Hot Ptah

There will be some truly great music on this Armstrong Decca big band set. I play certain songs by Armstrong from this period as much as I play any music.

That is good to hear, because I had the distinct impression while watching that show, that the woman who owned the stuff was not going to take care of it in the manner that it deserved.

Do you have "Palmas"? Not on Concord, but really good, in my humble opinion.

James P. had a Tiffany pendant? What were the "possessions" — musical, or otherwise? (And did they end up in a museum?) I believe Duke listed James P. as his favorite pianist, if I'm not mistaken. Or at least, when he sat down, the pianist who "could really play." No, James P. did not have a Tiffany pendant. The pendant and candlesticks were unrelated antiques discussed in other distinct segments of the show. As I recall, the woman who had the James P. Johnson sheet music also had personal writings and personal belongings of James P. It was quite a display of stuff on a table, quite unique. I do not know what she did with them after the show.

That Folkways CD is great listening, one of my all time favorite albums by anyone. Did anyone else see the Antiques Roadshow show from some time in the past ten years, where a woman had an amazing collection of James P. Johnson's possessions? She had inherited it and did not know who Johnson was. The antiques expert was amazed and told her that it all belonged in a museum. She seemed obviously unaware of the significance of Johnson or what she had. I always wondered what happened to the collection, as it did not look like she was very interested or excited about what the expert was telling her about James P. Johnson. Update: I Googled "Antiques Roadshow" and "James P. Johnson" and came up with this episode description. This is the episode I remember: Season 6 Episode 11: San Diego (2002) San Diego; Hotel Del Coronado; jazz pianist James P. Johnson's sheet music; 18th-century Sheffield candlesticks; yellow-diamond Tiffany pendant.

Please explain what this means: "much of his bandwith is used up by direct linking to his scans." I truly don't know what that means. Does it mean that when I right click on an album cover image from an online source, and then click on Properties, and then save the "http://_________" code that comes up, that I am reducing the bandwith of the source from which I am getting the image? If so, I had no idea.

A simple answer is to get about 20,000 albums, and then you have enough variety so that you never have to get bored with one style or a group of albums.

Hey, Rolling Stone is a rock rag, owned by a guy with boomer musical tastes. It is not, and has never been, a comprehensive, credible music magazine. Why does anyone expect that the list would include great jazz and opera singers? It's a surprise to me that any vocalists who were not on a bazillion selling album from the mid-1970s made the list at all.

One odd thing I have noticed about the Vintage Vanguard site. If you use it as the source for an online image, such as posting an album cover into one of our album cover threads, the image is likely to disappear over time, because the cover is given a different "http:// code" after a while. I wonder why the owner of the site does that, or why he would spend his time doing that.

I agree. I think that he is one of those guys who gives the jazz magazines something to write about because he puts out projects with a theme. He does have some nice moments on the CDs I have mentioned above, in my opinion. I don't view him as a towering giant of music. Some of his later CDs have left me cold.