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I saw Perkins at a club in Santa Barbara a few years ago and he seemed to have reconciled his 2 tendencies pretty well. (Did he die fairly recently?) Also the Kamuca I'm most familiar with is his playing on "Shelly Mann at The Black Hawk" where he's much more agressive than he is on this recording. That's why I was surprised by Allan's description of his work.

I recorded it on vhs then transferred it to audio tape. I have it in my computer now and can make cdrs if anyone wants them. Unfortunately my original radio reception of the program isn't great.

Didn't Marvin play a bass player? And IIRC doesn't he have a speech where he talks about having to pluck all evening after he had lost his bow? (Maybe it was another actor.) I've often wondered about that line. Did bass players in early bands often use their bows?

I admit it. I can't tell who's soloing when. The liner notes give some help but not much. (They point out that Perkins sometimes sounds like Cohn and Kamuca sometimes sounds like both of them!) Can anyone help? (Not that it really matters-- I'm enjoying it a lot without knowing which one I'm hearing.)

Mine was 4897. Will the last one shipped be 5000? Were there 2500 Lps? Does anyone really know?

I agree with all of the above and would add "The Memphis Album" for the best of his later work. There was a compilation cd of blues numbers called "Reconsider Baby" that actually credits the original recordings being covered. There's a great 6 minute long version of Charles Brown's "Merry Christmas Baby" and a take of "One Night" with the original lyrics. I'm not sure it's still available but it's worth looking for.

And Cinemascope. I hope you can get it in wide-screen. I say it's a classic.

I suspect that you are correct.

Though I think Peter Losin's discography says these performances are really from Feb 16 and 23 1957.

Saw this on the Jazzmatazz site: Gerry Mulligan - California High School (Back Up [Netherlands] 73125) Apr 25. I presumed that it was a concert from the 50's but when I clicked through to the CD Universe site it listed all cuts as "studio". I could not find this session in the comprehensive Mulligan on-line discography. Anyone know about it?

1) Sources: i.e. I've bought things listed in the FS thread. 2) Recommendations: If a lot of folks here (I'm not sure what the critical mass is) speak highly of a cd I don't own I'm inclined to give it a try. 3) Existence: I've bought things I didn't know even know existed until I first heard about them here (eg the alternate take of Shoeshine Boy).

I try not to read film reviews but it's been difficult to avoid reviews of this. (Besides it's not like they could give the plot away.) Virtually everything I've read or heard says this is a great film. Never-the-less I'll probably not see it right away just because I'm too chicken to put myself through the emotions I expect it will evoke if it is as good as they say. BTW it was the 3rd highest grossing film last night with the highest per-screen average.

PM sent re: Thornhill.

Me too! Actually I only bought 3 singles. Blue Trumbone was one of the first Jazz albums I owned. (got it form the Columbia record club when it was new. ) Curious to see what number I get. Unfortunately I'll be in LA next week when they arrive here in Santa Barbara, so I won't find out my number until next weekend.

I used to have the Time-Life Giants of Jazz Tesch. box set. He made so few recordings that to fill up a 3 record set they had to include cuts that they weren't sure he played on. (IIRC I sent the set to an Austrilian jazz fan who was desperate for it. Would never have done that with my Pee Wee box.)

I used to live next door to Jane Jacobs in Toronto. (We were in houses that were attached to each other but known as "semi-detached" houses in TO.) As you might expect she was a good neighbour.

I use a prograqm called "Wiretap".

Wish I'd noticed that before. I saw Lloyd last week. He was signing his new cd at my (and his) local Borders. It would have given me something to ask him.

I dunno. The little bit I heard sounded more like it was going to lead to JATP.

Anybody else hear yesterday's NPR piece about the newly discovered Lester Young jam session recording ? I was very excited until they played some of it which seemed like sub-par Prez to me.

I've got a Sting 3 incher because it includes him singing Up From the Skies backed by the Gil Evans band and that cut isn't available anywhere else. (I'm an Evans completist.) Also Springsteen doing Chimes of Freedom live but I think that whole disc was later released on a 5 inch cd. Also Zappa doing Peaches en Regalia plus 2 others. Finally a 3 inch billie Holiday cd that came with an Italian book about her. The Zappa anad Sting have fancy printed sleeves. The Sting is a fold-out!

Are there extant video copies of the Allen Show? As to The Sound of Jazz: The Columbia Lp/cd id from a special recording session not a reheresal. Hence the slightly differnt personal. I've heard Gerry Mulligan wanted too much money and I presume they left out Monk because they thought he was too far out. Prez plays on more selections on the record than he does in the show. Makes me think he was too physically weak those few days later. I worked with some peole at CBS/Fox to get Sound of Jazz legitimately released as a DVD. I wanted to add Milt Hinton's photographs of the session and an interview with nat Hentoff. Ran into legal problems with the musicians union.

Happy B-Day!!!

I'd somehow missed this thread earlier. Anyway money now on the way via paypal. (Once I was able to find my password.) you should "up" this thread every so often.

It's a story I've never heard. Can you say more? What songs are we talking about? And what was Red's "book of changes"?