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Last night I saw Greg Abate with the Vinnie Parker Trio at Wilmslow, Cheshire. Everyone was steamin' in the first set, but things fell off in the second when Greg introduced numbers that the local trio didn't know. But Dameron's "If I Could See You Now" was taken at slow enough tempo for Greg to be able to call out the changes as he led them through the middle eight! Not that the trio weren't quite impressive. As their feature they chose Bill Evans' "Very Early", with bass and drums performing in a convincing Evans trio manner. At times like this, Greg retreated to a balcony outside the club where he smoked a large cigar!

Man Friday Boy George Baby Dodds

Can't go wrong with that one, Tom!

Robocop The Iron Man Bobby Orr

Duke Jordan Chuck Israels Benjamin "Dizzy" D'Israeli

Must give that one a try! they are my favorite current Bebop band! Now listening. See what you mean by "bebop". Sounds like the ghost of Bird was in attendance!

Thantos Better than Ezra Nathaniel West Nathan von Wallenstein Weinstein Weinstein Churchill Amy Winehouse

Must give that one a try!

Haven't heard any Spanier after the classic 1939 tracks, but I saw Hucko the year after your disc in a touring show jointly led by Jack Teagarden and Earl Hines and also including Cozy Cole, Jack Lesberg and Max Kaminsky. Looks like they were recorded when they got to Paris: http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6774442/a/At+The+Olympia+Theatre,+Paris,+France+-+Nov.+6,+1957.htm

Pity they never issued that great Hi-Los/Fischer/Paich session on CD, David!

Dmitry Baevsky Quartet at Small's on February 25th 2009 Dmitry Baevsky (alt) Jeb Patton (pno) Clovis Nicolas (bs) Joe Strasser (dms) http://www.smallsjazzclub.com/index.cfm?eventId=1371

Nessie Hydra Leviathan

Sweet Georgia Brown Harry Edison Enoch Light

Now listening!

The Marlboro Man Thomas Mann Manfred Mann Betfred Ofred Fred Fernackerpan

Track 5 A bit of research suggests this from an album called Double Exposure, which comprises two live audience sessions, one by Stan Getz and one by Zoot Sims. Here we're hearing Zoot and Bucky Pizzarelli; Buddy Rich and Milt Hinton are also on the session, but are clearly silent here In time I guess we'll see the album cover which features the most unflattering artist's impression of Zoot I've ever seen (Of course, all this could be completely wrong )

Oliver North Eskimo Nell Floe Benjamin

Chollie Mingus Sue Mingus Fred Cohen The Cohens and the Kellys Leopold Bloom Bud Powell

Matthew Gee Trombone Cholly Pete Cholly

The Bad Plus Adderley Bros Ann Summers Dildo Baggins Gimli Schmeagle Li'l Abner and the Shmoos Li'l Darling Lil Hardin

"Extension: Clare Fischer in the 1960s" on Night Lights from WFIU

The Bad Plus Adderley Bros Ann Summers

LOL

Tomasz Stanko Ping Pong Hugh Smellie

David Stoler Trio at Small's on November 9 2010 David Stoler (pno) John Webber (bs) Adam Nussbaum (dms) http://www.smallsjazzclub.com/index.cfm?eventId=3421