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Little Richard Tricky Dicky Doc Cheatham

Don Sebesky and the Contemporary Arranger's Workshop, Moving Lines (Doctor Jazz)

Jim Hawkins Richard Dawkins Buggins

Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Potpourri (Philadelphia International Records)

William of Orange Sir Robert Peel Denis Lemon

I also read A Case of Conscience a few months ago, but its theological slant wasn't my cup of tea, leaving Cities in Flight as the preferred read.

Supersax, Chasin' the Bird (MPS)

Steve Schwartz (aka stevebop) Conrad Black Nero

Oliver Nelson, More Blues and the Abstract Truth (Jasmine/MCA Impulse)

Tokyo Rose Shanghai Lily Surabaya Johnny

Jilly Cooper Pete Jolly Mr Jelly Lord

Dr Evil Dr Jazz Dr John

Charles Mingus, East Coasting (Affinity/Bethlehem)

The Archers Tox Drohar Ah-leu-cha

William and Mary William and Violet Elizabeth Virginia Bottomley

Joe Christmas Noel Edmonds Yul Brynner

Marlon Brando Jo Brand Henrik Ibsen

Abou Ben Adam Abe Lincoln Abbey Lincoln

How is it? This one's sitting on my shelf waiting (along with a stack of other Blish) for me to get the urge. Very readable. Have started, as the introduction recommended, with the second of the four novellas that make up the volume. I like this format: 100-150 pages. (Don't be put off by the fact that the volume looks like it's a 650 page novel!) He writes with such confidence, which I suppose was possible in SF then (1950s). In comparison, something like Margaret Attwood's recent Oryx and Crake seems so tentative.

Flotsam and Jetsam Jet Harris Harris Tweed

Ready for Freddie

Wes Montgomery, Movin' Along (Riverside)

Dylan Thomas Caitlin Kate Moss

Clyde Valley Stompers Eric Forth Don Wilkerson

Frankie Capp/Nat Pierce Orchestra, Juggernaut (Concord)