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Little Red Riding Hood Reds Under the Bed Bollinger Bolsheviks

Thought I'd read most of the Ballards, but came across this in a new edition in a library. Vivid, almost frightening landscapes reminiscent of Hieronymus Bosch:

Beardie Fungus the Bogeyman Snotty

Paul Moer John Graas Benny Green

Zero Mostel John Nada Sandra Oh

Skinnay Ennis John of Gaunt Boney M

Bill Gates Brian Close Slam Stewart

Looks like it can be even hotter! http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2015/aug/04/middle-east-heatwave-in-pictures

Sax Rohmer Sandra Blow Reid Miles

Terry Frost exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery today. I like those 1950s abstracts.

Dirty Pretty Things Mucky Alice Ducky Mallard

Stirling Moss Sister Kate Mr Jelly

My younger daughter who's living in Zaragoza in Spain experienced a few days at 43C last month - a record even for there - but now things have dropped back to a normal 32C.

Re Track 1: Wikipedia on Joe Marsala: "Although usually thought of as a 'dixielander' along with Eddie Condon, Marsala was more adventurous: in the 1940s he used Dizzy Gillespie on a recording session. He also cut some very modern sounding sides with guitarist/composer Chuck Wayne."

Grandma Moses Nana Mouskouri Joe Bananas

Julius Nyerere Augustus John Lou Rawls

Liebman is doing badly! About 50 turned out to see him in Manchester in May. It goes without saying that the music was superb. Disgraceful - the guy is a master musician and a very eloquent speaker about jazz. If it had been nearer, I would have been up there like a shot to see that one.. I think part of the problem was the lack of publicity. I only got to hear of the gig two days in advance, at which stage I'd had a ticket for two months for the Christian McBride Trio who appeared the following week at the same venue with an audience of 200.

Ottoman Emperor King Vidor Caesar Romero

Liebman is doing badly! About 50 turned out to see him in Manchester in May. It goes without saying that the music was superb.

Morey Feld Marty Feldman Morton Feldman

Steve Race Michael Winner Terry Lightfoot

Here are a few suggestions. Track 1 An early bop performance of "Cherokee" from c.1943 - or did they have a recording ban in that year? Guitarist very prominent and sounds very like Charlie Christian, if not Charlie himself. Tiny Grimes? Trumpet full of Dizzy licks - early Gillespie. Howard McGhee and Joe Guy are other names from the time. Not Minton's, I suppose? Track 8 I wondered if this could be Ray Nance on violin (and a little trumpet later) with an Ellington orchestra c.1940. Then I checked Wikipedia and saw that Ray also worked with Earl Hines and Horace Henderson. Piano didn't sound like Duke, so was it Earl? Track 9 Hard bop sextet c.1960. Could be a Blue Note date. Impressive tenor with boppish lines reminiscent of Dexter or Joe Farrell. Track 10 Same area of jazz as track 9. Hard bop trumpet/alto quintet playing a modal composition reminiscent of "So What". Trumpet not100% technically accomplished. Pianist plays Tyner chords.

Marvin the Paranoid Android Starvin' Marvin The Hungry Horse

Monty's Double Lord Montagu of Beaulieu Camper Van Beethoven