The Magnificent Goldberg

OK - I ordered both through your link. Does that mean that, as well as the money, you also get 6% as an Amazon partner? (BTW, you should see what people are charging on Amazon UK.) MG

Hm, I've got quite a few albums with Rein deGraaf on piano. David Newman, Marchel Ivery, Teddy Edwards etc. Always OK, but never gets to me himself. Why I didn't recognise him, I guess. MG

So, Roy HArgrove on "What's this thing called, love?" I've heard a few nice things he's done. Must investigate a bit. Thanks Durium. MG

The guy didn't have a phone. How many people in the US, even in that place OC-something, don't have phones? OK - answer - all the 39 year-olds who live with their mother. MG

Arnett Cobb & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Blow, Arnett, blow - Prestige Ace UK reprint MG

A Routine Teuton, Eiffel-lootin, Sarnof goon from Harris Sonar, Rock Time Carbaggio Rock Hudson Husdon Rock

"People" is one of those unexplainable tunes that folks choose to cover. Larry Young/Grant Green's version of people is absolutely one of my favorite organ cuts of all time. It actually is a great song in the right hands.... Well, I think it's a crummy song that, like many crummy songs, can be turned into a masterpiece by the right musicians; ie, Green/Young/Jones. MG

Perspective. In the end, the people will have what they want. And the best of luck to them. MG

Told you... MG

"People" is one of those unexplainable tunes that folks choose to cover. Here's a bit of trivia for your delight: it was written by the guy who wrote "How much is that doggy in the window" (and many more of the absolutely worst pop tunes of the early '50s). I believe that an overdose of Bob Merrill songs made white kids listen to R&B in the early '50s, and then gave rise to R&R. So don't knock it MG

Lena Horne Tyrone Shoelaces Erikah Badu

So long as no one says Ron Smith doesn't/didn't exist... MG

Yes yes! That one is brilleroonies!!!! MG

And for any fans of The Office, the lovely Karen is played by Rashida Jones, Q & Peggy's daughter. Ah, I see - local joke. "The Mod Squad" is a TV series. And yes, I am a fan of "The Office" - the REAL one MG

Intereting you should mention it. That track seems only ever to have been issued on a 45 - PR323, coupled with "Love me with all your heart". I was going nuts looking through all my albums on LP or CD for it until I checked the Prestige discography. MG

Somewhere between R&B & Jazz, there are: Bill Doggett - Hot Doggett - Odeon French reissue from King very mono Clifford Scott & Les McCann - Out Front - Pacific Jazz blue label stereo King Curtis - It's party time with King Curtis - Ace reissue from Trusound stereo MG

Nixon's name on the bottom takes a bit of the shine off that - but the letter was written by an official who knew what he was talking about and doubtless appreciated what Scott was up to. I'm sure you're right about the importance of those visits. MG

Velmer Watkins & the Angelic Gospel Community Choir Slim & the Supreme Angels The Angelic Gospel Singers

I've just finished reading Eric Hobsbawm's "The age of capital 1848-1875". In the chapter on the arts, I found this (to me, extraordinary) statement: I really must be out of step, because I've always thought that content was paramount. And I've always thought that this was Hobsbawm's view of jazz. Discuss MG

One pop cover - "By time get to Phoenix", OK ballad. 3 originals, up tempo, all OK. Two jazz standards - Brownie's "Delilah" smashing, and "Christo Redentor" THE definitive version in my view. Trust a church organist to play this with the absolutely RIGHT feeling. MG

Duh - and I thought ringwear was good. I used to take LPs to parties and get people to rub them to induce premature ringwear. MG

Hm, that doesn't look like Leon Spencer, Mel Sparks OR Idris Muhammad. MG

Nice afternoon with Sonny Stitt - Roost sessions discs 7-9 MG

I trust that, in America, "magazines dedicated to civil war reenactment & build-yr-own-tube-amplifier" are kept on the shelf ABOVE the porn. MG

Got it coming from Hiroshi. Tell you in a few days. MG