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Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats: Bud Powell online from BBC Radio 4. With my old friend, jazz critic and pianist Brian Priestley.

There's also The Jo Jones Special on Vanguard with Emmett Berry, Benny Green, Lucky Thompson, Nat Pierce, Freddie Greene, Walter Page and Count Basie as guest star.

Bebop Spoken Here with Bernie Goldberg on KBCS Bellevue Seattle. Now playing: Frank Rosolino soloing on Supersax's "Now's the Time".

Islamist called Goldberg?

Well, for your money you also get An Afternoon at Birdland with Jay, Kai, Dick Katz, Peck Morrison and Al Harewood which is very good.

Any advance on that? Yes, Jay and Kai + 6; The Trombone Octet. Surprisingly good album!

The Gibbs Contemporary albums are superb big band jazz. I have six, three on vinyl and three on CD. The last, One More Time was issued after the others and consists of tapes discovered in 1994 by Gibbs and is possibly less indispensable than the others. Joe Maini has some solo space on every one of these albums. I very much agree, this indeed is superb big band jazz. The Dream Band was an exciting, hard swinging aggregation with great soloists: among others Conte Candoli, Stu Williamson, Frank Rosolino, Med Flory, Bill Perkins, Bill Holman and of course Terry Gibbs himself. The rhythm section was driven by the one and only Mel 'The Tailor' Lewis. And with arrangements by Bill Holman, Bob Brookmeyer, Al Cohn, Marty Paich and Manny Albam you can't go wrong either. IMHO all five volumes are indispensable. Thanks for your backing!

The Gibbs Contemporary albums are superb big band jazz. I have six, three on vinyl and three on CD. The last, One More Time was issued after the others and consists of tapes discovered in 1994 by Gibbs and is possibly less indispensable than the others. Joe Maini has some solo space on every one of these albums.

Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats: Art Pepper Online from BBC 3 with informed and witty commentary from veteran jazz writer, Steve Voce.

Hmmm.... Suppression of jazz and elevation of Wagner.... Now where have I heard of that before? I wonder if they're working on resurrecting Leni Riefenstahl to direct the videos

Hmmm.... Suppression of jazz and elevation of Wagner.... Now where have I heard of that before?

"Contour", "Paper Moon" and "Leroy's Blues" are fine tracks and were re-issued about ten years ago under Jack Sheldon's leadership in the Pacific Jazz West Coast Classics series. Joe is also an exciting featured soloist on several tracks from the Terry Gibbs Dream Band's albums on OJC/Contemporary. Joe was a helluva character as you can see from his website: www.hollywoodmuse.com/joe_maini_website/

JRR is 'enjoying' a 9.00 pm spot for a few weeks. Ever tried raising this issue on the Radio 3 classical board? I did once and got treated as if I was a lunatic. Cut back on classical to allow a more egalitarian treatment of a wide range of non-commercial musics? Their trump card was classical needed all that time because it had a 1000+ years of classical music to represent!!!!! Oxbridge/ruling class preconceptions still rule OK at the 'public broadcasting' end of the BBC. Rampant free marketism at the other end! Jazz, folk, reggae, blues, world etc get squeezed (and shunted around) as a consequence. Hear! Hear! (as the Oxbridge/ruling class would say). (Tonight JRR has been shunted to 9.45 and reduced to 45 mins.)

Now listening live to BBC 3's Jazz Line-Up, reduced from 90 to 30 minutes and followed, not by the usual Jazz Record Requests, but by over 5 hours of Wagner. Ah yes, BBC priorities!

A classic - especially on original vinyl. Picked mine up for £5 Used to own it, but sold it years ago.

Two entries from The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz , ed. Colin Larkin: "Nick Brignola, baritone saxophonist .... played for various leaders, including Woody Herman .... (This artist is unrelated to the baritone saxophonist Mike Brignola who played with Herman in the 80s.)" "Sammy Nestico, arranger .... He is a cousin of the arranger Sal Nistico." However, the encylopedia's entry for Sal Nistico understandably describes him as a saxophonist, but doesn't mention arranging.

Those familiar with the Oliver Nelson Mosaic will have noticed this, which Kenny Berger describes in his note to Fantabulous: Pianist Patti Bown has the first solo, which highlights the album's one major drawback, which has nothing to do with her playing. These sides were recorded in what was presumably a reputable studio (Universal Studios, Chicago), yet the piano sounds as if it has been recently salvaged from the wreckage of the Titanic .... Bown makes the best of it, however, and her work throughout displays her angular, hard-swinging style.

Must try it. Thanks for the link!

I know what you mean. I feel the same about the name George Wallington. (He was originally Giacinto Figlia, BTW)

So sorry to hear of his passing. I knew his name from the 1957 album Howard Rumsey Presents Conte Candoli & Lee Morgan: Double or Nothing, but otherwise knew nothing of the career which the obituary outlines.

See what you mean! My German-English dictionary gives "anger, wrath, ire". Well, I learnt something today! Know the film. Never knew the German title!

Gerry Mulligan, The Arranger (CBS) Gene Krupa Orchestra 1946-47 Elliot Lawrence Orchestra 1949 Gerry Mulligan Orchestra 1957

Wonderful album! The Prestige LP has been a treasured possession since the sixties. A U.S. import certainly cost enough in those days!

The Jazz Combo From "I Want To Live" (Affinity) Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Frank Rosolino, Bud Shank, Pete Jolly, Red Mitchell and Shelly Manne in 1958.

See what you mean! My German-English dictionary gives "anger, wrath, ire". Well, I learnt something today!