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Completely opposite reaction. Never found a way to love the raw voice, it just grates and irritates. (Not that its a case of spending a lot of time trying to, but when I went whole-hog into the blues about six or seven years ago, well - my reaction to hearing the Wolf was similar to my reaction to hearing latter-day Coltrane.) Try again, Dan (the Wolf, not the latter day Trane, which sounds awfully strident and irritating to my ears).

Love Call here.

Link to the Cumulative Contents of Names & Numbers, Issues #1 to #56 FWIV, I am subscribed to the journal, which I find a very useful research tool.

Marc Myers on the Johnny Richards new Uptown CD

Latest acquisitions: - 67282 TRADJAZZ PRODUCTIONS #6 THE DIXIELANDERS - THE THIRD ANNUAL NEWARK STATE COLLEGE JAZZ CONCERT: 2-CD set - 62687 DETS #9013 DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA - THE TREASURY SHOWS, VOLUME 13: 2-CD set - 49631 NIF NUF-16 RALPH SUTTON / IN CONCERT - 2483 CHIAROSCUR-206 RALPH SUTTON / LAST OF THE WHOREHOU - 2478 CHIAROSCUR-306 RALPH SUTTON / LAST OF THE WHOREHOU - 22919 CHIAROSCUR-208 RALPH SUTTON / (No Title) - 38036 AUDIOPHILE-120 DICK HYMAN / GENIUS AT PLAY / SOL - Hep Jazz CD - Duke Ellington - Crystal Gardens - 1952 - Hep Jazz CD - Nat King Cole 1949 Carnegie Hall Concert - Hep Jazz CD - Artie Shaw - Evensong

Good deal

Wally Olson's Dixielanders with Bud Freeman and Dick Mushlitz - The Third Annual Newark State College Jazz Concert (Trad Jazz Productions, TJP 6) 2-CD set with the 3rd annual Newark State College Jazz Concert from 1962. A real swinging group augmented by the tenor sax of Bud Freeman, and the banjo, guitar and vocals of Dick Mushlitz, one of the founders of the Salty Dogs Jazz Band. Available at the Trad Jazz Productions website or www.worldsrecords.com.

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Of course they will check this forum, as they will inspect the Facebook accounts of all his "friends" there. Amen to that. Being the father of three young children (9, 7 and 4 years old), the simple thought of the magnitude of this crime just makes me sick.

That's really good news. Thanks for sharing!

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Finally, the Clark Terry autobiography will be issued by the University of California Press on October 1. Amazon link

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Just got an email from Hep reporting that the are shipping today. So, it's already available. Go to the New Issues section of Hep's website to order it.

Hep just released a new double CD album on its Metronome Series (Hep CD 92/93) with the concert of the EKE orchestra at the Crystal Gardens, Salem, Oregon in 1952. Some of the performances had previously been issued on various discs (Folkways FJ2968, Sunburst 501, Stardust 201...), but never as complete as in this new set. Track listing: CD I I. Fancy Dan (Ellington) 5.37 2. The Hawk Talks (Bellson) 3.17 3. Tenderly (Gross, Laurence) 5.01 4. Frustration (Ellington) 4.01 5. Tea For Two (Youmans, Caesar) 3.46 6. Take The A Train (Strayhorn) 5.23 7. Sophisticated Lady (Ellington) 6.38 8. Don't Worry Bout Me (Bloom, Koehler) 4.21 9. Perdido (Tizol) 5.37 10. The Jeep Is Jumping (Hodges) 3.04 11. Deep Purple (Parish, DeRose) 4.09 12. Caravan (Tizol. Ellington, Mills) 4.29 13. Warm Valley (Ellington, Russell) 4.50 14. Medley l Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (Ellington, Nemo. Redmond) - Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Ellington. Russell) 4.19 CD 2 I. Mood Indigo (Ellington) 6.31 2. How High The Moon (Lewis,Hamilton) 6.49 3. Monologue (aka Pretty and the Wolf) (Ellington, Hamilton) 3.22 4. Duet (Ellington) 3.34 5. Skin Deep (Bellson) 7.32 6. Blues At Sundown (Ellington) 3.11 7. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me (Ellington,Russell) 2.13 8. It Don't Mean A Thing (Ellington) 7.09 9. Dancers in Love (Ellington) 3.06 10. The Tattooed Bride (Ellington) 13.09 11. Trumpets No End (Blue Skies) (Berlin) 2.37 12. Take the A Train - partial playout 0.30 Personnel Duke Ellington& His Orchestra: Cat Anderson, With, Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry, trpts; Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, trmbs; Juan Tizol, valve trmb; Jimmy Hamilton, clt and ts; Willie Smith, Russell Procope, as; Paul Gonzalves, ts; Harry Carney, bars; Duke Ellington, pno; Wendell Marshall, bs; Louie Bellson, drms, Jimmy Grissom, voc. A note from David Lennirk (who did the restoration, editing and digital remastering): Album notes by Andrew Homzy.

Stride piano master Mike Lipskin's new CD, "Stride Jazz Solos" (Buskirk Productions) is now available directly from Mike's website ( link to ML website ) or from CD Baby ( link to CD Baby ). Here's the track list (piano solos unless otherwise indicated): 1. Yesterday (John Lennon – Paul McCartney) 4:15 2. Where Are You? (Harold Adamson – Jimmy McHugh) 5:00 3. Sweetie Dear (Joe Jordan) 4:20 4. Snowy Morning Blues (James P. Johnson) 5:14 5. When Sunny Gets Blue (Jack Segal – Marvin Fisher) 4:46 6. Blue Room (Richard Rodgers – Lorenz Hart ) 3:37 7. It Takes a Little More to Score (Mike Lipskin) 2:29. 8. Lover (Richard Rodgers – Lorenz Hart) 3:36 9. Isn't It a Lovely Day (Irving Berlin) 3:37 10. Keep Smoking That Cigar (Mike Lipskin) 3:20 11. Willow Weep for Me (Ann Ronell) 3:07 with Ruby Braff, cornet; George Barnes, Wayne Wright, guitars: 12. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (Ted Koehler – Billy Moll) 2:50 13. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight (Johnson – Creamer) 4:17 14. S'Wonderful (George and Ira Gershwin ) 3:39 Best regards, Agustín Pérez Madrid

Stride piano master Mike Lipskin's new CD, "Stride Piano Styles" (Buskirk Productions) is now available directly from Mike's website ( link to ML website ) or from CD Baby ( link to CD Baby ). Here's the track list (piano solos unless otherwise indicated): 1. Yesterday (John Lennon Paul McCartney) 4:15 2. Where Are You? (Harold Adamson Jimmy McHugh) 5:00 3. Sweetie Dear (Joe Jordan) 4:20 4. Snowy Morning Blues (James P. Johnson) 5:14 5. When Sunny Gets Blue (Jack Segal Marvin Fisher) 4:46 6. Blue Room (Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart ) 3:37 7. It Takes a Little More to Score (Mike Lipskin) 2:29. 8. Lover (Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart) 3:36 9. Isn't It a Lovely Day (Irving Berlin) 3:37 10. Keep Smoking That Cigar (Mike Lipskin) 3:20 11. Willow Weep for Me (Ann Ronell) 3:07 with Ruby Braff, cornet; George Barnes, Wayne Wright, guitars: 12. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (Ted Koehler Billy Moll) 2:50 13. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight (Johnson Creamer) 4:17 14. SWonderful (George and Ira Gershwin ) 3:39 Best regards, Agustín Pérez Madrid

Volume 15 is coming... soon. Just a bit more patience...

Duke Ellington Treasury shows, vol.14, and a couple of additional volumes from the DETS series that I was missing.

You will come to the conclusion that you have to buy them all!

Scheduled publication date for Mike Zirpolo's Bunny Berigan bio is August 2011.

James Price Johnson Feb. 1, 1894 - Nov. 17 1955 Beloved Husband, Father and Grandfather Master American Pianist and Composer The Dean of Jazz Pianists As reported on Mule Walk and Jazz Talk (September 17, 2009 and October 7, 2009), the James P. Johnson Foundation, the Johnson family and Smalls Club organized an all day “rent party” to raise money to buy a monument to commemorate this great musician who so far rested in peace in an unmarked grave in Maspeth, Queens, Mt. Olivet Cemetery. The event met with success and this is the proof: http://thereisjazzbeforetrane.blogspot.com/2011/06/james-p-johnson-grave.html

Once again, my hommage to the greatest Spanish sportsman ever. 10 Grand Slams... and counting!

"What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years", Ricky Riccardi's biography of Louis Armstrong's later years (from the end of WWII to his death in 1971) will be published by Pantheon on June 21. Being a strong supporter of Ricky's Louis Armstrong blog, having been aware of his thorough research -from a long distance, of course-, and even having contributed with a few newspaper & magazine articles here and there -just the smallest bit to his wonderful research and analysis work-, I cannot be impartial but... ... I strongly recommend to buy the book! Amazon link

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