The Magnificent Goldberg

Both of those Ike Quebec albums are wonderful. And not just for Freddie. MG

Is THAT what she looks like! Phew! Does it matter what she sings like? MG

The sense I'm getting from this and the earlier related thread is that on both LP and CD, the tunes had the same titles attached to them, but that these titles MAY have been wrong (I can see the force of Shawn's argument above). In other words, if errors were made, they were made consistently, as earlier errors were repeated. I do like the idea of being able to listen to this material as albums or sessions, depending on how I feel. I'm most grateful for all this; thanks folks. MG

Blimey! Well done Andy! It's almost certain that it's him, but if anyone's in contact with Amiri Baraka, I'm sure he's one to know. MG

Me too; that wasn't the only one in the last week or so. Thanks. MG

Who is this reviewer? "the tight harmonies of all-girl groups from the ‘30s and ‘40s,” reads the press release, again misplacing an early 1960s phenomenon." Hasn't he heard of the Boswell Sisters or the Andrews Sisters? Come on... MG

Me too; pity Rhoda couldn't remember. MG

Me too. Freddie's last BN session remains unissued. It features Kahlil Rahman on vibes. And there are 6 unissued tracks from the sessions at which "The soul book" was recorded. MG

Phew! Well, thanks very much Daniel. MG

Personnel aren't known in Ruppli's Verve discography. Here are the entries. GRANT GREEN (G) + ? NYC, 5 AUG 65 IRON CITY MARCH ANGL FAT JUDY SAMBA DE ORFEU CHIM CHIM CHEREE GRANT GREEN (G) WITH ? 1 SEP 65 THINGS AIN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE MOON OVER ALL I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS BLUES TRAN SUNDAY, MONDAY OR ALWAYS FEVER DREAM UPTOWN Possibly Larry Young is on the 5 August job. Wouldn't like to guess who's on the other. MG

I found out a couple of weeks ago that Pete Fallico had done a longish piece on Freddie on his Doodlin' Lounge site. There's stuff in there I hadn't the faintest idea about. A very interesting read. It's here: http://www.doodlinlounge.com/Stories/FreddieRoach.html and there's a nice photo of Freddie that looks entirely blissful MG

I'm surprised all you Jimmy Smith addicts don't know that Benard sang on "I'd rather drink muddy water" on Jimmy's album "Sum serious blues". Good, too. MG

Nice title - is that Black & Blue, too? MG Yup. Finding a cheap flight to Paris is becoming more urgent. MG

Nice title - is that Black & Blue, too? MG

That's out in the UK, is it? MG

Oh my goodness! Daniel, what I want to do is burn myself some CDs (partly to learn how to do it) which put the tracks from "Turnaround", "No room for squares" and "Straight no filter" into the order, and on the albums, in which they originally appeared. So I'd be grateful if when you respond, you could bear that in mind. I've got the track listings for the two that appeared in the '60s. MG

In the fond hope that I'll have upgraded my machinery by July 2008 , please put me down for BFT #63. MG August 2008, I mean. Where's the smiley for senile incompetence?

I think you're missing albums like: James Moody - Moody's mood for love - Argo Milt Jackson - Vibrations Nat Adderley - That's right Yusef Lateef - The Centaur & the phoenix Sam Jones - The chant Tad Dameron - Magic touch Milt Jackson - Big Bags Freddie McCoy - Lonely Avenue King Curtis - Killer Joe's Discotheque In the pre LP era, he also recorded with the Billy Eckstine band, Sir Charles Thompson, J C Heard, Hal Singer, Big John Greer, Lucky Millinder, Wild Bill Moore and Wardell Gray. MG I have all of those except the Freddie McCoy and the King Curtis. Tate Houston is NOT given the exposure on all those dates combined that he is on the Fuller date. It's a mystery to me . . . He isn't given any exposure on the others, either. MG

So buy immediately : CD "Eddy Louiss trio" (with Klook and René Thomas) @ Dreyfus Jazz CD "HLP" (Humair Louiss Ponty) 2 volumes @ Dreyfus Jazz CD "Bohemia After Dark" (coll. Jazz in Paris) (LP "Orgue") @ Gitanes Jazz/Universal LP "Orgue vol.2" @ America Yessir! MG

Of course - I overlooked Larry Young. Thanks. I'm not familiar with Eddy Louiss' work. MG

Thanks very much, Brownie. MG

That's the true advantage of the web and downloads. You have some well connected friends... MG

I think you're missing albums like: James Moody - Moody's mood for love - Argo Milt Jackson - Vibrations Nat Adderley - That's right Yusef Lateef - The Centaur & the phoenix Sam Jones - The chant Tad Dameron - Magic touch Milt Jackson - Big Bags Freddie McCoy - Lonely Avenue King Curtis - Killer Joe's Discotheque In the pre LP era, he also recorded with the Billy Eckstine band, Sir Charles Thompson, J C Heard, Hal Singer, Big John Greer, Lucky Millinder, Wild Bill Moore and Wardell Gray. MG

I feel like having a Mosaic day today. Over breakfast, Stanley Turrentine disc 3 now on John Patton - all of it then Curtis Amy - all of it and Jazz Crusaders - all of it That'll take care of me up to bedtime. MG