BillF

Picked up a cheap used copy of this which turned out to be signed by the author. An eminently readable jazz autobiography, of particular interest to me as Peter is almost exactly my age and the changes in the British jazz scene 1950s to present are all recognizable to me. Fascinating stories of jazz greats - and he knew many. He was particularly close with Philly Joe as they had the same "hobby". Lots of humour, too, as for instance when as a young man during his brief baritone-playing phase, he gets off a bus with his saxophone case to be greeted by a chirpy Cockney with, "Wotcher got in there, mate, a bleedin' submarine?"

Frequently quoted in Horace Silver solos, but perhaps someone else can remember exactly where. (Somewhere on the Blakey, A Night at Birdland session?)

Oscar Pettiford Leon Pettis Ford Maddox Ford

"I Fall in Love Too Easily" from Dan Wall's On the Inside Looking In, a solo track revealing aspects of jazz organ I've never heard before. Truly beautiful!

Danny Polo So Solid Crew Jacques Necker

Cripple Clarence Lofton Tricky Lofton Tricky Dicky

Nick Plenty Tommy Steele Larsen E Rapp

Mott the Hoople Mitt Romney Mutt Carey

Sepp Blatter Blott Blitzen

The Forty Thieves Pincher Martin Earl Swipe

Me too.

Yes, things are nicely concentrated round here. That's what brings so many jazz venues within easy reach!

Limp Bizkit Suzy Lamplugh The Lumpenproletariat

Bureau of Narcotics Copper's Nark Grassella Oliphant

Hopalong Cassidy John D Jump Ten Lords-a-Leaping

Isaac Abraham Sarah

I was going to mention Rob Brown as well, but I've never heard any of his leader dates. All four of those look interesting. I'd also say Steve Wilson and Greg Abate. I wish that I would've caught Wilson playing in a duo with Lewis Nash in March. I always try to catch Abate when he's in the area, which often seems to be in two-alto groups (Bobby Watson, Phil Woods and Richie Cole). Yes, he does his two alto thing on his visits to the UK, too:

Humph Bogey Sid Snot

Lord Kitchener Peter Hall Graham Garden

So would the great majority of people in this country. As for knowledge of Engish geography, a fellow northerner who went to London University told me that his fellow (southern) students hadn't the faintest idea as to the relative position on the map of northern cities like Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford and Leeds.

Matt Home Mo Gaffney Danny Padmore

... on 29/11/2013.

Goodman Beaver Art Van Damme Julian Dash

Cat Shatner The Cat on the Mat Sylvanus T Rugg

Madame Blavatsky Popski's Private Army Poppa Piccolino