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Mr. Bassman was sent his own disc. Discussion will begin on Wednesday.

LIke some of you, I always tape it, and run through it the next day. There have been moments in past shows that made me glad I had seen them, although I agree that 90% of it is dreck. It was nice to see Keely Smith, who was in pretty good voice, I thought, and I heartily agree that Kid Rock needs to be silenced, asap! The John Fogerty/Jerry Lee/Little Richard segment was interesting. Jerry Lee was just plain terrible, and this is coming from a long time fan. Richard, however, still has the goods. And, they are the same age (72). Like many, I've been hearing about Winehouse all year, and was curious to find out what all the excitement was about. I didn't think she was all that bad. That accent, though. Jeez! Alicia Keys gets two numbers, why? The first one, with Sinatra, was forgettable, and demonstrates why rock & R&B singers don't understand how to perform a standard tune. The "emoting" amounts to oversinging, or "over-souling" as somebody called it. However, I kinda liked her later number - somewhat over the top, but entertaining, at least for the few minutes it was on. I also thought the Beatles segment was OK. Didn't change my life, but it was entertaining. The truncated "Rhapsody in Blue" was quite lame, and pretty stiff. The Chinese (?) pianist was a ham. All gesture, little nuance. Although I didn't think much of the Hancock album, I'm glad too see a (sometime) jazz artist get the best album award.

All of the overseas discs have been sent. The domestic discs will be mailed today. Discussion thread will be opened on Wednesday, Feb. 13. There's still plenty of time, if any more want to participate. PM me and your disc will go out asap.

I kinda like the cover. The music is sublime.

The overseas discs were sent out today. I'll send out the domestic discs Friday. Discussion can begin sometime next week, not sure exactly when yet. IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO GET IN ON THIS ONE! COME ON, PEOPLE!

Handy made three records for Roulette in 1959-1961. Two of them were issued at the time - "In the Vernacular" (52042) and "No Coast Jazz" (52058). After his first Columbia album ("Live at Monterey") was a hit a few years later, Roulette issued the third album "Jazz" (52121) around 1967. They later repackaged the earlier albums. I believe "Quote Unquote" is a compilation of tracks from the first two, or is a straight reissue of "In the Vernacular", which contains a track entitled "Quote Unquote".

Great story! Thanks for posting it.

Jack, Keep in mind that we normally try to let the existing BFT play out (in terms of discussion) before opening the new one. I know we're into February and its a short month, but I'd hate to tread on Al's fine discs, and there are several people yet to be heard from on his BFT. I'll let Big Al decide when it's time to wrap his up. At that time I'll open the new discussion thread.

The BFT is now ready. I'll be sending out the overseas discs in the next day or two, and will send the domestic discs Wednesday or Thursday. We can begin discussion next weekend. It's not too late to sign up!! I created this set primarily with the idea to provide some good listening, not necessarily to stump people!

Drefinitely remember them from when I was a kid riding with my parents.

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BFT #55 will be ready early next week. PM me with your mailing address if you would like to participate. Since I am somewhat technologically challenged, this will not be uploaded. I will mail the discs out the old fashioned way. Discussion will commence when enough people notify me that they have received the discs I am planning one disc for this set, but I'm gonna try to fill it with good stuff! So far, this is who has signed up: Big Al Dan Gould Bright Moments mikeweil sidewinder king ubu Mr. Bassman ghost of miles WorldB3 Nate Dorward Tom Storer The Magnificent Goldberg Spontooneous Marty Jazz Thom Keith

I tried this morning around 7:30 and couldn't get on.

It may have to do with how often you use it. If you use it infrequently, they may let you pass, but if you keep coming back, then they ask for a subscription. I find it to be a valuable resource, so I paid the fee.

Burns also told us of Stan Getz's arrest for attempting hold up a drug store. Elsewhere I heard that he had some ability as a saxophonist.

There is no mention of timbales either in the discographical section or in Will Friedwald's liner notes. Johnny Rae is listed on drums only, and Vicente on conga is credited for the 2nd & 3rd sessions. Tjader is shown on vibes only. Also checked Ruppli's Verve discography - no mention of timbales there, either.

All of this later Pres is fine. You need to check out the Commodore, Keynote, and Aladdin sessions for some of the greatest Pres on record.

I remember reading an interview with Mobley in the early 70's, possibly in Down Beat, where he said he was pissed at Blue Note for not releasing one of his best sessions. Of course, he was referring to this one. I bought it when it came out in the Rainbow series, and was thrilled to hear a "different" side of Hank. A beautiful session. I think that Blue Note was struggling financially at the time, and probably didn't feel that a record such as this would have sold. The Rainbow series contains a number of sides that just weren't commercial enough for the mid to late 60's. I've never felt the need for an upgrade. Although this series has lame covers, I like the pressings fine.

One track from this set, "Tippin'", was issued on a Phontastic CD of Newport '58 tracks in the early 90's. It'll be nice to have the whole set.

I've owned the LP for many years. One of Cannonball's most overlooked classics!

Nor to anyone else's, unfortunately. As a dealer, I can tell you that 1940's big band 78's are quite common and pretty worthless, regardless of musical quality.

Big fan here too! I'd been hearing she was ill, so this doesn't come as a surprise, but I'm still saddened. Beautiful, smart, funny.

He enjoyed quite a bit of popullarity in the late 50's/early 60's, but is largely forgotten today. I can remember being intrigued with his music at one point, especially by his impressive chops, but ultimately I came to the conclusion that his stuff is just a little too precious, too self-important (don't know if that's the right expression) for my tastes.

The Gumbo session is classic - a real New Orleans feel on several of the tracks. Pony and Booker play great. The bonus tracks with Larry Young were unreleased. It's not hard to understand why - the drummer is a stiff.

Actually, these sides were recorded in Memphis by Sam Phillips, who sold the masters to the Biharis.