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Five pages and she didn't make it yet?? this or this or this

Chris.. it's Beryl Bryden, who I thought you might have encountered in your " Trad " days.. actually for those wondering, the traditional Jazz that chris was invoved in, wasn't technically european Traditional Jazz. Trad to that had something of a stigma like Smooth Jazz has today, or at least to most board members. Beryl died fairly recently. Neva wasn't that great but I was looking for images of British or british connected jazz women Shuold put Ottlie up there.

and this is all I could find of this lady

Yes indeed and you can probably identify this singer and "expert" on the washboard.....

couldn't find the NAKED image this time.

more or less, one of my hometown girls who made it big.. in British Jazz circles at least

You could be banned from this board for that comment

Now I know what the other album is. The VSP series were all compilations of various verve albums I actually have that one somewhere because at the time they came out there wasn't much reissue program of complete Verve albums going on Most were just the artists name I thought it was called Johnny Hodges.. but it is a comp from other albums.

Bigish Hodges with Snooky Young, Ernie Royal tpts flgls Tony Studd bass tmb Frank Wess, Jerome Richardson, Jimmy Hamilton on all the reeds they play Don Ashworth baritone, Bass clt Hank Jones pno Kenny Burrell gtr Bob Cranshaw bs Grady Tate drums onAug 19 Eric Gayle takes over from Burrell and Joe Venuto is added on vibes and other percussive bits Oct 24 George Duvivier plays bass,Danny Banks fills the Baritone spot and Buddy Lewis plays harmonica on Rent City and Sneakin' up on You

The early Heath band.. predominately pre 60's is the way to go After that the band headed for more of an Easy Listening type mode.. re working old swing era tunes and hits of the day. The British Vocalion label is putting out Twofer CD the best to fit your request would be Vocalion CDLK 4153 Ted Heath at the London Palladium combines two albums from 53 and 54 The openin Champ and the Hawk Talks should sell you on it There is a third Palladium album, but it is coupled on disc with a much later Swing Session.. good but not up to this disc. After that the better Vocalions are CDLK4124 Strike Up the Band / the Fats Waller Album..( formed around Fats' London Suite) CDLK4110 Gershwin for Moderns / Rodgers for Moderns There are also 4 albums on Hep CD's that fit the bill Listen to My Music.. vols 1 -4 these are made up of studio and broadcast recordings from Heaths early years when the band was really trying to be a JAZZ band. BUT go for that Palladium album first.

I only have Blue Notes It is from three different sessions in 1966 Aug 15 Blue Notes Say it again Aug 19 I Can't Believe that You're in Love Broadwalk L.B. Blues oct 24 Rent Cuty Sometimes I'm Happy The Midnight sun will never set Sneakin' up on You there are slight changes in the band per date All these tracks have only appeared, it would seem, on this album. therefore it's not a comp to me Don't know the other album.. even the title seems "new" to me. ( Say it Again was included on a British MGM comp)

There was an Excellent album on United Artists under Pauls leadership,, I really can't remember the Album title but there was some confusion over one tune The Holy Main or was it The Holy Man Typical Basie type group If Select can find others to couple with it, I would like to see it rise to the surface.

I used to have the Blues RCA Lp but lost it I searched for Blues on CD but could only find expensive imports The Novus put moe off because of the cover.. they looked like cheap comps.. but I finally gave in Tracks are Do I Move You Day and Night In the Dark Real real My Man's Gone Now Backlash Blues I Want a little Sugar Buck Since I fwll for you House of the Rising sun Blues for Mama The Pusher Turn Me On Nobody's fault but Mine Go to Hell I Shall be released Gin House Blues I think the first 10 or 11 were the blues album They ( the 11) have the same band Eric Gayle and Rudy Stevenson are listed as being the Guitar players I suspect the solo's and fills are by Gayle.

The one who finished every race is probably the better driver ( bet he always fastened his seat belt and never, NEVER drank coffee or used his cell phone while driving.) The other guy was obviously the better racer (or is that raver)

Being a Gentleman, though obviously not much of a scholar where math is concerned still would have paid up.. but the bet part was more on the unissued front. it is conceivable that there may be some never issued titles in the basement, but I doubt it. So this is off my list for now.

Got you jumping up and down I though..... Jim's take on SuperChief I'd go for the Lester Young story double Lp sets on CD ( that's 10 LPs total Couw) Would duplicate the Billie tracks but those Pres alts are well worth having.

OOPs you are correct I was counting from the lp set and forgot there were two sides to an LP ( 12 x 25 mins should have been 24) So mucch of the one sided CD era ... In that case.. why the alts????

how do you count that???? there are about 179 Masters as qualified in my post( might have mis counted but only by one or two. This is the Columbia set.. not a mix of Columbia ( smith Jones ) Decca / Columbia / RCA / Columbia that indeed would fill about 7 CDs

Pastel Blues, the album, is what got me turnedon to Nina Simone.. I heard her romp through Sinnerman, and went seeking the album. Powerful stuff, as you say often with political overtones, and often it seems, touches of bitterness.. but also she can turn out believable pleas for and statements of love and affection. Never really knew where to " file " her.. but she sits in my Jazz section. I won't buy the box as six of her phillips albums were put out on three CDs fairly recently and I immediately bought them as they hit the stores If you want more after exhausting the Phillips set look for her first two RCA albums Silk and Soul and especially.. Sings the Blues... ( this one was complete plus some other RCA's on the Novus issue 3101.. which is often seen in the used bins

Well it depends what you call a comp. A compilation to me is when they take bits from different recording sessions and throw them together. More prevalent in the LP era where bits of different LPs were put together on one other LP or now CD, in such a way that you never got any of the whole albums Thes Basies were recirdedjust before and into the LP era, but most were recorded as single 78 rpm releases Basies complete Columbia output of Master takes would fit just about 3 CDs.. a little more It wouldn't be a comp because you'ld get his whole Columbia output by title If you remember the thread, there would be no titles missing, just alternates.. of which a lot were Earle Warren vocals that We, at least I can do without. Actually a quick look at what was on the 20 Lp ( 2x 10 LP boxes ) shows that Warren didn't sing that much, but a lot of the extra takes are indeed vocals by Rushing and Humes. I would be more tempted to buy this if indeed it did have all the alts, but as long as they include those with Pres, they will be worthwhile, especially if you don't have this material already. Isuspect the "new unissued" material will all be alts that haven't been issued in the USA. Like to mnake a bet we got a long time to wait.

We did this before on AAJ,I think, debating the potential of a Mosaic.. can't find the thread.... This will not be a comp Basie recorded about 179 tracks for Columbia Starting with the 4 Jones / Smith recordings in1936 ( there is one extra take of Shoe Shine Boy in existence) The number takes into consideration the three double length tracks World is Mad Miss Thing King Joe Counted as 2 tracks each as they were double sided 78 rpms Also includes the small group All American Rhythm Section tracks..8 small group recordings from 42 and the Octet from 1950 The masters filled up 6 x 2lp sets on French Columbia I believe the complete output with all alternates was about 20 lps !2 lps roughly speaking is about 240 mins of musicc, about 3CDs by current standards. 4 Cds should therefore be a fairly complete set.. depending on what they mean by " unissued" as all alternates etc were in the French 20 lp set The music is of course all currently available complete on Classics... with the alternates on Neatwork. It will be interesting to see if they really do have some new , never before releaesed material, but I'm betting that means, never before in the USA All the Alts. featuring Pres were released in the 5 x 2lp Pres sets that Columbia put out a few years back. Wonder if it's going to be in a " Billie type Box"... hope not.

I wonder if you still feel this way about the Blackhawks based on the current reissue? This may not apply to you, as you state the Blackhawks were one of your first jazz records, but I get the impression, myself included, that we all wanted a strong Coltrane presence next to Miles. the recordings with Coltrane were much played items on jazz collectors turntables, and Coltrane leaving the group seemed a bit disastrous. Also most of the tunes on the Blackhawks had originally been brought into Miles repetoire via studio recordings with Trane on tenor. I often wonder, would the take on Mobley with Miles be different had they stayed together and produced a number of items that could be looked on as Miles / Mobley specific. The same seems true of the other front line partners to Miles, until Wayne became part of the group. As it is I am enjoying the new CD reissue much more than iI think I did the original LPs

Just out of curiosity, does this mean that you don't see the "AS IS " statement until you open and presumably remove the disc from the case?? Seems a liitle odd if so. Shouldn't such statements be on the outside of the package???

Thanks for that John.. hadn't heard about it from the rags I read. Melodisc jazz recordings are rare, especially on CD

Grat music.. not just the vocals but the bands. The alternates are well worth it, even if you are not into alternates.. generally the solos, especially those by Pres, are dquite different on the various takes. I am not one to dump old CDs just for a sonic improvement, I bought the Billie because I wanted the Alternates.. Pres on Mean to Me in particular.. but have to admit that on my system the sound is spectacular considering the age of the recordings ( idid have, still do, the older set)