jazztrain

Bird is having surgery tomorrow. Expected to miss 6 to 8 weeks.

You can look at some pages of it here: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Entertainment-Discography-1897-1942-Expanded/dp/0306762102 Some excerpts from the introduction (which is not available in the preview): >>> All artists? No, not quite that; a work of such a scope would call for a series of massive encyclopedic works beyond the means of all but the wealthiest collectors and enthusiasts. So where and how have we drawn the line? We decided that jazz and blues musicians, entertainers though they undoubtedly are, should be excluded, as volumes on their recordings already exist. (This accounts for the exclusion from this book of names such as Ethel Waters, Lee Wiley, Rudy Vallee, Will Osborne, George Olsen, Bob Crosby, and Maxine Sullivan). Artists whose fame spread through their records, and who in this medium were truly prolific, as as Billy Murray, Irving Kaufman, Edward M. Favor, Henry Burr and Ada Jones, seem to us to deserve a volume each. We are left with the minstrel pioneers, the vaudevillians, the film stars and radio personalities, and the straight actors and actresses -- some of whom even lifted their voices in song, some with delightful results that leave us wishing we had more, others rather less successfully, but with undeniably interesting results -- and these are the subjects of the hundreds of chapters in this book. A further qualification is that they should be artists of American birth, or of such stature that they are as well-known in America as in their own countries, here we can see in this book biographies and details of the records of not only American citizens such as Bing Crosby, Edwin Booth, Jessie Bartlett Davis and Dinah Shore, but Noel Coward, Beatrice Lillie, Maurice Chevalier, Conrad Veidt, Raquel Miller and Bert Williams. >>> If you have any particular artists of interest, I can let you know if they're included.

I miss James. He used to live a block from me in Boston. Nice guy.

Thanks guys! Where does the time go!?

Anyone have any suggestions for music or record venues in South Africa?

How about "Standards that Bird played?"

I know the thread started with solo guitar records, except for Joe Pass. However, I wanted to recommend the following. I remember seeing him play solo live shortly after this was released and found it a rather spellbinding experience.

No. See here for information on his current touring plans: http://jamescarterlive.com/performances

I had the good fortune to be at the same dinner as Stereo Jack at a mutual friend's house. I recall Roswell as being modest and enormously insightful.

Henry Thomas is another one who I would describe as a songster.

Just watched a bit of it (guests arriving in a moment). Nice! ??? Thanks for posting. Looking forward to the rest of it.

No, it's not Goodman. The clarinet is played by Billy Novick.

From the NY Times on January 13, 1978: >>> Goodman for GEICO On TV and radio and in print starting Monday, Benny Goodman, the king of swing, will begin his stint as a promotor of insurance from the Government Employees Insurance Company. And his famous clarinet and “Jersey Bounce” will be teamed up to push auto and home owners’ insurance. And if you want to know who is responsible for such obvious lines as “Swing to GEICO Today,” and “Here's a happy note on auto insurance—swing to GEICO for lower insurance rates,” blame Wunderman, Ricotta & Kline, a subsidiary of Young & Rubicam. >>>

Here's one for Chips Ahoy that uses "Sing Sing Sing." Thought I posted this last night but apparently didn't.

How about this one?: Finally figured out how to do it. Here's the American Express commercial:

Here's a link that might work for the American Express commercial: https://youtu.be/gM_W2D89z84

I found a reference on line to a Benny Goodman recording of "How Am I To Know" in some 1991 commercials for Chase Manhattan. Of course, Benny was gone by then. However, you might remember the American Express commercial he did. I can't remember how to insert videos here, but it's fairly easy to find it on line.

Peter, I sometimes have the same feelings. I remember seeing musicians like Art Farmer, James Moody, and Tommy Flanagan live, and they almost always would play tunes by the likes of Cedar Walton, Tom McIntosh, and Fritz Pauer (in the case of Farmer). I'd add Tadd Dameron and Duke Pearson to your list of musicians with the "writing gene." There are other obvious choices like Ellington and Strayhorn, together and separately. Unfortunately, it's often the most common songs by them that get recorded. I remember seeing Stan Getz play a set in which most of the tunes were written by Victor Feldman. It must have been around the time that his Blackhawk album was fairly new.

Arbors issued at least some of the Jerry Jerome Trio material on two 2-CD sets. Not sure I've ever seen the 78 album.

Discs III & IV

How about “In the Still of the Night?” - Cole Porter - Hoagy Carmichael - Fred Parris