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This book is getting huge promotion efforts, with presentations all over the Spanish geography, which are typically accompanied by a concert from a varying group led by Ignasi Terraza (natural inheritor of Tete Montoliu's piano tradition in Spain) and Horacio Fumero (longtime bassist in Tete's trio). My viewpoint, in a nutshell: it IS a nice book, though NOT a great book (in terms of documentation, original research and comprehensiveness).

From Lewis Porter's Substack page: https://lewisporter.substack.com/p/for-the-new-year-new-tatum-with-nat

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Currently delving into the East Broadway loft days chapter (1966).

Sonny's RCA period (obviously ), 1962-1964. Particularly, the "The Standard Sonny Rollins" sessions were spread all over June and early-July 1964.

Don Byas Mosaic, disc 1

Clarified. VAT payed to FedEx. Last time I order directly from Mosaic.

Thanks for the alert! Of course, I haven't sent the bank transfer yet. I had planned to make a call to that phone number to get the needed clarifications. No additional emails from FedEx yet. In the tracking feature of their website, the package is shown as "delivered" and the process closed. So strange!

I am afraid I was too optimistic. 😔 The package arrived yesterday, with a notice to pay VAT under a very odd procedure: the guy from FedEx left a bank current account number (without any bank account holder reference), written by hand on a piece of paper, so that I can make a bank transfer of €40-something to pay VAT. He also provided a phone number to send the bank transfer document via WhatsApp. I wasn't at home when the parcel arrived, so I could not make any of the obvious questions. If I had not received the parcel with the set as well (still unopened from my side), I would have thought this was scam.

€198,00 plus €5,22, that’s €203,22, shipped to Madrid. I still got a (slightly) better deal by ordering directly from Mosaic ($159 plus $40 shipping). Delivery is scheduled for today.

Nita Bradley pops up again in two sessions by the Teddy McRae And His Zanzibar Orchestra in 1945 (Kenny Kersey on piano). And that's all!

Just received an email reporting that delivery is scheduled for December 20th.

Definitely....Fats Waller!!!

No news here. 😔

Rest in peace

I've always loved the lyrics from this chorus, so appropriate for a carol... 🤣 You're a bum You're a punk You're an old slut on junk Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed You scumbag, you maggot You cheap lousy faggot Happy Christmas your arse I pray God it's our last

"A Pair Of Brown Eyes" was a grrrreat song!