The Magnificent Goldberg

Well, I was right about the Germans, though not necessarily the drunkenness MG

The Sims Twins The Siamese Cats Peggy Lee

Nat Simpkins Pete Simkins Geoff Simkins

Well, I never knew Gerald arranged 'River's invitation'. I thought Hank Crawford did those arrangements. But the name of the arranger was never mentioned on the label of the 45 I had or the LP I've got. A wonderful record - I always loved the idea of making a bossa nova out of a very slow blues MG

Isn't that an oxymoron? Mm.... nice MG

Dillinger The woman in red (who got him) Etta James

Limp Wrist Limp Bizkit Hot Chocolate

Kool and the Gang don't seem to be doing well on this. Some of their early albums were masterpies of funk. MG

I don't get it. Is this 'jazz humour'? MG

Bloody bad week - Gerald Wilson, Cosimo Matassa and now Joe... RIP Joe. So many worlds appreciated you for real. MG

The Shrinks Pink Inc Pink

Happy Birthday, Dan. MG

Quartet Tres Lesbian eh? MG

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Is the DIscovery/Trend material available nowadays? MG

Hong Kong Phooey Penrod 'Penry' Pooch Scatman Crothers

Nope, I've never had a mobile phone, as I said a few posts back. Don't intend ever to have one, either. Someone wants me, I've a phone at home. If I want someone, I'll wait until I'm home and phone them. All our calls to real people from the house are free 24/7, if we don't take longer than an hour on them. Why should I pay for something I already have free? MG

Very much that neighborhood -- good luck finding it. I agree. I should have recognised kwela whistles, but they're so unprominent... This I really don't recognise, so it will be hard to find. Still, it has to be a track from an LP or EP, can't be a single, which does limit the possibilities. MG

Well, there's an entirely extraordinary hero gone. Thanks for all the extraordinary music that came to us via your mikes. RIP Mr Matassa. MG

I think Perri Lee is better with a small band. I have her Roulette LP done at Birdland with Eddie Chamblee on tenor sax and I forget the name of the drummer. That's nice. MG

Glad to hear John Wright's still around and active. MG

Oh, a sax man, too! Well, evidently it wasn't a pseudonym - I really couldn't believe it was a real name when I got the Holiday CD. Thanks Niko. MG

Lionel Hampton David Gates The Great Gates

Well, he doesn't look sixteen any more; maybe about twenty. MG

I have this OJC cd - 23 tracks in all: Thanks Chuck! Must search that out ... Apparently a CD that passed me by at the time it was released. TIme to be able to listen to this whenever you feel like it and not just via some original 10" somewhere else. Yes, it's very nice - I think with every track Holiday recorded as a leader for Prestige. A couple of 10" LPs and a couple of EPs. And includes one of the early modern jazz organists - Jordin Fordin. Who WAS Jordin Fordin? A VERY different organist, certainly. MG