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Various artists --------- New Orleans Today Volume Two-------(77 records ) tracks from Kid Thomas, Peter Bocage, Dee Dee Pierce. Recorded 1962-1964. Some spirited playing even if fidelity can be a touch uneven.

As I mentioned a few days ago in the "What 78 are you spinning.." Spike Hughes retired from being a jazz musician aged 25 in 1933 . Perhaps having had Coleman Hawkins record his tunes , Hughes may have felt he couldn't improve on that, so he called time on jazz. He died in 1987.

another thumbs up here from me. This set works in a way that the effectively unedited, Bud Powell on Verve was a dogs dinner. This set is fascinating and sensible value at it's current price point ( £17)

various artists -------------The best of I ❤️ Jazz----------(CBS Holland) King Oliver ---------- The Okeh sessions 1923--------( EMI) these two releases were bought together (mid 1980s) and were my first. The Oliver's muddy sound put me off completely something which was only corrected with the Off the Record CD. Complilations get a bad name but this one produced by Henri Renaud introduced me to Ellington, Basie, Mulligan, Art Blakey and most especially Monk.

Spike Hughes best remembered (if at all) for his jazz career swan song - 14 sides recorded in NYC in April/May 1933. These excellent sides featured among others Benny Carter, Dicky Wells, Hawk, Wilbur De Paris and Big Sid Catlett. These have been reissued on LP and CD and well worth hearing. Equally good are his London recordings from 1930-1932. These haven't seen comprehensive reissue but figure among my favourite pre-war British jazz. The earlier 1930 sides seem to be rarer and therefore more expensive. I have 16 records from his British Decca output and there isn't a dud amongst them. Philip Buchel with Spike Hughes and his three blind mice------------Happy Feet/ You know what I'll do-----------(Decca UK) F 1856. July 5th 1930 I can't find a sample of this one but the link below is Happy Feet recorded under Spike's leadership with a larger band a few days earlier . Norman Payne is the trumpeter of note on both versions and plays not unlike Bix ( to my ears). Happy Feet ( @3mins)

Adam Makowicz Unit-------Polish jazz vol. 35-------(Muza Polskie Nagrania)

Just bringing this thread up again. I've spun my copy of Intervall plenty lately (Swedish RSD reissue from a few years ago). Spotify has the equally good posthumous self titled album on Odeon . These two great albums shouldn't be so obscure

Mississippi Fred McDowell--------I do not play no rock'n'roll-------((Capitol)

another thumbs up. My favourite Hill Blue Note.

Liner notes PDF has now been made available to me via iTunes

My copy plays well enough but despite vinyl looking perfect very light crackle can be heard. It's not a distraction, I'm quite content. The cover has some sticker residue from a couple of those curses. If your copy is silent then that's probably money well spent.

Hot Tuna-------s/t--------(RCA) . not played this in a while but it's good. Papa John Creach plays some mean fiddle. NP New York Art Quartet-------s/t----------(ESP Jpn) 1975 Japanese edition. Sounds just perfect in every way.

Nat Gonella------Jeepers Creepers/ Just a kid named Joe----------(Odeon Fr) rec. 20 th January 1939 in NYC Allstar line up ( just about) including Buster Bailey, Benny Carter and Billy Kyle. Recorded just two days after Satchmo's version of Jeepers Creepers (Decca). Gonella recorded just two further titles under his own name before heading back to London. I wonder which version of the song was the first to be released.? Gonella's version with Bailey's extraordinary clarinet certainly is easily as good as Armstong's , perhaps even swingers harder.

More Jack Hylton. This time his Kit-Cat band . Confusingly filed under K for Kit Cat rather than H for Hylton in Rust. From August 1925. Two jazz sides with JRM's the clear winner. Joys is played slightly faster than NORK version from just 2 years earlier in July 1923. Perhaps not too astonishing given the warm London welcome given to ODJB a few years earlier but jone the less it strikes me as pretty incredible that Hylton should be recording this Morton composition in 1925. Looking at Rust the July 1923 date by NORK was released only on Gennett at that time - meaning no UK or European edition. The jazz message clearly spread fast.j Jack Hylton's Kit-Cat band ---------Milenburg Joys/ My sugar------(HMV B2101) UK London August 1925

Glad you found a copy, as I'm keeping mine ?

I've had a very quick response from NJMH . They're looking into it.

Booklet not available from Apple music in the UK. Not that this was clear until I paid my £7.99 for the download. Very disappointed. The booklet is listed but says it's not available in the UK. To be completely frank I feel ripped off as I wouldn't have bought any of the tracks had it been made clear that the booklet wasn't available. Perhaps it's a mistake or a brexit phenomena. Anyone know of a way of getting the booklet.? Can't see me buying any more from the Savory collection in the future unless booklets are made available.

I read elsewhere that string bass is none other than polymath Spike Hughes.

Jack Hylton-----St Louis Blues/ Hylton Stomp -------(Decca UK) F3239 Big band leader Hylton had a number of jazz oriented releases. I suspect he didn't have that much jazz in is soul but relied on 'hot' players to add some hot solos to otherwise routine big band arrangements. The two sides above seem a bit different- hot all the way through with some great solos. Rust lists only brass bass but I hear only string bass slapped a lot!

NP Lee Morgan-------Search for the new land-------(BN) NY mono - no ear ( so really a Liberty) Thanks for mentioning this one again. Such a wonderful session and unlike the rest of Morgan's fine BN catalog.

Tom Prehn Kvartet----------s/t-------------(Centrifuga) Denmark Very interesting free jazz session from 1967. Quality reissue especially if you can understand Danish insert which consists of copies of newspaper clippings from the time.

Sam Rivers -------Contours--------(BN ) NY earless mono

Cootie Williams------The Solid Trumpet of Cootie Williams-----------(Xtra UK) only UK issue from1967 Pleasant if not earth shattering 1962 Moodsville date. Swings nicely.

hmmmm......sorry , yes I got it.

Dave Holland/ Derek Bailey----Improvisations for cello and guitar -------(ECM)