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George Wein Amanda Beers Nancy Whiskey

I believe that the live recordings at the Haig by Wardell Gray, Art Pepper, Shorty Rogers, Sonny Criss, Warne Marsh & others were made by a young amateur recordist named Bob Andrews, who began shopping the tapes around in the 1970's. Sound quality varies, but is usually acceptable.

The first two are among my favorites as well. Cuban Fire is a definite winner, with charts by Johnny Richards and Lucky Thompson as featured soloist.

I dug all of her early stuff on Mercury/Emarcy, RCA Camden, United Artists, Mainstream, and Reprise. An extraordinary and unique singer.

Comfy chair, late night detective novel and a bag of those pretzels and I'm set. Oh and plenty of mouthwash before I crawl into bed. As much as I hate to admit it, I love 'em. Of course, that's why I never buy 'em. Can't eat just one (or six, or ten...)

Jane Froman Susan Hayward Haywood Henry

Mandy Moore Jackie Moore Garry Moore

I beg to differ, Ray. No one, and nothing can redeem that steaming pile. (And yes, I have the Ammons CD) Dan, I beg to differ with you. -_- I hated the tune until I heard Sarah Vaughan sing it - absolutely divine!

That's her first. I like these also:

A second thumbs up for this overlooked classic! Hard to classify - sort of a "singer-songwriter" soul record. Great tunes & singing, sparse production. Getting back to the theme of this thread - are we talking about Bonoff's covers of other people's material, or about people covering her tunes? I like her own recordings of the tunes that Linda Ronstadt made famous much better than Ronstadt's over-the-top versions. A few years ago I had developed enough of a liking for Bonoff's albums that I began to investigate a couple of her colleagues that I had ignored for years - specifically Wendy Waldman & Andrew Gold, but alas, they didn't have it. (edited for typo)

Cass Elliott Elliott Ingber Winged Eel Fingerling

Art Linkletter David Letterman Gene Mayl

Salvatore Dali Dalai Lama Dolly Parton

William Tallman Shorty McConnell Fats Domino

The sound problems are minor - this was before clip-on mics, and Sonny wanders around a bit, occasionally going off-mic, which is probably why it wasn't issued at the time. The music is wonderful - this is prime Sonny.

Butterfly McQueen Steve McQueen Freddie Mercury

Ben & Jerry Howard Johnson Baskin & Robbins

Randy Weston Weston Vaughn Vaughn Monroe

Stone Phillips John Phillips Denny Doherty

J J Wiggins Gerry Wiggins Jiggs Whigham

Pick Withers Jane Withers Josephine the Plumber

Maurice Gosfield Joe E. Ross Harvey Lembeck

After Milton Brown's death in 1936, Durwood took over leadership of the Brownies, and recorded 14 sides in 1937. All of them are on the Milton Brown boxed set on Texas Rose. The dominant soloist was Lefty Perkins on steel guitar, but Durwood may have a few spots.

It has been reported on Jazz Corner that bassist Walter Booker died Thursday night. This has been a rough week!

Booth Tarkington Duke Ellington Mr. Skeffington