The Magnificent Goldberg

So this is not the Choice Records that was owned by Ozzie Cadena - their numbers ran in the 500 series. Whose label is this? And when was it around? MG

Daphne de Sélincourt Christopher Robin Milne Alice

Laura Johnny Mercer David Raskin

There's a bit in there that I found most odd. I've never heard that language got going when group sizes reached 140. How does anyone KNOW this?" MG

Thought-provoking. I looked at the pop and R&B album charts for the eighties to see what the trends were. Two things were immediately obvious. 1 The overall trend was that, as the eighties progressed, significantly fewer jazz albums got on the pop & R&B album charts: 1980 67 1981 61 1982 44 1983 40 1984 33 1985 27 1986 26 1987 21 1988 31 1989 30 (The late seventies was the period in which the numbers of jazz albums making these charts was at its highest.) 2 Within this trend, Smooth Jazz made big gains. One would expect increasing opportunities for jazz musicians/singers to be reflected in better chart performance. It seems a little hard even on Wynton Marsalis to argue that the effect of his pronunciamentos was to boost the popularity of Kenny G and others of that ilk MG

Big John Greer Wynonie "Mr Blues" Harris Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Hm... MG

Kate Moss Giselle Bundchen Adriana Lima

The Mack Eddie Mack Lonnie Mack

I know this is humorous parody with heavily sarcastic intent, but is it really hitting a nail? I ask because surely people don't buy such a message. MG

I've ordered the Root Doctors, but asked for the package to be held back a bit because a postal strike is threatened over here ... But I'm really enjoying these Root Doctor albums - well, the very thought of them ... MG

Hur, hur! MG

Alexis Korner Paris Jazz Corner The Street Corner Gang

That is a very interesting observation, Bruce. MG

"Yah boo"? "Yah boo sucks" doesn't mean anything like "sucks" in American. It's more like "Nyah nyah!" I guess. MG

Wow! The Weston is getting a lot of votes. I'd better git it sune! MG

The one on your list I'm thinking of for my next - since Jamal's put back - is the Weston. MG

Have a good one! MG

Very interesting case. Raises very heavy notions about what civilisation is all about. Thanks Aloc. MG

That's VERY hard. I think you did the right thing twice. MG

Chris Connor is my favourite. Try either/both of Chris Craft A jazz date with Chris Connor Those two used to be available as one twofer CD (superb coupling) on Rhino. Not sure if it's still around. Chris in person (Live at the Village Vanguard) Etta Jones sings Buddy Johnson (HighNote) Johnson was THE greatest jazzman/songwriter and this is a fitting tribute to him. For stuff that's raunchy and Ram-Bunk-Shush, funny and funky, and swings like hell, try Irene Reid Million $ secret The uptown lowdown I ain't doin' too bad All 3 are on Savant, and backed up by the Charles Earland band with Eric Alexander, Jim Rotondi, Greg Rockingham and (mostly) Bob DeVos. This is very, very chitlin' circuit jazz singing NOT Village Vanguard jazz singing. MG

(nods sagely) and being unemployed every few months and .... (censored) MG

The thing he did with his daughters (The Braith Family singers, is how I think he billed them) is the eptiome of this, I think. His daughter Flame was a well-known background singer during the disco era. MG

My Mum used to work for him in the early thirties. (Still carries the scar.) Ray Charles Ray Pounds (on the drums) Link Wray

And it's NOT on u-tube! MG