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Another one I like a lot is by Jim Cullum's Jazz Band (Columbia) - they give the score a dixieland interpretation, and it works quite well. Of course, the Ella/Louis and the Miles/Gil are tops in my book. Who is that professor/historian? ← Ghost: Although too late for your period of focus, there's a very nice version by the duo of Roland Hanna and George Mraz.

And you turned me on to Hanna via the same album as I recall. Another favorite is one called "Bird Tracks" on Progressive. He does a particularly charming rendition of "Barbados" that always moves me. BTW, Storyville has just reissued an obscure Roland Hanna solo session that was originally issued on the Hi-Fly label. The CD apparently has some extra material as well.

Lazaro: Thanks for the information. I've started to hunt around based on the information you provided and have a few follow-up questions for now: (1) When you refer to the copyright owner, are you referring to the owner of the composition or the performance? If it's the performance, do you need permission from the label, the performer or both? And if it's the label, it's not always obvious where to go, especially if you're playing music from 78s, from LPs issued by companies that are no longer in business, or from CDs issued outside of the U.S. Any suggestions? (2) Have you seen any guidance or information on what constitutes a "featured artist?" Does this cover just the credited leader or sidemen as well? (3) Is there an "easy" way to determine the copyright owner on the performance? It appears that stations affiliated with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (which we're not) are exempt from at least some of these as a result of a private deal that they negotiated with RIAA and/or other parties. However, this doesn't help non-affiliated noncommerical stations. This all sounds like an enormous amount of work, especially at an all-volunteer, noncommercial station. In my case, there's no indication that the station would devote any resources to help pursue or obtain the needed waivers.

Two more specialized sources confirm the July 4, 1963 date. Robert Hilbert's discography of Pee Wee Russell shows July 4, 1963 as does Burt Goldblatt's "Newport Jazz History" which further indicates that the Monk/Russell set occurred Thursday evening, July 4, 1953, at Freebody Park.

I'm reaching out to others on the forum who may have radio programs that are streamed to and/or archived on the web. I was informed yesterday by management at the noncommercial, educational station (based at M.I.T.) at which I've had a show since 1987 of the following: >> I'd like to take just a moment to remind people that our webcasting license prohibits playing during any 3 hour period more than 3 selections from the same record or cd, more than 2 selections in a row from the same record or CD, more than 4 selections from the same artist or compilations, or more than 3 selections in a row from the same artist or compilation. If your programming requires you to violate these restrictions then the webcasting and archiving feeds will have to be disabled during your show. Please contact the tech department as far in advance of your show as possible so that they can arrange to shut off the webcasting software for the duration of your show. >> Since my show is typically "themed" (often featuring a single artist), these restrictions present obvious logistical problems and challenges. I'm apparently faced with completely changing the focus and structure of the program or simply having it pulled from the web. Do others operate under similar limitations or are other stations simply ignoring this restriction?

Me too. Been going for about 20 years. Looking forward to seeing old friends.

Mike: My recollection is that there were a few early examples of Goodman soloing on a brass instrument. Your question prompted me to browse through the early years of Goodman's recording career as documented in Russ Connor's "Benny Goodman - Listen to His Legacy." Here are two cases that he lists: (1) 12/17/27. Ben Pollack and His Orchestra. On "Waitin' for Katie" Goodman plays a 2-bar introduction to Jimmy McPartland's cornet solo and then joins in on a three part trumpet/cornet chorus involving Jimmy McPartland, Frank Quartell, and Goodman. (2) 1/4/28. Bennie Goodman's Boys. Goodman solos on both clarinet and cornet on "Jungle Blues." I have both of these upstairs and will take a listen later. Incidentally, no one seems to have mentioned either Jimmy or Tommy Dorsey. Although Jimmy was best known for his work on alto sax and clarinet and Tommy on trombone, they both soloed effectively in early years on cornet. - Jon

Hard T. Balli (like rally, sally, or tally) - et (like in "bet"). Accent on first syllable of name.

IIRC, Universal did not own Commodore at the time. I believe Mosaic licensed the material from Gabler/Commodore. The Pair cds were a different license with Gabler. Chuck: I think you're right. I had forgotten that Gabler still owned the catalog at that time, but I remember hearing that the license to Pair was the reason that Mosaic couldn't get the CD rights when they did the Commodore boxes. - Jon

Could not agree more. Perhaps Mosaic can be convinced to lease and release the material again on CDs. Since they would be releasing the material on CDs, they would not be exactly going back on their word that they release each set of material only once. Perhaps we can lobby them to do so for some anniversary -- sort of an appreciation to all their loyal supporters/customers.

There also are worthwhile albums of Wilder tunes as performed by Roland Hanna, Marian McPartland, and Bob Brookmeyer.

There's an excellent on-line discography for Eddie Johnson at the following url: http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/johnson.html - Jon

Stuff Smith claimed that he was largely responsible for composing "Walkin' By The River." Although his lawsuit was unsuccessful (see Anthony Barnett's notes in the Stuff Smith Mosaic box for more details), the melody certainly sounds to my ears like one of Stuff's. - Jon