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Love ska for about the first 15-20 minutes, then that relentless groove starts to drive me bonkers. And how could you call yourselves the Checkered Cabs and not have a picture of a Checker Marathon Taxi Cab on the cover?

Just the answers, I''l try to do more extensive commentary later. 1) "Do It", Jack Wilson from Easterly Winds (BN 1967). As many surmised, ably assisted by Jackie Mac, Lee Morgan, and Billy Higgins. 2) "Moanin'", Ray Charles From Genius + Soul = Jazz (Impulse 196?). Not much respect for brother Ray's organ tone round here. Same album as the hit instrumental "One Mint Julep". 3) "Watermellon Man" by the JBs (early '70s, reissued on a dbl CD anthology). I prefer the '60s bands renditions of "Sidewinder" & "song For My Father" but I only have them on vinyl and I can't burn from that. 4) "Ole" from News For Lulu by Zorn/Frisell/Lewis (Hat Hut OP?). 5) 8 1/2 by Nina Rota from a collection of music he wrote for various Fellini films. 6) "Last Tango Suite, pt.5" by Gato Barbieri from music originally used in the actual film soundtrack, now added to the Soundtrack Album as bonus tracks. 7) "La China...", Gato again. This version recorded in LA, originally intended for release as a single but not issued til added as a bonus to dbl CD Latin America, mostly recorded in Buenos Aires and Rio. 8) "Monk's Mood" by the New York Contemporary 5, recorded live in Europe, and featuring Don Cherry and Archie Shepp, among others... 9) "Backwater Blues" by Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan from Trouble in Mind (Steeplechase 1979/80). 10) "Who Does She Hope to Be?" by Sonny Sharrock from his (and producer Bill Laswell's) masterpiece, Ask the Ages featuring Elvin Jones and Pharogh Sanders. 11) "East Timor" by Ginger Baker, Bill Frisell and Charlie Haden from the first of their two albums together. Maybe Cream should do this at the Albert hall, or let ginger have his say on current British foreign policy.... 12) "Got to Hurry" by the Yardbirds, the B-side of "For Your Love", at least in some markets, and indicative of Eric's artistic differences with the rest of that band which lead to his departure. Anyone know who did this originally, or for that matter, "Steppin' Out"? 13) "Still I'm Sad" by the 3 Sounds (Dan's resonse should've given this away!). This was also a Yardbirds B-side, from the Jeff Beck era. 14) "Work Song" by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, from East/West (1966). Featuring Bloomfield and Bishop on guitars and Mark Naftalin (still working, I think) on organ. 15) "Sack o' Woe" by the Mar-Keys (Stax/Volt 1962?). Originally album filler, later issued on a single, feat. future Memphis Horn Wayne Jackson on trumpet. 16) "Willow Weep For Me" by Booker T. & the MGs, album filler. Might be Booker on piano, might be Isaac Hayes; they were pretty casual on Mclenore back in the day. 17) "America the Beautiful" by Herb Ellis from Texas Swings, feat. Willie Nelson, Johnny Gimbel, et al. 18) "Walkin' the Floor Over You" by the 3 Sounds, originally by Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadours. 19) "Sugarfoot Rag" by Jr. Brown, originally by Hank Garland, a million seller back in 1949! 20) Where Or When" by Dion & the Belmonts, 'bout the same time as "Teenager In Love". No I wasn't trying to be ironical, I just like this. 21) Time Berne from his tribute to Julius Hempell, feat. David Sandborn, and I've forgotten the name of the tune and the album. Good work in getting nearly all of it and thanks for playing!

Answers will be posted in another thread forthwith... Sorry 'bout the delay but I can't post all the time anymore, hence my eagerness to get it done earlier.

I think there's only two unID'd tracks, maybe I'll wait for Peter Johnson to get his disc and take a shot and then do the answers. Sound like a plan?

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If it's 'you get the complet run of the label, but that's all you get to listen to through all eternity or at least for the rest of your natural born days', then I'd take Atlantic id it included the Stax/Volt and other stuff they distributed and the Chess bros. labels if not (Chess/Checker/Argo/Cadet). But judged strictly as a consistently groovy jazz label, it's the Alfred and Francis record company by a mile, IMHO.

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I think we're at over 50% which seems pretty good to me...?

OK, y'all ready for some answers?

Mines so big I can't [edited for freudian slip, oh my...] measure it, and it just keeps growing! But seriously, I guestimated it at between 3500 and 5000, all formats, all styles. Mostly vinyl, mostly jazz.

Personally, I love Go, Unit Structures, and Whistle Stop. At least like most of the other 'wursts' mention above, including the six or so 3 Sounds I have (why would I own six albums by a band I only like? because it's Blue Note and because I love Blue Hour). If I had to choose my bottom few in the stated parameters, I guess I'd consider Night of the Cookers, or ___________? The only one mentioned I've actually gotten rid of would be Hot Dog, but even that holds pleasures for me. It's largely a matter of context for me: I have tracks from Hot Dog on samplers (the title tune is on Cordon Blue, a collection of songs about food, where it sounds great), by itself the rendition of "It's Your Thing" sounds fine but next to the Isley's original or Grant Green's version it pales, perhaps the wurst way to hear this album is in it's original context, i.e. after hearing Alligator Boogaloo, etc. right before it. Still, the worst I can honsetly (non-hyperbole) say about it is that I prefer other similar Lou Donaldson albums: Alligator Boogaloo, Midnight Creeper and Say It Loud. All of the above are miles above any of the later Mizel bros. stuff in my book. As for Slow Drag, all I can say is "Yo' Mama!"

I love Grant Green's work, as I may have mentioned previously herein. Was I the only one bitterly disappointed that after waiting all these years for Goin' West to finally show up on domestic CD, it didn't include either of the two (?, I'll have to recheck) outtakes? That's right: Home On the Range & I'm an Old Cowhand (he later redid the latter).

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I love this album, for all the reasons mentioned above, and I think Grant Green loved it too, see Goin' West.

Well, isn't this interesting... I think we've had right and wrong guesses on just about every track, as well as positivity, negativity and WTF? directed at all of 'em too. 'It's all grease' and 'nice variety'. Subjectivity really is a wonder, if not always wonderfully conducive to understanding. I really did mean the connections of one track to the next and to threads here to be helpful, but apparently not... This is fun, I'll have to try to be a better player on the listening end from now on... Carry on, and some of youse got some surprises comin'...not that I haven't too.

Y'all are v.good guessers and interesting commentators. I realize 'one man's meat...' but I'm kinda surprised by the negative reactions some selections have gotten, not so much by others. Glad you all enjoyed what you did enjoy and trying hard not to go "WTF?" about the rest... No thoughts on the connections between selections or their connection to threads here? Answers and responses next week sound about right?

And I was afraid it wasn't greasy/funky enuff! Good guesses, some of 'em are even right! Carry on...

Now it's your turn...

OK, "discuss amongst yourselves". Hope I didn't stray too far from the real jazz straight & narrow, but that's how I hear it - part of a larger whole.

My wife surprised me by getting this for me from Amazon post-Xmas. I've read some of it before but not the piece on singing and songwriting pre- & post- R&R to which I'll have to respond when I can think about it some more. Good, thought provoking stuff.

have heard some earlier work by this unusual group. have liked same, will have to think about it before saying anything more...

Well it is a holiday today, at least for us public employees (thankyou taxpayers of Multnomah County!). Tomorrow would be fine with me. I'm not surprised dan got a few right off the bat, i can think of two that should be total gimmes for him. I didn't make it overyly hard on purpose: all of you should get some and some of you may get all. As I said earlier, everything is related to a thread here or in our past life, and everything connects one to the next, more hints to come if necessary... I hope I haven't caused some SNAFU by inadvertantly not following protocall: I'll send Peter Johnson's and cannonball-addict's tomorrowe, the rest are already sent: mikeweil (+ ?) Yakov marcoliv JSngry Jim Dye dutchmanx Stefan Wood catesta Jim R Noj ...impossible tooter brownie Dan Gould Tom in RI Marty Jazz Big Al I think this list is one short, I'll have to recheck my PM for co-responding ral names/handles. Most of all, I hope you all enjoy it; feel free to comment pro, con or whatever, or not if you don't feel like it. I know I've enjoyed the few I've gotten but have had a hard time thinking of much to say... Thanx for letting me play, Dana

All have been sent except Peter Johnson, and I'll get it going as soon as possible. Not sure why Brownie hasn't gotten his yet, sent ti the same time as MikeW and Tooter's...

Maybe they should get a forty year old stripper with substance issues who lost custody of her kids to give them a more realistic view. The vast majority of strippers, etc. just don't make that big money. Doing what you love is a good goal, but there's more to it than just finding what you love...

I haven't, yet... but next time I'm in Chicago I'm sure to go, right after Jazz Record Mart.