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Often? Really? Where is this occurring?

You're welcome. Hope you liked it. Now playing: From an era when jazz was popular enough that this concert (as was also the case on Vol. 1 of these recordings) was presented/recorded at a high school! Could you imagine jazz musicians today of the stature of Gerry Mulligan, Zoot Sims, Chico Hamilton, Bob Brookmeyer being able to play a series of concerts at high school venues?

A compilation of radio airchecks made in cooperation with the Louis Prima Estate. Fun and swinging music.

Dis 1 of 2. This EU PD reissue includes the albums West Coast Jazz (1955), The Steamer ('56), and Award Winner ('57).

Disc 1 of 2. This music had me up and dancing and I'm a "two left feet" kinda guy, so I'm sure it didn't look pretty, but it sure felt good.

Even after all these years, "To A Wild Rose" is a performance so beautiful and so moving that it still brings a tear to my eye and gives me goosebumps. God bless Sonny Rollins now and forever, amen.

Disc 1 of 2. This is a compilation of jump blues tracks from labels owned by Capitol. Performers include the likes of Louis Jordan, Cootie Williams, Nellie Lutcher, Kay Starr, Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, Jimmy Liggins, Ella Mae Morse and more.

Indeed it is. I hadn't listened to that album in years and had forgotten how good it is. About 20 years ago I worked in a store which sold CDs. One day I noticed a copy of The Case of . . . sitting in the return bin. While I was pleasantly surprised that some one had bought the CD, I was curious why it was returned. The clerk who had handled that transaction said the customer claimed the disc was defective because the was nothing on the final track. I wish I had been there to explain that that is intentional. That track was originally on Side 4 of the double-album release and it consists of several minutes of silence followed by a little snippet of a phone conversation at the very end. Maybe the record label needs to put a warning label on the CD version stating that this long silent track reflects the original nature of the LP version and is not a defect in the disc.

Disc 1 of 2, which contains the album The Return of The 5000 lb. Man and the first half of Kirkatron.

Previously: Disc 2 of 2 Currently: I've always enjoyed his debut album for Verve:

These are the last sides recorded by John Kirby as a leader. According to the liner notes, he managed to keep his group going until 1950 and then passed away in 1952 at the early age of 43! The sextet accompanied Sarah Vaughan on 4 of the tracks included here.

Disc 1 & 2 of 2. The performance preserved here was recorded in Basel in Dec. of 2000. I caught the performers on tour in San Francisco about a month or so later (minus Candy Dulfer, who does play here). It was a really good show, the high point being a medley of early rock hits like "Shake, Rattle and Roll" and "Roll Over Beethoven" that really captured how exciting and fresh the music must have seemed way back then. Ms. Lewis plays "Killer" style piano not unlike her more famous bother.

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An excellent session and one of the very first CDs I bought a couple decades ago. Now playing: Music from 30 years ago (my how time flies!!) with a band that included Mel Lewis, Joe Temperley, Dan Barrett, Chris Flory and others.