BillF

In my youth it took me a long time to get what Lennie was doing, but then it clicked and my enthusiasm was cemented by meeting Lennie at the Harrogate Festival in the late 1960s, courtesy Peter Ind who was teaching on the newly formed jazz course (Britain's first!) at Leeds College of Music. Of the two selections here, it's the 1949 tracks that I like most, though I'm not partial to the free form "Intuition" and "Digression". My favourite is the aptly named "Wow" with its crazy changes and sensational double tempo bridge. Must have blown minds in 1949!

Hoping that might include the great "Central Avenue Breakdown", but see that's from 1949. (Not surprised, listening now to the boppish changes.)

Never mind the guessing David, I'm just hoping that, following today's news from Germany, you're under 65! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/28/germany-recommends-oxford-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-not-used-over-65s

Yes, my Spotify "playlists" are of complete albums - a few thousand of them.

My Spotify playlists, built up over 8 years, are alphabetical-order documents, running to dozens of pages. They include date, personnel and a starred rating system.

You didn't go far wrong, did you?

That takes me back! I too hurried home in the late 60s for that programme (from a teaching job in a college of further education - we had good conditions of service in those days!). I recall hearing people like Shepp, Ayler, and Tchicai (all of whom I dug in those days, believe it or not.) For years I listened to Peter Clayton on Jazz Record Requests. The late John Sheldon (JohnS on this forum) told me Peter got him into a BBC session with Sir Charles Thompson. John said Sir C played the whole session with a book on golf open on the music stand. An obvious enthusiast, he named a tune "Fore!"

Have given it a listen. Yes, a nice one, John!

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Ah, yes. I remember that one!

Red Rodney's Beboppers Red Rodney (tpt), Allen Eager (tnr), Serge Chaloff (bar), Al Haig (pno), Chubby Jackson (bs), Tiny Kahn (dms) Recorded January 1947 "Elevation" "Fine and Dandy" "The Goof and I" "All God's Children Got Rhythm" Great stuff!

D H Lawrence D H L Van Morrison

Looking at it from a historical perspective, I suppose that after the loss of empire, the next step for this country would be national suicide. The government guidance we have here shows how it will be done.

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I'm guessing this one will go down well with board members!

Eligibility for the vaccine is a bit of a giveaway as to age, David. I'd always imagined you as a sprightly 39 year old. (Like Jack Benny.)

Nice to see Britain is showing the way! We were the first to cancel second dose appointments contrary to the advice of the World Health Organisation, the British Medical Association and Pfizer, manufacturer of the vaccine in question. But then we have a brilliant leader!

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The Anglo-Spanish connection is getting stretched to breaking point by Brexit plus the pandemic. A woman in my online Spanish class missed her vaccination appointment here as she wasn't allowed to fly into the UK from Spain, although a UK citizen. She'd been visiting her Anglo-Spanish family in Spain and is still there. In my family we've done a lot better. I had my first jab on 21st December and my wife gets hers on Sunday. I'm not happy, though, about the postponement of my second jab, originally scheduled for 21 days later on 11th January, following the government's change of policy. An immunologist I heard on the radio said his colleagues in other countries were "aghast" at this step.

Thanks Ken. Just reserved a library copy.