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@mikeweil Yes, that is Roy Eldridge! And "stompy swing" is an exquisitely apt description! Not just for the playing, but for the feeling it engenders, like, it gives you something solid to dance on and to. Like stomping itself is generally a graceless act, and swinging is better than not swinging, but still..."stompy swing" is just...right!!! @tkeith Is your cut by Ray Anderson?

That's the upcoming cover right? This is not really a reissue, having never been legitimately issued at all! At least that! Cover concept by Todd Barkan and cover model...Miss Holland!!!

The Roy Eldridge Verve Mosaic. An outstanding set, imo.

You mean the other way around?

Pretty sure the gig comes with health insurance too.

Jack Sheldon was with Mort Lindsey's band on the Merv Griffin LA show for a good while. It's not a long time, but Bill Watrous & Eddie Daniels were regulars in Bob Rosengarden's Dick Cavett band.

They're just confused and/ or losing it in translation. This upcoming Shaw record is from a TV show. And they play the Joe Farrell tune. But otherwise, this "lost cover" business...yeah.

The Mosaic is what bumped my appreciation up to the next level. I was expecting to need a break before listening to it all, but that need never arose.

Not lost.

Snooky Young Ed Shaughnessy Ernie Watts Pete Christlieb and many more from the Carson-era Tonight Show band, including, of course, Tommy Newsome and Doc Severenson.

Nolan Peters Jr. - Resequenzas 23-10

If you resequenced it enough, it becomes John Jackson.

The lack of a codified "functional harmony" results in what today is quite often "avant-garde". I am going to have to consider Roomful Of Teeth in this regard!

My question is - do these records use the actual TV-recording audio tracks, or are they dubs from a broadcast? The question goes to the meaning of "remastered". What did they remaster?

"Everybody" talks about Roy's high notes, but how many people talk about his low notes? And the artistry with which he constructs the arcs that go from one to the other? His pacing here is sublime, three choruses of perfection, and perfectly tied together from start to finish. The older I get, the more I appreciate his artistry, even more than I appreciate his exuberance. Now if anybody wants a repeat listen or two, do Roy's notes here at times resemble a similarly exuberant tenor player?

Here's the McCoy:

@tkeith You nailed it on Illinois, Roy, & Jo. But I don't think of Roy as having a "shtick". I think that's his voice, period. Same thing with his burrs. They come natural, it seems to me. Bottom line - personalities aplenty!

That's a really good record.

Chunky Monkey - Hey, Chunks, You OK?

a sample?

L'Niese Tankard - Heaven Tonight!!!

Chunky Monkey - Hey, Chunks!!!

You also had Percy Heath & Kenny Clarke.

I think Hill probably had an interesting life that a good researcher/writer could illuminate. I mean, what did he do when he wasn't in a studio making records? I have a down beat interview where he says he's been doing concerts in the field for the Smithsonian(?). Hmmm...tell me more? There's a story there, I'm sure. But it would to be written as such, not a dry replication of data.