The Magnificent Goldberg

I suppose these are all really ad libs, are they? 'Cos I used to think he worked out what he was going to sing in advance. MG

Coo! Was he breaking rocks on a chain gang (building the railway)? MG

The whole Dizzy Gillespie quintet accompanying Katie Bell Nubin on an album of traditional Gospel songs. MG

Thanks, Thom. MG

Robert Boyle Basil de Bathmat Dilswipe Boyle Leslie Charteris

Then I submit it is not Jazz. Or rather, if Jazz has become a "show" then I don't want to play it. Jazz always was a show. Surely you can't believe that Armstrong, Ellington, Waller, Basie, Hampton, Goodman and so on and so on didn't know that they were putting on a show to entertain the public? Entertainment <> mindless entertainment. MG Sure, I'll by that. But if you're telling me that Coltrane was a show, I'm not going to agree. I've seen enough live music (Jazz and otherwise) to draw a distinction. David Lee Roth and Kiss were definitely shows. Air, Billy Bang, Billy Harper and Clifford Jordan definitely were not. Harper definitely dresses for the occasion, but that certainly doesn't relegate the music to "entertainment." Of course, I don't see that it's possible to relegate music to entertainment - though it's possible to relegate music to mindless entertainment. I haven't seen any of the jazz musicians you mention, but I've heard Harper and Jordan. It's clear to me that their music is directed at getting through to their audiences and I'll take on trust that the same's true for Air and Bang. So it's entertainment. It may also be other things as well: art; politics; the accompaniment to courtship ritual etc. But it's always directed towards the benefit of the audience and therefore has to engage their interest/participation in a number of ways simultaneously, otherwise the music can't get through to do its work. (Hm, and the musicians don't get paid.) Wearing appropriate clothes to suit the needs of the audience is part of that. That doesn't necessarily mean suits. Sun Ra knew that MG

Aretha Franklin Piano Red Speckled Red

Yes. But it was interesting that the flugelhorn player played two completely different solos on the different performances of "Swingin' safari". The trouble with people like that is, some of them are pretty good, really But I did love the massed handclaps of the vocal group. Oh and the later vocal group, with the men all in white, getting ready for a cricket match, no doubt. MG

Shelley Manne Girl Friday Boy Harlem

Melvin Sparks (who follows Islam) on Dorothy Norwood's album "Look what they've done to my child" (Savoy). He's credited as Melvin Hassan. MG

And many more! MG

Another one up early today Zarathustra Richard Strauss Deodato

The skill of a great musician is to be able to get through to people who don't have the musical education to appreciate his/her skill. MG

Then I submit it is not Jazz. Or rather, if Jazz has become a "show" then I don't want to play it. Jazz always was a show. Surely you can't believe that Armstrong, Ellington, Waller, Basie, Hampton, Goodman and so on and so on didn't know that they were putting on a show to entertain the public? Entertainment <> mindless entertainment. MG

Great evening of vinyl! Jimmy McGriff - Stump juice - Groove Merchant Don Patterson - Moving up - Muse Sly Dunbar - Sly-go-ville - Taxi (Island) Tommy McCook - Instrumental - Justice Sonny Stitt - Mellow - Muse now Hank Marr - Live at the 502 Club - King MG

Bobby Bryant - Big band blues - Vee-Jay MG

None really - as I asked in the previous post, are Mosaics a good investment? If they are comparable to other forms of investment in typical rates of return, then it's not mad. But there's a strong suggestion in other posts that this particular seller doesn't know what he's doing as far as getting the best result on his investment is concerned. So, if he's not listening to the music but buying for investment and he doesn't know how best to get his return, that's mad. MG

Yes, it is a show. MG

Are Mosaics actually good investments, compared with the returns you'd get from something else? MG

The guy says that many of the LPs have never been played. Now THAT'S the madness! The guy didn't buy them for the music but as an investment. MG

Somewhere or other, I've got a recording of "With malice towards none" featuring a solo by Tom McIntosh, the composer - but I can't track it down. He wasn't the leader. MG

Roger Mellie, the man on the telly Billy the Fish Johnny Fartpants

Really best wishes for the success of the date, Allan. MG

Paul Weeden Billy James Don Patterson

Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance - "Body and soul", from "Dexter Gordon at Montreux" on Prestige. Dex had a go at doing this song with a "Maiden voyage" feeling in the studio for Prestige, but this live verson hits the feel perfectly. MG