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I loved Tambor's fun with Malenkov, but everything I've read indicates that he wasn't nearly the doofus he's painted to be. He DID undermine Zhukov, and the general joined with Khrushchev to get him out of power in '55, but he had handled some pretty important things in the Soviet Union, and most who met him were fairly impressed. In the event, he outlived all of them, dying at age 86 in 1988.

Thanks to Chuck and Ghost for the recs on Auld and Wilson. Some of the Torme things were issued on the first disc of a Proper Box. He also recorded with Shaw for the label a few times (available on a couple of the latter's Classics discs). The Joe Marsala sides might be fun to hear! Have those been reissued anywhere?! gregmo EDIT: I looked at allmusic, and it appears the six Marsala sides were indeed issued on Classics:

Some helpful links here--many thanks! So, it looks like the period of "interest" to us for this label would have been 1944-48. I've long had the Ellington material (Have "Golden Duke" 2-LP set that Jim notes as well as "Jam-a-Ditty" cd on Naxos), the Gillespie Guild and Musicraft stuff on the (briefly) revived Musicraft label itself ("Shaw 'Nuff") and Classics, the Shaw things on Classics, and the Sarah Vaughan recordings in, of all things, a Proper Box! As far as jazz goes, that leaves Teddy Wilson and Georgie Auld? I haven't checked, but I imagine those would also be floating around somewhere on old Classics cds?? gregmo

So, I was recently reading about somebody recording for the short-lived original Musicraft label in the 40s--may have been Ellington--and I got to wondering--who owns that original Musicraft material now? And what jazz musicians besides Ellington and Gillespie recorded for it? If there weren't TOO many of them, it would seem a good candidate for one of Mosaic's "complete" label boxes, like the Bee Hive and Dial boxes (assuming, of course, that Mosaic was sufficiently healthy to do it). gregmo

Only once or twice?? Several times for me, and yes, I've also forgotten and bought the same thing a couple of times. I'm hopeless. Now then, what the hell was my name again? Oh yeah... gregmo

This interview appeared recently on Mosaic's Sunday Gazette. I don't know how I missed it when mjzee posted it, but I did. I thought it was really an interesting interview, and that Rumsey was amazingly sharp for a guy at 90. Fun read, so thanks--very tardily--to mjzee for posting it! gregmo

Listening to disc 1 as I write this. These 1934 solos are a very pleasant surprise. Wilson is all over the keyboard and a lot more aggressive than what we think of as his usual. Really looking forward to hearing more of this set! Luckily, I have discs 5 and 6, but I did check, thanks to warnings posted here! gregmo

I just bought an HP M281 that is working well...so far. I was really sick of the huge cost of ink cartridges for inkjet printers. This one scans and copies as well as printing. gregmo

I thought Jason Isaacs was particularly funny as Zhukov, but they were all good. Hope you all get to see it! gregmo

Well, to answer Jim's query ("why do they make movies like this?"), the tragic/romantic jazz player has been a Hollywood trope for a while, going back at least to Kirk Douglas and "Young Man with a Horn." I'm not a trumpet player, but I think I read that Hawke did work on getting the fingering right. As for his singing, since I was never a fan of Baker's singing, Hawke sounded about as good to me! I thought this one was better--not *much* better--than the Miles movie. Hey, at least it didn't have a stupid/goofy chase scene! And a documentary on Bock might be interesting. gregmo

Yep! The Death of Stalin gregmo

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Don't buy them unless he throws in the Buddy Bolden cylinders. gregmo

Just saw "The Death of Stalin." Humor was often dark, but I thought it was pretty funny. gregmo

Which, in turn, is the material issued by Mosaic some years ago on their complete Black Lion/Vogue 3-cd set. gregmo

I'm betting it's Scott Wenzel. Rye, NY is pretty close to Stamford. Good sets at good prices. Somebody should snap 'em up! gregmo

Yep, got my shipping notice today. gregmo

Thanks for the heads up! gregmo

A true force of nature! Happy Birthday, Mr. Haynes!! gregmo

I only got to see him once, on his last tour of the West Coast and am so grateful I did. A real class act, in every way. gregmo

I pull the Herman Philips down now and then. Also like the Brookmeyer. gregmo

Did they also find the cylinders? gregmo

Now that is definitely a fair chunk of change!! gregmo

I like the pic. Somebody obviously just said something funny.

Good luck!