The Magnificent Goldberg

I don't understand this. I thought performance rights organisations collected a general license fee; then you could play anything licensed by that organisation. That's how it is in Britain. Licensing individual pieces that might (or might not) be played is a mind-blowing concept. MG Maybe those five songs were the five ASCAP songs they played. Could be, but what are the chances of that? Oh - are you saying that the US system is the same as the British one? MG

Brian Epstein Brian David "Fathead" Newman MG

I don't understand this. I thought performance rights organisations collected a general license fee; then you could play anything licensed by that organisation. That's how it is in Britain. Licensing individual pieces that might (or might not) be played is a mind-blowing concept. MG

Gene Ammons Gene Autrey Gerald Allbright MG

A lovely pair of albums that! Jennings is another guitarist overshadowed by the organist he supported. Apparently, many of those early Wild Bill Davis recordings were arranged by Bill [Jennings, that is]. MG

Isaac Hayes David Porter Coal porter (not THE Cole Porter) MG

All (? most?) of that was reissued by 32jazz - great discs, most of them! Then some cheapo UK label did a 2CD set with the four full albums of which 32jazz did the compilation of that title. Dig the ugly covers! But none are available, as far as I know. And none were available for very long, since 32Jazz was another of Joel Dorn's failures. I've got them all, in one format or another, except for "12" and "Blues for Duke", but it would be great to have a set, including "In case you forgot how bad he really was", which was recorded for Muse but not released until 32Jazz had taken it over. MG

Is that an assertion or do you know for a fact that CCR has been outselling material on, for example, Stax? MG I would be very surprised if the Stax titles came close to the CCR in total sales. Of course not over the past 30 years. I should have made it clear that I meant more recently. (Though in total, Stax must have done a very great deal more than 20 million. Just not since Fantasy acquired the company.) MG

a cult? who woulda thought.... Mithras, no doubt. MG

Micky Goofy Donald MG

Didn't those three also record for Concord as well? All four of the three did. MG

Les McCann Jack McDuff Freddie McCoy MG

I thought this was an announcement about the reissue of the material he recorded for Cobblestone/Muse. Now, that would be something! MG

I wouldn't! MG

Is that an assertion or do you know for a fact that CCR has been outselling material on, for example, Stax? Oh good, I'm 62 MG

Another package arrived this morning from CD Universe (No more newies 'til Saturday) MG

Claudia Cardinale Sophia Loren Brigitte Bardot MG

YESSSSS!!!!! GG WAS BASICALLY A SOUL JAZZ MUSICIAN WHO MADE THE OCCASIONAL HARD BOP RECORD. MG

Jimmy Forrest Phil Woods Phil the Greek (aka Prince Philip) MG

I agree Jim. I wouldn't have missed seeing and talking to Les McCann last summer, even though he wasn't the player he had been. He was still the MAN he had been. MG

Indeed. There was a rumour that it was something like Parkinson's. A stroke is something that a person might be able to get over or around, as Les McCann is. I hope Jimmy can. MG

Annie Laurie Lawrence Olds Larry Young

Debbie Harry Debbie Reynolds Sir Joshua Reynolds MG

According to Pete Fallico's story on Melvin Davis, that's who's going to be on. Here's the link http://www.doodlinlounge.com/artist.html MG

No; I couldn't get it to work. I've just tried again and heard a few. Some are smooth grooves; some aren't. The head to "Dis here" comes over well, as does "Tune for Don and Geary". The trouble is, all you get is 20 seconds or thereabouts, so there's no soloing; just the heads. From what I hear, the smooth grooves ain't too bad, though I think there may be a drum machine in one. I'm not opposed to them in principle; Ron Levy uses them to great effect. But, doesn't it all hang on the solos you can't hear? Anyway, glad I tried again, because I now see that you can buy two albums. MG