Swinging Swede

Speaking of completeness, Classics has released Moody's complete early recordings, and I'm In The Mood For Love is on the second volume: There are five Classics CDs in total: 1948-1949 1949-1950 1950-1951 1951 1951-1954 An important reissue project from Classics, if I may say so. They also include some sideman sessions, like those made under Ernie Royal's name in 1950.

And where's Chaney??

A couple of years ago Avid released a 10 CD box set called Songbooks Etcetera. It included OP's ten 1951-54 Clef songbook albums, the majority of which saw their first CD release. The box set also included sideman and JATP material, but the main reason to buy it was to get the complete songbooks, which were: Plays Cole Porter (Clef MGC 603) Plays Irving Berlin (Clef MGC 604) Plays George Gershwin (Clef MGC 605) Plays Duke Ellington (Clef MGC 606) Plays Jerome Kern (Clef MGC 623) Plays Richard Rodgers (Clef MGC 624) Plays Vincent Youmans (Clef MGC 625) Plays Harry Warren (Clef MGC 648) Plays Harold Arlen (Clef MGC 649) Plays Jimmy McHugh (Clef MGC 650) The first 5 CDs of the boxset were essentially twofers, with each CD containing two complete albums with the original track order of the albums. This new United Archives releases has the same 10 albums, but also adds the later Plays Count Basie (Clef MGC 708) from December 1955 which was a quartet album with Buddy Rich added to the trio. Then as filler on the 6th and last CD they have the 10-incher Oscar Peterson Plays Pretty, which only was part of the 12-incher Pastel Moods, plus one track from Recital By Oscar Peterson. The filler material doesn't make much sense as far as completeness goes. Looking at the track lists it also becomes apparent that unlike the Avid set which has the tracks in album order, the United Archives has them in chronological order within each album! My educated guess is that United Archives has ripped all the songbooks from the Avid set. The rest (Basie etc.) has previously been out on CD, so it was most likely ripped too. My recommendation would be to get the Avid set instead. They have done original work in transferring many of the songbooks to CD for the first time, and you also get the albums with their correct track order. One last note: These early "songbooks" didn't actually have "songbook" or "song book" in the title, just Oscar Peterson Plays [insert composer's name]. When nine of the composers (all but Vincent Youmans for some reason) were rerecorded in stereo in 1959 with OP's new trio, which had drums instead of guitar, they were actually called "Song Book" in the title (Oscar Peterson Plays The Cole Porter Song Book etcetera).

J.A.W. knows something we don't.

I think he has been influenced by Wes Montgomery: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...ideoid=10933311

Is it the remaining stock of Sony's XCP discs and Blue Note's Cactus discs?

Good news then. This recently came out on CD on Groove Hut, one of the numerous "Andorran" labels. Perhaps they will also reissue Kynard's own PJ album? As for The Soul Brotherhood, I got it from Newbury Comics, but it's still in the backlog!

It's not even listed on hmv.co.jp! Normally UCC* reissues are available for much longer, often a couple of years at least. The Gonsalves must have been pressed in very low quantities indeed. However, sometimes UCC* reissues are "reissued" a year later or so. We can hope. This was one I would have wanted myself, but I had no idea it could go that quickly.

And while we're at it, Sam Most made an EP for Prestige in 1953, which doesn't seem to have been available in any form afterwards. From jazzdisco.org: Sam Most Sextet Doug Mettome (tp) Sam Most (fl, cl) Dick Hyman (p) Chuck Wayne (g) Clyde Lombardi (b) Jack Moffet (d) NYC, January 20, 1953 419 Undercurrent Blues Prestige PREP 1322 420 First With The Most - 421 Sometimes I'm Happy - 422 Takin' A Chance On Love - * Sam Most - Introducing A New Star (Prestige PREP 1322) There are some Prestige obscurities from the early to mid 50s that seem to have been lost in the format shuffle of those years. Much was later reconfigured for 12" LPs, but far from everything.

Because the one who has the largest collection when he dies wins.

Apparently those tracks are not present. I'm not sure why. Was that session perhaps only later acquired by Roost/Roulette and not originally recorded for the label? That might be the rationale for omitting it in that case. Or it will appear under Stitt's name. (Cool & Blue reissued it with Stitt's name mentioned first.) Here are the description and track list from Worlds Records: The majority of these recordings was made by the tenor-saxophonist with a trio for the King label, featuring two different organ players: Eddie Bonnemere, a comparatively obscure player, and the more versatile Doc Bagby. The recordings for King from 1955 were aimed at the jukebox clientele who knew little about the history of jazz but loved groovy melodies played with drive, zest and power. I Only Have Eyes For You Chihuahua This Can't Be Love Nightingale Bingo Domingo Secret Love There's A Small Hotel Bean-O This Is Always Leaping On Lenox Tenderly I'll Remember April Moonlight In Vermont Yesterdays Little White Lies You Go To My Head What Is This Thing Called Love Holler Tickle Toe Punch Fireball I Want A Little Girl Hay Ride Soft One Grinding I'm glad just to see that this batch finally came out after another long hiatus. Hopefully we will then see a bit more from Classics. For 15 years the label came out with a batch of 5 titles each month without a glitch, but in the last three years or so there have been extended periods of nothing coming out.

Here is a video of the incident: Apparently this didn't wholly come as a bolt from the blue. Puerta had recently fainted during training on two occasions, and had undergone tests, but nothing wrong could be found. After his death the question will surely be asked whether he should have been prohibited from playing, until further tests had been carried out. And this isn't all. On the same day that Puerta was declared dead, Leicester City's Clive Clark, 27, collapsed in the changing room at half-time in a cup match. His heart stopped twice, but he survived, and is reported to be improving. And just yesterday former Zambian national team player Chaswe Nsofwa, 28, died during a training match with his new team in Israel. Just a few days before he had scored 2 goals in his first match for the team. And, while it didn't make international news, a few days before Puerta's last match a Swedish 16-year-old football player died during training. Still in fresh memory are Miklos Feher and Marc-Vivien Foe, two other national team players, who also died during televised matches. Is it just my memory that is short or have these deaths become much more common in recent years?

ah well, I'm just plain wrong... it was the Hodges chair he had, anyway... Hodges came back later as we all know (but I won't say he replaced Jefferson, since maybe Procope replaced Jefferson and Hodges thus replaced Procope... ) Hilton Jefferson's replacement was the boppish Rick Henderson, whom Duke for some reason very rarely gave solo space. Henderson held that chair throughout the entire Capitol period actually (Jefferson was only on the 1952 Columbia sides). Russell Procope was there all along! He replaced Otto Hardwick in 1946 and remained until the end. Rick Henderson was an interesting choice. When Hodges left, Duke replaced him with a fellow Swing Era star, Willie Smith, but he left after just a year. He was then replaced with another Swing Era veteran, Hilton Jefferson, who stayed an even shorter time. Perhaps Duke therefore decided to try something different in the young Henderson. But in late 1955 Hodges came back to the safety, and I think Duke was very pleased with that! I find it regrettable though that Willie Smith didn't stay longer. He fitted well into the band (musically anyway), and fortunately there are both live recordings and soundies in addition to the studio recordings, that document his stint with the band.

Also, Hilton Jefferson didn't replace Johnny Hodges, he replaced Willie Smith.

So why did they at all buy Fantasy in the first place? What hasn't gone according to plans?

I didn't spring for it. I guess that if I want to get it in the future, it will probably not have increased as much in price as the OOP Fantasy titles I have been picking up instead. Some Fantasy titles are already going for over 100 €, and many more will go that way I suppose.

I'm still on the fence regarding this one. Should I get it, or spend the same amount on OOP Fantasy titles? Or do both, and if the Johnny Hodges and Gerald Wilson soon hit the endangered list not afford both of them? These are tough questions! Does anyone know how many copies are left?

He suffered a stroke some years ago. He did come back to playing, but I remember reading a review that his post-stroke playing was weak. Unfortunately.

Yep; that's what I clicked for! Me three! I forgot it's spelled with a K.... Here's a clip for you guys then! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPHi6ibR7nY

As far as I remember, the liner notes mention that the musicians just had learned that Bird had died, and that it affected them.

1) I think I would agree with you. But the Terry album also has "with Thelonious Monk" on the cover, so I'm not absolutely sure. 2) The Bird/Diz session from 1950, and the 1955 session nominally led by Gigi Gryce, although three of four tunes were Monk compositions, making it seem like a Monk date anyway.

No Trainwreck??

Another thing: CD 2 10 GOOD BAIT (T. Dameron / C. Basie) 02:45 CD 3 3 GOOD MAIL (T. Dameron / C. Basie) 02:45 Is this what it seems to be? The same track twice, but with two letters substituted?

What do you mean by "unknown"? Are You All Reet? is a Cab Calloway recording from 1941. (Btw, I find it funny how both in the midst of and after Chu Berry's solo the band shouts "Yes, he's all reet!", but they have nothing to say about Dizzy's solo!) Glancing over the tracklist I would say that the tracks are all over the place, from the late 30s to the 50s (at least). They have even included tracks where Dizzy doesn't solo! And by that I mean both tracks where there is no trumpet solo whatsoever, and tracks where there is one, but it's not Dizzy! Another thing I find ridiculous is that these CDs all are between 45 and 50 minutes. This could easily have been a 6-CD set. Or they could have included more music on the 10 CDs. I suppose you get what you pay for. There are quite a few tracks on this set, so if you could list the ones you haven't been able to identify, we could try to fill in the gaps.