Swinging Swede

Agreed, that's easily the worst O'Day album cover photo ever. With Granz and the black & white cover it also forebodes the later Pablos.

There are at least two more: March 18, 2008 Louis Armstrong - New Orleans Nights October 21, 2008 Jimmy Smith - Hobo Flats

Mosaic should release The Complete Alan Greenspan Recordings.

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Baby Rose Marie, who recorded two songs with Fletcher Henderson's orchestra in 1932, is alive and still active.

After 25 years on the throne, do you see a crown prince?

I guess the rationale is that it was his first recording after he had returned to the US after his many years in Europe. "This is the first time that any of this material appears on CD" is a lie though. True Blue was on a Xanadu CD (I have it). I'm not aware of any CD reissue of Silver Blue, but it is "available" in the blogosphere. Perhaps they took it from there. Some of the blog transfers are very good.

Fresh Sound has a staggering number of "distribution labels" on which recordings less than 50 years old are put out (also older ones). They include these: Definitive Lone Hill Jazz Gambit Jazz Factory Swing Factory Soundtrack Factory Free Factory Essential Jazz Classics Fine And Mellow Swing Hat Groove Hut Jazz Beat Jazz Track Jazz Collectors Jazz Connections Jazz Lips Jazz Row RLR

It says Lucky Miillander Band. Is he just fronting it? Lucky Millinder became the leader of the Mills Blue Rhythm Band in 1933 and its last records were even released as Lucky Millinder With Mills Blue Rhythm Band. The tune in the video is Ride, Red, Ride which was recorded by MBRB in 1935. Lord lists the video as being from 1938 and says "Personnel of the band at this session may be that of the Mills Blue Rhythm Band of the period which Millinder had led prior to taking over the Bill Doggett band in May, 1938.". Since the personnel is unknown I guess I can't say for sure, but it's worth noting that Lord lists another tune from the same film short, Jazz Martini, which was another MBRB tune, originally recorded in 1933. Millinder's own successful band wasn't formed until the early 40s, btw.

Frankie Newton can be seen taking a solo with a late version of the Mills Blue Rhythm Band here. Don Byas steals the show though.

I heard it was withdrawn because of its controversial title.

Carlsen got 4 days at the top this first time. After his second loss in a row and after Anand also losing today, we have a new #1 : Vassily Ivanchuk! At 39 years of age, this is his first time ever on that spot, and it's the fourth #1 in a month. Could be a fifth if Topalov finishes well. Actually, if Chucky hadn't won today, Moro would have been back as #1 without playing! 1 Ivanchuk 2791 2 Morozevich 2787 3 Carlsen 2786 4 Topalov 2785 5 Anand 2784 6 Kramnik 2772 7 Aronian 2761 Anand dropped to #5! Aronian is on the way up again, beating Topalov yesterday and Anand as Black today.

It has finally happened. 17-year-old Magnus Carlsen is the new world #1 after beating Radjabov in Bilbao at the same time as Anand lost to Topalov, although we need decimals to separate them. If Ivanchuk had won today *he* would have been the new #1, but instead he lost and dropped to 5th place! It is getting awfully close at the top. 1 Carlsen 2791,3 2 Anand 2790,9 3 Morozevich 2787 4 Topalov 2786 5 Ivanchuk 2782 6 Kramnik 2772 All but Moro and Kramnik participate in Bilbao so the #1 spot could switch hands several times during the rest of the tournament.

How about this way...

He also recorded with Clifford Brown in 1953.

A chess queen

What's Romanishin doing in the chess babe thread instead of the general chess thread? (not that there's anything wrong with that...)

Jazz Beat is one of the "Andorran" labels.

We have a new World No. 1, at least temporarily, and it is not Magnus Carlsen who missed his chance, but Alexander Morozevich who today beat Ponomariov in Tal Memorial, which he is leading. 1 Morozevich 2799 2 Anand 2798 3 Carlsen 2787 4 Ivanchuk 2784 5 Topalov 2777 6 Kramnik 2770

That album cover shows a woman!

Btw, they have a word for people who object to posting material that's available on CD: Haters.

Yes, where does pre-bop jazz fit into this? Where would you put ODJB for example?

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