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mine came out as God (I guess I have a biblical style).

and let us not forget Alan Sherman - and The Tobias Brothers.

no love for the Tobias Brothers?

tried it again. Came up as: Chewey.

an old college friend of my wife's visited yesterday - and his wife's grandpa and uncles were The Tobias Brothers, of Sweet and Lovely fame; also wrote, Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree and Lazy Hazy Days of Summer. Sweet and Lovely is one of my favorites. it sure is hot today.

mine came up as: Larry Kart.

that's it - the opening melody is very Klose to Lester Leaps In.

Trumbauer's solos are really things of beauty, and it's easy, in hindsight, to see how any progressive jazz musician would see him as worthy of attention. While we're on the subject, I've long held the belief that the recording of Crazy Kat from that era inspired the tune Lester Leaps In.

gotta get hold of that - I spoke to Randy recently and the response is very interesting - I hope it gets some exposure.

I used to play a pump organ, until my pumps fell off.

I know this is old news. in terms of importance and influence; however, a lot of revisionist approaches to jazz history have downplayed the reality which the following statement, by BUSTER SMITH in an old Jazz Review interview, reflects (he has been asked about white influence): "There were three of us - Lester Young, Eddie Barefield, and myself - used to follow a white guy - Frankie Trumbauer. Yeah, we were crazy about him. And we lliked another guy very much, Dick Stabile. They were the ones we listened to, and a little later the boys tore out after Jimmy Dorsey."

I've heard her on great records - she could sing. She wore that army uniform to show her support for the Boys in Vietnam - she was, unfortunately, a terrible hawk on the War.

reminds me of what Duke Jordan told me years ago, that he had signed away the copyright on Jordu back in the 1950s, and never saw a penny from it.

just found reference to this at an internet sight that covers the old Catskill circuit: "Eager Rose Garden" sounds like the place Schildkraut was talking about. more internet stuff: "Allen Eager, tenor sax, b. New York, NY, USA. d. April 13, 2003, Daytona Beach, FL, USA (liver cancer). Eager's parents owned and operated the "Eager Rose Garden" hotel for many years in what was then the town of Bushville (now called 'Harris' - near the town of Callicoon, New York), on which property now stands the 'Catskill Regional Medical Center'"

hmmm....Dave Schildkraut told me that they had a place called Eager's Garden, up in the Catskills. Many years ago, when I was seeking out old beboppers (like Curely Russell, Tommy Potter, Haig, Gene Quill and others) I was desperately trying to find Eager, as I thought he must be the most interesting guy around, loved his playing and thought he must have an interesting story. I had no luck for years and, finally, he was appearing at the Newport/NYC jazz fest (well, maybe it was the Cool Fest that year - coulda been around 1980 or so). So I found out what hotel he was staying at, called and talked to him, and boy, was he a jerk, nasty and vain. And unfortunately his playing (as I recall he appeared onstage with Al Cohn and maybe someone else) was just terrible.

"The reed player would be Garvin Bushell. And Mike Wellstood is a slip for Dick W. " that's it - I shoulda wrote what I meant not what I thought. apparently Roberts recorded very little because he was making enough money on songwriting royalties and didn't like the record business. For those Lucky Roberts completists, he also accompanied an old vaudeville team called the Two Black Crows (mighta been white guys). One of those is on some old Folkways thing (and may also be on American Pop, but obviously I cannot remember anything anymore) and his accompaniment sounds like nothing so much as Fats Waller, interstingly enough, though this was before Fats really made a break through so it was probably more the other way around, influence-wise.

not too good, if it's the one I remember, though it does have what's-his-name on clarinet (drawing a blank, wrote an excellent autobiography and also played bassoon) - for good Lucky, get the session from the late '30s early 40s (jazz-ology?) and the half LP with Willie the Lion. the original Lambert LPs, by the way, have great, great liner notes by Mike Wellstood. Those notes are a must.

just as an added inducement, this CD is really a piece of crap - bad music, bad dialog, dumb gimmick. Though it is shiny. how can you miss? order now and I'll throw in an ice crusher.

when I was working on my rock and rill history I spent a lot of times listening to the Fugs - terrific band by any standard, not just an East Village gross-out group, which was their rep when I was growing up. One of the first and best true "roots" groups, with a knack for pulling together a lot of different approaches into one very sharp and focused music.

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very sad, and actually his daughter lives in Portland - interesting guy, one of my favorite bands -

oy Harvey, I'm truly sorry - when Devilin Tune came out he called me every week for about 3 months as he was writing a review - fascinating guy, smart as hell, terrible writer, I always thought, but with a mind that worked in mysterious but interesting ways. We became fast friends on the telephone, and then a year went by, I called him up but he could not remember who I was, which threw me (though someone told me that the fame and money that came from the film completely freaked him out and sent him running, in the psychological sense). shocked and sorry to hear this.

"drop your drawers, drop your drawers, drop your drawers" -from Two to Tango? It's been a long time since I listened. I used to have a dream that they found Prez and brought him back to the West End Cafe. He looked good and sounded good.

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just remembering, it's called Swing Sessions V.1