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Must have been the same guy who asked BBC Jazz Record Requests for records by The Lonliest Monk and Fat Swallow! In my youth jazz friends of mine were intrigued when a waitress listed her record collection of current pops and included a Sonny Rollins. "What's the Sonny Rollins?" they asked. "Oh, you know," she answered,"it's one of those cowboy records." Yes, you've got it! Maybe she was thinking about Way Out West. Indeed she was and it sat cosily amongst her Cliff Richards, etc.

Must have been the same guy who asked BBC Jazz Record Requests for records by The Loneliest Monk and Fat Swallow! In my youth jazz friends of mine were intrigued when a waitress listed her record collection of current pops and included a Sonny Rollins. "What's the Sonny Rollins?" they asked. "Oh, you know," she answered,"it's one of those cowboy records." Yes, you've got it!

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That's an excellent question. As popular culture has fragmented into increasing numbers of subcultures, people who are into specific genres seem to have less time and patience for the bloviaters of yore. These types of magazines seem to be based on the old model. Also, with message boards and online reviews, people can get an idea real quickly about where they want to explore. Yes, as far as I'm concerned, the Down Beat, Metronome, Jazz Journal, Melody Maker and New Musical Express of my youth have been replaced by the online culture of this forum and blogs by people like Ted Gioia, Marc Myers and David Brent Johnson (ghost of miles).

Jazz from Studio Four from WGBH with Steve Schwartz (stevebop). Now playing: Steve Turre, Rainbow People.

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Original or 70s reissue, Bill? Great album by the way. Original and in very good condition. Bought very cheaply at a record collectors' fair in Manchester ten years ago. He's a great piano favourite of mine!

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Except those who teach in universities and colleges in this country.

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Introducing Carl Perkins (Dooto)

Cripple Clarence Lofton Speckled Red Montana Taylor

Bob Brookmeyer Quartet, The Blues Hot and Cold (Verve/Polydor)

Kenny Hagood Benny Goodman Angel Clare

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