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The Faerie Queene L Sprague de Camp Butch Miles

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/25/antidote-to-capitalism-33-revolutions-minute

Hal Crook Tricky Sam Nanton Conn O'Neill

The Stone Roses Rose Murphy Lyle Stephanovic (aka Spud Murphy)

Flat Eric Fat Joe Fatih Akin

There is, of course, the story of Johnny Griffin and the British Inland Revenue authorities. IIRC John was seized on arrival at London airport in connection with unpaid income tax arising from previous employment in the UK and spent the night in Pentonville jail, before his release was secured by his friends in the music business. He subsequently played on the Clarke Boland album At Her Majesty's Pleasure (British legal term for indefinite imprisonment), which featured tracks named after prisons ("Pentonville", Wormwood Scrubs", "Broadmoor", Holloway") and convict experience ("Doing Time", "Reprieve", "Going Straight"). I think I detect the humour of fellow band member Ronnie Scott in that album concept. That's a nice change. A single night in the Slammer for tax evasion. Still seems a bit silly though. I mean, how many people in the UK could have been targeted for that? In view of the time when it happened (the 60s), race probably had something to do with it, as well as the fact that he was regarded as a non-British "alien".

Ethel Robert

I agree - but still not quite a masterpiece, I think. With Rollins, J J, Monk or Silver, Blakey and Chambers present, it seems more like a giants of jazz session than a Rollins-led quintet.

Fats Sadi Sister Sadie Juicy Lucy

Swervin' Mervyn Steady Eddie Rock Hudson

There is, of course, the story of Johnny Griffin and the British Inland Revenue authorities. IIRC John was seized on arrival at London airport in connection with unpaid income tax arising from previous employment in the UK and spent the night in Pentonville jail, before his release was secured by his friends in the music business. He subsequently played on the Clarke Boland album At Her Majesty's Pleasure (British legal term for indefinite imprisonment), which featured tracks named after prisons ("Pentonville", Wormwood Scrubs", "Broadmoor", Holloway") and convict experience ("Doing Time", "Reprieve", "Going Straight"). I think I detect the humour of fellow band member Ronnie Scott in that album concept.

Hipbone Slim and the Knee Tremblers Slim and Slam Billy Bang

Letter from today's Guardian (following others recently on Brubeck): "All this stuff about increasingly odd time signatures rather misses the point about Dave Brubeck. His venturing away from 4/4 time effectively disguised the fact (unintentional or otherwise) that he just wasn't very good playing in standard time. Listen to his early commercial successes (Jazz at Oberlin etc) and what you get is all that Germanic hammering and never a hint of the swing that is the lifeblood of jazz. He simply wasn't in the same league as masters like Bud Powell and was sadly overrated by people who should have known better. Richard Carter London"

It was #1 with Donald Byrd, though I too love #2.

Binkie Beaumont Beau Brummel The Birmingham Six

3 Rollins albums plucked at random from my collection: From The Sound of Sonny (1957): "It Could Happen To You" (solo); "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (trio): remaining tracks (quartet) Sonny Rollins (Blue Note, 1956) (quintet) Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (1958) (mostly 13-piece big band)

And 30 miles west of Sheffield nesh still has the Sheffield meaning. We say parky, too, though 10 days ago it was brass monkeys.

Interesting thoughts, Freelancer. I'm not sure that Charlie Parker ever did prison time, despite his notorious addiction. Just contrast this with Tadd Dameron, Howard McGhee and Dexter Gordon, to name just three other black musicians from his times.

Fine saxophonist! Like the way he held his own on the Bird with the Herd album.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/video/2012/nov/01/boris-johnson-lefty-tossers-video

Flatulence

Mort Sahl Lenny Bruce Lennie Tristano

Nat Peck Beaky The Byrds

Sheila Fell Bob Downes