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I'll second the recommendation for Raymond Burke. Although Buck is sitting on a wealth of material, he has issued some gems, such as the Condon Town Hall concerts and the 6 and 7/8 String Band set. American Music seems to have died along with Bunk Johnson in the late 40s. But Atlantic and Good Time Jazz continued to make traditional recordings in the 50s (Paul Barbarin, Wilbur DeParis, Kid Ory, etc.) Storyville was also very active in the 50s, recording both US and European traditional bands. Joe Mares' Southland label was very active in New Orleans in the 50s. This was not always a good thing - the quality of their output varied a lot. But the best stuff was excellent, and a lot of it is coming out on American Music, since George Buck owns the Southland catalog now. Check out the underrated clarinetist Raymond Burke for an example of the good stuff.

You must mean "Back To The Ballroom -- Live At Donte's 1970" See here: http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=rp2grmkwj9&ref=upcoming.php From the description, they appear together.

tranemonk: Sounds like you have just a "best of" set of selections from what was originally on the 10-cd box set.

Several online reviews of the Classics CD (which seem to point back to AMG) suggests that the horn players on that date are unknown: >>> Leading an intimate rhythm section billed as Edgar Hayes & His Stardusters, the pianist cut a version of "Stardust" for V-Disc in May of 1946 with a vocal by drummer Bryant Allen. The rest of the story took place in Los Angeles, where in 1948 Hayes laid down eight superb tracks with Allen, amplified guitarist Teddy Bunn, and legendary West Coast bassist Curtis Counce. Just as "In the Mood" had an enormous impact on popular music before and during the Second World War, "Fat Meat 'n Greens" would prove to be resoundingly influential throughout the 1950s. "Edgar's Boogie" and five additional groove tunes form a very hip finale to the Edgar Hayes story, with a strong shot of R&B and several unidentified horn players adding their sauce to the mix. >>>

Looks like the Muse LP is a reissue of the 1974 LP. See here: http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=fqmrw4985f

The Shavers sides were also issued on an LP on Onyx.

Ironically, I was just listening to the 1946-1947 performances, volumes 1 & 2 yesterday. One of the transcription discs is also in the to be listened to pile.

Already mentioned in this thread: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...c=6416&st=0

Excellent news! Thanks for the heads up. The film was shown as part of a film festival a few weeks ago in the Boston area but, unfortunately, was sold out. I figured it would turn eventually, but not this soon.

Steve: Welcome to the board. This release was the subject of an earlier thread: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...5&hl=Waller I received a copy recently as a gift from another member and can heartily recommend it!

Rhymes with revs (as in what you might say that someone does with an engine). I often saw him in the neighborhood in which I lived in the 1980s. For some time after he passed, I still half expected to see him when I rounded the corner at Mass. Ave. and Boylston Street. He seemed like a nice guy.

There's another Rex label that seems to have been based in New York. I have a 78 album set of Barney Bigard on Rex (RX J-9001 and -9002).

Presumably it was Coulomb's Law. I had to look it up since it's been a long time, but it says that the electrostatic force between two charged bodies varies in direction proportion to the product of their charges and in inverse proportion to the square of the distance between them.

jazzbo550: I can't help you with any Teddy Weatherford (note spelling) recordings made in India beyond those on the Harlequin "Hot Jazz and Dance in India" LP which I gather you have already. You might be interested in the following thread that concerns, in part, Weatherford recordings: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...mp;hl=Gonsalves Perhaps you can shed some light on one issue that's discussed in that earlier thread, namely whether the tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves who recorded with Weatherford in India is the same musician who played with Duke Ellington. My recollection is that I found a book online that stated that it was a different Paul Gonsalves. However, another poster stated that it was in fact the same musician.

Make it four. I'm in.

Anticipating a possible follow up question, Atlantic SD1425 is issued as "Essence" by John Lewis with Gary McFarland's Orchestra.

Correct. "Night Float" is a Gary McFarland composition. A version from September 9, 1960 by John Lewis and His Orchestra (including Dolphy) was included on Atlantic SD1425.

Coincidentally, I just saw George in Brookline (just outside Boston) a couple of weeks ago as part of the group "Trio This." They have a new release called "That!" (GM Recordings 3050). No accordion.

Yes. The 40th anniversary.

I just saw Shepik last night (Tuesday) in Boston in a group with Dominique Eade (vocals), John Lockwood (bass), and Billy Hart (drums).

Kalo: I was about to recommend "Folk Jazz" and just noticed that you already had (see below). If you're interested in Bill Smith, you might also check out some of his other recordings which include: - "Concerto for Clarinet and Combo" (issued as one side of a Shelly Manne record on Comtemporary) - "The American Jazz Ensemble in Rome" (RCA) - "The American Jazz Ensemble - New Dimensions" (Epic) I also have some more recent recordings that he did with Enrico Pieranunzi. By the way, he also has recorded several albums of modern classical music under his full name (William O. Smith). Been listening to Music to Listen to Red Norvo By semi-obsessively over the past few months. An excellent record (with a Duane Tatro composition as a bonus!) that sounds to me like a west equivalent of the MJQ, with added horns (Smith on clarinet, Buddy Collette on flute). Smith's playing is excellent on this one, as it is on another OJC I bought only a few weeks ago, Folk Jazz by the Bill Smith Quartet - Smith on clarinet with Jim Hall, Monty Budwig, and Shelly Manne - playing a range of folk material from old English tunes to American spirituals. An overlooked gem. I'll have to check out his stuff with Brubeck.

I've been listening to music from the entire Ella Fitzgerald song box CD box on my Ipod while driving to and from work the last few weeks and finally finished. Two items stand out as particularly moving: - "I Didn't Know About You" (from Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1), and - "I Remember You" (from Ella Fitzgerald Sings Johnny Mercer Songbook)

Jeff: Ironically, I just read something about the Leadbelly/Golden Gate Quartet session last night in the recent "Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways" (Richard Carlin). His take on the session, as I recall, is that the GGQ was too "uptown" or sophisticated for Leadbelly and that they really weren't compatible. That struck me as a bit odd, and I made a note to go back and revisit the session. One of my favorites. The track that is getting to me right now gets to me every time I play it - the 1940 RCA recording of "Midnight Special" by Leadbelly and the Golden Gate Quartet. This can be such a silly, throwaway song if it's not done well, but this version has the perfect feel and tempo. It's especially touching if you know the story behind it - the Midnight Special ran on the Southern Pacific tracks near the prison at Sugarland, Texas, and the inmates believed that if you were lucky enough to have the train's headlight shine on you, you would soon go free.

This site gives 1968 as the recording date: Dillards Perhaps it was recorded before Mitchell left. Some sources suggest that Mitchell moved overseas so that he could concentrate on playing jazz. To update the earlier post, the original LP issue was on Together STT 1003. The initial CD reissue in 1992 was on Sierra OXCD 6008. A later (2004) CD reissue, with bonus tracks, was on Rural Rhythm RHY 1022. There's always the possibility that it was another Red Mitchell. However, here's a link to the CD liner notes to another Dillards album: CD Liner Notes Note the following quote (appears to be from their producer John Dickson): >>> "I was not so much looking for a fusion between folk and rock, but ways to enhance folk music," he elaborated in the author's 2002 book Turn! Turn! Turn!: The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution. "At first, using jazz musicians Red Mitchell, Jimmy Bond, Bud Shank, Billy Higgins, and Frank Butler, and sometimes cello. I wanted more music: countermelodies from the bass instead of just playing changes. This was followed by [David] Crosby [playing] with [guitarist] Tommy Tedesco, [drummer] Earl Palmer, [and bassist] Ray Pohlman. The above musicians and Glen Campbell [with whom the Dillards played on two Dickson-produced 1964 LPs credited to the Folkswingers] were among those I made experiments with, looking for sounds to support folksingers. Working with the Dillards convinced me that better players were possible, as well as [of] the virtues of group singing." >>>

From the hillbillyhollywood.com website: >>> In 1969 Doug recorded "The Banjo Album" - (Together Records) which featured The Original Gang of Four - (Don Parmley, Byron Berline, and David Lindley), (which also had an unbilled Gene Clark, John Hartford, Red Mitchell, Milt Holland, Andy Belling and Don Beck). >>> The album was reissued in 2004 on CD with four bonus tracks on the Rural Rhythm label: The Banjo Album