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Then on to Frenchmen Street, where I heard the New Orleans Jazz Vipers at The Spotted Cat and The Stooges Brass Band at d.b.a. One thing I love about New Orleans is that "traditional" jazz is a living thing here; music that people listen to, dance to, laugh to, and drink to. Another thing I love is the ghosts. I walked across Congo Square (now part of Armstrong Park) this evening. Lots of ghosts there. And on my way back to my hotel from Frenchmen Street I passed Danny Barker's birthplace/childhood home and George Lewis's house, where the first New Orleans brass band recordings were made.

Enjoyed hearing Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers for the first time in several years - at his new-ish Treme Speakeasy restaurant. (The smothered rabbit, cabbage, and cornbread were great.) Kermit's music ain't profound, but it sure is fun. And my waitress, Baby J, got on stage and rapped. She was great.

Thanks Jeff. Sounds good. Do you have any of this stuff in your 78 collection? If you mean do I have any of the tracks from this CD in my 78 collection, no. I'm 500 miles away from my AM discography, but I don't think any of these tracks were originally issued on 78 - maybe one or two. But if you mean do I have any American Music 78s, I used to carry around a list of the seven or eight AM 78s which have not been reissued on CD. I've found all but one of them - although I recently cracked my copy of "Lily Rag" by Charles Thompson. It hurts.

It's an aircheck from one of Duke's Treasury broadcasts. Sonny Burke wrote some songs with Ellington - I wonder if he recorded this at Ellington's request. Anyway, it's interesting, but probably not that rare or valuable - the recording has been issued several times, and is presumably on one of the Storyville Treasury CDs. It looks like it might be an acetate, not a pressed record. Yes, I'm sure that's the case.

It's an aircheck from one of Duke's Treasury broadcasts. Sonny Burke wrote some songs with Ellington - I wonder if he recorded this at Ellington's request. Anyway, it's interesting, but probably not that rare or valuable - the recording has been issued several times, and is presumably on one of the Storyville Treasury CDs.

My exception would be Gary McFarland. And the Jazz Crusaders/Crusaders. And Lonnie Smith.

Andrew Cyrille & Maono - Metamusicians' Stomp (Black Saint)

Wanted to let folks know that the CD of rare AM material which came with the Bill Russell's American Music book has been issued separately as An Introduction to American Music (AMCD-135). It's not showing up on the Jazzology website yet, but it's listed in the new Jazzology newsletter, so I imagine you could order it directly from Jazzology. It's got some fabulous tracks, by Bunk Johnson, Wooden Joe, George Lewis, Big Eye Louis, Emile Barnes, etc., none of which are available elsewhere.

From a Facebook friend, David Ware as a sophomore in his high school jazz band.

Flight of i (particularly the title tune) took the top of my head off when it came out in 1992, and I was a fan thereafter. I'm glad I had the opportunity to see him play in Atlanta in the mid 1990s, with Shipp, Parker, and Susie Ibarra. RIP.

Peter Bocage - At San Jacinto Hall (Jazzology)

Here's what happened.

Ornette & Prime Time - Opening the Caravan of Dreams (Caravan of Dreams) On the inner sleeve, under "soon to be released": Skies of America (presumably the Prime Time with orchestra version) and Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Ornette. I wish.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday! It's a big one, and I think that's cool.

There's another Lucien Barbarin, a very fine trombonist currently playing in New Orleans, who is the grandson of one of those four brothers - I don't know which one, but it's not Paul.

"Professor" James B. Humphrey (1859-1937) - trumpeter and leader of the Eclipse Brass Band; father of: Willie Eli Humphrey (1880-1964) - clarinet; father of: Willie James Humphrey (1900-1994) - clarinet Earl Humphrey (1902-1971) - trombone Percy Gaston Humphrey (1905-1995) - trumpet Willie J. and Percy recorded extensively; Earl a few times. Professor Jim and Willie E. never recorded, although Willie E. is cited as an important early jazz clarinetist by Jelly Roll Morton and others. The Humphrey brothers' younger cousin was: Emery Humphrey Thompson (later Umar Sharif) (1927-1998) - trumpeter; played with Luis Russell and the Lincoln Center Orchestra, among others; father of: Jamil Sharif (b. 1963) - trumpet; played and recorded with Johnny Adams, Dr. John, and has three albums of his own. I like Jamil's playing.

Emma Barrett - Sweet Emma At Heritage Hall (Shalom)

Happy birthday, Allan!

I refer to Mr. Rust several times each week. Good birthday snag, MG!

Same here, by coincidence. (I had not seen your earlier post.) I'm listening to disc four; I just finished reading the "drums" section of Bill Russell's New Orleans Style, and wanted to hear some Abbey "Chinee" Foster, so I'm playing the Punch Miller session, which I've always loved. Foster sounds great - excellent time, and he listens to the band and varies his sounds and rhythms. And it's kind of amazing/chilling (in a good way) to listen to good quality stereo recordings of bassist Papa John Joseph, who played with Buddy Bolden and who was one of Bolden's running buddies.

R & B 45s; trending toward New Orleans toward the second half: Israel "Popper Stopper" Tolbert - Big Leg Woman/I Got Love (Warren) James Carr - You've Got My Mind Messed Up/That's What I Want to Know (Goldwax) Syl Johnson - Take Me To the River/Could I Be Falling in Love (Hi). It's often forgotten that this was the hit version back in the day, rather than Al Green's recording. Syl Johnson - Steppin/Suicide Blues (Shama) O.V. Wright - That's How Strong My Love Is/There Goes My Used to Be (Goldwax) Jackie Moore - Precious, Precious/ Willpower (Atlantic) And down to New Orleans: Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is/Why Worry (Par Lo) Big Boy Myles -Gray Bonnet/New Orleans (Ace) Roland Stone - Just a Moment/I Can't Help It (Ace). I love Roland Stone - one of the great, forgotten blue-eyed New Orleans R & B singers. Shortly before his death he put out a great CD, Remember Me. Johnny Adams - A Losing Battle/Who's Gonna Love You (Ric) Johnny Adams - I Won't Cry/I Want to Walk Through This Life Life With You (SSS) Johnny Adams - Reconsider Me/If I Could See You One More Time (SSS) Johnny Adams - Hell Yes, I Cheated/I'm Afraid to Let You Into My Life (Paid) Professor Longhair - Big Chief, parts 1 & 2 (Watch) Eddie Bo - Every Dog Got His Day/Tell It Like Is (Ric). The B side is not the same song that Aaron Neville sang. L'il Queenie and the Percolators - My Darlin' New Orleans/Wild Natives (Great Southern). Allen Lowe doesn't like the sound on this one. I don't care - this is an amazing record.

The first name I thought of when I saw this thread was Art Tatum. The speed of his execution had to do with harmony, rather than melody. The chordal variations came faster than this musician can readily grasp.

When my wife is out of town, I usually take at least one night to pull out the boxes of 45s and crank them up too loud. I just finished the jazz portion of the evening: John Graas - French Horn Jazz, Volumes 1 & 2 (Trend EPs). Really wonderful music from 1953. Bunky Green - By the Time I Get to Phoenix/Sweet Inspiration (MET). I've mentioned this before - a very mysterious single, produced by Paul Serrano and not listed in any discography that I've seen. Ken Colyer - Ken Colyer's Jazz Men (Storyville) Louis Armstrong - The Beat Generation/Someday You'll Be Sorry (MGM) Louis Armstrong - Someday You'll Be Sorry/I Still Get Jealous (Kapp) On to blues and R & B!

I understand your disappointment. But it's an amazing album, which has meant a lot to me over the years. Tomorrow I might dig out the cassette recording, from 1980 or so, of me playing the "People in Sorrow" theme and improvising for about 3-4 minutes on soprano saxophone.