The Magnificent Goldberg

No. The first link doesn't work. The second link is not the right answer. That's funny - they've taken the page down. It was there earlier. It's called "Spider on the keyboard" or words to that effect. MG

Billy Wright, Prince of the Blues Piano Red Esquerita

King Curtis did a nice version of "Honky tonk" on his "Soul serenade" album, for Capitol. Billy Butler AND Cornell Dupree on guitar. He did one for Trusound, too, ("Old gold") with Dupree and Gale and McDuff. And YET ANOTHER for Atco on the "Everybody's talkin'" LP, with Dupree and Billy Preston. He rather liked the tune Oh, and James Brown's version is a bit of a killer, too. MG

Aw shit! Mucho sympathy. MG

Curtis Peagler - I'll be around - Pablo I hadn't realised before that this was produced by Eric Miller, who worked for Fantasy - so Fantasy must have continued to make new albums on Pablo after Norman Granz sold it to Fantasy. Nice Bop album with Gildo Mahones, Herbie Lewis and Mr Higgins. MG

Jack (who was in the box) Jack (who hit the road) Jack (who was what you did to your body)

Yes, it's note for note. Never knew Butler knew MG

Is that your car or your house? Bad news either way. Are you covered by insurance? MG

"Blue mode". Never really warmed to it (have the 'rare groove' LP). Always thought that the best thing about it was the Mati Klarwein cover art. Maybe I'll give it another try. It sez "Forlenza Venoza Associates" on mine. Was Mati Klarwein Associates? MG

This is probably the CD Issued in UK on Ace. http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?pa...amp;release=897 The blurb on site suggests that this might, indeed, be the Basie band. MG

Indeed! That was the point of the QRT The guy who put up the video didn't know who the tenor player & guitarist were. Herman Riley and Terry Evans is my guess - they were in the band when JOS recorded the tune for Milestone in '89 and it looks like some photos I've seen of Herman Riley - though not the sleeve of his LP. What do you think? MG

Erskine Hawkins Orchestra, with the solo by Avery Parrish, the composer. in June 1940. MG

And NO ORGAN SOLO!!!!! (QRT) MG

Looks like this one http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&a...10:wnfixqugld6e MG Or maybe it's this one http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&a...10:fnftxqugldke MG

James Booker is the pianist on Disc 2, Song 12. If you have heard Booker before, there are some of his characteristic licks here. But, which Booker album is this from? Ah, some research needed here... MG

Russell Gunn Peter Gunn Duane Eddy

? Don't know that one. MG Freebird. Thank you - no wonder I didn't know it. MG

Felix Gross Lloyd Grossman The Rt Hon Edward Heath

? Don't know that one. MG

I don't know that album, but dude - Mickey Baker is somebody for whom the word "seminal" would not be misused. The cat was in that neither/nor in-between zone of jazz and R&B in the early-mid 50s and he really could play. But often didn't; be careful about what you listen to. MG

SkidRow The Bash Street Kids James Von Streeter

Some suggestions (which can be forwarded to Viz, if you like) Erect a trampoline behind your front door. Always be careful to make up orders with more CDs than will go through your letterbox. Instruct your missus to ensure that she is always ready to greet the postman with an open door and a smile and, (optionally) Jimmy Forrest's "Hey Mrs Jones" playing on the hifi. MG

Stereojack pointed out that the solos on the crucial versions of these tunes became part of the tunes and were played by everyone who played the tune (at least as a starting point). Are there any others? I can't think of any, offhand, but I expect I'll say, "oh yes", when you remind me MG

Billy Butler's guitar solo too. Also, Avery Parish's solo on "After hours" became part of the tune. I wonder how many others... MG

Well, it's afternoon here, so Thomas Hardy Jude the Obscure Tess of the D'Urbervilles