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No wonder at all, considering the fact that decades of tireless scholarship and the more recent availability of all of Johnson's recordings have really not done much to wipe away that mystery and mythology (despite the heroic claims to that effect in a few recent books).

Well, Johnson is not one of my absolute personal favorites, but I still do not agree with that. All lot of people who have listened and lived with a lot of blues still think that Johnson is "bla, bla, bla." That includes people like Johnny Shines and Robert Jr. Lockwood.

I understoond Cuscuna's comment not to mean that Dorham was not playing well himself, but that he seemed to be impatient with the session, and was therefore vocally discouraging taking additional time for rehearsals. On the other hand, we know that Horace Silver was quite a perfectionist. There are quite likely some sublime moments on those tapes. I am sure that I would like them.

Discographies list a ton of unissued Horace Silver on Blue Note, including a large amount of live music, most notably from the 1961 Village Gate gig that produced "Doin' the Thing" and extensive recordings from a 1964 gig at Pep's with the Joe Henderson / Carmell Jones band. Are those tapes also being withheld by Silver?

Yes, I would spring for the Russell as well. I only have a few of the Russell Soul Notes. A box set would be a great excuse for sitting down with this music for a while and really coming to grips with this part of his discography. I have been meaning to do that for some time.

My job calls for a lot of travel and long airplane rides. I have a pair of noise cancelling ear buds and listen to music constantly on planes. I don't prefer listening to music that way, and the noise cancelation "pressure" does not wear well after a while. But planes are often where I really take the time to listen to music carefully.

She don't like the beat too fast, she likes it simple, clean, and easy, with a lit - tle touch of jazz.

One thing that I don't like about docking stations is that you gave to take the iPod out of its case to dock it.

What was this one, an alternative release of Musty Rusty?

The original Vantage LP had less tracks, but what a cover!

According to the Lord discography, this is the same session that was released in a more complete version on Storyville. It was apparently recorded not on March 4, but January 25th, 1965, about a week before Black Lion started recorded the same group at the same location. This CD also has 3 additional tracks from the session: Someone to Watch Over Me, Cotton Tail, and Danny Boy. Some, but not all, of these tracks were also issued on the Storyville Dig Ben box set.

RIP What a career he had!

The recording dates were March 23-24, 1966

I have certainly started to slow down. One realization was a particular motivation. I already have close to complete discographies of whats available for a number of my favorite artists. I was acquiring so many new recordings that I spent 95 percent of my listening time only with them. As a result, I was hardly ever taking the time any more to enjoy my favorite artists and recordings. That is a counterproductive way to collect.

"A needledrop." I like that.

Lotsa Royal Roost broadcasts from 1948-49, issued most completely on Savoy. Yes, indeed. How did I forget about that?

I have this on Bird's Eyes. I assume that the sound quality is the same - which is rather rough and variable, moving from good to poor. That said, there are complete performances here, as opposed to the usual heads-Bird solos that you get on a lot of private live Bird recordings. So you get to hear a lot of fine Kenny Dorham along with Bird. In fact, I can't think of any other good source of Kenny Dorham with Bird, outside of a handful of tracks recorded for Verve. Max is also high in the mix here and clearly audible. But this is very far from Hi Fi.

Sounds good!

I ordered the Sonny Stitt set one day before the promotion was announced.

The Tom Lord jazz discography shows Ed Sneed recording on bass with Lunceford in 1948-1949, Ben Smith in 1949-1950, and then R&B recordings with Wilbert Harrison, Big Maybelle, and Annie Laurie in 1956. Most likely, the broadcast with Holiday, if it exists, has never been released commercially.

...when the relative number of CDs that you have by artist bears more of a relation to the relative number of CDs released by each respective artist than with your own tastes and preferences.

RIP I didn't even realize that she was that old. I saw her about 10 years ago, and she still looked like she was in her 60s.

I see now that the Lord discography lists Johnny Acea as the piano player on these quartet sessions, which are available on the first Classics release of Lockjaw Davis.

I can't stand that track, but I do love Latimore.

Strange. I always thought that the Storyville session with Bird was the first time that Red Garland was recorded.