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Yeah, I know it’s too broad for archiving/retrieval purposes. My filing is very broad, and even that causes problems with some musicians. I think that less is more is the best approach. Otherwise you run the risk of your collection becoming overly “Balkanized.”

Does anyone remember the website that used to archive the notes (or was it just the discography?) of the Mosaic boxes? Does it still exist? I may try the Wayback machine. Just wondering if anyone knows. That would probably have the desired information.

Just got an e-mail from Amazon indicating that the order is delayed and that I needed to confirm that I still wanted it. Sounds like it might be a while before this one shows up.

Duke Ellington: ”There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind ... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it sounds. If it sounds good it's successful; if it doesn't it has failed.”

Al Hirt for Miller Beer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SARe8LbW_Y

I checked recently and found something that said it was LEG (like an arm and a leg).

The only Joe Marsala Black & White session with Joe Thomas is the one from November 29, 1944. The material from that session was reissued on Solid Sender (LP) and also on the following CD (which I thought you had): Perhaps you're thinking of the Musicraft session from the following year? That session, as well as the one mentioned above, are on the following CD: Other trumpet players, like his brother Marty and Dizzy Gillespie, show up on the other Joe Marsala sessions on Black & White.

I remember chatting with him after he was done. He seemed like a really nice guy. I have similar memories of Mundell Lowe.

An old favorite for me also. The version of "My Romance" where Farlow divides the strings on one chorus to get those octave effects is memorable. I think I have a copy of the LP that Tal signed for me. Yep. Just checked. "BEST WISHES ALWAYS -- TAL FARLOW"

When Summer Is Gone Indian summer

When I was a kid in Cincinnati, my dad would take me many weekend mornings to watch the trains pass through Winton Place station. It's one of my fondest memories. Here are a few pictures that I found on line:

This thread brings this album to mind:

I just did the same. Listening to Skandia Skies now... Instant gratification!

Off the top of my head, some other notable jazz-related driving deaths include: - Wild Bill Davidson (he survived, but Frank Teschemacher didn't); mentioned above in the interim; -Eddie Costa; - Cecil Irwin died in an automobile crash, but I don't know if he was driving/ - Don Murray died in an auto crash, but he wasn't the driver.

Jimmy Dorsey was quite adept at evoking or channeling Jimmie Noone.

No. I think he may have moved out your way by then.

Hodes is wonderful. I was fortunate to have seen him live once with another O-member.

This material is on the second Hodges box on Mosaic, isn't it? Or is this something else?

The eagle has landed!

My copy reached a neighboring town early this morning (Saturday). Tracking shows it should arrive Monday night.

Assorted vegetables (onions, peppers, mushrooms), salmon, and pineapple. The grill is getting a lot of use these days!

I'll Never Be the Same (although it's original title was "Little Buttercup")

Same here! Too early for tracking to work, I guess.

Yes, according to Mosaic’s website. Still no shipping notice here. I think I was part of the first wave.