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I have checked in Rust's jazz & dance band books. Neither is complete, as many of his sides are vocals with piano accompaniment, and therefore fall outside the purview of either book. Perfect 14938 is listed, and the dates match the site. Interestingly, Jack Teagarden is said to be present on the 1/25/28 date, and he does solo. The track is reissued on a Teagarden LP. Actually, not true. The LP has a different take!

Brian Rust's Dance Band discography has a full listing for Robison. Unfortunately the book is out of print. If you can provide me with titles and catalog numbers, I'd be happy to look them up for you.

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I believe McCuen was later involved (perhaps owned) the Mega label, successful with a few country releases, but also recorded Larry Coryell, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, etc. I met him once at a convention of the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors in Nashville in the early 80's. At that time he was involved with the country music scene in Nashville. Don't know if Mega was still in existence by that time.

Keep 'em coming. Every time there's a new batch, I like to scroll down, guessing who they are before seeing the caption!

Cootie Williams, isn't it? Not Buck Clayton.

If the material is over 50 years old, I don't believe that the seller is violating any copyright laws in Europe. However, a CDR is not a CD, and he should have made that clear. If he refuses to take it back or provide you a refund, I'd make a claim against him, and if that doesn't go your way, give him a negative.

Hep 3-CD set does not contains broadcasts. These are studio recordings, mostly for RCA Victor.

Looks like Red Rodney to me. Lower face doesn't look like Red to me. I agree with Chuck. I don't think it's Rodney. The only Savoy date on which Trummy and Dexter appear together is the Elk's Auditorium live gig on July 6, 1947, originally issued on Bop (probably a Reig created label) and later issued on Savoy. Eliminating all the obvious names, other musicians on the date included Barney Kessel, Russ Freeman, Harry Babasin. I don't think it's any of them although I'm not ruling Freeman out. The only other names are the unknowns Leroy Gray and Ken Kennedy.

Not Ravi Shanker - I believe it's L. Shankar.

This really hurts. Have always loved Fathead's soulful spirit. I'll be listening tonight!

I had the LP many years ago - didn't think it was worth keeping. Nothing special really happens on this session.

Great news to start the new year!

I believe Bloomfield was bipolar - periods of great intensity and creativity, intermittent with unreliablity and disappearance. Eventually fell into "self-medication" which ultimately caused his early demise. For a few years in the late 60's he was exceptional, before he lost control. I saw him with Butterfield and with the Electric Flag, and he was amazing!

I agree. This is an affectionate tribute, albeit a little bizarre. Pops is beloved worldwide.

Billy Pierce is third from left, standing behind James Williams.

It's interesting to see people damning Gerry Mulligan with faint praise here. I for one am a big Mulligan fan, and have a lot of respect for him as a player and as a composer/arranger. While his most famous work is probably the original quartet with Chet Baker, I can see where some people might dismiss him as glib. I love the sextet with Zoot and Brookmeyer (some of the best Zoot on record), the big band, and the collaborations with Stan Getz, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, Thelonious Monk, & Paul Desmond. And I also think that some of his greatest playing was relatively late in his career.

Dave, The Chantays were a surf guitar group, and the Pipeline is the name of a Hawaiian surf break. I believe Dave was talking about "One Toke Over the Line". "Pipeline" doesn't have any lyrics!

Fountain played with the Welk band 1957-59 - would have been long gone by 1963. Doesn't anybody think it's odd that the band was lip-synching to the record, even though this was a live music show??? Can't have been a good career move for the Chantays, appearing on the squarest of shows, but I guess an opportunity to appear on national TV was too good to pass up. Of course they were never heard from again...

Speak for yourself. When you say "we'd all", that doesn't include me! My reaction would've been the same, regardless of who was playing it. Great chops, yes. Great solo? I don't think so.

This has been discussed before: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...toller+big+band

Zoot Sims, guesting with the Les Brown band, on Brown's album "Jazz Song Book". Beautiful!

Mountain at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, MA, 1970. Opening acts were Miles Davis & Seatrain, both of whom played at reasonable volume. My ears were ringing for days.

These seem to be straight reissues of LP's from the Jazz Archives label. Not live, marginal quality.

Another Birthday, already? This is getting monotonous....