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I'd like to be able to find release dates of records. That gives an understanding of when a recording might have had its earliest influence.

I can't get the "Show more credits" to work. In case anyone else is as clueless as me: It's Fathead, Art Blakey, and Dr. John. All three get writing credits for the song, which is a bit simple for my taste but I love Mac's piano solo. He does sing on some cuts and on one Blakey plays piano!

Well, different drummer makes all the difference.

There was a sequel!!

I'm only seeing 10 cuts on either site. To quote Randy Newman "Maybe I'm doing it wrong." (I am computer illiterate.)

I remember them featuring Mel Torme on one release.

IIRC she was married to a great disc jockey who was responsible for taping Garner's Concert by the Sea. I heard him once broadcasting the origins of much of Sketches of Spain. Forget his name right now.

It's not the LA Times. It's a guy who who usually writes about Latino life saying what it means to him. I think it's interesting to hear from a non-musician non-white.

A non-music critic response: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-14/rhapsody-in-blue-100th-anniversary If you scroll down to the bottom of the column there's a good description of the writer's qualifications.

https://lewisporter.substack.com/?r=uab0r&utm_campaign=pub&utm_medium=web Articles like this make me happy to pay for his Substack.

Wow. Is there a cd?

Did you get enough to repay Dan (at least in part)? He shouldn't have to shoulder the load.

Wow: I didn't know you got TCM with Max. Even more reason to cut my cable.

I donated in December but my profile says I'm not a donor. Is it by calendar year? Anyway I just sent you another paypal donation.

Me too. Hopefully the Vanguards will be in the rumored Mosaic Vanguard set.

Bill Smith, editor of Coda, played Alto sax.

Well if that's the one who became the film composer Benny Carter liked him.

You need a BluRay player to play it in stereo. I don't think it's that much of a sonic upgrade but my ears are shot.

Huh?

The two West Coast pianists named John Williams. (The movie one played with Benny Carter.)

I heard him interviewed once and he talked about how he had been influenced by Charles Brown.

That has a couple of cuts that I think are not found anywhere else: the rehearsals of "Ebony Rhapsody". Don't think they're even on Ellington in Order.

So you could do that with the Decca Ellingtons since Early Ellington seems to be there. I think they also have some grey area European issues that might have some of the Pathes etc.

That would be great but a lot of important Basie is not on Columbia or RCA ( though a lot is). Is it possible on any of the streaming services to make a public playlist that takes from the existing ones and adds to them?