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The Little Dutch Girl The Windmill Girls Cochrane's Young Ladies

Mother Carey's Chickens Cock o' the North The Bastard from the Bush

Charles Trenet Alix Combelle Christian Belest

S.C.U.M. Lorena Bobbitt Mrs. Hacksaw

Lady McGowan Brad Gowans Brangelina

damn!

I couldn't agree more.....the guys got paid for the gig. OK they didn't sign 'buy-out' contracts in those days but ....people who should know better (this forum excepted) appear to be imagining riches tumbling down from the sale of this material. I'm sure anyone involved in reissuing vintage jazz material on CDs could chill such expectations. Especially after the costs of digitizing, repair and processing are taken into account. And publishing royalties and design and packaging and booklet notes. I wonder what the world sales figure would be for a disc whose main attraction is some previously unheard Chu Berry? Chu's one of my heroes but I wonder if we're talking even 1000 units....

Rita the Meter Maid Rita Reyes King Bhumibol Adulyadej

I presume the recent King of Thailand doubled clarinet....

L. S. Lowry Matchstick Men Vesta Victoria

King Mutt and His Tennessee Thumpers Mutley Gromit

Sheila Jordan Chick Webb Alan Broadbent

Gog Magog Yog-Sothoth

Vile Bodies The Filthistan Trio The Grimethorpe Colliery Band

Erlanger Klamm K.

J Arthur Bill William Jauderell

Alton Purnell Mezzo Mezzrow Guido Basso

I always liked Sal Nistico and Jackie McLean too. Oh and Clare Fischer

Gigi Gryce Jockey Lee Michael Winner

Billy Crudup Eartha Kitt Tip O'Neill

I completely agree about Jimmy Dorsey - he has not yet been, but I believe he will eventually be recognized as one of the most important reed players of his time. If one listens to his solo work with Whiteman and others in the mid and late 20s his playing is technically unmatched by anyone else and musically very advanced, melodically and harmonically. Listening to other contemporary alto players both black and white you can tell he was a big influence style-wise. Curiously his playing seems to fade into something more commonplace as his success as a bandleader built up. By the time he has the big hits like Green Eyes etc. he's totally overshadowed by his peers and his playing has almost a 'retiring' quality to it.

Wilson, Coppel and Betty Bette Davis Sweet Charlotte

Mea culpa!!! Just shows you can't rely on memory....of course you're absolutely correct, it's Dave Tarras on the Abe Schwartz records I was thinking of....shouldn't have been so lazy and should have gone downstairs to check first. Thanks. (Embarrassed)

I think, first of all Benny and Artie....the standard that they set, particularly in the big band context stands on a pinnacle of its own. I can still be amazed at some of Benny's solos from the time when he was at his creative peak. In no particular order I would then choose Bigard - with Duke and the trio sides with Morton...he seems to have got bored by the time he was with Louis; Pee Wee, Teschmacher who was so advanced technically and creatively and influential, (as late as the early 40s some of his phrases still crop up in Benny's solos), Fazola, Jimmy Noone (what a technique!), Albert Nicholas, Ed Hall, Matty Matlock, Tony Scott, and of course Bechet. (I quite enjoy Mezz on clarinet too in contrast to his dreadful saxophone playing.) I admire Buddy de Franco's playing but have never been moved by it - the same with Eddie Daniels. And don't forget Abe Schwartz! What a player!