Big Beat Steve

I guess that at least there were (maybe still are) some musicians who were/are just too much "out of it" to be reasonable drivers at all. Not necessarily because of drugs or other substances/liquids but because they were/are so much immersed in their "art" or "creative" or whatever thing removed from mundane everday life that they would have been fairly unable to function well in normal duties and tasks of everyday life - such as driving, in fact.

I wonder how there can be ANY doubt about Dragon being "legit". Dragon has been around for 30+ years and has set standards in reissues of Scandinavian jazz. Any Japanese label with the mark "Not for sale outside of Japan" AND YET sold outside Japan is iffier than Dragon.

There were many more. Without even thinking hard, these come to mind: Chu Berry Stan Hasselgard Scott La Faro. But I doubt this is what this topic is supposed to be all about. BTW, do motorcyclists count? There is a great story about bass saxophonist Joe Rushton in Eddie Condon's We Called It Music - retold through BIll Crow's Anecdotes: Riding your bike from Chicago to N.Y: and back again on the spur of a moment - that sounds like it took some real stamina, even in those pre-55 mph pottering-along rule days with far less traffic but with the road network likely being far from what it is today.

Yes, it was his wife. Severely nearsighted, as the story goes. That accident was what first came to my mind when the topic came up, but since accidents and deaths at the steering wheel were not what the thrad starter wanted ...

Regardless of the driving record and primitive behavior (and over-the-top aggressiveness in this case) of this Smith, would you care to explain how he - Smith - in THIS case has violated anybody's (particularly any cyclist's) safety distance with his car parked at the curb? And no, you don't smash other people's car windows (or any of their other belongings) on a whim, as this cyclist appears to have done. And no doubt you know what the likelihood of catching a cyclist in the act is in such cases and what the outcome in other "ways" would be afterwards, particularly in today's (European) societal climate where cyclists in traffic often appear to be given a free pass in every direction. (I am all for protecting cyclists from ruthless car drivers through appropriate traffic laws, but OTOH pedestrians, for one, need to be protected from ruthless cyclists. But are they? Or isn't it rather so that all too often cyclists will be cut any slack because they "need to be able to get ahead" in the interest of "green" mobility? Look around what the general stance is in this respect in many areas in Europe and you will realize that your argument is a fairly lame one.)

That brings to mind another jazzman of the same breed: Johnny Claes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Claes And he can be heard here, for example (and on a reissue of this and more on CS Records C5-544): https://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Claes-And-His-Clae-Pigeons-Nat-Gonella-His-New-Georgians-The-Swinging-40s/release/9914297

Ha, the legendary Odeon Swing Music Series! (Heard here on the 70s reissue LP from that series celebrating the original pressings issued in Germany) Originally pressed and released in Germany on Odeon A189279.

Nominal leader because it was on her/Lionel's own Hamp-Tone record label. A bit like (though with less merits than, probably) Timme Rosenkrantz & His Barrelhouse Barons or Rudy Blesh's All Stars. But thats a far cry from Jackie Gleason. Style-wise and OTOH because Gleason can be credited with putting a bit of his arrangements' touch in those "Jacke Gleason Presents" LPs.

What makes you think so? Just spun the 78: Four Squares Only is a feature for Herbie Fields - a sort of slightly modernized Benny Goodman combo soud Star Time is a somewhat boogieish feature for Dodo Marmarosa Dieter Salemann says in his "Flight of the Vout Bug" book that there is no guitar (Billy Mackel according to the label) audible on the recording, and that the drummer is possibly George Jenkins who at that time was with Lionel Hampton. FYI: http://www.heypally78rpms.com/2013/02/gladys-hamptons-quartet-hamp-tone-105.html

If Sunny Murray is included, then include Sunny Clapp (also refered to as Sonny here and there) too And then, moving into other periods of jazz that otherwise tend to get overlooked: Sonny Burke Sonny Dunham - and Sonny Boy WILLIAMS too! And not to forget Sonny Thompson

JSngry linked to the "Stardust" set earlier in this thread.

They ARE on there, though more in a supporting role. I just spun it, and the record is "interesting" (the unison parts between the harmonica and the horns are rather surreal). Thompson hangs in bravely to keep up with the horns on the fast "Take The A Train" but the limits in playing the mouth harp really fast become evident - it turns into more of a case of virtuosity than outright swing.

The UK release on HMV looked like this: A good moment to spin it again now. But admittedly the US RCA release has a nicer cover- with the quadruple Thompson looking like the Harmonicats and the Trio Raisner all rolled into one. And yes - you are right about the Bop! 78s. My oversight. I totally forgot to compare with the BOPland box.

I picked up the above one dirt cheap (just could not let it go to waste ) 2-3 years ago at a record clearout sale but I've had the same material for a VERY long time on UK Vogue (VJT3003). These sets are not exact duplicates of the contents of the Japanese set above - BeBop is not there, and neither are the Jimmy Witherspoon tracks (but they are around elsewhere, and FWIW, according to the Leadbitter/Slaven discography the recording dates for the Jimmy Witherspoon tracks given on the set are wrong as they are from 2 different concerts - two tracks are from 1949 and the others from 1950). The lineup for the Jimmy Witherspoon set is an odd one - Don Hill and Gene Gilbeaux were regulars of the backing band of The Treniers. (Were they on the bill too? Where are their recordings??? ) Like it's been mentioned above, Modern and Crown issued/reissued these in various combinations back then. And then there were things like this single item which found its way into my 78 corner many years ago (kind of hard listeningn to lengthy tracks piecemeal on 78s like this ...)

Looks like sombody out there is afraid of alienating people from Corona, CA, or drinkers of a beer brand of the same name. As if the virus went away if it was linguistically associated (by inference) with a foreign place (through such an artificially constructed "name") and not with a place that MIGHT (mistakenly) be understood to be "'murrican". Ho hum ... In common lingo it's and remains the Coronavirus (or Corona virus, if you prefer). Covid-19 or whatever is the technical/medical term. That's all.

I've been thinking about this too. There aren't many record shops I'd REALLY want to go to but I'd like to so I'll see and find out how they handle things. Wearing a face mask is no problem, but I wouldn't want to be rushed because- say, only 3 or 4 are allowed to enter at one time and there are more waiting. (Normally this is no big deal because apart from special action days you always have plenty of room between customers and no risk at rubbing elbows with the nearest peruser. But do we know in the current situation?) But it IS a shop where you have to take your time to make the rounds. So if they want to rush me they can keep their records for the time being. I have a slightly uneasy feeling about browsing through the records that obviously are touched by everyone but either you do it all the way or you don't do it at all. With THIS kind of goods there are are no in-betweens. Besides, when you shop for your groceries (and no, I don't wear gloves there and nobody else does either around here), even if you really try to avoid picking items and then placing them back, it DOES happen. and with others too. And there NEVER is ANYBODY to guarantee you that the one who just browsed the same rack 2 minutes before and had second thoughts and put back the pack you now are taking is NOT loaded to the hilt with little Covids. So there you are ... But hand sanitizers and gloves? Come on ...!!! How often would you want to sanitize your hands? Every 10 LPs handled? As for gloves, I hope anyone all out to wear these when goign to any kind of shop or public area where surfaces have to be touched realizes that beyond any "feelgood" effect he just postpones the problem of potential virus contact - or else he'd have to change them (in such a manner that no bare fingertips get into contact with any glove surface) every couple of minutes all day long.

Exactly. What i wrote in another Corona virus topic last week still holds: "Yes the Bundesliga is supposed to start up again but this is not the best role model or signal to everyone else out there. Apart from the fact that it is a very slippery slope (one 2nd league team will be out already for the next 2 matches because the entire team and staff have just been quarantined again for 14 days after 3 positive cases detected) it will make others in the entertainment field wonder "why them, why not us?" Let's face it, their monetary clout with the "deciders" was decisive in enabling them to get back (even if playing to crowds of zero). Ill feelings are bound to come up even inside the sport: On Saturday I caught a lengthy discussion on French radio where a soccer representative complained bitterly about why they had to shut down (as one of only 5 countries in Europe) whereas others such as Germany etc. were able to start up again, leaving French clubs in a weakened position etc. etc. This does NOT bode well overall. "

Compared to other restrictions it's no actual hardship of course but those working there and those visiting the place are wondering what good this is supposed to be really doing. Now how long IS this virus clinging to non-animate surfaces after all? Considering that we're not at Day 1 of the epidemia, one should think that this should have been tested and analyzed throroughly by now. After all it is an important aspect of how to manage everyday interactions everywhere. The problem is that all by itself details like this do not mean much and are a nuisance at worst but in the overall picture they add up to those who set the rules and restrictions just scrambling around in rather a headless way. This does not really increase the feeling of security among the citizens and will make it even harder ensuring compliance with the rules and restrictions that REALLY are necessary. My better half works in the health profession (dentist's assistant) and the way the professional federation has been issuing do's and dont's and caveats on how to run the job at a rate of about three times per day that went one way, then the other, then contradicted each other and explicitly revoked what had been said the day before and above all were wildly impossible to implement when catering to the patients at all (e.g. can YOU imagine a dentist keeping a mandatory 1.5-meter distance from his/her patient during the treatment?) then this does leave you with a not so favorable impression of how these things are being handled. And according to what she hears from doctors and their employees in other medical fields the story isn't much different there. Now this spills over to other areas of everyday life now that they are trying to reopen everywhere. Remember the list given by another forumist above about businesses that can operate curbside retail? Often you have a conflict of targets that is getting more and more acute there. Example: Clothing shops allowed to open again here have been heard to forbid the customers to try on their garb (strangely enough, not every shop - don't ask me why)! O.K., I perfectly get the reason behind this but can you imagine our better halves falling for that? I guess mine wasn't the only one to say "What's the point, then? If it's so I can order online anyway and won't have to go through the face mask hassle." This does hurt the business of the shops, of course, and opening up under these circumstances will not enable them to get back to normal for a long time to come. As for the masks, remember I mentioned my wife works in a medical profession, i.e. she has been wearing those masks in her daily job for years and therefore knows what these masks do but above all don't. (BTW, she and her boss - the doctor - do find the FFP3 ones do choke them, so no way of wearing them for longer periods at a time) In her view what they are supposed to accomplish currently by everyone wearing them (including all those home-made ones) is getting treacherously close to what you call a "placebo". We do wear them anyhow in all those places where they are mandatory (shops, public transport) but it would be nice if what the public is being told to do would make sense even to those with insider's experience (such as those working in the medical field). @Brad: Yes the Bundesliga is supposed to start up again but this is not the best role model or signal to everyone else out there. Apart from the fact that it is a very slippery slope (one 2nd league team will be out already for the next 2 matches because the entire team and staff have just been quarantined again for 14 days after 3 positive cases detected) it will make others in the entertainment field wonder "why them, why not us?" Let's face it, their monetary clout with the "deciders" was decisive in enabling them to get back (even if playing to crowds of zero). Ill feelings are bound to come up even inside the sport: On Saturday I caught a lengthy discussion on French radio where a soccer representative complained bitterly about why they had to shut down (as one of only 5 countries in Europe) whereas others such as Germany etc. were able to start up again, leaving French clubs in a weakened position etc. etc. This does NOT bode well overall.

T.D., the sense of irony is there alright. Although you'd find it hard to muster yourself if you had lived in a country where you'd have run the constant risk of being exposed to much, much more by this "grandma's favorite grandson singer" of the late 60s and 70s. Anyway, it made the day for a friend of mine who is all for this kind of weirdo cover versions by German-language pop singers of the 60s. With this YT clip she'll be off to a great start into the new week at the job. TTK, may I respectfully suggest, though, that in your laudable quest for new stimuli for jazz to thrive you do include something somewhat more meaty as well. The blues ain't dead!

Karel Gott? He cannot have been THAT exotic(a) Sounds like "Kalinka" with him ... You're really pulling everyone's leg here.

To add ridicule to the ridiculous (as far as everyday handleablilty and practicability is concerned), requirements over here in the current opening-up of more and more businesses specify e.g. that shoe stores are required to put every pair of shoes tried on by children (as prime undetected transmitters of the virus??) and not bought to be put into a 72-hour "quarantine" before thy can be brought out again for someone else to try on. Similarly for public libraries - books returned to the library have to be quarantined for 48 hours before they can be put back on the shelves for other library users to pick and borrow. A friend working at one the other day sent a pic of the stacks and stacks of returned books stowed away in the quarantine room. Bizarre! And so on and so on ... Now that shops are slowly being allowed to open again under specific conditions I've wondered about paying a visit to our #1 local used records store again. But I decided to skip it. Even if customer presence was thin and keeping your distance was not an issue, how about this browsingest of all browsing businesses? Do I have to tell the clerk at the counter which records I touched and picked and put back in so he can quarantine them too? And I wouldn't like to be told to leave because I have outstayed my authorized in-shop time. I am all for being very, very careful at this time and keeping a low profile (and will continue to do so for myself to the extent possible) but if those politickers out there want the restrictions to be observed scrupulously by really everyone they will have to make them so that they actually are feasible in REAL everyday life.

What about "Basie's Beatle Bag" IYO?

That doesn't quite sound like Frank Sinatra but more like Jimmy Durante.

Like Pim said ... it's rather unpredictable now. Small parcels i have sent to France recently took and are taking a lot longer than normal (though even the past there have been outliers in the '"slow" and "fast" directions) but the French recipient of one of them told me today that this happens even inside his country. A larger letter mailed from a place just 150 kms from his home inside France took FOUR weeks to arrive. OTOH, I received a smiliar larger letter from Austria today only 3 days after it had been dispatched. So one really never knows, do one?

No doubt, considering his other books such as California Cool and East Coasting that follow relatively clear-cut lines. So it is all the more unfortunate IMO that his Blues cover art book is rather unfocused (except for the disproportionate accent on Prestige blues subsidiaries) and has so many blind spots. As if somebody had thrown together his (no doubt substantial but very personally colored) blues record collection and took pics of the covers and then lined them up at random. The field he set out to cover in the Blues covers book just is too wide NOT to have any structure - or maybe even one along the lines of the Jazzical Moods book - not the same categories, of course, but a set of categories that do telll a story across the wide field of the blues).