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Thanks. I knew that your's would have to be a somewhat complex search. You have my admiration for these projects.

Noble Sissle's band, from a 1933 movie - "That's the Spirit". The singer/dancer is Cora La Redd. Wilbur deParis and Buster Bailey are in the band

If you like to watch old and/or off the beaten track video/film clips, I highly reommend that you go to Archive.org I just came across a series of jazz shorts, sample pre-WWII performances by mostly British bands, filmed by British Pathé. There is a Benny Goodman and a wonderful Noble Sissle in there, too. The sound is good, but the picture is often broken. Perhaps someone here has the technical expertise to show the way to clean downloads of this wonderful material. You will find those clips here. Combine an elderly, sleepy black gentleman, Hoagy and Teagarden, and you get this from 1939.

Ah, those grapes—even more sour than I originally thought.

The musical incompetence is genuine—I have always thought that.

I did not like that album, he strained to sound different and, imho, it simply did not work.

Yep, they look sour.

He is quite possibly the worst jazz writer the NYT has had.

Who pulled this one back in?

Thank you.

I am still very pleased with my $583 37" Toshiba LSD (no tax and shipping), which also has remarkably good built-in audio. I bought it from Ritz Camera (California) by way of Amazon. It's a 720pi, but I understand that 1080pi is only important when the screen size is 42" and beyond. The quality was greatly enhanced when I replaced the Component cables with 2 HDMIs (one from cable box the other from DVD player). In my computorium I have a 19" Samsung, which is also excellent. Oddly, this set does no take an HDMI cable connection well (a horizontal flash appears across the bottom every half minute. The component cables work very well, but yesterday my cable guy told me that switching from them to an S-video cable would improve on that. I have ordered that cable.

1:00 PM, Tuesday, January 6, 2009 -- viewing from 11 AM Faithful Central Bible Church's Tabernacle 321 North Eucalyptus Avenue Inglewood, CA 90301 Rev. Kenneth C. Ulmer, Pastor/Teacher (310) 412-0372 (Phone) (310) 330-8035 (FAX) www.faithfulcentral.com

A concert in memory of Richard M. Sudhalter, the distinguished jazz musician, historian, biographer, and critic, will be held on Monday, January 12, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street, from seven to ten p.m. The list of musicians scheduled to perform includes Howard Alden, Donna Byrne, James Chirillo, Bill Crow, Armen Donelian, Bob Dorough, Paquito D'Rivera, Jim Ferguson, Carol Fredette, Marty Grosz, Sy Johnson, Dick Katz, Bill Kirchner, Steve Kuhn, Dan Levinson, Boots Maleson, Marian McPartland, Ray Mosca, Joe Muranyi, Sam Parkins, Ed Polcer, Loren Schoenberg, Daryl Sherman, Nancy Stearns, Carol Sudhalter, Ronny Whyte, Jackie Williams, and Marshall Wood. In between performances, Albert Haim, Dan Morgenstern, Pat Phillips, and Daryl Sherman will talk about Dick, and Terry Teachout will play some of his favorite records. The concert is open to the public. Please spread the word as widely as possible--in person, via e-mail to your mailing list, or on your blog if you have one.

I can think of some sessions I wish I hadn't been present at, but not many.

I already have 2 wind-ups, but I guess I had better order more needles before the economic down trend does away with that industry. Hope y'all had a festive night!

My friend, DEEP sent me this today. He may have written it (remember his witty Kroesen tale?) Jazz musicians look to federal budget for bailout support December 28, 2008 - Washington, D.C. (CNN) In light of the recent downturn in the American economy, the nation's jazz musicians have joined the long line of lobby groups looking to Washington for support as the economy slides into a deepening recession. The jazz industry is asking Washington for a bailout package and major subsidies on par with that of the auto sector. As such, jazz musicians also want access to credit and tax breaks to stimulate investment and help the development of new recording and performance opportunities. "This recession has really got me dragged, ya dig?" says Luther Hip Bones Jones III, a New York City saxophonist and a cornerstone of the little known Wall Street, avant-garde jazz scene. "I mean, now that gigs aren't flowin' like they used, I actually have to get up before noon and find a way to make some coin!" Similarly, Jones associate Willie Fat Cheeks Hughes comments that with the economy in near chaos, the demand for his jazz bagpipe skills has waned considerably. Hughes also comments that with a sluggish economic situation, he will soon have to find another girlfriend or else face certain homelessness. While this crisis has been brewing for some time, a recent spike in the number of trombonists delivering pizzas in New York's Greenwich Village has recently brought this dire situation to the public's attention. Last week, however, jazz advocate Wynton Marsalis met with President George W. Bush and the White House economic team to discuss the worsening situation for Americas jazz artists and a possible stimulus package. Marsalis was quoted as saying: "I think its important for the government to understand that our musical recession has actually been worsening since the demise of New York's 52nd Street scene in the early 50s, thanks to the racket the kids call Hip Hop. They really should have seen this coming. Since Miles went electric, its all been down hill." As Marsalis continued, "I think that a strong monetary stimulus package and a mandatory listening of Duke Ellington records should encourage a healthy economic recovery." President Bush responded to these comments by replying that: "Mr. Margolis has a very good point here. The country will be in dire straights if we lose our jazzy beats. I mean, personally, I always enjoy a little Kenny G in the evening while I try to woo the little First Lady." Bush also commented that a global consensus on the state of the jazz economy will have to be reached. The way things stand, Americas jazz artists just can't compete with the lower paid jazz artists currently flooding the market from China. In related news: America's Counry/Western musicians report an increase in depressing lyrics. "[it] indicates a reflection of the times," claims one downtrodden guitarist whose wife recently left him and whose dog had died.

I know it's a misfit here, but I did come across (in a Danish newspaper) what I thought was a photo of sinfully rich pastry. The icing turned out to be row upon row of Saudi Arabian grooms at mass wedding! Basically, an excuse to keep this thread alive until I start rummaging again.

Groan... ...but I like it!

Thank you Organissimo regulars and visitors for all the fun and thought-provoking 2008 posts!

Can you hear the Snowden influence?

No, that one is the other one, by Francois Pontif. It is more interesting, IMHO, but very poor audio quality. My interview was done in a radio studio.

It is included in the Verve Sessions Prez box (on Verve), but I think it may also be available online—somewhere. At least I once came across it there... I'll look around. Not a very good interview, but since only 2 exist... BTW, as I looked around, I saw it listed as having taken place at WHAT-FM in Philly. It was actually at WCAU.

Most of them are listed here.

For a moment I thought of Orrin Keepnews

Thanks for the link, Bev. The Gramophone was my bible in the late 1940's when all my spare money went to purchasing 78s. I found a nasty description of my technical work (the 1953 Ken Colyer sides) by someone whose initials are O.K. - do you happen to know who that is? BTW, since the text was generated through OCR, iy contains the inevitable "typos", but remarkably few. I hope y'all are submitting the requested reports on these—I am.