Brad

I’m impressed!

I thought I posted this last night but didn't see it. Anyway, you might find this a good read about Jimmie Lunceford: Jimmie Lunceford: A Musical World Unto Himself

I stand corrected! Do you have a complete list.

Quicksilver, which I think is out of business now, issued a few great jazz records, this being among them, plus Mad About Tadd, by Continuum, which is a fabulous record.

It’s entirely up to you how you want to approach it and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that’s plan because it’s your plan. On the other hand, I’ve found that listening to one musician may lead you down a different path than you had planned. You might be on I 95 and all of a sudden you exit for a reason and next thing you know you’re on Route 301.

and Hamp

That's the issue, so to speak, you can't do it in one easy step. It's "paralysis by analysis."

From the LJI website, it looks like they've issued 10 CDs but only four of them are available. The $50 membership sounds like a good idea. Please let us know how you make out.

As Big Beat Steve noted: "The inevitable fate of a recommendation thread like this where eventually every band imaginable will get mentioned." So many suggestions are noted that the information, although proferred in the desire to help, becomes useless. Sensory overload. It's comparable to searching the web for something and getting umpteen thousand hits, none of which answer the question. It's hand throwing up time.

Among others.

I think my first was the Mobley set.

I guess the question is how much do you want to immerse yourself?

I really like how Elvin plays on this.

To be or not to be.... Classic!

Patrick Melrose. Bit of a tough watch although Cumberbatch is superb. An English addict goes to pick up the remains of his father in NY and goes through several benders.

The cast is excellent. To me, Cillian Murphy (the lead character), Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson and Sam Neill are fabulous. Tom Hardy also is in it and he’s superb.

Well put. In my car, I had been listening to my iPod using the random setting. In the last month I’ve been listening to the full album and I like that a whole let better.

It’s a great show about a Birmingham, England crime family. Four seasons, the first two are the best.

I’m not sure what to make of these articles that appeared in the New York Review of Books but I pass them along. Dancing Miss Billie Holiday

I just got it and now have to put it on top of the pile.

Thanks Dan. It was on the most recent Mosaic Gazzette.