Jim Duckworth

I have disc 2 of the Stan Kenton Presents Bob Cooper, Bill Holman, and Frank Rosolino. This is the Bill Holman disc and I would be glad to pass it along.

Thank you for making me aware of this! I am so in (and preordered).

Mrs. Duckworth had this one on today, and I was surprised that I enjoy it even more than I remembered.

Love that guy. I've been digging him with Horace Henderson's band from just before he joined Duke.

My favorite this year would have to be the Woody Herman Mosaic set.

Members of this forum got me listening to (and enjoying greatly) Mr. Kimbrough's Monks Dreams. This too really works for me.

I caught a show in Atlanta with Richard Davis, Victor Lewis, George Adams, and John Hicks. It's hard to say at this late remove what I had expected, but it was a trainwreck from first to last. Abolutely nothing was together: at one point they were playing a line on the So What/Impressions change and never synched. The highlight was seeing Andrew Hill having a very amused conversation with a very pleasant looking woman on my way out.

One of my all time favorites!

Additionally, I really like Mars Williams' An Albert Ayler Xmas series-now up to four volumes!

Freddie Green Grant Green Peter Green

I really like the Red Nichols Brunswick recordings that are collected on 3 3cd sets, but my favorites are the Jack Purvis and the Papa Celestin/Sam Morgan collections.

PM on Chuck Berry.

Memphis Jazz institution Herman Green died last Thursday. A graduate of Manasas High School, his recording career stretched back to the very early fifties with Rufus Thomas and others. He taught B.B. King and worked in his earliest combos, toured with Lionel Hampton, led the house band at the Blackhawk for a while. When I was a student at the University of Pittsburgh he came to town and played a gig with Jothan Callins that made me proud to be a Memphian, As I say, he was an institution and musicians' stories used to inevitably turn to Herman as nearly everyone in town had played with him at one time or another (usually during our younger days).

Yes! Exactly. I find Allan Reuss to be the best rhythm guitarist of that period. That Goodman rhythm section swung!

I am definitely on board for this! Thanks for posting-I've downloaded it and have it cued up and ready to go.

Thanks! I "enjoyed" a 25 year hiatus and now I'm back, baby.

I am hosting a "survey of the first twentyfive years of Jazz" weekly on our new community station-WYXR, 91.7, Memphis TN. My program is called Ridin' in Rhythm and airs from 5 until 6 pm on Mondays.

He was married to Gloria Coleman who was talented and accomplished. They had children and then split up. After years of estrangement George plays a gig with Gloria and son George jr.

Wow. Thank you so much for posting this. I've followed George Coleman for decades but had no idea whatsoever about his private life. This is a compelling doc.