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Chuck, If you're talking about the material from the early to mid 1930s, I know of the following: Two 2-cd sets on Kings Cross Music (KCM 001/002 and KCM 003/004). Remastering by John R.T Davies. The first set has: - Spike Hughes and his Decca-Dents (3/12/30 and 3/28/30) - Spike Hughes and his Dance Orchestra (4/2/30, 4/16/30, 4/29/30, 5/23/30, 6/27/30) - Philip Buchel with Spike Hughes and his Three Blind Music (7/5/30) - Jimmy Dorsey acc. by Spike Hughes and his Three Blind Mice (7/15/30) - Spike Hughes and his Dance Orchestra (7/16/30, 8/18/30, 9/6/30, 11/5/30) The second set has: - Spike Hughes and his Dance Orchestra (11/19/30, 12/12/30,1/23/31, 4/8/31, 6/18/31) - Joey Shields (with Spike Hughes and his Three Blind Mice (9/25/31, 9/30,31) - Spike Hughes and his Dance Orchestra (10/13/31, 10/21/31, 11/17/31, 11/18/31, 2/3/32, 2/5/32) - The Roof Garden Orchestra (2/10/32) - Buddy's Brigade (same 2/10/32 session) - Spike Hughes and his Dance Orchestra (3/30/32, 4/1/32, 11/20/32) There's also a cd called High Yellow (Largo 5129). It purports to include all his jazz compositions ("in his own classic recordings from London and New York including the music for the Frederick Ashton/Buddy Bradley balled High Yellow). It includes material recorded in London by Spike Hughes and his Orchestra and in New York by Spike Hughes and his Negro Orchestra. Mastering also by John R. T. Davies. About half of the material is on the Kings Cross Music sets, but about half of it is not.

According to a Sports Illustrated article (link pasted below), he said "It felt like a big relief to me." Yikes! Sounds like quite a marriage. Sports Illustrated article

There was an earlier cd reissue (French, I think) of the original album that I've kept since it has the aforementioned Clark Terry "What fools these mortals be" closing.

Highly recommended. The cd has several bonus tracks. The opener, You for Me, is wonderful.

Thanks. I keep forgetting (or perhaps never really knew) how to insert an image. Is that explained anywhere? Fixed r.i.p. Rob Pronk

This one has some stunning writing and playing:

Whatever happened to fact checking? FWIW, the Laurindo Almeida Quartet sessions with Bud Shank on Pacific Jazz came out long before the later efforts by Charlie Byrd and by Stan Getz. They state that in the article: "At the time, bossa nova wasn't exactly unknown in the U.S., as shown by the Grammy-winning success of "Desafinado" from the 1962 album "Jazz Samba" by Stan Getz and Charlie Parker." They obviously mistook Charlie Byrd for Charlie "Bird" Parker.

Scott has brought some copies of the Hawk box.

Any others headed to the bash this year?

Hah! Kellso - L = Kelso? No, I was young enough when the horse was around that I didn't need a mneumonic. how do you remember the correct spelling for the horse?

Apparently none. MKM was from Boston. KMM was from Arkansas and grew up around Chicago.

Of course, you're right. My mnemonic device for remembering the correct spelling of Jon-Erik Kellso is that it's different from the horse. Don't know where the extra "n" came from! Kellso = trumpeter Kelso = horse Kelson = nothing (at least in this context)! Single l, no n!

With a significant duplication of programming which is likely to increase in the future. Go figure. When I asked about this in the past, I was told that the wider area of coverage of WGBH relative to WBUR is one of the justifications for the programming overlap. For those of us in the local area, it just means that more and more local programming gets squeezed out. Of course, I'll no longer need to contribute in the future to two local NPR stations with a news/talk focus, will I?

Allen, you mean Jon-Erik Kellso (with a double l). Kelson (with a single l) was a no less spectacular race horse from our younger days.

Sigh. See first report here: Jazz Programming Cuts at WGBH

Reminds me of the old Saturday Night Live skit "What's all this about violins on television?": Violins on television \\\

Del Shields is credited for the liner notes on Misty. Bob Porter is credited for the liner notes on the following Groove Holmes LPs: - Broadway - Blue Groove - Groovin' with Jug - After Hours - Spicy

Yes, the war bonds promos were included. My recollection is that the broadcasts were complete on the DETS issues. That was not the case for the issues on Fairmont.

I also managed to obtain the LPs many years ago, all at once. They really are a treasure (no pun intended). I aired them (one show each week) for the better part of a year to a somewhat mixed reaction. Some listeners grew tired of some of the often repeated vocal features. I've resisted the urge to get the cds so far.

The material on Fairmont was just a subset of material later issued by Jerry Valburn on his D.E.T.S. label in what was a subscription only series of 48 LPs plus a subsequent bonus album. Some of the CDs have been adding material from other concerts or broadcasts that were not part of the Treasury Series broadcasts. It's the same material, released on Fairmont records. At least eight LPs came out, with liner notes by Torme.

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Jeff, I'm a big Bob & Ray fan as well. I first was exposed to them on their 1970s radio show on WOR in New York, I remember not quite getting their humor at first but learning to appreciate their rather low key humor. Off the top of my head, a few of my favorites: - the Komodo dragon routine, where the clueless radio interviewer persists in asking questions about matters that had just been answered or discussed - the Times Square man in the streets interview where the reporter is oblivious to gunfire occurring in the background - the interview with the rare light bulb collector where the precious collectors' items get dropped one at a time as the interview proceeds - the interview of the collector of vegetables that resemble the faces of famous people (but which have evidently have become rotten and rather smelly over time) I remember attending an exhibit/program at the Museum of Broadcasting (which now has a different name) devoted to Bob & Ray. Then there's their show's theme song ("Mention My Name in Sheboygan"). I was featuring them on my radio show many years ago after one of them died. A nasty storm passed through, the station antenna was struck by lightning, and the station was knocked off the air. Jon

I saw Laurie tonight at an event in Boston that included her reading from and talking about the writing of Straight Life. She confirmed that there would be a new release on Widow's Taste in June.