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Roscoe Mitchell - Ride the Wind (Nessa) Bobby Hutcherson - Live at Montreux (BN) Fletcher Henderson - 1927 (Classics)

On the road yesterday, I took a short detour between Nashville and Charlottesville to visit Bristol, which straddles the Tennessee/Virginia border. The 1927 Victor "Bristol Sessions," produced by Ralph Peer, took place on the the Tennessee side of State Street, which marks the border. (It amused me that Bristol, Virginia, rather than Tennessee, first thought of building a very nice Birth of Country Music Museum.) The Bristol Sessions have been called "the big bang of country music" for their impact - the first recordings of Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family were made at Bristol. To commemorate my visit, I played all three (well, two and a half, really) 78s I have from the Bristol Sessions, plus additional records (which I won't list) by Ernest Stoneman, Jimmie Rodgers, and the Carter Family: Ernest Stoneman/Miss Irma Frost/Eck Dunford - Mountaineer's Courtship / Uncle Eck Dunford - The Whip-Poor-Will's Song (Victor) Jimmie Rodgers - Sleep, Baby, Sleep / The Soldier's Sweetheart (Victor) The Carter Family - Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow / When I'm Gone (Bluebird). "When I'm Gone" was recorded a few years later in Charlotte, NC. EDIT: Oh, and at the museum gift shop I bought a discography. Of course. Like any rational person would.

Mingus Ah Um - the first CD issue with the original edits.

A very special album in my musical development.

Tired, tired, tired in my hotel room, but "Chasin' the Trane" really hit the spot. Modern Jazz Quartet - In Concert (Seeds). I just picked this up today. I hesitate to post it, since it's an obvious boot, but it's a fantastic album - apparently a Swiss concert from 1972, in excellent sound. The only picture I could find was of the back. On a couple of the spoken introductions Milt Jackson refers to Plastic Dreams as "the new album."

Coltrane "Live" at the Village Vanguard

Late-night Ellington from the late 20s and early 30s. I managed to find pictures of the exact pressings I spun, except for the European Brunswick "Creole Rhapsody." The Mystery Song / Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Moanin' (Victor) The Mooche / Everything But You (French HMV) East St. Louis Toodle-Oo/Black Beauty (Bluebird) Three Little Words/Ring Dem Bells (Victor) It's Glory/Brown Berries (Victor) Creole Rhapsody, parts 1 & 2 (European Brunswick)

Bobby Jaspar (Inner City)

Works for me.

60. To be fair, I'll be closer to 78 in a year and a half, not two years.

It's up to you - whatever you need.

After a long-ish break, I think I'm ready for another one.

I'll let you figure out the math. I am still closer to 45 than 78. In two more years that will no longer be true. Thank you all. I played a solo set tonight (the audience sang "Happy Birthday") and am now listening to Steve Lacy.

"Annie Street Rock" and "Emperor Norton's Hunch" are both lively originals by Watters that highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the band. Here are links to downloads on Amazon. In spite of the questionable "album covers," these appear to be the original 1946 recordings from the Good Time Jazz label. https://www.amazon.com/Annie-Street-Rock/dp/B00AL1Q16U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1541706030&sr=8-1&keywords=lu+watters+annie+street+rock https://www.amazon.com/Emperor-Nortons-Hunch/dp/B07DBHFH8F/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1541706208&sr=8-2&keywords=lu+watters+emperor+norton%27s+hunch

Defunkt - Razor's Edge / Stranglin' Me With Your Love (Revisited) (Hannibal)

Fela - Shuffering and Shmiling (Celluloid)

Captain John Handy with Kid Sheik's Storyville Ramblers - New Orleans and the Blues (RCA Victor stereo). The second of Handy's two RCA albums, from 1968. I can't imagine that either sold well, but this is really excellent New Orleans trad jazz - one of the Captain's finest albums.

GIl Melle - Tome VI (Verve)

Giorgio Gaslini / Anthony Braxton - Four Pieces (Dischi della Quercia)

Thanks for remembering. We had pizza and cupcakes to celebrate his 91st.

Happy birthday, Paul!

Herbie Nichols - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (Bethlehem)

Evan Parker - Process and Reality (FMP)

We've had a house guest for the better part of a week, and for various reasons, her presence interfered with 78 playing. I took her to the airport today, and when I got home the reaction set in. Lots of 78s tonight, in four acts: I: Kansas City Jazz (Decca). A six-record album - and what a great one. II: Bebop: Allen Eager – Jane's Bounce / Stan Getz – Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Savoy) Fats Navarro – Fat Girl / Serge Chaloff – A Bar a Second (Savoy) Kai Winding – Bop City / Wallington's Godchild (Roost). Some fabulous Brew Moore here. J.J. Johnson – Jay Jay / Coppin' the Bop (Savoy) Sonny Berman – Nocturne / Howard McGhee – Thermodynamics (Dial) Dodo Marmarosa – Mellow Mood / How High the Moon (Atomic) III: Johnny Dodds: New Orleans Wanderers – Perdido Street Blues / Gate Mouth (Columbia) Johnny Dodds Hot Six – My Little Isabel / Heah Me Talking To You (Bluebird) Johnny Dodds – San / Clarinet Wobble (Brunswick) IV: 1950s country: Jimmy Swan – Triflin' on Me / I Love You Too Much (Trumpet) Jimmy Swan – Lonesome Daddy Blues / One More Time (Trumpet) Johnny Cash – There You Go / Train of Love (Sun) Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues / So Doggone Lonesome (Sun) Johnny Cash – I Walk the Line / Get Rhythm (Sun) The Johnny Dodds Bluebird is a reissue; all the other records were original issues. I think that if I could only keep a dozen 78s, "I Walk the Line"/"Get Rhythm" by Johnny Cash would be one of them.

Julius Hemphill - Raw Materials and Residuals (Black Saint). 'Bout as bad-ass as the cover picture.