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Ah. I'm in the UK where we wouldn't have seen those TV moments at the time so I was blissfully ignorant. Never saw his telethons either and his (reportedly) very bad later films didn't get released here. I think I'd rather not know...

I prefer Lewis solo to Martin and Lewis, although the two Frank Tashlin-directed films, Hollywood or Bust and Artists and Models are favourites. I find Tashlin's solo Lewis films to be the best, such as the aforementioned Who's Minding the Store and The Disorderly Orderly -- both hilarious and beautifully made. Tashlin, a former Warner Bros cartoon director, found a human cartoon character in Lewis. However Lewis also became a very good director: The Ladies Man and The Nutty Professor are innovative and great fun. I never understood the criticism of him. At his best he was brilliant.

There's also a Fats Waller set and, coming soon, a Toots Thielemans one. I posted about the latter recently, wondering about the source of its contents (in this thread).

One of my favourite new albums of last year. The starry sidemen overshadow the leader somewhat but his compositions (all but one on the album) are great.

There's also this.

This forthcoming set looks interesting: However I can't work out what albums/sessions the tracks come from, apart from the guest tracks with Paul Simon and the like. Any ideas? Track Listings Disc: 1 1. Bluesette 2. Night Game - Paul Simon 3. Turks Fruit - Rogier Van Otterloo 4. Cocktails for Two 5. Un jour tu verras 6. Nobody Does It Better 7. Dance for Victor (Dedicated to Victor Feldman) 8. Winter Green and Summer Blue - Nancy Wilson 9. Coracao Vagabundo 10. Sophisticated Lady 11. Don't Be That Way 12. My Funny Valentine - Aziza Mustafa Zadeh 13. I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket 14. Old Friend 15. Dat Mistige Rooie Beest - Rogier Van Otterloo 16. Hymne a l'amour (If You Love Me, Really Love Me) 17. The Summer Knows - Rita Reys 18. Sonny Boy 19. Moments Disc: 2 1. Leave a Tender Moment Alone - Billy Joel 2. Killer Joe 3. La vie en rose 4. Take Five 5. Wat Zonde - Rogier Van Otterloo 6. Maybe September - Louis Van Dijk, Toots Thielemans, Wim Overgaauw 7. Linda (Voce é Linda) 8. Ne me quitte pas 9. Scotch On the Rocks 10. Les moulins de mon coeur (The Windmills of Your Mind) 11. Comecar de Novo 12. So Rare 13. La valse des lilas (Once Upon a Summertime) 14. Ponteio - Astrud Gilberto 15. Stars Fell On Alabama 16. Days of Wine and Roses 17. I Can't Sleep - Aziza Mustafa Zadeh 18. Two of a Kind - Rogier Van Otterloo, Toots Thielemans 19. Blue In Green Disc: 3 1. Theme from "Sugarland Express" - John Williams 2. Il Restera Toujours - Vaya Con Dios 3. Rosa Turbinata - Rogier Van Otterloo, Toots Thielemans 4. Close Enough for Love - Vanessa Rubin 5. I Won't Last a Day Without You - Toots Thielemans, Wim Overgaauw, Louis Van Dijk 6. Diga Diga Doo 7. Que reste-T'Il de nos amours (I Wish You Love) 8. Manha de Carnaval 9. My Ship - Louis Van Dijk, Toots Thielemans, Wim Overgaauw 10. Stardust - Steve Tyrell 11. Sous le ciel de Paris 12. Here's That Rainy Day 13. Samba de Uma Nota Só 14. Jane's Theme - Rogier Van Otterloo, Toots Thielemans 15. Quiet Evenings 16. On the Alamo 17. Valse No. 2 18. Skylark 19. The Shadow of Your Smile (From "The Sandpiper") 20. Obsession 21. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart 22. Waltz for Debby

Winter blowout sale: part one and part two.

Two tracks that sound noirish to me are Soul Eyes by John Coltrane and Chocolate Shake by Freddie Hubbard. And of course All Blues from Kind of Blue.

Charlie Parker Complete Live Performances on Savoy (4 discs) £9.95 at Amazon UK.

Had to know so I looked it up. Harry Owens wrote Sweet Leilani (for which he won an Oscar) and co-wrote Linger Awhile. Reggis Montgomery might be the Reg Montgomery who co-wrote a song called I'll B.B.C.ing You (In Town Tonight). There's also a Reggie Montgomerie who wrote one song for the film version of Good News, I'd Like to Make You Happy.

Happy birthday John (only the best people have their birthdays on November 29th...)

Thanks, GA. Took the day off and spent some of it listening to my Buck Clayton Mosaic, newly acquired from bluenotesound.

I just arrange them alphabetically by artist surname. The multi-artist ones like this I file at the end alphabetically by name. Easier to find the one I want that way.

Happy birthday and keep posting those book reviews!

I'm aware of this issue and agree it's sneaky and the price should be lowered accordingly. Yet I've continued to buy Concord/OJC CDs because I'm only going to play them once, rip them losslessly and listen to them subsequently through my computer. If the CD rots it's unlikely to bother me.

New jazz releases: Benny Golson - Killer Joe & bonus tracks Lonnie Liston Smith - Love is the Answer & bonus tracks All the new pop releases here.

Yes, financially a bad move but (a) I have yearned for the sets I bought for nearly 20 years (b) they are all new condition and (c) the seller seems trustworthy

Thanks very much for this. Got three much-coveted sets that went oop before I discovered Mosaic.

These have all come down to a more realistic £10-£12 on Amazon UK.

They are all great. I can also recommend Sedaka/Greenfield and Pomus/Schuman. This year's Ray Davies disc was especially good too.

There are lots of Ace discs in this vein. I've had a lot of fun exploring them over the past few years.

Whoops, thought I'd listed that.

A batch of Blue Notes repackaged for this month: Dexter Gordon Wayne Shorter Joe Henderson Art Blakey Kenny Burrell

Some more titles have been added -- very cheap jazz towards the end.

Surely Keepnews wasn't the first to crack that joke...