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Allen: Agreed that the clip from the Martin Block broadcast sounds better than I've ever heard it before. I just thought it was odd that no one had either recognized it (or bothered to note that it was out before). Having said that, I share your sentiments about the other clips. I'm just hoping that they find their way out somehow, sometime. Makes you wonder what else is there.

Wow! some astonishing clips are posted there. However, the last clip (which they call "Blues Jam") with Armstrong and Waller has been issued many times before. It's from a Martin Bloch Jam Session broadcast that is usually dated as December 14, 1938. Does anyone recognize any of the other clips as having been issued before? The short nature of some of them makes it more difficult to determine.

One of my earliest jazz experiences involved seeing the film "On the Road with Duke Ellington" at a local library in the summer after finishing high school. Most of my prior musical experience had involved classical music and pop music of the day. That film and discovering WRVR-FM in New York (with Ed Beach and others) around the same time were two early factors that started me down a slippery slope of ongoing jazz discovery and acquisition. I saw Ellington once in New Haven in the early fall of 1972. The concert was filmed at least in part (I remember, much to my dismay, a TV camera being set up almost directly in front of my seat), and I often had wished that I could go back and recapture that experience. Earlier this year I received the audio portion of an Ellington concert in New York City from within a few months of the New Haven concert. The sense of deja vu was striking. It's funny how music can stick in ones head. A somewhat similar experience involved a concert in New Haven involving Willie Ruff and Dizzy Gillespie. Years later I remember hearing a record of a live performance and thinking not just that I had heard it before but that I had been at the performance. Sure enough, I had been.

Yes, but Trumbauer played C melody saxophone, not alto.

Jeff: You're welcome! I remember tracking down that information on Gregory Felix. I played the following Zutty Singleton (Zutty And His Band) 78s on Decca the other night: Look Over Yonder / Runenae Papa (I Want A Lot Of Love) (I Would Do) Anything For You / Clarinet Marmalade Royal Garden Blues / Bugle Call Rag You should check out the first one, especially, if you don't know it. It has some wonderful clarinet playing by the rather obscure Horace Eubanks.

If you like those, you might look for the two 2-CD sets on Tampa Red that Bluebird issued many years ago in a blues reissue series that they gave up on far too soon. I only wish that Tampa Red would have left the kazoo at home. There's a great Tommy McClennan 2-cd set in that series as well.

I resisted the urge to throw in a few names that others have added during my drive home within the last hour or so (Earl Bostic, Willie Smith (especially when he was with Lunceford -- I find much of his later work less satisfying), and Don Stovall). Here a few more to consider in the mix: Jimmy Dorsey was a fabulous alto player. Tab Smith did some interesting recordings as well; he deserves a mention at least. Fess Williams, when he wasn't slap tonguing, did some surprisingly modern sounding work.

PM sent on Art Hodes (Tribute to the Greats).

Headed shortly to the Lowell Folk Festival: Lowell Folk Festival A classic ! Had several good evenings listening to those two gents. Enjoy !

The Barney Bigard session on Keynote (which is on the aforementioned cd) is one of his most satisfying post-Ellington sessions as well.

Durium: Previous thread here: Paulo Moura Here's a link to the obit in the New York Times: Paulo Moura obit

There are four LPs on Essex that have Butterfield leading a small group: Billy Butterfield at Princeton Billy Butterfield Goes to N.Y.U. Billy Butterfield At Amherst Billy Butterfield At Rutgers Despite their titles, some of us suspect that they are all from the same concert. There also was a duo recording that he made with Dick Wellstood (originally on 77, reissued elsewhere on cd). For earlier material, hep issued a cd (Pandora's Box) of sides by his big band from 1946 and 1947.

Conniff did some nice writing and arranging for Shaw as well. Check out, for example, Just Kiddin' Around, Kasbah, Lucky Number, and especially Lament. Lament is superb. Conniff is also quite good on a small group Art Hodes session for Blue Note. I remember being surprised repeatedly over the years that the same Ray Conniff who I avoided like the plague due to the string of easy listening records by the Ray Conniff Singers played a fine trombone and helped create some memorable sides with Shaw.

RIP. I remember being charmed by his duo album ("Dois Irmaos") with guitarist Raphael Rebello. I'll be playing that again soon.

You mean Krazy Kat? Will have to give it a listen later. Or sooner if it's on my ipod.

Kelly died in 1965. His obituary was in the New York Times on Sunday, December 5, 1965 (page 89, 96 words). Here's a link to the NY Times archive page from which the obituary can be purchased: NY Times Archive The obit starts as follows: "Jack Kelly of 124 West 55th Street a pianist who played in a number of Midtown Manhattan restaurants, died Friday of cancer at Beth Israel Hospital. ..." Anyone have access to the NY Times on that date?

Maybe these will get you started: If this is the same Jack Kelly, the following indicates that he was an accompanist to Vic Damone in early 1950: BIllboard Feb. 4, 1950 Also, he was pianist and conductor for Polly Bergen and backed her on her session for Jubilee: Polly Bergen He's the pianist on a March 31, 1952 Jerry Wald session for Decca: Jerry Wald He and his ensemble back singer (and actress) Monica Lewis on another session for Jubilee: Monica Lewis Here's an earlier reference to Jack Kelly with Vic Damone: November 22, 1947 Billboard Here's still another reference to him with Damone: January 3, 1948 Here's another Billboard reference with more information saying that he was backing Vic Damone, Jane Harvey, Herb Jeffries, and formerly Buddy Clark: March 4, 1950 Billboard Still more from Billboard, this time November 22, 1947, mentioning Damone and referring some radio work backing Buddy Clark, Perry Como, and Kate Smith as well as working for Shapiro-Bernstein and doing a nightly show at the Raleigh Room: Billboard November 22, 1947 I've also found references to two other albums by him from 1955, one on Jubilee (JLP-1009, The Most Beautiful Girl in the World) and one on MGM (E-280, 'S Wonderful). It appears that he was in New York in the late 1940s and early 1950s and spent time backing vocalists in clubs and on radio. There are also references to a Jack Kelly Orchestra making radio appearances in Chicago around 1944, but it's not clear that this is the same person. Still more from Billboard. This one is from November 19, 1955, indicates he's still in New York, and had just married Marilyn Youngman: Billboard November 19, 1955

Brute: The LP box set is not quite complete. From memory (for what it's worth), there was an alternate take from one of the Coleman Hawkins dates that was left off. I think it was issued earlier on a Queen Disc LP. I don't remember off hand if the missing alternate was included on the 4-CD Hawkins issue. If I have time later I'll try to figure that out. Also, the Benny Carter CD had a lot of material that wasn't on the LP box set. Again, if I have time later I'll post information on that material. Finally, again from what I can remember, some of the LP boxes were issued without a bonus, one-sided, 45 rpm that contained an untitled blues by Tristano.

Right you are. Silly me. He mentioned those two in his post (second paragraph)

You're missing the Lester Young (Volume 1) and also the Lennie Tristano (Volume 2). The title of the Red Norvo is Red Norvo Improvisations. Anticipating that the question of what on the label (and the LP box set) was not issued in this series of cds, see previous link: Keynote

Have a happy one Jack! No One But You/Natch

Come to think of it, I've also heard it pronounced with a shorter u sound in the first syllable. The c is silent. Frew shell' a or Frah shell' a

Frew shell' a

Allen: I checked some on line movie data bases. The ones I checked don't show Barbara Carroll as appearing in the film. Those that do include: Benny Goodman, Buddy DeFranco, Max Roach, Chuck Wayne, Billy Bauer, Arnold Ross, Patti Page, Sol Yaged, and Putte Wickman. Of course, they may not have the complete cast listed.

Marcel: Thanks. I'll have to track down a copy. I've been wanting to see this again for a long time. Good to know that it came out. Of course it is. Look under "Hasselgard movie". yes, the documentary "hasselgard story" by jonas sima is very good. i have it on vhs but it´s now out also on dvd. a very touching movie. including the only known footage of hasselgard! sima is searching for june eckstine (who drove the car during the fatal accident) but she don´t want talk to him. (btw. bob redcross, yes t h i s bob redcross was on the back seat and is also interviewed). a great film! keep boppin´ marcel