Ken Dryden

I was briefly a member of AARP but left after the initial two years. Too bad this kind of writing wasn't present in their magazine back then. I can't imagine what families with a member suffering from Alzheimer's experience, though this excellent article gave some idea.

The wrong track was loaded from the CD I selected (my fault, obviously), so yes, it is "Handful of Keys," penned by Fats Waller. I can't figure what happened as the track intended was not even adjacent to it.

Correct.

I can't think of any of my outlets that paid me by the word. I would have been more wordy than Thom Jurek... Of course, "Things Ain't What They Used To Be," when it comes to free lance paying opportunities.

I think that is part of the fun, being able to figure out the song or the artist, yet having to wrack your brain to figure out the remaining information. I compare it to recognizing every song on a live set, except the one piece that the artist never introduces by its title. I know that I know it, but it drives me crazy trying to recall the song title

I submitted the tracks with 0 in front of the single digit tracks, did something change? Track 1 is not "Handful of Keys." Track 1 is not Erroll Garner. Track 3 is not Sonny Rollins. Track 4 is not the Jones/Lewis band. Track 7 was not written or arranged by Quincy Jones, nor did he have anything to do with this recording. Track 8 is not a CTI record, it doesn't involve Don Sebesky, nor is George Benson present. Track 9 is not Charlie Haden. Track 10 is not by Coleman Hawkins. Track 11 doesn't include Herbie Mann, Felser already identified it. Track 13 is a Bobby Hutcherson song, but Milt Jackson isn't on vibes. Track 14 does not feature Ralph Towner or Oregon. Track 15 is not McCoy Tyner.

Bill F: Track 1 is not "Carolina Shout." Felser: Track 3 is not Clifford Jordan. Track 6 is indeed "Along Came Betty" performed by the Uptown String Quartet. Track 7 is "Jitterbug Waltz." Track 11 is Ahmed Abdul-Malik's take of "Song of Delilah," by Victor Young & Ray Evans. Featuring: Ahmed Abdul-Malik: bass; Ray Nance: violin; Paul Neves: piano; Seldon Powell: flute; Walter Perkins: drums Spellbound (Real Gone Music/Status) Track 16 is "Yesterdays."

BFT 203 can be downloaded at the following link: http://thomkeith.net/index.php/blindfold-tests/ I look forward to your comments and guesses...

I am still concerned about some of the possible side effects, though I am at risk for my age and a couple of health factors. So far, the general public in Tennessee in our county has to be 75+ years of age to be eligible. Since I spend a lot of time at home, being retired, I am not as concerned as some people who are out in public much more often.

Considering that Pete Sims sued when Turkish Women at the Bath was reissued under Chick Corea’s name, it seems unlikely that he would have approved if he were still alive.

I thought that I had loaded that AB Fable CD image, but I guess that I forgot to do so...

Ray Nance was a joy every time he was featured with Duke Ellington. The Fourth Edition of W.E. Timmer's Ellingtonia discography only show recordings being made between November 6 and December 28, 1948, none with the setting JSngry mentioned. I have long wondered about this mini-tour myself. I just stumbled on this CD listing, I wasn't familiar with it at all : I have had this LP for years, another gem: Another one that I picked up some time ago: Another release I just ran across, recorded in 1946. Now the challenge is to find a US seller...

I think they were $10 per disc new, with a 20% discount on the third volume if you bought the first two sets. The buyer got one heck of a bargain.

Burns could have easily chosen articulate veteran musicians to replace most of the writers and Wynton. But Burns knew little about jazz when he got underway. What if you expect from a guy who owned a handful of jazz CDs when he began?

Check out Mel Torme’s bio of Buddy Rich.

I did an interview with Wayne Escoffery for a Hot House article a few years back when he discussed Jackie McLean's teaching. I don't know how much of it made it to print, as they rarely let anything run over 750 words or so.

I am currently reading this book, which follows his excellent biography (For Sue) of his mother and his own unusual life growing up with a single, unstable parent. This collection of interviews and remembrances is fairly freewheeling, where the interviews seem transcribed with little editing, though he does ask insightful questions that a non-musician might overlook. Part of the value of the book is that in addition to talking to many greats, sometimes in a brief recollection of a long ago conversation versus a recorded interview, Gordon also chats with a number of deserving artists who are under the radar.

What has happened to Blue Note is like someone taking over a legendary 5 star restaurant and turning it into a fast food joint. Verve has also fallen victim to these changes, while many classic jazz labels have had their catalogs deleted, though some label reps claim that having downloads available is the same thing as having CDs to sell...not in my book!

I don't see much unissued material for Joe Henderson's Blue Note recordings between 1963 and 1966, so unless there are some unknown sessions or unreleased takes, it will be hard to get very excited about such a Mosaic set. Most of us likely own most, if not all of his Blue Note recordings as a leader.

I received it recently and it is better than the same band recorded at Rosie's in New Orleans, which has long been a favorite Hal Galper album of mine.

One of the silliest segments featured Wynton Marsalis describing what it was like for a musician to play in the Duke Ellington band. It would have made far more sense to have an actual Ellington veteran like Clark Terry describe the experience.

Jazzology put out 9 LPs of World Transcriptions on the Circle label and later reissued 5 CDs of them, all taken from the original glass masters.They include the following sessions: Novemer 8, 1943 November 9, 1943 December 1, 1943 January 2, 1944 Januar 3, 1944 July 31, 1945 August 7, 1945 The LPs include all incomplete takes and false starts, I don't know if the contents are complete on the 5 CDs.

I agree that new & historical releases that appear at the close of a year get overlooked. But voting for them in either year is better than seeing a poll when aritsts are ranked even though they were dead or otherwise inactive prior to the year being considered.