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Thanks, King Ubu! That's exactly the information I was looking for - it makes perfect sense now. And of course, I left Willie Smith out of the personnel listing.

This weekend I found a three-record 12" 78 album on the Asch label. It's called Jazz at the Philharmonic, Volume Number One. That's the first thing that confused me, because it's not the lineup of what I thought was the earliest JATP concert issued on record - J.J. Johnson, Nat Cole, Les Paul, etc. It's Joe Guy & Howard McGhee on trumpet, Illinois Jacquet and Charlie Ventura on tenor, Garland Finney on piano, Ulysses Livingston on guitar, and Red Callender on bass. There's no drummer listed, but according to the Lord discography, it's Gene Krupa. Lord says the tunes (How High the Moon and Lady Be Good) were recorded in LA on Feb. 12, 1945. But what really surprised me is that the only issues listed are the original Asch 78 album and a subsequent Stinson LP. It's obviously a legit issue - Norman Granz wrote the liner notes. So my questions are: Was this issued before the famous July 2, 1944 JATP concert? Was it the first issue of a JATP concert? And was it ever issued on Verve? If not, why not? What's the deal? Musically, it's typical JATP fare of the time. The highlight for me is Joe Guy - I've always thought he was an interesting player, even if he was inconsistent. I know that these are geeky, unimportant questions. But if I can't ask you guys, who can I ask?

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Dodo Marmarosa (Spotlite) - Mostly Dial trios (with Harry Babasin on cello instead of bass). I love Dodo.

Happy birthday. Don't listen to anything in 4/4 today - odd meters only.

The soundtrack to Get Yourself a College Girl (MGM). I've mentioned this here before - the highlights are two tracks each by the Jimmy Smith Trio and the Stan Getz Quartet with Gary Burton. There's also lots of bad sixties rock and roll. But there are two tunes by The Animals that show what a tough little band they were.

I just checked my copy of Alec Wilder: a Bio-Bibliography by David Demsey and Ronald Prather. It lists all of Wilder's known pieces and recordings of them; it's pretty thorough up to 1993, when it was published. (Although I've come across a few recordings Demsey and Prather missed.) It lists "Clarinet in Springtime" as an unpublished manuscript written c. 1941 for Benny Goodman, but not recorded as of 1993. I would loved to have heard it.

Artie Shaw - Sequence In Music (Verve). The last Gramercy Five, with Hank Jones and Tal Farlow.

Found a sweet one at one of my Atlanta used record stores today - Goin' to the Meeting by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, with Horace Parlan on piano. It was cheap and sounds great - looks VG but sounds mint, except for one minor scratch. It's got the yellow and black Prestige label and Van Gelder's stamp. The cover's in really nice shape, too. I don't need a bunch of Lockjaw's records, but I'm glad I found this one.

A couple of folks have made a marching/military band connection with this track, and I see where you're coming from. I'd say: think one-step rather than march.

I was only there once, but this photo makes me sad.

It's nice stuff, for the most part. A little pricey, perhaps.

My wife doesn't like intense music, but likes intense movies and video. I'm the opposite. So while she watched "True Blood" tonight, I escaped to my music room and spun a bunch of 78s. I've already talked about a lot of what I heard tonight, but I don't think I've mentioned these: A Turkish Decca - not even sure about the artists or titles, but it's great; it has some nice cimbalon and clarinet. Hot Lips Page - Big D Blues/It Ain't Like That (Continental) - With Lucky Thompson and Hank Jones, among others. Just a sweet record. Eddie Miller - Ellington Echoes (Decca) - a two-part Ellington medley; great playing backed by a corny band and chorus. Guitar Gabriel - Down in the Bottom/Bad Love (Joe Davis) - nice Piedmont blues. Memphis Slim - My Country Girl/Treat Me Like I Treat You (Money) - tough urban blues.

The Legendary Buster Smith - a great-sounding black label Atlantic mono.

Glad you're enjoying the music. Although I kind of feel like I'm breaking an Organissimo BFT rule by not including any Django Reinhardt or Sun Ra , this is a Django- and Ra-free blindfold test.

Have a great one!

I was excited by the title, but I was disappointed when I opened the thread. I was hoping to find a link to a wrestling video. I think Joshua Redman could take Eric Alexander in three rounds.

I'm not exactly sure what's going on here. But I think a Jewish-oriented Spanish radio station is doing a broadcast on our weird little Atlanta jazz/klezmer/afropop band. Spanish speakers may be interested.

My coolest recent finds/spins: Shilkret's Rhyth-Melodists: Chlo-e/When You're With Somebody Else (Victor) Not jazz, really, but an interesting, mildly hot record featuring Fats Waller on pipe organ. Original Memphis Five - Memphis Glide (Perfect) I love this little band, and every one of their records I hear further confirms that Jimmy Lytell was a great clarinetist. The flip is "Yes! We Have No Bananas" by the Golden Gate Orchestra (California Ramblers). It's not very good, but as a 78 collector I guess I needed one version of this lousy song. Dave Tarras - ?/? (I don't read Hebrew) (British Columbia) A smokin' record by my favorite klezmer clarinetist (with all due respect to Naftule Brandwein). Dave Bartholomew - In the Alley/I'll Never Be the Same (King Dee-Jay Special) Tough New Orleans R & B. I've got a couple of these King promo 78s - they've got biographical info on the artists printed on the label.

By the way, nice work on the IDs. I was impressed that you knew Ossman and Van Eps.

Another point for Paul. It is indeed a Perry Bradford group with a great lineup, including young Louis Armstrong. I included this because this fabulous Satchmo solo deserves to be better known than it is. If nobody else provides more info on this one, I'll give you all the details at the end of the month.