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This is just what I needed after a couple of stressful and distressing days at work. I'm enjoying listening. And about track four, all I'm saying right now is - you think you're pretty clever, don't you? But I'm on to you, dude....

The Sensational Nightingales is one group I never got around to, for no reason I can remember; just never bought any when I had the opportunity. Never even heard anything of theirs. This one is cheap on Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Sensational-N...9510&sr=1-1 What's it like, Jeff? I see it's Peacock material. There was also a lot of stuff on Nashboro and later on Malaco. How does that stuff compare? MG This 78 is the only thing I have by the Nightingales - Peacock 1765: Burying Ground/In My Mind. I see that the first side is on the "Best of" collection. All I can say is that this is a really nice six minutes of music - strong shuffle beat; strong lead voice with group responses, including a falsetto tenor; bass voice doubling the bass line. It's more like the Blind Boys of Alabama than any other group I can think of right now.

Doc Souchon Doc Evans Nurse Ratched Okay, I was beaten to the punch by Brownian Motion, but in the "great minds think alike" department, my entry was going to be: Doc Souchon, Johnny Wiggs, Dolly Parton.

Dinu Lipatti's recording of the waltzes is often cited as the best collection. They are from the fifties, but the CD is well mastered and sounds good.

Isn't that the Ramsey Lewis album with Steve McCall on drums?

Just wanted to add that Disposability is one of my favorite Lacy albums - don't overlook this one. It catches him at an interesting moment - he's still playing "tunes," and really interesting ones - Monk, Cecil, Carla Bley, but exploring free improvisation. And it includes his first recorded composistion, although it doesn't sound much like we expect a Lacy tune to sound like. The trio is excellent, and the quality of Lacy's improvising is really high.

Yes.

Stan Getz at Large (Verve). SG in Copenhagen, 1960.

Started out a 78 listening session with some early Fletcher Henderson on Banner, Regal, and Domino. Nothing to get excited about - Fletcher's sides weren't much better than the studio dance bands on the flip side of each. Moved on to four sides (Columbia and Emerson) by an interesting pre-1920 group - the Louisiana Five, with New Orleans clarinetist Alcide Nunez as the lead voice (no trumpet). It's not not a great group, but it is an interesting one, and I can't hear too much New Orleans clarinet. Finished off with two Peacock gospel records I picked up a while back, but just got around to cleaning and playing - Reverend Cleophus Robinson and the Sensational Nightingales. Both are smokin'!

Ouch! Hang in there and listen to lots of music.

There are half a dozen or so pieces he recorded for Blue Note which were not released until the Mosaic set - not alternate takes (there are some of those, too), but different compositions.

Louis 1935-1946

Sam Rivers - The Tuba Trio, Vol. III (Circle)

Cecil Taylor - Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! (Pausa)

Lars Gullin - Fine Together (Sonet). What a great player.

Thanks all - I'm glad I found this place. And thanks for the Conan scan, JSngry. I've been telling my wife "Crom is your god" for ten years, but she is less than totally convinced. The big birthday score - my wife gave me a book I had looked at in the bookstore but rejected as too expensive: Music of a Thousand Autumns, about Japanese Gagaku music, which I love, but don't "understand."

PM sent on: Herman, Woody at Carnegie Hall 1946 MHS/Verve 12 2-cd jewel case insead of digipak Braight, George Complete Blue Note Blue Note 15 2 cds

Lonnie Smith - Think!

Welcome to the half-century club. I like it just fine.

Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang: Swing Me With Rhythm (British Decca). Back when he was a jazz guy, with Pee Wee Russell, George Brunies, Eddie Miller, and George Van Eps, among others.

I had one of those - got it when I was about eight. Thought I was pretty hip.

Happy Birthday, Paul. Have a good one. It's also my dad's 82nd. All the cool kids have birthdays today.

Well, I guess i avoided total humiliation - I got the soloists on the first track. Can't believe I mistook Teo Macero for Stan Getz, but at least I wasn't the only one. And I do like Frank Lowe, even that track didn't do much for me. A used CD store near where I work has the Allan Chase album - think I'll pick it up Monday. Thanks for an interesting BFT.

Happy birthday! I just checked your profile, and, uh... which birthday is this?