BillF

Two books that didn't do it for me were Stan Britt's biography of Dexter Gordon (British author too far from his subject?) and Red Callender's autobiography (lack of writing skills?) Anyone else want to nominate particularly successful jazz biographies/autobiographies?

Emperor Maximilian Million Dollar Man Loadsamoney

Jazz Library from BBC Radio 3: Joe Pass

Twenty Twenty The Dirty 30 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

There is a woman who need never be without a date, if she can handle dating musicians and jazz fans... Truer words have never been spoken. A while back there was a female clerk who worked the Jazz section at Amoeba SF. Normally I wouldn't have gave her a second look walking down the street but when she was talking about the sonic differences in sound reproduction between the Verve Originals version of Miles Davis Elevator to the Gallows to the one that came out in 1990 with the bonus tracks or if I wanted something really cool I could get the german edition that also contained the Art Blakey soundtrack Les Liaisons Dangereuses with it I wanted to date her on the spot. The way to a man's heart ...

Lord Rockingham's Eleven Twelve Angry Men The Dirty Dozen

Jazz Record Requests from BBC Radio 3 Now playing: "Blues for Alvina" from Duke Pearson's Dedication!

Three Little Pigs Four Brothers The Five Pennies

Norman Mailer Fellows, Morton and Clayton Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

I'd be interested to know which books you'd name under this heading. For me, the first that come to mind are Art Pepper's Straight Life and Hampton Hawes's Raise Up Off Me.

Hamm Joe Egg Chappie D'Amato

Billy Root Little Rootie Tootie Tootie Heath

Mother Theresa Mother Goose Lady Chatterley's Mother

And they didn't sell many CDs then!

Graf Spee Speedy Gonzales Lightning Hopkins

Archibald Wavell Ian Breakwell Tom Ripley

Med Flory and His Orchestras, 1954-59, Go West Young Med! (Fresh Sound)

Sebastian Flyte Nat Gonella Bugs Bunny

Betty Windsor Phil the Greek Randy Andy

Dombey and Son Dumbo Al Jazzbo Collins

Charlotte Church Shirley Temple Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy

Admiral Sturdee Oliver Heaviside Ron Stout

Eric Ambler, The Mask of Demetrios

Sylvia Beach Dave Cliff Sandy Shaw

Earl May Theresa May (Conservative Member of Parliament) Teresa May (porn star)