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http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/aug/28/richard-turner-obituary?INTCMP=SRCH

I think I'd be cautious about using that word nowadays. In the Victorian age the Early Renaissance Italian artists (e.g. Piero Della Francesca) were referred to as the "Italian Primitives", as taste at the time preferred the later High Renaissance artists (e.g. Raphael). We don't feel like that now and the word "primitive" with its value judgement has been dropped. Note too the value judgement in Wikipedia's definition of a "primitive culture": "One that lacks major signs of economic development or modernity" (Underlining mine). On the other hand, I feel very happy about the track "Primitive Cats" on this disc:

Now that looks a good one! Just know Dolo from Art Pepper's Intensity.

Round about the time I was born (IIRC ) there was a boogie woogie craze for the music of Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson, Muggsy Spanier recorded "The Great Sixteen" and Charlie Christian was showing the way ahead to Benny Goodman.

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Winslow Homer George Bush Double Trouble Stevie Ray Vaughn Stevie Wonder Wonder Woman Captain Marvel The Miracle Worker Magic Sam

Pleased you liked so many of the tracks, Jim. Some very astute identifications here, too. Track 1 "Tribute to Lee Morgan" is just right and, yes, it IS a Morgan tune. Track 2 Yes, it's Thad's "Quietude". Hear what you say about "stiff", but of course this isn't the Thad/Mel Orch. Track 3 Some direct hits here - Golson, Cooper, Rosolino and Lee - all correct. As you say, very much "East meets West". Track 5 Wouldn't know if the changes are "Idaho". (Had to ask Michael Weiss to confirm that "Claude Reigns" is based on "The Way You Look Tonight"!) Yes, it's Max. Track 6 Right with Hawk and Sir Chas. Track 7 West Coast, indeed! Track 8 You clearly know this one, Jim, right down to who's in the trumpet section. Track 9 Everyone knows the tune, but no one has identified the pianist. Clue: he plays on another track in this BFT. Track 10 Yes, "Jersey Bounce" and it IS the same player on bari. Track 11 Brilliant! Lanny Morgan playing "Segment"! Track 12 Sorry you don't like this one, Jim. At risk of starting a controversy, I recall that Larry Kart said this outfit played the best shout chorus he's ever heard. Track 13 Yes, a swinging West Coast version of "Camarillo" with a tenorman who'd been listening to Rollins and a pianist who played the same sort of dates as Russ Freeman. Bassist was one of the Coast's finest, though. Thanks Jim

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I agree. Don't know why Roth hasn't won the Nobel prize. Read it some years ago. Seem to remember it as a very strong novel that went into serious decline towards the end. The details escape me now.

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Belated birthday wishes!

Great show! Still with BBC for Jazz Record Requests? Loved NYJO playing Mark Nightingale's "Fleet" (where he lives).

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Maggie & Jiggs Mrs. Wiggs The Three Little Pigs Francis Bacon Lettice Leefe Chappie D'Amato

The book and the movie!

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I've been using Lovefilm, which you could call the UK's equivalent of Netflix, for almost three years. Much of what you say applies to Lovefilm: obvious move from discs in the mail to streaming, but only limited choice as yet (tho' increasing) for the latter. The problem for me is that, while streamed films play OK on my computer at postcard size, once I increase to full screen the film moves in jerks like an old silent movie! I thought the problem was lack of memory in my computer, but someone says it's because of low broadband speed in this area. As I'm with a very big broadband supplier, BT, and live in a major city, it really shouldn't be that.