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Words I NEVER want to hear while record shopping: "Honey, I'm gonna wait in the car." My mind reels at the number of sales I've lost because the wife came in and said, "Honey, are you done yet?"

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This is a question I have been asked hundreds of times. Apparently some people were just dropped onto the planet this morning.

I don't have an exact date, but I believe Joe passed within the last year or two.

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Berigan led his own big band beginning in 1937, which recorded extensively for Victor. The music is of pretty high quality with many classics in amongst the more commercial sides. Also recorded with Benny Goodman's band in 1935 and with Tommy Dorsey in 1937. Both associations yielded a number of classics, icluding King Porter Stomp, Sometimes I'm Happy (Goodman), Song of India, Marie (Dorsey). These are essentials for the Berigan fan. Chronological Classics and Hep have issued several volumes of his Victor sides, none of which are on the Mosaic.

THis obit claims she was 94. According to most sources, she was born October 15, 1915, which makes her 91. http://www.americanpress.com/index.php?opt...&Itemid=105 Lake Charles-born Nellie Lutcher, a stylish jazz vocalist and pianist who was a top-selling recording artist in the 1940s and '50s, died Friday in Los Angeles. She was 94. Lutcher's hits included "Hurry on Down," "He's a Real Gone Guy" and "Fine Brown Frame." She sang a duet with Nat King Cole, "Can I Come in for a Second." Lutcher also had a novelty song she wrote about her hometown. It was "Lake Charles Boogie," and the lyrics included: "This little ditty / is a song about the city / where I was born." She performed well into her 70s. "My mom was a fighter," her son, Talmidge Lewis of Concord, Calif., told the American Press. "The things she believed in most were loyalty and family." Local rediscovery Lutcher's death comes at the same time her hometown had already begun a series of events saluting her life in music. The Imperial Calcasieu Museum, in conjunction with the American Press and others, has been organizing exhibits and tribute to Lutcher for this fall - timed to coincide with what would have been Lutcher's 95th birthday. Last month, rising artists Wendy Colonna, Eleisha Eagle and Breanna Fye appeared in a joint concert to raise money for the exhibit. Family tributes American Press Staff Writer Eric Cormier, who arrived in Los Angeles the day before her death in order to interview her, was with a Lutcher family member Friday when the news came by telephone. "My Aunt Nellie just died," jazz musician Daryl Jackson Munyungo, her nephew, told the American Press after hanging up. He got the call from another Lutcher nephew, Gene Jackson, who had been managing the ailing jazz great's affairs. Lutcher had been in failing health, battling pneumonia and other ailments before entering hospice care. "She was a fighter to the end," Jackson said. "She had told the family, 'I'm going to go when I'm ready to go.'" Of her renewed local recognition in Lake Charles - events which now double as tributes, he said, "We are very happy that Lake Charles is going to recognize her. This is an opportunity for all her fans, young and old, to honor her." Lutcher's life Nellie Lutcher was the oldest child of Isaac "Skinner" Lutcher, a bass player who worked for a packing company on the lakefront, and Susie Lutcher, who lost five of her 15 children to death during infancy. At age 8, she was as assistant pianist at New Sunlight Baptist Church in Lake Charles under pastor was M.T. Jackson. Lutcher attended Second Ward School and performed in the school orchestra. As a teenager, she played the piano briefly with the Imperial Orchestra, then the Southern Rhythm Boys, a local group of musicians from Texas and Louisiana. At 11, she played piano for blues singer Ma Rainey. In 1935, Lutcher moved to Los Angeles. She played piano with small groups. She signed with Capitol Records in 1947. over the next several years, her songs ranked on the pop, jazz and R&B charts. She also recorded with the Decca, Epic and Liberty labels. In 1952, she was honored on Ralph Edwards' NBC-TV show "This Is Your Life." Lutcher was only African American woman to serve on the board of directors of the Los Angeles Musicians Union. She had been a member since 1947. By BRETT DOWNER AMERICAN PRESS

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Thank you, Chris. I've owned and treasured this LP for many years.

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Agree. There are a few interesting interviews (Dorothy and ?? (ex-wives), Clark Terry, Gus Johnson (I think it was)). The material gets stretched waaaaay too far. The same soundie clips play many times. The only new-to-me film is with BG's band. And the same still photos are filmed over and over, mainly to fill time(?) I saw the film in Boston when the director premiered it. There are a few interesting interviews, but overall the film is a mess. The interview with Gus Johnson (already deeply afflicted with Alzheimer's) is embarassing. The inept "artsiness" is laughable. In his talk after the film, Revett admitted that getting clearance rights for the music was way too expensive, so he stretched what he had.

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I heard these in my store: Spaced out dude looks out the window while standing at the register, and says, "Is it raining outside, or am I high on acid?" (it wasn't) ******** Me: "I'm sorry, we can't buy these records. They're all scratched." Customer: "Can't you just iron out the scratches?" ******** "Do you know where I can get a pair of quad headphones?" ******** "That's just the tip of the icebox."

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That's what I've heard...well haven't heard. Don't know who owns the LP, but my feeling is that we won't see a cd reissue ever of this one. Can anyone provide an idea of just how bad this one is, from a listening experience? Didn't it pretty much ended McLean's recording career for some time after this one? I heard the LP when it came out (which is a long time ago). It is basically a disco album with strings, as I recall, and one track features a recitation by Jackie. As commercial efforts go, this one was a dismal failure. John Handy's "Hard Work" is at least a catchy track, and presumably John made a few bucks. Bill Evans' "Theme From the VIP's" is also a dud.

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The original quartet reunited a few times over the years: - for the "Benny Goodman Story", a dumb film with great music. - and, a fabulous session recorded for RCA in 1963. The band is in great form, and the sound is fantastic.

Help me with this - does the estate have any rights regarding the reissue of a legitimate album? I wonder if the undoctored tapes (this date is a studio recording with dubbed applause) can't be found?