday thru Friday on Oldies 92.1 in Syracuse, NY and is one of the top rated Morning Show Hosts in the Syracuse market.

40:46 including introductions.

Let's hear it for the man from Baton Rouge! B-)

Eric, I had an original blue label Prestige of the Taylor 2fer and it somehow got trashed. I bought a Fantasy repressing and had the same problem you mentioned. Get the 2 Taylors. I do not have a good recollection of the Rouse. I just listened to the K2 Dolphy at the Five Spot vol 1. It sounds fine but I'm really bummed by the cover repro. Why don't they get these things right? The colors are wrong and the photo repro sucks. Maybe we should have a thread about bad covers.

This was issued in Japan about 2 years before Gus issued it here and I have a beautiful Japanese pressing. A very nice date.

My Sun Ra recordings keep Paul Quinichette from touching Boyd Raeburn.

All the best Phil.

And a toast for the morning!

Haven't played it in years. Didn't leave much of an impression then but I'll give it another go.

Sorry, "my version" of this reality reflects poorly on a couple of living folks and I don't want to stir that nest.

Nothing as bad as Val's story but I did have an experience with Diz (over two days) that made listening to his music impossible for a couple of years. Also, one time in the lobby of the Blackstone Hotel (in Chicago) Cab Calloway dropped trow to show a few of us the scar in his butt from a Dizzy knife attack.

The cd version of Ralph Moore's Round Trip contains a version of Sleigh Ride.

I don't think Mike knew much beyond what he absorbed from the typical (for the time) college/Chicago scene. By this I mean he knew the names and basic styles but was not deeply into any of it. An interesting bit of the flavor of mid '60s musical Chicago (from a white kid perspective) can be gleaned from a series of pieces by Nick Gravenites (Nick the Greek) available HERE. Nick is a bit over the top but you get the idea. Also note, Lester Bowie is not on the recording of "Whole Lotta Soul" mentioned, but Roscoe, Julian Priester and Steve McCall are. I do have one of the surviving pressings. This was recorded before Lester moved to Chicago. I think Nick remembers Lester from the Summer '68 trip by the Art Ensemble when they crashed at his place outside San Francisco. BTW, Baby Face Willette is mentioned briefly in Nick's "journal".