Ted O'Reilly

Steve's a terrific bassist, and over the last couple of years has shown he's a fine writer... You can dip into his jazz stories alone on the menu on the right side of his home page at http://wallacebass.com/ (scroll down a bit). But he knows his baseball, too...

A lovely lady, and a fine singer...RIP, Jackie. A very recent blog by bassist Steve Wallace tells an amusing story about her: http://wallacebass.com/?p=3221

I recall Duke being live on TV during the moon landing (was it CBS?) and playing/singing/talking...doing an original? Others will have details, but at least he was "almost" there. That looks like the set for the appearance, as I recall. Whoops! Didn't see JSangrey's response above... ABC, not CBS.

Her speaking voice, yes! But the story (possibly apochryphal) is that a very young Andy Williams recorded the vocal tracks for Ms. Bacall... Anyone know for sure?

The Columbia (Bennett's label) sessions were Dec.22 & 30, 1958. The Roulette (Basie's label) session followed, on Jan.3 & 5, 1959. As to when they were released, I dunno...

Mandel's piece led to this: http://www.jessamyn.com/barth/kingofjazz.html Funny!

Was not Ms. Jones' debut recorded released on BlueNote only in N. America? Wasn't it on Capitol in the rest of the world?

Add Moe Koffman (you know, the Swingin' Shepherd Blues guy) to the list of guys Frankie Dunlop recorded with: his first recording in 1948. In fact, Dunlop didn't record again until the Mingus sessions for Tijuana Moods in 1957!

A lot, indeed! I've known Steve since he was a teenager, and while his musical talents were evident more than three decades ago, he's only shown his more-than-considerable writing skills in the last few years. A more recent item than the Webster posting is Steve's lengthy take on the unjustly overlooked Bill Harris.

How about the late Jimmy Amadie? Special circumstances kept him off the scene, and I've only ever heard his few recordings, but he sure sounded good...

Or returned to the artists. Yup, that's an alternative. I know that with any of my releases, it was a buyout from the artist. (Artist meaning the graphic person, not the musical one. That's what you meant, too, isn't it?)

Interesting that the cover art items would be in Lundvall's personal collection. I'd think they would belong to the record companies...

I didn't read every word on every post, but is there no mention of the wonderful 1973 solo piano releases on Sackville? I was in the studio when they were recorded, and I think I'm still hearing and digesting what he played...

The draw is seeded to avoid too many top teams having to fight it out in one group and therefore losing teams to the competition to early when they don't qualify from the group (top two qualify from each grup into knockout round). The First names in each group came from the same pot in the drawer and so on through the group places. Seeding was based on the FIFA World rankings. Thanks! I almost understand...

Pardon my ignorance ( of soccer/football, and other things), but are the groupings in any way 'seedings', or are they completely random, selected like bingo balls?

I wouldn't call him 'obscure', but certainly under-recognized is Hod O'Brien. And in Toronto, we had (he died a couple of years back) a fine pianist, Ian Bargh (as in 'barge').

You could be...I think I'm the only one in Canada... I recall a Guest Star appearance by Ann B. Davis on the old "I've Got A Secret" show... She came out wearing roller skates, would answer a question, roll around behind the curtain, come out and answer another question, repeat and repeat. The panel never guessed that it was Ann and her identical twin sister alternating! Two peas in a pod, indeed! A great stunt, and one that obviously I've never forgotten.

I wonder if this would have happened to Anne Sophie Mutter's violin? I doubt if she carries duct tape...

Limericks are poetry? I guess... The late Canadian orchestra conductor Sir Ernest MacMillan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_MacMillan) was, from all reports, a bit of a wag, and loved limericks. Here's one credited to him, which I passed on to George Shearing (a fellow wag) who loved it: On the breasts of a barmaid in Wales Was tattooed the prices of ales, And on her behind, For the sake of the blind, The same information, in Braille.

...or at least, a limerick: There was a young lady of Chester, Who idolized Victor Sylvester, Till a jazz buff seduced her And then introduced her To Louis, Count Basie and Lester.

I'm with you, Duaneiac... Can't believe it took this long to have CT's name turn up. I did a daily jazz radio gig for 37 years, and of course met and talked with hundreds of guys, the vast majority of whom were good to be with. Some, for their warmth, others for their smarts and wit (and sometimes even "meanness"), as we all like gossip... But the guy who was always welcome at my house was Clark, whom I remember best sitting on the floor with my two-year old daughter, talking about their imaginary friends: hers, 'Boobah', his, 'Pickles'. Clark did her the honour of letting Pickles stay at our house for vacations. I think he's still here, at least in her heart.

Thanks.... I guess it's much earlier than I recall. But in my mind, he's still singular, so there's no need to distinguish him from any other Jo Jones. (Even the distinguished "Philly" Joe Jones.

...and here's another Papa Jo Jones question: when did people start referring to him as "Papa"? I don't think I ever heard that under possibly the 1980s. And maybe it was the name of a recording...