The Magnificent Goldberg

Izzy Goldberg Dizzy Gillespie Al Middleman

What's a Scorpio reissue? MG

There are 4 of those cheapos I'm in for: Hampton, Stitt, Milt J, Duke/Hawk. Good pre-Christmas splurge. MG PS they may be cheap because they're available for download from the Verve site. Well, some are.

Wasn't half of what Bird played pop songs? MG Yes, but the pop songs of c. 1945-1955, not the pop songs of the late 1960s. First, they were the contemporary pop songs of the time, as were the two on the Sonny Criss album (only two). Second, neither "Up up and away" nor "Sunny" were crummy songs. So there's no reason to dis the LP in my view. MG

More more more - B B King MG

More Mercy mercy - Don Covay Trouble trouble - Lowell Fulson Trouble trouble - Benny Carter Precious precious - O V Wright Heartaches heartaches - O V Wright Dance dance - The Vocalaires Dance dance dance - The Beach Boys MG

Say Man Say Man back again Bo Diddley

Perry Mason Raymond Burr Erle Stanley Gardner

HOW could I have forgotten that one? MG

Della Griffin Della Reese Mark Deller

Bette Midler did an absolutely compelling version of "Skylark" on her second album "Bette Midler", accompanied only by Barry Manilow on piano. I normally think the best version of a Hoagy song is the one by Hoagy, but in this case, no. This is one of the few of my wife's records I'm really glad she bought. I just played it and it still sends shivers up and down my spine. MG

Goombay Dance Band Andy Bey Chief Bey

Overton Vertis Wright Al Green Ann Peebles

I'm sure you did. But I always put the period of a lot of bad jazz/pop albums as the '70s, particularly the late '70s - when there were tons of (good) jazz musicians making disco records, many of them quite successfully. Which is why I thought to start this thread. MG

Fred was from Atlanta - or worked in Atlanta any way. He recorded in the late '40s & early '50s with Billy Wright, Prince of the Blues, and I think Chuck Willis. In the mid '50s, he was on Little Richard's first recording session - done for RCA - and played a splendid solo on "Get rich quick". Unfortunately, I left the LP with that on it on my bed one day in 1962 and, when I got home in the evening, it had melted quite significantly. Duke Pearson refers to this background in his sleeve notes to "The way I feel" noting that he was called "Hurricane" - QRT. In the late '50s he joined Lloyd Price's band and hooked up with Big John. He was still in that band in 1963, when Lloyd recorded "This is my band" for his own label Double L, but playing alto (the Lord discography says he was playing tenor, but he is recognisable on the sleeve with an alto). MG

Port Said Port Talbot Port Au Prince

Wasn't half of what Bird played pop songs? MG

OK - here we bleedin' well go! Boom boom - John Lee Hooker Shame shame shame - Jimmy Reed Joey Joey Joey - Broadway show tune Jelly jelly jelly - Billy Eckstine Jenny Jenny - Little Richard Wee wee - James Brown (I kid you not) Baby baby baby - Aretha Franklin Sugar sugar - Archies Paya paya - Horoya band New York New York - Mel Torme Momma momma - The Pazant Brothers Jan Jan - The Counts (& Grant Green twice) Sookie Sookie - Don Covay Voo-it voo-it - Blues Woman (Marion Abernathy) with Buddy Banks' Sextet Shake shake shake - Jackie Wilson Shout shout - Ernie Maresca Turn turn turn - The Byrds Biri biri - Fallou Dieng et le DLC Putti putti - Jay Epae Ya ya - Lee Dorsey Enough! MG

I guess what you're talking about is Ike Quebec's "With a song in my heart" LP. All of that, plus other sessions Ike made that were intended to be issued on 45s, are on the double CD "The complete Blue Note 45 sessions". All killer stuff. Earl Van Dyke made a further session for BN - another with Fred Jackson on 9 April 1962. That session has the same personnel as "Hootin' 'n tootin'" but, for some reason, has Sam Jones added on bass. It wasn't released until the Conn CD of "Hootin'" came out in 1998. Cuscuna thought the reason it wasn't released was because it was too short, but it's actually slightly longer than "Hootin'". And it's another great session, although there's no individual track that comes up to "Southern exposure". I don't imagine the Conn is still available, though I haven't checked. MG

Money money money (bonus track) Mony mony Tiki tiki (by Super Diamono - does it count if it's Seneglese?) I'm blue (gong gong gong) Gimme gimme gimme I'm going to bed Goodnight goodnight MG

Well, La La means I love you (nothing personal, of course) MG

Jack McDuff - Lift every voice - JAM original MG

Babar the elephant Peter Ustinov Francis Poulenc

I don't know - I wish I'd been there then, though! MG

Max Factor Max Headroom David Newman