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Frederick Horniman Toots Thielemans Boots Mussulli

Was astounded to see them on sale in W H Smith for a hundred and something. Hope none of them buzz me in the new year

Francis Drake Long John from Bowling Green W C Handy

After Hot Ptah recognized Tubby Hayes and suggested it was from the late 60s, it wasn't too hard for someone with a copy of Simon Spillett's biography of Hayes (which includes a discography) and Spotify at their disposal to put two and two together. I think it's "Greenwell's Glory" by the Ian Hamer Sextet featuring Hamer (tpt), Keith Christie (tbn), Hayes (tnr), Alan Branscombe (elp), Daryl Runswick (bg) and Spike Wells (dms), recorded at BBC Studios, London on 2nd July 1972.

Not being into her sort of music, I first came across her when she appeared in a fairly recent arthouse movie in which the most important character was a modernist house:

The Grand Old Duke of York Fredric March Teddy Hill

Lion of Blue Note Nesuhi Ertegun Orrin Keepnews

Irving Berlin China Boy Roman Polanski

Richard - Well, I did say "if you must read novels from that era". I have a Ph.D in 18th century English literature, but find anything earlier than 20th century unreadable nowadays. Currently reading Patricia Highsmith. Marvellous!

Wolf Cubs Cubby Broccoli Linda Colley

Count me in. Streaming, please.

Kansas Fields Graham Greene John Graas

Jane Austen isn't my cup of tea, either. If you must read novels from that era, go a bit earlier and try Fielding's Joseph Andrews or even his gargantuan Tom Jones, if you have a few weeks to spare

Waltzing Matilda Stanley Dance Zoe Ball

Middlemarch was one of two set books that defeated me on my English degree course with a reading list of hundreds of books. The other was Walter Scott's Heart of Midlothian. I subsequently managed shorter novels by George Eliot.

Dirty Pretty Things The Pretty Things Pet Shop Boys

Yes, I remember noticing that one. Nice!

The Woody Herman Orchestra featured Gene Ammons on "The Big Lie" (on the changes of "Fine and Dandy") Stan Getz's "Parker 51" on the "Cherokee" changes that Bird loved was recorded in 1951 when the eponymous pen was a must-have item. Clever! Other Getz punning titles from that era, both with a marine flavor, are "Long Island Sound" and "Navy Blue".

Sicko Kim Jong-il Le malade Imaginaire

"All the Things You Could Be by Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother" (Mingus)

Paul Horn Toot Toot Tootsie Le Duc Tho

Chris Rock Rocco and His Brothers The Second Herd

20th Jan Gilad Atzmon and Bruce Adams, Wilmslow Two heavyweights! 7th Feb Dmitry Baevsky/Joe Magnarelli Quintet, Southport 12th April The Cookers, Gateshead 2nd May Rossano Sportiello/David Newton piano duo, Cheadle 26th May Dave Liebman and the Vein Trio, Manchester 4th June Christian McBride Trio, Manchester 11th July Robert Fowler's Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band, Wigan

Hank Cinq The Five Pennies The Bent Copper