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Drums – Shep Shepherd Guitar – Billy Butler Organ – Bill Doggett Saxophone – Percy France

Disc 1 & 2 of 2. AATW is a terrific live band(at least they were41 years ago when I saw them), so it's no surprise that the "live" recording is the highlight of this group of albums.

Alto Saxophone – Frank Wess, Marshall Royal Baritone Saxophone – Charlie Fowlkes Bass – Eddie Jones Drums – Bobby Donaldson Guitar – Freddie Greene Piano – Nat Pierce Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins, Frank Foster Arranged By , Conductor – Billy ver Planck Recorded April 24,1958 Hackensack, NJ

Discs V and VI

Tracks 1 to 9 originally released as the album Everyday I Have The Blues Tracks 10 to 16 originally released as the album Livin' The Blues

Disc 1 & 2 of 2.

That is sad news. I was really hoping the family would see that project through to completion after the passing of Dave and then Iola. I'd really love to hear Brubeck's professional/personal story told in the words of both Dave and Iola. They were a real team and their story alone would be priceless to hear. One can't be married to another person for over 70(!!!) years and not have a few kernels of wisdom worth sharing with others.

When I was a boy, there were only two superheroes in my world -- Batman and James T. West. Robert Conrad, the actor best known for his role in the television show The Wild Wild West, has died. He was 84. Thanks for a million wonderful boyhood memories, Mr. Conrad. May he (and Artemus Gordon) Rest In Peace.

A new biography of Dave Brubeck is due out Feb. 18. Overview The definitive, investigative biography of jazz legend Dave Brubeck ("Take Five") In 2003, music journalist Philip Clark was granted unparalleled access to jazz legend Dave Brubeck. Over the course of ten days, he shadowed the Dave Brubeck Quartet during their extended British tour, recording an epic interview with the bandleader. Brubeck opened up as never before, disclosing his unique approach to jazz; the heady days of his "classic" quartet in the 1950s-60s; hanging out with Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, and Miles Davis; and the many controversies that had dogged his 66-year-long career. Alongside beloved figures like Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, Brubeck's music has achieved name recognition beyond jazz. But finding a convincing fit for Brubeck's legacy, one that reconciles his mass popularity with his advanced musical technique, has proved largely elusive. In Dave Brubeck: A Life in Time, Clark provides us with a thoughtful, thorough, and long-overdue biography of an extraordinary man whose influence continues to inform and inspire musicians today. Structured around Clark's extended interview and intensive new research, this book tells one of the last untold stories of jazz, unearthing the secret history of "Take Five" and many hitherto unknown aspects of Brubeck's early career - and about his creative relationship with his star saxophonist Paul Desmond. Woven throughout are cameo appearances from a host of unlikely figures from Sting, Ray Manzarek of The Doors, and Keith Emerson, to John Cage, Leonard Bernstein, Harry Partch, and Edgard Varèse. Each chapter explores a different theme or aspect of Brubeck's life and music, illuminating the core of his artistry and genius. To quote President Obama, as he awarded the musician with a Kennedy Center Honor: "You can't understand America without understanding jazz, and you can't understand jazz without understanding Dave Brubeck." Review "Biography, social history, musicological exploration ... this wonderful book is many things. But above all, it is a sort of intoxicating literary jam session. Words and sentences spit and spin and swing, creating rhythms and harmonies worthy of Brubeck himself. The sheer descriptive verve, page after page, made me want to listen to every single musical example cited. A major achievement."―STEPHEN HOUGH, classical pianist and composer "This is the writing about jazz that we've been waiting for. By keeping the music at the center, and interweaving the background of cultural, political and social change to illuminate the development of the music, Clark gives us a complete picture of the artist's life and work."―MIKE WESTBROOK, jazz pianist and composer "DAVE BRUBECK: A Life in Time is about the timeless life of the inspired and inspiring jazz master Dave Brubeck. This biography, written with love and passion, is a landmark document that is insightful and inspiring all in itself. Bravo!"―JOE LOVANO, jazz saxophonist "A nontraditional biography that sings...as unconventional and compelling as its subject."―KIRKUS REVIEWS "A concise but comprehensive biography... [Clark] hits the right notes for die-hard Brubeck disciples and jazz neophytes alike."―PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "[A] remarkable biography... [Clark writes] intelligently and joyously... [and] fittingly, for a Brubeck biography, this is also a multifarious work; adventurous with narrative and structure."―MOJO Philip Clark is a music journalist who has written for many leading publications including The Wire, Gramophone, MOJO, Jazzwise, and The Spectator. He also writes for the Guardian, Financial Times, London Review of Books, and the Times Literary Supplement. He trained as a composer but these days prefers to produce his own sounds playing piano as part of a weekly free improvisation workshop. Clark lives in Oxford with his wife, two children, two cats, and more recorded music than he can ever listen to.

Here's a pair of really enjoyable albums. The three Ellington tunes on the first album are a real highlight and "Bluish Grey" sounds rather Ellingtonian in its own way too. Billy Mitchell and Joe Newman fans will find much to like here. I'm not familiar with the two pianists -- never even knew there was a piano playing Billy Higgins.

Disc 6 of 6.

! I love that album! In fact, I have almost "Boundless Love" for that album! Recently played:

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This sure sounds like a theme song in search of a movie -- sadly, the kind of movie they just don't make any more; I imagine it as a 1960's spy spoof romantic comedy and it would have starred Doris Day, Tony Curtis, Red Buttons and Vincent Price. Arrangement by Benny Carter.

Disc 1 & 2 of 2.