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Since not all recorded works focus on music, it's time to initiate a thread devoted to those "Miscellaneous" recordings. First up, an album I discovered at the public library several years ago. I was thrilled to discover Loren Schoenberg had uploaded it to YouTube last year. It's a double LP of Coleman Hawkins sitting around talking about his life and career with Bill Grauer and Paul Bacon in 1956. Some interesting stuff and it's just great to hear a jazz giant just shooting the breeze like this.

I certainly did not wake up today thinking, "Man, I sure need to hear some Joe Sullivan today", but I am delighted to have stumbled upon this wonderful album on YouTube. A terrific solo showcase for a too easily overlooked master.

I wish there had been a forward thinking music promoter back in the 1940's who could have seen the potential in presenting a concert featuring the musical contrasts and confluences of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys and Eddie Condon and his gang. Certainly there would have been a lot of overlap of familiar material between the two groups such as "12th Street Rag", "Elmer's Tune", "Corinne, Corinna", and "St. Louis Blues", all represented on these 2 discs -- in fact, Wills & Co. spend over 8 minutes split into two parts on a terrific performance of that last tune. Texas Playboys such as pianist Millard Kelso, trumpeter Alex Brashear and electric mandolinist Tiny Moore would likely have felt right at home alongside guys from Condon's mob like Jimmy McPartland, Jess Stacy and Pee Wee Russell. I would have loved to have heard the results of such a meeting.

side A: Gene Roland Sextet/Octet:(1 & 2) Gene Roland,Johnny Carisi - Trumpets Dick Meldonian - Alto Paul Quinichette - Tenor Nat Pierce - Piano Robbie Swope - Trombone Walter Nolan - Drums Dudley Watson - Bass Track 3: Freddie Greene -Guitar Sonny Payne - Drums Wendell Marshall -Bass Track 4: Oscar Pettiford -Bass Osie Johnson - Drums Doyle Salathiel - Guitar side B: Hal Serra - Piano Bert Collins - Trumpets (2 & 4) John Cresci - Drums (1,3 & 5) Ed Thigpen - Drums (2 & 4) Earl May - Bass (2 & 4) Joe Williams - Bass (3)

50th anniversary edition, any one?

Sonny Stitt had a single on Stax? Here's the original William Bell & Judy Clay recording of this song:

Album cover or "Have you seen this man?" poster . . . .

While I'm glad I finally heard this album via YouTube, I'm also kinda glad I did not buy it because there is very little chance I'd ever listen to it again. Granted the "Theme From Mannix" was fun (and the above video is cued up to that track if any one would care to check it out) -- nothing wrong with funky cheese or cheesy funk! -- but hearing it once was enough.

The first one that came to my mind was this one, but it's not a Verve album.

A day late, but Happy 100th Birthday to poet/bookstore owner/San Francisco legend Lawrence Ferlinghetti!!!

"he sounds more like michael franks now" Now that's damning with faint praise . . . .

Disc 1 of 2. Back in the day when this cast album (and show) was new, this was my first broad exposure to the music of Fats Waller. Did you know Arvell Shaw was the bassist in the band for this show?

Gosh -- I have probably seen more musicians from that era that weren't pictured there that day: Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Clark Terry, George Shearing, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson, Dorothy Donegan, Stanley Turrentine, Ray Charles, Louie Bellson, Buddy Rich, Junior Mance, Dave Brubeck, Ernie Andrews, Jay McShann and Kenny Burrell for starters. I guess some of them must have had an out-of-town gig that day.

Great Friends -- Great Album!!!

This is about the only worthwhile thing to be found in this film, so you can spare yourself an hour and a half of bad acting, choppy editing, hack dialogue and all-over-the-place dircecting:

Only a few for me as well: Sonny Rollins, Marian McPartland, Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin and Hank Jones.

It's been a Talking Heads morning for me: