BillF

IIRC Alyn Shipton's A New History of Jazz has a chapter or at least a section on postmodernism in jazz. The term postmodern often comes to mind when I listen to the British reedman Alan Barnes. Alan, now in his 50s, is the product of a jazz studies course and continues to be active in jazz education. He is something of a walking encyclopedia of jazz history - though he tries his best to conceal this beneath a semi-comic exterior - and his solos are littered with quotes from a wide variety of jazz sources. Stylistically he's something of a chameleon - you hear Hodges, Benny Carter, Bird, Art Pepper, Paul Desmond. On clarinet he sometimes plays in a Goodman-style trio with vibes and drums. All this, of course, is totally different from the position and characteristics of jazz musicians when I was listening to the music around 1960. Modernist would be the term to describe those players: part of the avant-garde, each moved on from the past and forged a new style. Their approach was serious, and there was no ironic dipping into past styles, which before the advent of jazz studies courses were less well known to them.

Loren Schoenberg Burger Jones King Vidor

Their stories were conflated in Bernard Tavernier's fine movie, Round Midnight.

Bronzino Borsalino

Good buy - some Prime Warne. Agreed. A suitable companion for this:

Fatih Akin Thomas Paine Agony Aunts

Jimmy Mundy Storm Jameson Sandra Blow

Marge O'Rheen Quentin Butter Jackson Ring Lardner

Todd Coolman Nanook of the North Pola Roberts

Petula Clark The Thinking Man's Crumpet Peter the Great

Leon Petties Le Petit Prince Pet Shop Boys

Duo by piano masters Rossano Sportiello and David Newton at a private party in Cheadle, Cheshire. Great session! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWk1mHSP6rE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d1IUfvszwI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8g6CsAcER0

Whitey Mitchell Mitchell Ruff Duo Rough Trade

The It Girl Gina Lollobrigida Tito Gobbi

George Morrow Doris Day Mornington Lockett

James Last Cobblers Margherita del Balzo

Sounds like a description of the marriage itself, from what little i know. I haven't read her work, but it sounds interesting. I recommend her. Well up there with the other English female mid-20th century writers we've been reading recently.

Maybe somebody snapped up those 2.99 copies and is trying to make a fast buck (sorry - fast quid ) now? At 2.99 I would have picked up a copy too ... Was this "I Blew It My Way", and were they around at that price at chains like "Books Etc." ? At risk of being called "cheapskate", I confess to getting it used on Amazon in 2013 for £0.01.

Our Delight Ladybird The Squirrel

The Second EJH novel I've read. Where The Beautiful Visit teetered on the edge of melodrama and was very earnest, this, as befits a time when she was married to Kingsley Amis, is something of a comedy of manners, though with a tragic element.

Little Jimmy Scott Big Willie Magoon Melvin Bragg

Happy Birthday!

Yes, the price is going the right way. We're now getting £14.88 + £2.80 delivery from an Amazon trader. At this rate I may actually buy! Cheapskate ! Pensioner

Joan Armatrading Don Rader Bomber Harris