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I went ahead and read it after I posted that query, and like you I wasn't all that impressed. I was especially surprised there was no discography. I think Hodges might just be one of those people whose music was *far* more interesting than his life story. gregmo

I've spent many a happy hour--and quite a few francs and euros--in the Paris Jazz Corner!! gregmo

Disc 3

Bringing back this thread to recommend the very nice 30 minute doc I watched on the great violinist thanks to Mosaic's Daily Jazz Gazette: Grappelli Jazz Doc gregmo

The competition for this dubious honor is severe in my case. I suppose it would be a new 77-inch high end Sony 4K tv in 2019, which required...of course!...a new receiver and 4k DVD player. I have thoroughly enjoyed them all, but the setup I had before was also fine. The DVD player does a great job with my cds. gregmo

Yeah, hindsight is finally 2020. Goodbye and good riddance. Looking forward to what I can only hope will be a much better year. gregmo

I Got a Right to Sing the Blues. gregmo

This one is a treasure. "Red Plays the Blues" is especially fine, and Helen Humes sings wonderfully on two of the four albums.

Whoa--that is a *serious* movie. I think it is far and away Sinatra's greatest film performance, and he had some good ones. gregmo

Actually, the "second one" I was thinking of was the rumored Lee Morgan 60s Blue Note set! gregmo

Sad news. I always had an eccentric fondness for this goofy record:

Can't get enough of Mr. Five By Five. This one has a version of "Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More," one of the odder pieces in Rushing's oeuvre!!

Thanks for that update, Lon. gregmo

Oh yeah. gregmo

All originals on this one. None of them became standards, but I like the ambition, and Christy is always lovely to hear:

Mosaic has definitely trained me to preorder at the first possibility. I'm a little surprised we haven't seen news of the new Armstrong set in time for Christmas. gregmo

I wonder about that. "Blue Trane" was recorded right in the middle of Trane's Prestige sessions. gregmo

I often found them grouped with other budget labels like RCA's Camden or Decca's Vocalion. gregmo

You know, I think that may have been the first record by Satch I ever bought as well. And around the same time! Always loved that version of "Tiger Rag." gregmo

You're right, my mistake. Didn't have the bucks to double that one at the time! And like Ghost, I also regret Mosaic never did a post-'61 Hodges Verve set. All but two are available from "Phono" and "Solar," which I'm pretty sure are Andorran. To my knowledge, "Rippin' and Runnin'" and "Don't Sleep in the Subway" have never been released on cd by anybody. gregmo

Busby Berkeley really was a genius, and his eye for how to use B&W--really silver--was absolutely dazzling! gregmo

Me too!! gregmo

I think that's part of it. A few sets were "reissued" on cd not long after they came out on LP. I got the Bechet Blue Note set that way. Bought it first on LP, then when the cd set came available, I got that and gave the LP set to a library, but that's the only time I ever did that. The first sets were all LP only--Monk, Art Pepper, Clifford Brown, Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker, Tina Brooks, and Budde DeFranco/Sonny Clark. gregmo