Stereojack

Dr. Gillespie Raymond Massey Lionel Barrymore

Aaron Burr Raymond Burr Burr Tillstrom

Blue Note began a new series when they decided to record vocalists. There were only two releases in this series, the other (9002) was by Sheila Jordan.

RFK JFK LBJ

Roland Winters Sidney Toler Warner Oland

I saw her in "Freaky Friday", when I had never heard of her, and I have to say she was really good. Since becoming a celebrity, her appeal has worn very thin. The hoarse voice, the skanky "party girl" image, it's getting tiresome. Liked her in "Prairie Home Companion" though, so maybe there's hope.

Roy Bookbinder Richard Manuel Robert Primer

Doug Henning David Copperfield Oliver Twist

Mommy Dearest Joan Crawford Faye Dunaway

Jack Daniels Johnny Walker Old Thompson

Mel Blanc Jesse White Judith Light

Cootie Williams Bugs Bunny Beetle Bailey

It's my favorite track on that album as well.There is something special about it. Mine too. The beauty of the track is that it falls amidst several more aggressive tracks. This session covers a lot of ground stylistically. There are times when the musicians seem to be tugging at one another, other times when it just falls into place beautifully. I had the original LP for years, bought the first CD to get the extra material.

Henry Hull Henry Higgins Eliza Doolittle

Troy Donahue Phil Donahue Marlo Thomas

Apparently it is rare on CD. I've sold a number of these on vinyl, and the winning bids were all in the 75-125 range.

Jimmy Forrest Tree Rollins Marla Maples

Happy Cauldwell Smiley Lewis Crying Sam Collins

Jeez, I'm embarassed! I thought the Rosnes track was Monk himself! I guess that's why even though I knew the tune, I wondered if this might be an alternate take of the original Monk LP track. It was familiar and unfamilar at the same time. I give these musicians credit on the one hand for so closely duplicating the sound of the original band, but then I have to wonder, what's the point? The Hank track was so completely out of Horace Silver, that I assumed it to be Horace. Oh well, and I've had this record for decades, too! And Nick Brignola - the clarinet wasn't quite as facile as I'm used to from Buddy DeFranco, but I attributed that to Buddy's age. Gotta find out who that piano is!

I know the answers have already been posted, but even though I'm late coming to this party, I wanted to get my comments in. Haven't looked at anybody's posts or the answers. BFT #38 Disc 2 1. Jackie! There’s no mistaking Jackie, although I can’t place the session. A quartet – I wonder if the leader might be the pianist, Mal Waldron, maybe? 2. Horace Silver! This sounds like it’s one of the early albums with the Blue Mitchell-Junior Cook front line. Either “Finger Poppin’” or the one with “Sister Sadie” (having been trying to come up with the title of that LP for 3 days, but I refuse to cheat by looking it up). Anyway, great stuff! 3. Thelonious Monk – “Bright Mississippi”, from “Monk’s Dream”. A marvelously simple tune, with the perennial Sweet Georgia Brown changes. Charlie Rouse, John Ore, Frankie Dunlop. This I’ll never get tired of. 4. At first I was struck by the masterful piano intro – this guy really knows how to bring out the beauty in a tune without over-embellishing it. An then when the clarinet came in, I recognized it – Buddy DeFranco & Dave McKenna, I’m pretty sure. An intro I’ve always loved, to a classic tune – “More Than You Know”. 5. No idea who this is, very 1970’s. I know I would’ve liked it back then – am drawn more to acoustic sounds these days. 6. This has to be George Coleman. Big George has a few albums with this lineup, and I’m not gonna cheat trying to pin this one down – is that Billy Higgins on drums? 7. An interesting line and unusual instrumentation. I’d guess that this one dates from the 70’s. What is that harmonica-like instrument - an early synthesiser? Take it away. The whole thing falls apart when the tenor isn’t playing. :rsmile: 8. Can’t place this, although it could be the same tenor as on track 7. Joe Farrell maybe? 9. This seems to be an audience recording. Normally I wouldn’t be drawn to this kind of thing, but there’s no denying the energy generated, especially by the tenor player. 10. Here’s the same group as on track 9 – a little more cluttered to these ears. I had a better time with disc 2, maybe because it started off with a few things I actually knew!

Willard Scott Scott McKenzie McKenzie Phillips

Shaky Nancy Shake Keane Shaquille O'Neal

Donald Fagen Walter Becker Arnie Becker

I loved all these albums back in the day, but was disappointed in the albums that came from the later lineups. 2 or 3 years ago Lee toured (the backing band was Baby Lemonade, I believe) with a full entourage including strings and horns, performing the entire "Forever Changes" album. I was out of town when they played Boston (dammit!) but heard that the show was good and that Lee was in fine voice. Some time later a DVD was released of one of the shows, and it's really good! To see and hear a classic performed live was really a treat, not unlike the live "Pet Sounds" & "Smile" shows.

William Castle Joel Fort Pancho Villa