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"Jazz Masters of the 20's" by Richard Hadlock The Gunther Schuller books "Early Jazz" and "The Swing Era" are good, but probably too in-depth for a broad survey course. "Hear Me Talkin' to Ya" by Nat Hentoff is delightful and will keep students interested and likely amused.

Great post, Jeff. A quick correction: there were two releases with music from the 1920s, weren't there? The King Oliver 1923 sides, and that funny Cabaret Echoes one with Ory, Marable, etc. EDIT: Oh, I'm an idiot. "AOTW" stands for "Album of the Week"...I assumed it was some sort of "Archaeophone Off The ...something" abbreviation. Anyway. Back to your regularly scheduled business of discussing jazz... I don't have this Wolverines disk. I have the material on the "Bix Restored" series and have been talking myself out of buying it again. Now I'm reconsidering again...

Well, that kind of defeatist attitude won't get us amusing threads...

I just want to link to this hilarious comment tkeith made a few years ago about our respective tastes: So, that said: um, I don't have much in the realm of useful guesses. Track 1 is in the proud tradition of Tom Lehrer (and many others). That's a Roy Zimmerman song, but I don't know who's playing. Some New-Orleans-y street band sort of thing, but there isn't quite enough going on for me to recognize them (and I suspect they're not actually from New Orleans). I kind of enjoyed track 6, and I assume that's Gene Harris on piano...? Sorry I don't have more to say! Thank you for putting it together, Thom! I enjoyed struggling through some of this.

Is a 2 CD set really a "box" set? And is $15 a bargain for two CDs?

Where do we go clicky-click to buy the downloads? On Soundcloud?

I picked out all the things I really wanted. If you're hurting to get rid of it, add the JALC Latin Ellington to my list. I thought maybe someone else would enjoy it more, but if no one wants it, I'll take it. Thanks again for giving these away, Dan.

*bump* It's now 2016, and I'm going to be in Montréal (or Montreal, if you're more of an anglophone) for a week starting tomorrow. What's the skinny on surviving CD shops? I'm not interested in carting back vinyl, so only tiny shiny discs, please. I prefer used. If the shop is jazz-specific, so much the better. If it's old stuff people are likely to call "ragtime", "dixieland", or "cartoon music", EVEN BETTER! Archambault is already on my list.

The Rega P1 definitely has an AC motor. This stereophile article mentions the AC motor explicitly, for instance: http://www.stereophile.com/turntables/507rega/#DH8pvWpw2pbkbhKu.97 I guess in general, if the manual doesn't mention it, you'd ask the manufacturer. (Or assume it's AC, since most are, I think.)

Well, first of all, only turntables with an AC motor will be a problem. If you have a DC motor, it's not an issue (and even some fancy AC motor-driven ones don't use the mains' frequency but correct it). Second of all, some electronics (all laptops, many other portable devices, some other devices) actually take either voltages and frequencies. Look on the back where the power cable comes in, and see whether it says something like "Input: 110V-120V, 1A, 50Hz" or something like "Input: 110V-240V, 1A, 50Hz-60Hz". If it's the latter, you don't even need a transformer. Third, yes, you can just purchase a transformer and a CD player will work fine. It doesn't depend on the frequency of the AC.

DL, please.

"Jackson" from "At Folsom Prison", with June's delightful growls. "Daddy Sang Bass" "One Piece at a Time" I have the Bear Family set, three volumes of the Bootleg series, and some other odds and ends, but "At San Quentin" and "At Folsom Prison" are my favourites.

In addition to those already mentioned, I suggest Carmen McRae's 1990 recording on "Sarah: Dedicated to You". I like Bobby Darrin's late fifties recording, too, but it's more lounge-y, of course.

I enjoy that "Calypso in New York" CD a lot. I got it years ago from emusic or some such when I was slightly obsessed with Lord Intruder's "Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back)" and still confused about the Invader/Intruder thing.

Great selection, Jeff. I really enjoyed these. It got me listening to that "Jazz in Saint Louis" CD, which had been sitting forgotten in my collection. I'll definitely pick up the Kid Howard at Jacinto Hall disc and will look for the McPartland and Humphrey on CD, too.

I really like those 1927 sides with Teschemacher. And, you know, I was actually thinking more of a bunch of tracks McPartland recorded in the 50's that are on the Condon Columbia Mob Sessions Mosaic set. Condon actually only played on a few of those, though--I did not remember that. Anyway, I'm going to take a guess at the clarinetist in #2, and I'm using some arcane meta-knowledge to do so. That is, I'm using something I remember Jeff mentioning on this board years ago, rather than any actual musical knowledge I might have... So. Is it Evan Christopher, by any chance?

Ooh, ooh, pick me, teach! I have an idea for #5's cornet man now. Though your saying he's not a Condonite kinda confuses me...so maybe I'm wrong? Is it Jimmy McPartland? It absolutely fits the Bix clue, and it TOTALLY sounds like him now that I thought to think of him, but I would (perhaps naively?) call him a bit of a Condonite. It MUST be him. Still no idea on the alto player, I'm afraid, nor anyone else in the band. :/ Hmm. O.K., major cheating ahead! I have one track with McPartland from 1939 on Allen's excellent "That Devilin' Tune", "Sugar" with Bud Jacobson (cl), Boyce Brown (as), Floyd Bean (p), Dick McPartland (g), Jim Lannigan (b), and Hank Isaacs (d). Some poking in a discography shows they recorded a "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" that same day. My guess is that this is it. Yes? #6 I decided to just go down the list, after your hint. So who plays clarinet on the other tracks? Bud Jacobson, about whom I know nothing; George Lewis, who did play forever, but whom I hope I'd recognize (and he didn't live to be ninety, anyway); I don't know who was playing the clarinet on the McKinney's track--could be any of the three reeds; Willie Humphrey, who did live past ninety...and shoot. That's totally him. It's Humphrey. I put on that "New Orleans Traditional Jazz Legends" thing with sessions from 1974 and 1983 and it's obvious now. These were fun. Totally my kinda things (yes, I even enjoyed number 2 that I jokingly complained about). I suppose I can dig into #2 a little more and think about living New Orleans clarinetists it could be.

Time to tackle the last two. #5 "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise." Bowed bass intro, nice. Late 30's, probably. That's a beautiful trumpet tone. Reminds me of Bix or Bunny Berigan--maybe it's Bunny? An alto that sounds a little more modern than the rest of this bunch. Hmm. I don't know who this is, but I enjoy it. I don't think it's Bunny anymore. I don't know. One of the Condon gang, maybe--Wild Bill? Just guessing now. #6 Soprano...? Or maybe a clarinet. Man. I don't know. That's embarrassing! It's totally a clarinet. Wow. Who the hell is it, though? It sounds like someone who is struggling a little. Maybe an old-timer past his prime? Or some new saxophone kid who picked up the clarinet on a lark? I don't think it's bad, it just sounds "different". Or it's Pee Wee. What the hell do I know--he sounds like a lunatic half the time. Well, I don't know who it is, but I'm going to say it was recorded in the 60's, and the clarinetist is a dude(tte) who played in New Orleans or Chicago in the 20's. "I did my best that time"?

I use one of these to record New Orleans-style bands (mostly in cafes and at dances) with the two internal mics, and it works great. Recommended.

There's this Bear Family one that I've been drooling over, though of course Allen could be talking about yet another box: https://www.bear-family.com/various-sun-blues-box-1950-1958-10-cd-box.html

Wait, I'm an idiot. Kid HOWARD, not Thomas. Am I still wrong? And first drink will absolutely be on me. :)

In media res: can I start by saying that #2 irritates me no end? That sounds like a National guitar (joke's on me if it's simply a banjo, but I doubt it) and some jerk who has the most beautiful low register clarinet tone this side of Ricardo Morales. No, seriously, who plays jazz like that? Jerk. It's lovely, but I don't know what it is. The snare doesn't work for me. I could just listen to the clarinet for hours, especially in that low register. The higher s/he goes the more s/he pinches off the sound, sadly. Anyway: I have no idea. It's pretty, and that's all I got. I figured out #1, but not in a very honest manner. I picked a likely interval of years (1924-1926, turns out I guessed on the early side), and listened to likely things of the correct length in my iTunes library till I hit upon it. I don't feel I deserve credit for this one, especially given that I don't think I'd ever listened to it before. Oops. Sometimes CD's just get lost in the shuffle (hahaha...ah...sorry), especially compilation ones like the one I have this on. Anyway, I'm going to listen to the only other three tracks this band recorded now. Thank you for introducing me to a very enjoyable recording I already owned. Did you partly pick it because of the walkin'-blues-esque lyric, or am I over thinking things now? #3 is a Waller & Razaf composition, "Zonky". That's Ed Cuffee taking the trombone solo. Dunno who takes the trumpet one. Is that Don Redman at the end? 1930, McKinney's Cotton Pickers. What a fun record! Razaf's lyric is silly and fun: "I'll bet a dime, guess a doughnut"! I really want to see the ridiculous novelty dance that went with this song. #4 Thoughts as this played: "Oh, damn, one of those tunes I know but can never think of the name of. New Orleans old timer on trumpet. Well, that's pretty obviously George Lewis on clarinet. That's Jim Robinson on trombone (admittedly a safe bet once you have GL on clarinet). Oh, right "Bogalusa Strut". Who on earth is that trumpet player? Kid Thomas, maybe? Wait. That's totally right. Don't I have this?" At this point I listened to the one Kid Thomas recording of "Bogalusa Strut" that I have (on "Kid Howard's Olympia Band & Sam Morgan Revisited" from 1962). It's not that one, but it's definitely Thomas some time in the same decade. I felt so accomplished at this point that I didn't even listen to the other two tracks yet. Loved the selections so far.

I'm in. Felser and I will share. Two plates, please.

I'm with Hot Ptah: I really enjoyed puzzling over some of these. I don't have any further insights and am looking forward to the reveal.

Amazon third-party seller has it new for $159 (including shipping). That's cheaper than ebreggae.com's $170 (I didn't check whether shipping was free--that might come on top of it). I didn't check the ebreggae wholesale price (since it specifically says it's meant for people who resell music).