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Tripp Lee A A Trapp R A C Smith

Milt Jackson's bags were said to be under his eyes. Sonny Rollins (Newk) certainly did resemble the baseball player Don Newcombe. I've no idea what Argonne "Dense" Thornton's IQ was. As for Jelly Roll, I won't comment.

I think I'll pass on this one.

Ruth Roman Walter Wanderley The Stray Cats

I'll probably skip her first novel. Doing very well at the moment with Memento Mori. Just finished this. Have to recognize it as a little masterpiece, though its density of plot and character were sometimes difficult to cope with. Here's a review with a lot of sense: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jun/05/memento-mori-muriel-spark-novel

Edward the Aardvark Varty Haroutunian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUiGmWnR_E4

William Tubman Drummin' Man Stix Hooper

Everett Barksdale Everard Farquharson Slack Alice

Michael Winner Jim Backus Steve Race

Bill Hood Hal Crook Jack Shepherd

After being with Spotify at £9.99 a month since March 2013, I'm now quite settled into its use. I now do all home listening - or where free Wi-Fi is available - through Spotify on an iPhone which has no SIM card (outdated model discarded by daughter). Sound quality with a decent pair of earpieces is better than I've had with any system in the past. When out and about I listen to selections from my CD collection, which I transfer to the phone using my laptop and iTunes. I have built up a Spotify playlist of 600 items, but still buy about one CD a month to cover these situations: 1) Spotify doesn't have an album I particularly want. 2) Spotify doesn't have all of the tracks on an album I particularly like. As to physical presence/having a library, I find that having a Spotify playlist - I keep this on the computer as an alphabetical order document - fulfills that function. I can quickly select a sought-after item or just browse. For me, the introduction of streaming services has been a major turning point in my listening history, comparable to the move from 78s (yes, I was around then!) to vinyl, or from vinyl to CD. Seemed largely to miss out on downloads - don't know why.

Max Jaffa William of Orange Gladys Knight and the Pips

Numero Uno Top Cat Head Honcho

Trigger Alpert Fat Albert Rotunda Jim Rotondi

Holy Moly Pol Pot Maddaddam

Mark Luke Skywalker John Drinkwater

Ronnie Cuber Mr Cube Sugar Ray Robinson

Quite a possession! In my youth I read Horricks' book on Basie, as well as the one on modern jazz, co-authored with Alun Morgan.

Napoleon Strawberry Emperor Rosko Roscoe Mitchell

Nice! Hardly changed in 40+ years. Still swingin' on minimum technique!

Popo Didi Sam and the Lady

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Dockery Known as "Sure-Footed Sam". Never knew that before!

Vic Siddeley Sally Vickers Louis Armstrong

Santa Samantha Syd Arthur

The Dong with a Luminous Nose Schnozzle Durante Ronald Shiner