The Magnificent Goldberg

Toots The Maytals Monkey Man

They look very interesting. I guess the Descarga site is in the USA, so heavy postage rates. On Amazon UK, the downloads are generally more expensive than the CDs! Will look into these. Thanks. MG

Looks VERY interesting - but a pity so many notes are in Spanish. Thanks Jim. MG

Le Bourgeoise Gentilhomme Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

All three of them: Night train - Delmark 435 = United LP002 (10") + bonus tracks - 1951-53 (Includes his two hit singles 'Night train' and that hymn to adultery, 'Hey Mrs Jones') All the gin is gone - Delmark 404 - Dec '59 Black Forrest - Delmark 427 - Dec '59 The last mentioned is cuts left over from 'All the gin is gone' but it doesn't suffer because they're all great. MG

I have the last two, not the first two. Do you think the first two are in the same league? MG is a better source on this subject than I, but I'll just say yes - especially Out of the Forrest. 'Soul street' is the weakest of the four, as an album, compiled from bits of sessions, but it's still damn good. Jimmy made five albums as a sole leader for Prestige. The best 4 would have included 'Forrest fire' which has Larry Young and Thornel Schwartz. We're not entitled to perfection, though, and 'Soul street' has some wonderful stuff in there. I've never come across bad Jimmy Forrest music, as a sideman, co-leader or leader. He was one of the all time greatest stalwarts. MG Actually, I SHOULD get this myself, I've only got two of them on CD (though 'Out of the Forrest' is a test pressing and sounds so fabuloso I don't even mind Joe Zawinul's presence). MG

Bleedin' 'ot! I put off getting the washing off the line until just now, when there was a bit of shade. Hardly smoked all afternoon - too hot to go outside! Africa temperatures today. MG

Ace Cannon Charles Ray - The Deuce of spades The Dog Tray

Just saw this at Amazon, when I was buying a book. Anyone who hasn't got those original Prestige albums is in for a REAL treat with these four! MG

Agreed about Desi Arnaz. From what I've heard his recordings may be a bit "hollywoodized" but they are nice starters into Latin big bands from that era. MG, you might want to read up on this subject matter in THIS book: http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/latin-jazz.html This should give you an expert overview of whom to search out. And then there are the reissues from the HARLEQUIN label (part of the Krazy Kat/Interstate labels straight from the UK): http://www.interstate-music.co.uk/harlequin/harlequinindex.htm No idea how well distributed they (still) are at this time as the label(s) seem to have slowed down their reissuing activities a lot in recent years so some may be OOP for good. Got a copy of that book just now from Amazon UK. Not terribly expensive. MG

Oh wow! LOTS of stuff to pursue. I knew I was only scratching the surface. Thank you all! MG

Looks interesting, though there's not a lot available. I'll try a DL of an album of his late 40s-1951 material next month. Thanks Jeff. MG I have the Pablo and like it. I don't know the Verve - I guess it isn't in the Proper box I have. MG

The Water Rat Mole Toad

I’ve recently become very interested in these bands. It seems to me that this period (as for R&B, gospel, bebop) is the classic period for these great orchestras, who are rather out of favour, only of interest to the middle of the road fans. So far, I’ve got several albums each of: Xavier Cugat Perez Prado (my favourite and the funkiest beyond doubt) Machito Tito Puente Edmundo Ros (rather polite, but fun) I’ve tried finding others through AMG but that’s really unhelpful nowadays. So I’m sure one or two people here can point out a few other bandleaders of this ilk. Recommendations please. (And if you know of a good discographical site for these or other bands, please don't hesitate to provide a link.) MG

Little White Dove Running Bear Running Dog

Milt Jackson Percy Mayfield Casey Jones

Noddy Bigears The Bumpy Dog

Was part of the deal an interest in ARC music? Chess, Vee-Jay and Benny Goodman's brother (forget his first name, Tommy I think) were the partners. ARC music songs go on forever. MG

Junior was really nice. I love the stuff with McGriff but even more I love his LP for Mercury - 'Like it is' - produced by Bobby Robinson (THE Bobby Robinson, that is) with a lovely smooth Memphis band working like Willie Mitchell's or the Mar-Keys arranged by Gene Miller behind him. MG

I don't think it was that. From the soul jazz point of view, they didn't have enough people with the requisite knowledge and taste working there to do a good job. Two examples Groove Holmes' 'On Basie's bandstand' was produced by a guy who didn't like organ records, so he just assembled all the burners from the unreleased material and left out ballads (the CD could do wit ha ballad or two in my view). The title track of Charles Earland's 'Funk fantastique' (produced by the same guy) is the original mix and title of 'Morgan' from 'Intensity'. After Lee's death, it was remixed and retitled for the LP release. The guy didn't know it was the same recording as 'Morgan' until I pointed it out. I don't know about other stuff, but those incidents made me think a bit about Fantasy. When they did what Prestige or the other original labels did, they got is as right as they could (and that was VERY right indeed. When they tried to push the envelope, they didn't have as much expertise as they may have needed. MG

Finally Perez Prado - Mambo - Soldore no image on web (this CD is apparently recordings made in Cuba 1947-49) Tito Puente Now - GNP Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis - Leapin on Lenox - B&B Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis - Jaws strikes again - B&B Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis - Light & lovely - B&B Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis - Modern jazz - King Fred Anderson - On the run - Delmark Fred Anderson was an impulse buy, in a bunch of today's newies the patron pointed out to me when I'd decided what to get MG

Then, a first visit to Paris Jazz Corner Milt Buckner & his alumni - B&B Milt Buckner & Andre Persiani - Pianistically yours - B&B Lionel Hampton - Mostly ballads - Music Masters Lionel Hampton live at the Blue Note - Telarc Jazz Lionel Hampton & his jazz giants - B&B Illinois Jacquet the New York sessions - JSP Tiny Bradshaw 1949-1951 - B&R Classics Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson 1947-1949 - B&R Classics Second visit, because I couldn't resist the 20% off deal Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis 1953-55 - Classics Tito Puente - Puente goes jazz - RCA Victor MG

Dunno why those won't come out, but the links are OK. To continue with the K7s Sayon Camara - Taramakhe vol 2 - TAT Audio Video no usable image on web UCAS Band - Studio 2000 Various artists - Discotheque 73 - Syliphone And some more CDs Alphadio Dara - Kalifou - DFT Lasso Doumbouya - Den den den - Gris Gris (Syllart) Sayon Camara - Saramaya - Gris Gris (Syllart) Kemo Conde - Soumankoi - Syllart - never heard of this guy before - the lad in the shop recommended the album, which is his first. MOST unusual voice. Finally three bunches of Soninke stuff Ganda Fadiga 2008 vol 1 - CK7 Diaby Doua - Faba n'dambe - CK7 Soninkara - Dado - CK7 continued ... MG

Well, after a pig of a week - the week before last - when I had to reload my operating system (Internet Explorer stopped working) and put everything back together again, THEN found I couldn't get Access because Microsoft had voided the product key they gave me and corresponded with a Microsoft guy in Russia (and still haven't got it sorted, but looks like I'll have to buy another copy, as Microsoft are a load of thieving gypsy bastards), went off to Paris. A little trip to Paris always makes me feel good Of course, I hit the record shops in the Goutte d'Or and Paris Jazz Corner and was pleased to see prices coming down - PJC had 20% off everything until 25 July! So I bought enough to nearly cripple myself lugging my bag up and down the stairs at St Pancras and Paddington (I went by Eurostar as there are no longer flights from Cardiff to Paris (!!!). So, from in the Goutte d'Or, I got some CDs Kaniba Oule Kouyate - Democratie - AMC - replacement for an old muddy K7 Youssou Ndour - Bercy 2003 vol 1 - Jololi (volume 2 never issued on CD, must look for a K7) http://www.sternsmusic.com/cdi/fixedSize350x350/yndgb03cd.jpg Thione Seck - Ddiaga - TBS no image on web Ndeye marie Ndiaye Gawlo - Gawlo senegal - Jololi http://www.natari.com/graphics/gawlo-f.jpg Fallou dieng - Maana - 6C - produced by Pape Cisse - 6C is a pun Wally Ballago Seck - Voglio - TBS (Thione Seck's son, on Thione's own label) some K7s Yacouba Kante - Messager du Manding - Sonia Store Alioune Kasse - Kara - PCS http://www.geocities.ws/lydia_gaertner/Diskographien/Alioune_Kasse_Bilder/AliouneKasseKaraVol1.jpg Above 2 are replacements for duff K7s Pathe Moloko - Menminilan - Gris gris no image on web Assane Mboup - Ay beuguente la - Prince arts http://www.dakarmusique.com/images/stories/sorties_album/assanemboup-beugeunte.jpg Toure Kunda - Live - Celluloid http://home.comcast.net/~toure-kunda/images-tk/toure-kunda-live-paris-ziguinchor-cs-france-64602-4.jpg Coumba Gawlo - Accident - Audio Video no image on web - very glad to at last get an original of this - have been making do with a pirate copy for a good many years. Ibro Diabate - M'maloloe - TAT Audio Video - no usable image on web Continued in next 3 posts MG

on the spine of this lp, does it really say Bossa Nova Soul Samba. i think there has been some confusion over this The spine has all four words. It's a reissue by Classic Records, so I don't know if the original LP is the same. on the spine of this lp, does it really say Bossa Nova Soul Samba. i think there has been some confusion over this Looking at the stereo NY USA spine it says Bossa Nova at the top of the spine, and a little further down it reads Soul Samba, then Ike Quebec, and then Blue Note Stereo 84114 near the bottom. I have a transitional copy - a Liberty/UA label, a liberty back sleeve and a NY USA front () - and that's the same - about 3/4" between 'Bossa nova' and 'soul samba'. (I didn't get my tape measure out.