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The Teddy Wilson sextet heard here had the superb lineup of Emmett Berry, Benny Morton, Edmond Hall, Sid Catlett and probably Johnny Williams on bass. According to the liner notes, Buck Clayton had been drafted just shortly before this session by the Basie band was recorded in late Nov. - early Dec. 1943 and he was replaced by Joe Newman. Also, Don Byas had recently been fired by Count Basie after he pulled a gun on some one at the Hotel Lincoln where the band was playing, thus making room for the return of Lester Young, who is heard here. Audio is kind of scratchy as these shows are taken from original transcription discs, but it's a fun listen.,

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It's good that they spelled Boyd "Reaburn"'s name correctly on the back cover, at least. Lucky Thompson is listed as a member of the Raeburn band, but he is not specifically featured on any one number (I guess a little, perhaps, on the Ray Linn Jazz Octet number), so it's a little misleading to post his name so prominently on the front cover. Hooray for Johnny Lytle, an all too often overlooked master of the vibraphone!

Two CBS radio broadcasts from May of 1966 from The Blue Room of the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. This edition of the Shearing Quintet included Joe Pass on guitar and Hagood Hardy on vibes.

A solo piano recording from 1972, originally released on Mr. Shearing's Sheba Records label. I enjoy his solo outings and this one is okay, but the three he recorded for Concord are my favorites, i suppose. Right now he is playing a nice interpolation of "Snowfall" into "Change Partners". Thanks. That at least provides some idea of the personnel on each track (even if it may be less than 100% correct).l Tying this CD into the Bird movie was quite a stretch on the part of whoever reissued this LP on CD.

I've had this CD for many, many years, so I guess it was an EU bootleg from a time before the EU even existed. You can hear the pops and crackles of the vinyl it was copied from. What was the "award winning film" from Cannes '88 of which this CD speaks? The info shown on the CD back card is all the info this release provides and even it is wrong since "Summertime" is principally a showcase for Ray Nance on violin, not Kenny Dorjham.

Lena Horne was the guest host on show # 77 and sang a pair of songs. Ella Fitzgerald, although not mentioned on the CD cover, was also a guest on show # 78. Dexter Gordon was in the Fletcher Henderson band heard here and the Cootie Williams band included Eddie Vinson and Bud Powell.

Specifically, I'm currently listening to Jug & Co. play Neil Diamond's "Play Me", a most unlikely vehicle which they somehow make work out all right. Are there many other jazz versions of Neil Diamond songs?

Some blues holiday CDs I would recommend: And Christmas just wouldn't be complete for me without a listen to this wonderful CD -- You can find most, if not all, of the tracks from the Huey "Piano" Smith Christmas album on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=huey+piano+smith+achristmas This was the track I first heard on a compilation album:

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