Ted O'Reilly

Thanks... Didn't see the earlier one.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/arts/music/herb-jeffries-singing-star-of-black-cowboy-films-dies-at-100.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/herb-jeffries-jazz-balladeer-and-star-of-all-black-cowboy-movies-dies/2014/05/26/a2416490-c5da-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html

Who else is on it? Never heard of that one! FYI, it's this one: Amazon Yes, I picked that up...and the buggers didn't use my English-language liner notes! Unless, of course, they translated them into Japanese, and that's what's inside. Yeah, that's the ticket!

Me too, with "the fiber-optic thing". I just did a speed test: download was 17.45 MBPS, upload 10.73.

It looks like Gene DiNovi is the pianist on most of the Chubby Jackson release. Gene's now a long-time Torontonian, and still highly active. I wonder if he might be the only one on the list still alive and playing?

...but not a single picture of the Eiffel Tower. They shoulda checked with Organissimo for suggestions!

These are all fine mainstream records, most were recorded live but don't suffer for that. If I recall correctly, the Eddie Miller one was done in a studio, and it's a lovely little gem. I don't think any of this material has seen life on CDs, and that's a shame. They are more than just souvenirs for the faithful who were there. Too bad I don't do LPs any more...

Yes, it is, by about 3 weeks...

To take it back to the original context, ONE record that I keep coming back to is Vic Dickenson Showcase...

Mikeweil, you ask: "Are there any other sessions with Jacquet accompanying a singer?" I don't know how obscure you want to go, but I have an LP of Jacquet (with organist Milt Buckner and Jo Jones on drums) and singer Jodie Drake on a couple of tracks. It's a recording from a concert in a small Ontario town (Minden) sponsored by the local Rotary Club. Ms. Drake was Detroit-born, but a long-time Torontonian who here, did a pretty job on a blues and Ain't Misbehavin' and Sophisticated Lady. Details are in the Lord disco.

Hmmm....You callin' McCarthy Satan??? Of all the joke categories I can think of, Baseball Jokes may be the rarest. There are funny stories (Dizzy Dean, Garagiola, Uecker) but jokes? Thanks for these, Larry and Matthew.

Looks like a Toblerone candy bar. Not exactly pocketable, is it?

I'm certainly no guru, but I have Windows 7 home, too, and it does the same thing. If I come back and it's a black screen I just hit "BACK" (though I think any key would work), but then have to log on again. I don't know if that's universal or the way my machine was set up, but it works for me...

Not being a sweets person other than Edison (I like salty/savoury) I don't pay much attention to the candy bar section. But Mr. Big's still around, I think: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury_Mr._Big

Also, the French "Jazz Originals" series produced by Henri Renaud issued the Epics ['The Rhythm Section' (LN 3271) and "After Hours Jazz" (LN 3339)] as a 2-CD set on Columbia 477402 2. "The Rhythm Section" was all Jones/Galbraith/Hinton/Johnson from April and May 1956. "After Hours Jazz" (a compilation release) had That 4some on 3 tracks from the April and May sessions, added a vibist (Marty Wilson) on one; Candoli on one; Cleveland one; and Quill on one track. The 5 other tracks on "After Hours Jazz" don't have The 4Some...

The Artie Shaw band's "S'Wonderful" (recorded 1945.01.09) was arranged by Ray Conniff. Conniff used the same arrangement (with a bit of editing and changing reeds for voices, dropping solos and solo BGs) on his mid-'50s Columbia debut recording, called (of all things!) 'S Wonderful. The tempo is identical, and if you have both versions and can sync them, they match perfectly. It's a great arrangement, I think. Kasparli, just to add.... Is there any reason to think that Nelson Riddle is NOT the arranger of Ella's version? Many leader/arrangers use some ghost writers, of course, but why wouldn't Riddle be the arranger?

Both those Mills/Basie albums have great arrangements, too...on the first by Dick Hyman, with Chico Hamilton on the second.. And, I wonder if Dean Martin ever sent a royalty cheque to Harry Mills? He certainly owed about 90% of his style to Harry...

Hmmm... The ad that popped up at the bottom of the page was for CD-Rs...a choice of 7 brands!

I'm in exactly the same position, with an older Bosch maker and no available replacement carafe. I'm going to follow the Consumer Reports suggestion and get a 40-buck Mr. Coffee, make the coffee and immediately pour it into a pre-heated thermal carafe. Think that'll work?

I agree -- most likely Charlie Albertine. (Albertine wrote the theme and most cues for the soap opera Days Of Our Lives. How about that!?!)

Hart: "ermines and pearls" to rhyme with "rest of the girls" Sinatra: "Lincolns and Fords" to rhyme with "rest of the broads" Doesn't work for me, but maybe with a Noo Joisey accent...

From the more jazz-traditional side, there's a terrific LP (never on CD?) by the World's Greatest Jazz Band of Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart. And another that always appeals by the Black Eagle Jazz Band...

Wow, that was nice, Ted. Thanks for posting. Jerry was such a lovely player. Puts me in a Paul Desmond frame of mind. Couple of questions - did you take those pics? I'm sure you were at the session. Anyway, it's a wonderful collage and great to see all the guys from some 30 years ago. Also I know Jerry was sadly afflicted with Alzheimer's and went to live in a nursing home. Has he passed away? And speaking of alto players, Boss Brass and Woods (made shortly after this recording) is one of the best big band albums ever recorded. Ever. Period. (IMHO, of course). . But seriously. Sad to say, Jerry Toth passed away in March 1999. There's a Wikipedia page about him... I think I took some of the pictures there, of the producer Fernando Gelbard at 0:37, and 0:54. That's me at 1:13, in my smoking days (and Tennessee Tuxedo). And speaking of alto players, the guy who sat beside Jerry Toth was a pretty good bop alto, Moe Koffman. This live performance also has some hot Sam Noto trumpet, too. Gee, You Tube has my old theme song, also. Rob wrote T.O. for me, and later, T.O.2 as a closing theme...

Jerry Toth.

Pint(s) raised at the pub, indeed. How noble, to share a birthday with the date-of-passing with Aldous Huxley...and someone else, too.