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She is the daughter of Mr. O'Brien and Ms. Nakasian.

A great actor can do so much with just four words.

I know she is not a jazz singer, but one of the photos included in this CD's booklet is of her with Django and Stephane (and Bricktop) back in the 1930's, so I figured she would certainly be more at home here than in the rock music thread.

For Halloween, one of my favorite old radio tales of terror. Imagine you are one of a small group of men operating a lighthouse on a tiny island, cut off from the rest of the world. One day a shipwrecked craft brings you unexpected visitors -- hundreds, thousands of ravenous rats who begin devouring everything on the desolate island. Perhaps their next meal will be you!

(His dad was, if not a musician, at least a recording artist of some success.)

The women, no fools they, were likely to be found outside the club, waiting for spray can mace to be invented before venturing into that crowd of, um, "gentlemen".

Music for completing my ballot, while hoping that the candidates of my choice are indeed "The Easy Winners".

A few familiar names (Caetano Veloso, Nana Vasconcelos, Maria Bethania), but most of the performers on this 1992 PolyGram/Verve compilation are unfamiliar to me.

Disc 2 of 2.

Sure it's the Mills Brothers singing, but In my mind I can easily hear Tom Waits covering this song . . .

I found this disc for a bargain price last week. A successful compilation in that it a) held my interest (for the most part) throughout), b) introduced me to some new musical artists (The Indonesian All-Stars, Charly Antolini, Hideo Shiraki Quintet) c) presented some new-to-me performances by some familiar favorites (Hampton Hawes, Dave Pike, Baden Powell). I am guessing these 1960's & '70's tracks originate from MPS recordings.

Performances from various broadcasts, Feb. - May 1935, in good sound. An added bonus is that the liner notes are the reminiscences of Miss Helen Ward, written in 1997. She writes about those early days of the band, these particular broadcasts which propelled the band's rise to the top and about individual band members including Bunny Berigan, Toots Mondello, Hymie Shertzer and Gene Krupa. Of Mr. Krupa, she recounts a 1973 Carnegie Hall concert by the BG Quartet plus Sam Stewart. Mr. Krupa was in failing health and would pass away before the end of the year. Between each number, various band mates would stall -- Teddy Wilson would adjust his piano bench for a long time or Slam Stewart would take particular care in rosining up his bow or Lionel Hampton would try out a number of different mallets before choosing which ones he would use -- all so Mr. Krupa could regain enough strength to play the next number. Harry Goodman must be one of the most "overshadowed brothers" in jazz history. He was a solid bassist and would have earned a place in this band even without nepotism. He wasn't a creative player or an improvisor, but he laid down a solid beat which was perfectly suited for the era and setting in which he played. He is joined here by George Van Eps on rhythm guitar, but I think I like his later pairing with Allan Reuss even better.

Dear 2020 -- Enough is enough. Just stop it already. Thanks. Dear JJW -- Thanks for the songs. You will be missed. RIP.

Today was the first time I visited a record store since the pandemic situation began. I actually went to two shops. The first, Streetlight Records, had the usual mask requirement and other safety protocols in place. I got there some time after 5 PM and there were maybe 8-10 customers in the place and I was the only one interested in the jazz section, so plenty of room and time to browse. The second store, Rasputin Music, had an employee serving as bouncer at the front door and one had to answer his questions three if a customer ye wished to be, plus he took a digital temperature check of each customer, plus he made each customer entering the store utilize their provided hand sanitizer. I only got there less than an hour before closing (I did not realize they close at 7:30 PM now), so I did not pay much attention to the other customers in the store. There were about 6 of us checking out around closing time.