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Good session at the Wigan Jazz club this afternoon: Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra followed by Greg Abate with a swinging local trio. This was Greg's final gig in his 3-week visit to the U.K.- he flies back to the U.S. tomorrow.

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Darling Julie Christie John Sotheby

Jazz Record Requests Some great selections so far!

Yes, listening to samples - sounds good - available as a download. No solos at all on the samples - is this true of the whole album? No, there are plenty of solos - good ones, too - mostly by Maynard (who is remarkably well-behaved), and tenor saxists Carmen Leggio and Willie Maiden. No Slide Hampton solos, alas. Have now bought it as a download. Yes, a roarin' MF band, despite the unfamiliar repertoire. Perhaps parallel to the two Kenton standards albums I have from the same era - aimed at a different audience, but done by the bands' usual arrangers and carrying the unmistakable stamp of the two orchestras. Since you probably didn't get liner notes with the download, here are a couple of interesting things. The baritone horn solo on "It's a Pity to Say Goodnight" is by Maynard. Slide Hampton doubles on tuba on several selections. Willie Maiden liked the sonority of MF on baritone horn, Slide on tuba, and Don Sebesky on bass trombone, so you'll hear that combination on "It's a Pity" and "Don'cha Go 'Way Mad." It's because of that baritone solo that I became aware of this album. I have a friend who is a very talented euphonium player, and his college band director had told him about this album on which Maynard soloed on baritone. So I tracked down a copy and burned him a CDr. But I've enjoyed the record since. Thanks for the info.

Yes, listening to samples - sounds good - available as a download. No solos at all on the samples - is this true of the whole album? No, there are plenty of solos - good ones, too - mostly by Maynard (who is remarkably well-behaved), and tenor saxists Carmen Leggio and Willie Maiden. No Slide Hampton solos, alas. Have now bought it as a download. Yes, a roarin' MF band, despite the unfamiliar repertoire. Perhaps parallel to the two Kenton standards albums I have from the same era - aimed at a different audience, but done by the bands' usual arrangers and carrying the unmistakable stamp of the two orchestras.

Hi Hazel Arthur Lowe Silly Moo

Joe Soap Meade Lux Lewis Bubbles DeVere

William Shakespeare Shake Keane Tupac Shakur

Don't you mean the Grauniad?

James Bolam Kate Bolick Ronnie Ball

Britain's rarest vinyl: http://www.guardian....000?INTCMP=SRCH

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Yes, listening to samples - sounds good - available as a download. No solos at all on the samples - is this true of the whole album?

Ed Tipple Ivor Skinful Gill Evans

A friend of mine attributes his life-long back problem to the crossed legs sitting posture he adopted as a jazz guitarist in his youth. Is this sort of thing a problem with guitarists generally?

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Vanessa Paradis Snake Davis Reuben McFall

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Nice album!

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That's how Bird ended it.

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