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Charles Dickens Sheila Dikshit Adolf Loos

Disc 3

Sleepy Stein Kenny Napper Mr Kipper

Nosey Parker Schnozzle Durante Chester Conklin

Doc Cox/Ivor Biggun Brian Cox (actor) Prof Brian Cox (rock star/astro-physicist) Cox and Box The Kitchen Cabinet Cobra

Turk Murphy Rooster Ties Sonny Cox

Tea Leaf Pincher Martin Knock-Off Nigel

Rider Haggard John of Gaunt Skinnay Ennis

Disc 2

Jazz Record Requests from BBC Radio 3 Now playing: Mingus Big Band, "Invisible Lady"

Jazz Library from BBC Radio 3: Roy Eldridge

Chick Webb Captain Webb Miss Nettie B

Yuri Gagarin Yuri Orlov The Naked Civil Servant

I agree that "jazz is a music of substance", but am not sure that it is "principally the art of the soloist". Of course, I may have been influenced by the fact that I've been listening to Gil Evans, Tadd Dameron, Shorty Rogers, Gerry Mulligan, Bill Holman, Bill Russo, Quincy Jones, Neal Hefti, etc.

Fi Glover The Lone Ranger The Sloane Ranger

Not Bix or any of his buddies as far as I know, but the time frame is close. Want a really useless clue? I noticed the other day that somebody on this board is using an image of the leader on this tune as an avatar. Thanks for the clue. Medjuck's avatar is a photo of Clarence Williams, who was around at that time.

Looks like this is one for you, Tom!

Thanks for the feedback. Anything to say about my comment on 4?

Now listening!

Robert Robinson Robin Banks John Dillinger

A Town Called Alice Robbie Coltrane Ravi Shankar

1. Thom Keith seems to know a lot more about this one than I do, so I'll just say it's pleasant, listenable Latin jazz. 2. Solo piano before a live audience. Fairly recent, judging by the recording quality. I have a track from Harold Mabern's Philadelphia Bound which, like this, has so much going on it sounds like a piano duo. So, Mabern? 3. Starts as super fast boogie (12 bar blues, of course) - and gets faster. Speeded-up or electronically processed recording. Would be great with an animated film. 4. My guess is this is Bix-type music around 1928. 5. Ah, the authentic boogie! Can't make his mind up whether it's 8 or 12 bar blues and deploys so many of the boogie licks and patterns. Love it! One of those guys around 1930 with names like Montana Taylor or Romeo Nelson. 6. Is this a trombone, or some other "horn" - euphonium or some such? I have vague memories of Matthew Gee soloing with the Ellington orchestra on (?)English horn. The drummer sounds very like Connie Kay, so could it be John Lewis on piano? 7. I'll back Thom's suggestion that it's Woody Shaw on trumpet. 8. A piano trio playing Monk's "Bye Ya". 9. This appeals less than the other tracks. "Old Man River", of course. 10. Nothing to add. 11. This sounds like Earl Hines' famous "trumpet style" piano and the piano is very upfront, so is this an Earl Hines orchestra? 12. Surely the bass clarinet is Dolphy. A peep in Cook and Morton suggests the Illinois Concert is the only recording with a group of this instrumentation, so is this it? 13. Reminds me of when I saw Gary Valenti with Carla Bley. South Africa also comes to mind. 14. Big-toned tenor and pianist who doesn't just comp but sometimes plays rhapsodic counterlines. Obvious rapport. Beautiful track. Might be George Adams and Don Pullen, but that's just a guess. As you'll gather, written after reading Thom's contribution, but not Spontooneous' reply to this. All in all, some really nice listening here. Thanks!