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Buzzy Cheryl Marmaduke

Eddie Merckx The Hairy Bikers Hot Fuzz

Art Garfunkel Buckshot LeFonque Morgan le Fay

Daughter and I did the opposite thing - saw the Gorky, but not the Doesburg. The late Gorkys are superb - too much to take in on one visit. (You'll gather from my choices that I'm a big fan of the American abstract expressionists - the visual equivalent of the jazz of that period which is tops for me.) Saw it, too. Some of the earliest items, often still lives, were little gems. After that I was less impressed by the rooms given over to newspaper illustrations and his re-workings of old masters when he was very old. That should be worth a visit! I saw a Hepworth ex. a few years ago at the Yorkshire Scupture Park, not far from Wakefield. In my youth I was a student in Leeds and the links with Moore, Hepworth, etc meant there was always plenty of sculpture to see in that part of the world.

The Beatles John "Bugs" Hamilton Lady Bird

Inspector Morse Wee Dot Julian Dash

That someone was me and last Saturday my daughter and I headed for the Gauguin ex. at Tate Modern only to find massive queues and no tickets available, so we went to one on Bridget Riley at the National Gallery, which was small, scrappy, frankly disappointing and not a patch on an ex. of her recent work at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, which I saw a year ago. Best thing in the afternoon was looking selectively at items from Tate Modern's permanent collection by Pollock, Kline, Rothko, Still, Newman, Léger and Braque.

Professor David Nutt Kenny Napper Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

Uriah Heep Alden Pyle Engelbert Humperdinck

Erroll Garner George Gruntz Moaning Minnie

Libby Purves Max Mosley Danny Moss

Hyacinthe Rigaud Rip, Rig and Panic Baron Pannick

Mrs Malaprop Mal Waldron Jerry Wald

Spoon Larry Poons Lily Pons

So where's this shop, Richard?

The Clown The Rajah The Egyptian

Molly Gloss Johnny Shines The Sun King

Joe Newman Baby Dodds Lester Young

Looks interesting! Mixture of newcomers and veterans. Nice to see the New York studio big band tradition surviving!

Harold Wilson Jack Wilson The Wilsons Harold Wislon The Wizard of Oz Greg Osby

The Five Pennies Dollar Brand Henrik Ibsen

Not altogether impressed by what's been said above on the question of race, as I've just been listening to Tristano in a quartet of two white and two black musicians: Admittedly, Tristano's improvisations sound far more convincing on show tunes (or originals on the changes of show tunes) than on the one blues of the set.

Doctor Jazz Dr Jackll and Mister Funk Shirley McLean