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All of the Byas small group sides made stateside as leader in the 1944-1945 timeframe are available on a 4-CD set on Definitive. It has material that he recorded as a leader for Savoy, Jamboree, Hub, Super Disc, American, National, Arista, International, and Gotham, as well as sideman sessions with Little Sam & Orchestra, Albinia Jones, Eddie Heywood, Emmett Berry, Hank D'Amico, Cyril Haynes, Nat Jaffe, and Johnny Guarnieri. I don't routinely buy material on Definitive, but it filled some gaps.

The "Rose Records" notation suggests it could be a Boris Rose production, although he generally used rather bizarre label names for his issues.

Rust will include Hawkins recordings up to the recording ban in 1942. Jean-Francois Villetard did a two volume discography of Hawkins covering through 1957. Not online as far as I can tell.

Pomeranz was not effective last night. Wright and Rodriguez are still injured, so Dombrowski was looking for another starter.

I assume you're asking about free discographies. How about Brian Rust's Jazz Records (6th edition): https://78records.wordpress.com/category/brian-rust-jazz-records-discography/

Yes, it's new.

Happy Birthday Jack!

It's out.

I was there a couple of hours before they put the bulk of them out. Had to be elsewhere before the rest came out. The jazz bins were surprisingly empty before then.

Bad news. A real shame. Dismissing it as "a legacy program" does it a real disservice. Sounds like what happened with NPR stations in the Boston area several years ago. Now we have two largely talk and news NPR stations. Some of us soldier on at the college/community station level where we're rather more insulated from radio consultants, ratings, and any pressure to "better reflect a news-and-information format." Sigh.

Anyone been there lately? I heard from a friend who visited a few weeks ago that their stock was way down. Wondering if it's worth a trip.

The exam for the class you never went to dream is fairly common. I still get that one once in a while. I also get the radio/dead air dream occasionally. The one that I get most often involves driving my car, needing to brake to avoid a collision, and finding that I'm sitting in the back of the car (from which the brakes are obviously, not easily accessible). Not comforting. I assume it has something to do with control issues. There's another one that I have trouble remembering later but, when I'm in it, I think "it's that same dream again!"

I was surprised by this move, but Hanley has not looked good lately. Moreland is hitting and playing better defense at first. Hanley had a vesting option for, I think, $22 million for next year based on at bats. He was well on his way to vesting if he continued to play anywhere near the amount that he had been so far. Still, a big surprise. Did not see it coming. FWIW, he seemed to be far more engaged this year than he had been earlier.

Lots of tree last names but not many well known first names. How about: Hazel Scott Holly Cole Holly Hoffman

Here are a couple more:

Allen, Received already. That was fast! Thanks.

I agree that the Keynote session is somewhat disappointing. It looks good on paper, but it really never gels. Sort of lackluster.

Ted, This 10 inch issue is from the period you remember. Note the reference to "CBS crime photographer's blue note pianist."

Allen, I'll take it. Is it Vol 5? Never mind. Just saw the no-5 in the URL. I'll still take it if it's available. Jon

Big Beat Steve -- You are correct. I was thinking of Teddy Weatherford with respect to recordings from India. Chittison recorded a fair amount in Paris -- a lot with Willie Lewis and on a session with Louis Armstrong as well. Here's a link to Jan Evesmo's discography/solography on Chittison: http://www.jazzarcheology.com/artists/herman_chittison.pdf There was an LP issue on Meritt that had a lot of his solo sides:

I can't give specific recommendations off the top of my head (at work), but a general observation regarding Chittison is that his later work veered more into cocktail piano style. His earlier work, though, is excellent. He had an interesting career. If memory serves, he spent time (and made recordings) overseas in places like Paris and India.in the 1930s.

I guess that's what you need to do when you keep trading away your best starters!

If you were a kid in NY in 1969, you'd remember him like this (blue, orange, and white): Yes, but the Red Sox loss on opening day (wasting a nifty 6-inning, 1-hit effort by Chris Sale) when the bullpen imploded (you need to take Joe Kelly out sooner if he doesn't have his control) was ugly.

The McIntosh pool towel will only set you back $45. Or you could spring for the $18 keychain. So many choices...