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I assume you're referring to Buster Smith. Though Willard Brown of Jabbo (and later Ellington, and Calloway) fame is also on that session. What CD is this on? (I just checked, and the only transfer I have is on That Devilin' Tune. It is indeed half a tone lower than yours.) I guess I can wait till the reveal, too. And I know what track 3 is now, too. First cornet is Tommy Ladnier (that took longer than it ought to have!) and it's a really early recording. That means that it's probably from 1923, from his very first recording sessions. Ida Cox isn't on there, and that ain't Jelly, and that doesn't leave much! It's Ollie Powers' group. At this point I had to cheat and look up the title, though: "Play That Thing". A whole bunch of takes of that one tune were released, and this is the earliest available (though it's numbered "3"). Noone is the clarinetist, and Eddie Vincent is the trombone player. They both recorded with Freddie Keppard. (I assume everyone knows who Noone is, but Vincent isn't a very famous name.)

That's excellent! I've never been lucky (?) enough to receive an ebay freebie. I hope you passed that record along to the Pay-it-forward thread. Or perhaps you should have included it as an extra in an ebay auction of your own.

A quick post now, because last month I kept waiting until I had listened more, and ended up not posting at all. The two tracks that are things I may know (and are things I really like) are 3 and 6. I assume no one is surprised. Track 3, I'm embarrassed to admit, I can't place. You'd think I'd be able to identify at least the trumpet player, but no. I'll have to listen to it a few more times. Track 6 is Eddie Durham and His Band, "Moten Swing" from 1940. Either this one is played back a little too quickly, or the remastering I'm familiar with is a little slow. Either way: excellent stuff! What a great tune.

Good stuff! Will have to hunt down the Buck Clayton. Sorry I didn't contribute this month. Work caught up with me, I'm afraid.

I just got back from Stereo Jack's, and I highly recommend the shop. The trad jazz selection is excellent (didn't check the modern stuff), and the prices are absurdly low. I ended up with 20 CDs, most of which were only $3.99. The vinyl looked excellent, too, but I behaved myself and didn't dive in. I'm trying not to get anymore records (and carrying them on the plane would have been a hassle). And it was nice meeting you, Jack!

Thanks!

PM sent on Hampton/Peterson Verve.

Well, at least that he was booked to play there, right? Can't trust it ever happened...

*bump* I'll be in Cambridge for work for a week starting next Thursday. If I would like to meet The Man himself, what day would be best to stop by? (Sat and Sun are looking most likely right now.) And will I be scared by all the crazy modern things, or does the shop have enough pre-WWII recordings to keep a fool like me happy, too?

There are just 2 bonus tracks (12 & 13) on that album, and both are present on my copy? Mine is missing the two tracks, too, as mentioned earlier in the thread. I have not bothered trying to get a replacement. I'll probably end up tracking down a friend who has a copy of the album with the tracks, and get a BLATANTLY ILLEGAL COPY from him. And it will feel oh-so-good. I'll sing a jaunty little song as I rip the thing. Maybe I'll even tape it. At double speed.

It's (also) on the JSP "Postwar Recordings: 1944-1953" set.

He wrote a song, around that same time, I think.

Thanks! Guess I'll try again, maybe from Grooves.

Amazon cancelled my initial order, and now my order with one of their resellers was finally cancelled. They *claim* they shipped it and it must have gotten lost in the mail, and they also claim it was their last one. Seems fishy. Did anyone manage to get one? Should I keep trying?

Ah, Aurora! That gave it away: it's the the Panorama Jazz Band. Ben Schenck is the clarinet player and Aurora Nealand the alto sax player. (She plays great soprano, too.) Now I can easily find the recording, too: it's Romski Chocheck. I'd never heard this particular track before, and Panorama sort of slipped my mind. Good stuff!

Download, please! And I still think you should put some of that you-know-what on there.

Oooh, envy! I should have logged in a little earlier.

Oh lord. Please let it not be a C-melody, because then I'd be forced to listen to this track again!

PM sent on Bobby Hackett Capitol set. Yay!

Eddie Lang, Eddie Condon, Freddie Green, Fred Guy, ... Les Paul is close. But I don't think it's any of those. I quite like your guess of van Eps. Edit: oh, darn! It was van Eps! Well, that makes this post look silly.

Oh, I think this hint just narrowed it down enough for a good guess: Ray McKinley, perhaps? Still wondering about the guitarist. If you confirm McKinley I may cave and dig up a discography to see who played with him in the mid-to-late 40's. Go, Alex! Ray McKinley and His Orchestra. Very interesting! I don't think I'd heard that band before, though I knew of its existence. I knew McKinley mainly from his recordings with Bradley/Slack and the Jazz Club Mystery Hot Band. Am really enjoying this BFT, Jeff.

Oh, I think this hint just narrowed it down enough for a good guess: Ray McKinley, perhaps? Still wondering about the guitarist. If you confirm McKinley I may cave and dig up a discography to see who played with him in the mid-to-late 40's.

I think you've got the composer/arranger. Lay it on us! Eddie Sauter! Unfortunately, that doesn't bring me any closer to identifying the band. I know he arranged for a whole bunch of folks after the war, but I can't identify any of them as definitively being the ones on this recording.

Track 8 reminds me a little of Red Norvo (though it's not him--just in sound or style or arrangement). Am I thinking in the right direction, Jeff? If so, I have a guess for the arranger.

Waller actually recorded it at a variety of tempi. Check out this 1943 recording (credited to The Beale Street Boys) with Benny Carter, Slam Stewart, and Zutty Singleton. It has exactly this sleepy feel most of the way through. It was used in "Stormy Weather" (worth watching for all the early jazz and jazz dance talent). Bonus: that's Bojangles dancing.