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Always dug Philly's playing on Hank Mobley's "No Room For Squares", Freddie Hubbard "Goin' Up", Kenny Dorham "Whistle Stop".

Another fan here! These later recordings are really eye-opening. Her voice is deeper, mure mature than tha voice we know from her 20's and 30's sides. Thanks for the link!

I avoided "Basie Meets Bond" for years until I gave it a chance. The way Jaws comes in on "Goldfinger" is magic! Also love "5 By Monk By 5". "Buttercorn Lady" gets no respect! I like it. It was "Hold On I'm Coming" (also on Limelight) that sucked. But I'll bet there's somebdy in the wings ready to tell me how much they like that one! In regards to Monk's Columbia albums, I'd place "Monk's Dream", "Criss Cross" and "Big Band and Quartet In Concert" right alongside any of his records for other labels in terms of greatness.

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I heard about Lee for years, but never warmed to her. One night about 25 years ago, I heard a track on the radio ("Maybe You'll Be There", I seem to recall), and suddenly I got it. Have been a huge fan ever since.

This has long been among my favorite Woody albums, lots of spirit on this one!

I looked up the song (Here, There and Everywhere) on ASCAP's web site, and among the artists who had recorded it was pianist David Benoit. A search through Benoit's many albums on his website and on AMG did not pinpoint which recotd it's on, but this could possibly be him.

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These guys must be listening on earphones. I've gone through more than one edition as well, and I've never heard it. Something about our advancing years, maybe?

"You stick around, Jack - it will show" -"Something" -not sure which album, I've got it on the Reprise box set.

Nice to find out the name of the trumpet soloist on "Wonderland By Night' after all these years. It was a big hit when I was in high school.

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Funny you should mention that release. I've been meaning to start a thread on that date. It's a much later set, about five years later. Also a nice date, also not essential to my ears. I'd rate it higher than the Jordan date. I like this session. It is very much a Lee Morgan date, Lee having written most of the tunes. Lee doesn't even play on about half of the Jordan record, although I think everyone else plays very well.

My understanding is that it is a reissue of one of the LP's, with bonus tracks.

I'll defer to Chuck on the details, but thought the sound was quite acceptable. Comparable to other Alan Grant shows, which are usually decent, even if the piano is sub-par.

I've heard this already (Bob is a friend). You guys are gonna be happy!

Yeah, but in practice, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nID8wS5Gnlk... This is basically the Hollies' arrangement. Scott's own version is not so bright and cheery. It appears on the Warner Bros. LP "Robert William Scott".

Yes - a very interesting musical figure. Began his career as a jazz pianist, had a pop hit "Chain Gang" in the mid-1950's, pursued a career as a singer, songwriter, arranger, composer, and record producer in the 1960's. Developed a style of singing that borders on R&B, made a series of vocal albums for Mercury, ABC, Atlantic, Warner Bros in the 1960's and 70's, culminating in the early 90's with a masterpiece entitled "Slowly" for Music Masters. On that final album, his voice had descended into Tom Waits territory, but his delivery was very moving. I've been a big fan for a long time.

...shudder... I think Diamond may have recorded it, but Bobby Scott is the composer. Never liked the tune until I heard Scott's version.

Anybody ever heard (composer) Bobby Scott's original version? It's very different from the Hollies take.

It is Clarke. Not his best work, imo, but it resurrected their status in the US. The success of Long Cool Woman and the accompanying LP, Distant Light, prompted Clarke to leave the band, although he was back on board a year later.

There's a lot to recommend among their early 70's recordings, although as times changed, so did their music. "Moving Finger" (aka "Confessions of the Mind" in the UK) is very good. I also like "Another Night" a lot, and many ot the other 70's albums have some fine tunes. "30th Anniversary Collection" is a superb 3-CD set that covers the early years in depth, and contains the best of the 1970's, including a few rare masterpieces such as "Wings" & "Can't Tell the Bottom From the Top", two of my favorite Hollies songs. From the mid-70's on, their records came to be dominated somewhat by synth keyboard, a distraction to be sure, although the vocals were still strong. Their first album after the departure of Graham Nash was a collection of Dylan songs. It's not very good, and it turned me off to them for a long time. Eventually I began to investigate some of the subsequent albums, and I found that I liked them a lot. Still don't dig the Dylan record.

While the covers can vary, the pressings are usually very good. Warner/Reprise seems to be the main source, but there are other sessions produced by Albert Marx (owner of Discovery/Trend) that were originally issued on Cadence, Atlantic, and other labels. Marx may have retained ownership of those masters.

Vocalist, recorded with Benny Goodman 1939, Jack Jenney 1939, Will Bradley 1940. Must be up there in years by now!