jazztrain

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