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Ruggles Biggles Ginger

Happy Birthday!

Little Niles Niels-Henning Vincent Herring

Thanks for the links. Loads of info there to inform my future choices from Lovefilm's library!

Anona Winn Anon Captain Nemo

James Clay Cassius Clay Brutus

Just watched Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Live in '58 in the Jazz Icons series. The classic band filmed in a Brussels concert. Excellent sound and visual quality.

Jack Shepherd The Third Herd Woody's Winners

The British jazz "nobility" is getting quite numerous - Shearing, Dankworth - you'll be able to name the others. Did Ronnie get a gong? Certainly, Tubby ought to get something posthumously and, as Marian has shown that American residence is no barrier, Victor Feldman should be included, too. Lyttelton turned one down, I believe.

Jazz Record Requests from BBC Radio 3 (British jazz record special) Now playing: Bruce Turner Jump Band, "One O'Clock Jump"

Guy Barker Steve Waterman Kenny Wheeler

Jazz Library from BBC Radio 3 Alyn Shipton interviews jazz critics on their album choices for 2009. Now playing: Brian Priestley chooses "Some Enchanted Evening" by Sonny Rollins with Christian McBryde and Roy Haynes from Road Shows Vol 1.

The Virgin Sturgeon A V Roe Caviar (band)

Edward Upward Sidney Downs Sidewinder

Rinehart Jimmy Rushing Fast Eddy

Paul Desmond/Gerry Mulligan, Two of a Mind (RCA)

Kewpie Doll Cue Porter Snookie Young

Neville Shute Sir Lucius O'Trigger Joan Armatrading

I have only two Moody items - very contrasting items - in my collection. The first is Moods by McGhee, a 10" LP on the French Guilde du Jazz label, which I've had since about 1960, and which features, as well as the leaders, Milt Jackson, Hank Jones, Ray Brown and J C Heard in about 1947. The second, which I bought a couple of months ago, is Moody's Mood for Blues on OJC/Prestige which consists of great septet sides from 1954-55, originally issued on two 10" LPs, I believe.

Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond, Blues In Time (Verve)

I associate him with a group of "neo-hard bop" musicians of the nineties and noughties which includes Eric Alexander, David Hazeltine and Joe Farnsworth. Otherwise, not well informed.

Lorena Bobbitt Nora Ballsoff Max Beloff

J M Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians

Coop Tim Henman Sara Cox

Dusty Springfield Kevin Eubanks J Edgar Hoover