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The Hamilton version, hands down. Lloyd seems uninvolved on the other versions, to these ears.

I've always loved "A Night at the Village Vanguard" on Argo, later reissued as "Man at Work" on Cadet, and most recently under its original title on a Chess CD. THis has been allowed to go out of print, but I gotta think that the geniuses at Universal will dust this one off again soon. It's a great trio album with Richard Davis & Roy Haynes. Burrell & Jimmy Smith were always a good fit - I especially like Burrell on "Back at the Chicken Shack". "Blue Bash" and "Organ Grinder Swing" are pretty hot as well.

Remember seeing him do Kirk Douglas singing "A Boy Named Sue" on TV about 30 years ago. I still crack up thinking about it. A great talent!

His full name was Charles Baird Parker. He once sent a letter to Down Beat setting the record straight. Don't know what happened to him, but Bird's oldest son Leon, born in Kansas City, was a barber, and passed away within the last couple of years.

Stardust / Cross Your Heart / Frenesi: October 31, 1957, LA Ray Linn (tp), Buddy DeFranco (cl), Paul Smith (p), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Milt Holland (d) Medley Dancing In the Dark etc / Indian Love Call / Summit Ridge Drive: October 31, 1957, LA Ray Linn (tp), Buddy DeFranco (cl), Paul Smith (p), Howard Roberts (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Milt Holland (d) Keeping Myself For You / My Heart Stood Still / Medley It Could Happen To You etc / Concerto For Clarinet: November 1, 1957, LA Ray Linn (tp), Buddy DeFranco (cl), Jimmy Rowles (p), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Alvin Stoller (d)

Original Jazzland pressings have an orange label for mono, black label for stereo. After the label was sold to Orpheum around 1964, many of the titles were repressed for the cutout bins with maroon labels.

Chuck, I own a retail store and we accept credit cards with service provided by our bank, and Paypal for our Ebay sales. The fees are about the same for both, but the credit card fees are determined by the volume of business one does - the more volume, the lower the fees. I have been through several providers over the years, with some high fees in the past, but ultimately went with my bank for reasons of convenience. I have been very satisfied with Paypal - I have yet to have a problem. I have encountered customers who refuse to deal with Paypal, but I have never heard a valid reason other than "I just don't trust them." As for the NoPaypal website link, if one reads between the lines, it is clear that this is a competitor trying to sell you their service, so I would be suspicious of any claims they make. Checks are still a valid option, but the risks can be high. Anybody who takes checks will eventually get a bouncer, and the last thing I want to do is chase after somebody! I recommend that you wait several days until the check clears before shipping the merchandise, unless of course you already know the buyer. Credit cards are necessary in today's retail world - fully one half to two thirds of my retail business is with credit cards - and I couldn't possibly stay in business if I didn't take them. Perhaps you might consider altering your prices to include processing fees.

A good dose of dissing is a far cry from a blanket condemnation by someone who clearly doesn't know anything and just wants to stir things up.

Superb pianist! Took some heat from some critics because of his prodigious technique, but I think he backs it up with great ideas and powerful swing. Made a series of great albums for Contemporary (all available on OJC); also recorded for RCA, Atlantic, Pablo, & Roulette. I heard a few years ago that Capitol was going to reissue the two Roulette albums on one CD, but AFAIK it hasn't happened. Shanachie has released a great TV appearance he made in the early 1960's on VHS, don't know if this has made it to DVD yet.

Coleman Hawkins & Roy Eldridge At the Opera House (Verve)

Perhaps the same reason Johnny Hodges stopped playing soprano sax?

Many of these albums were issued long after Cash had left Sun. I believe many of the later releases repeat tracks from earlier ones. If these are programmed exactly as the original LP's were, there's going to be a lot of duplication.

And I'd bet that these are long term sales figures. Each of these records has achieved the status of an acknowledged classic, which has helped their continued sales over the years.

When Sonny Rollins signed with RCA back in 1961, it was for a figure that was considered to be pretty substantial at the time (can't recall the actual amount). I don't believe that "Alfie" was any more of a "hit" than a number of other Rollins LP's; it appears that Mr. Crouch is talking through his hat again. And as for the Marsalis reference, I'm with you Marty!!!

After Connie Kay's passing the MJQ did play a number of gigs with Mickey Roker and later Tootie Heath. Did anyone here ever hear this lineup?

I've been a satisfied Netflix customer for almost 2 years now. We were originally given a 6 month membership as a gift, and continued our membership after the gift period ran out. In the time we have been members we have seen a price increase and then a decrease to below the initial price. We are very happy with the service, and in a few instances when the disc arrived damaged, the replacement process was smooth and hassle-free. The turnaround time is usually 2 or 3 business days. Netflix has revolutionized the movie rental business, and Blockbuster and a few others are getting into the act now. Netflix is now offering a wider variety of plans to suit the needs of individuals, responding to the competion, I guess. I've been a 3-at-a-time member all along, and it works fine.

Canyon was primarily an R & B label. Swamp Dogg's first album "Total Destruction To Your Mind" was Canyon 7706. Swamp Dogg produced Doris Duke (2 LP's, I think) and Irma Thomas (at least one single, no album) for the label as well. I think the label was owned by Wally Roker. There is also a Canyon label which features Native American recordings - no connection.

Mine is not the current edition. I have the series of paperbacks with the brownish covers that came out in the 1980's.

My edition of Bruyninckx says November 5, 1957, San Francisco. I'd be willing to bet that this track can also be traced to Fantasy, but somebody's gotta sit down and compare tracks, and I just don't have the energy.

Bruyninckx has it wrong. "Jazz Latino" is actually "Bill B" from the Fantasy LP "Jazz at the Blackhawk". It runs 6:50. My edition of Bruyninckx shows "Jazz Latino" as being from the 1/20/57 Blackhawk session, but what Mr. B doesn't know is that it is simply a retitling of one of the tracks on the LP. Years ago I had a Crown LP that featured Dave Brubeck and Cal Tjader, among others. The Brubeck track was entitled "At a Perfume Counter", and the Tjader was "Jazz Latino". Eventually I determined that the Brubeck & Tjader tracks were from Fantasy, and once I had the Fantasy albums, there was no need to keep the Crown record, so I can't confirm the catalog number. However, I can tell you with certainty that these tracks are not exclusive to Crown. "At a Perfume Counter" was actually "Crazy Chris", btw, and I see that Raben does show this as being on Crown 5056/5288 as well as the Fantasy issues. So I guess that the Crown LP I had years ago was the one that was offered on Ebay.

There are different versions of this available. My copy is a little different from yours: 1. Crazy Time (aka Crazy Chris) 2. Blue Lou 3. Body and Soul 4. Cold Night 1. Journey's End - Cal Tjader 2. Big Boy (Part 1) 3. Groovin' High 4. Wash Out Big Boy - Lighthouse All Stars - June, 1952, location unknown Shorty Rogers (tp), Milt Bernhart (tb), Jimmy Giuffre (ts), Frank Patchen (p), Howard Rumsey (b), Shelly Manne (d) Groovin' High - "Just Jazz" All Stars - April 29, 1947, Pasadena, CA Howard McGhee (tp), Sonny Criss (as), Wardell Gray (ts), Dodo Marmarosa (p), Red Callendar (b), Jackie Mills (d) Cold Night - this track also appears on Crown 5008 (Jazz Surprise) as "High Time". The track features an R&B style tenor sax, no idea who it is. Wash Out - again, no details, but the alto player sounds an awful lot like Jackie McLean. Another track by the same alto player (These Foolish Things, issued on a Stan Getz LP on United) has been accredited to Sonny Stitt in some discographies, but I believe that this is false.

I had the pleasure of having Jimmy as a guest on my radio show one afternoon back in the 1980's. Needless to say, it was a delight and he was a gracious person who was happy to reminisce about his many experiences in music . I saw him a few more times in the following years and always enjoyed his company. This is very sad news.

The Commodore album is from a broadcast and has pretty good sound quality. It was first issued as a 2-LP set in the early 1980's, and later included on the Mosaic set. Kelley's playing is quite extraordinary, somewhere between Art Tatum and Lennie Tristano if you can imagine that. Unfortunately the music is hampered by a very mundane clarinet player (who happens to be the leader of the session), a Benny Goodman wannabe. The Arcadia album, not actually issued by the IAJRC but by a prominent member of the organization, Dick Raichelson, on his own label, is marred by poor sound quality. Some of the tracks were made on a defective tape recorder which did not erase what was previously on the tape, so there is interference. Still, it is worth checking out since there is so little Kelley in existence. Years ago I read an article about Kelley in Down Beat in which a broadcast of "Flying Home" from 1948, I think, was mentioned and praised. That track has yet to surface, to my knowledge.

I can't speak for other Monk compositions, but Brilliant Corners was definitely spliced together. Apparently the musicians were introduced to the tune at the recording session, and just couldn't make one flawless take.

Oh man, what a terrible day. NHOP and now Stan Levey. Just last week I was listening to "This Time the Drum's On Me" in the car and marvelling at Stan's beautiful playing!