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Cary Denigris, Eric Person and a bassist whose name is escaping me were with Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society in the mid-1980s (When Colours Play and Texas)--after that edition of the Decoding Society broke up, Chico Hamilton hired them intact as "Euphoria" and has made a number of excellent recordings over the years (on Soul Note and other labels). At some point Paul Ramsey replaced the original bassist, and more recently Eric Person left the group. In other words, Cary Denigris has been Chico Hamilton's guitarist for nearly 20 years, I believe.

I've picked up a couple of excellent Chess anthologies from yourmusic.com. Chess Blues Guitar, for one--It's a 2Cd set so you have to order it. http://www.yourmusic.com/browse/album/Vari...=BROWSE_001_COL And a four CD anthology called Chess Blues. http://www.yourmusic.com/browse/album/Vari...=BROWSE_001_COL

The Dallas store is like that as well. It's the only real CD store left in Dallas. I would hate to see it close.

Oh my - a great Texas Tenor player I had (almost) forgotten about. Has this one been issued on CD? MG Not to my knowledge, but I did recently find a used Japanese mini-LP CD reissue of Off the Wall, another of his Argo recordings. There's also the excellent, Let's Swing, on OJC.

Budd Johnson--Ya! Ya! (Argo)

That's a great present, and congratulations. One of the best things about it is that it will cause you to re-explore your entire collection when you import songs to your itunes library. This process is highly addictive, as well as most enjoyable.

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when did you place your order? My Coltrane box order was shipped yesterday, and I placed the order on July 15.

Maybe not "new" technically speaking, but among younger blues musicians, I really like these three. Little Jimmy King--Unfortunately he died a few years ago in his 30s, but he was an excellent guitarist who played with Albert King at the end of his life, and he's a fine singer. I recommend, Little Jimmy King and the Memphis Soul Survivors, Something Inside of Me, and Live at Monterey. Lucky Peterson--He's quite good on guitar, organ and vocals. He used to appear around Dallas fairly regularly. A very charismatic performer. His albums are a mixed bag; all will have at least a few good tracks. I recommend Black Midnight Sun as perhaps the best. Melvin Taylor--He's a stunning guitar virtuoso who plays weekly at Rosa's in Chicago. I caught him once in New York, and he's dazzling. All of his recordings on Evidence are worthwhile.

I don't know but I would guess Jaki Byard.

I have a hard time finding current blues artists that appeal to me. The most interesting "new" blues artist that I've discovered recently is Otis Taylor. He writes interesting, powerful songs, has a distinctive sound, and melds together country and electric blues. I recommend all of his recordings (including White African, Double V, Truth is Not Fiction, When Negroes Walked the Earth, Respect the Dead and Below the Fold).

Volume 1 is also probably the best of the three volumes.

I love Magic Sam....seeing this post has made me throw on "Black Magic", his late 1968 date on Delmark; wonderful recording! m~ Yes, that is an invitation from blues heaven. If you haven't seen the DVD, Magic Sam performs All Your Love (playing Earl Hooker's guitar) on one of the terrific American Folk Blues Festival DVDs, put out by Experience Hendrix.

He's at a Claude Chabrol film festival? The set is 23 LPs--I think it cost something like $200-225 new, so the price seems fair.

Very nice. I wish I had been there.

Did you ever see Earl Hooker?

Hello kh, Glad to hear that Walter Bishop, Jr. is not a total dud. I was a little worried about that one. I missed the Winchester and the McPherson. Don't know what I was thinking! Have the others but havn't gotten to them yet. I have been enjoying the Jazz in Hollywood stuff. This is West Coast Jazz in its purest sense. The Walter Bishop is a good one, performed by a working group. The liner notes indicate this was his first record as a leader of a trio. The selections are all around three minutes in length.

Happy birthday Buddy, and thanks for all those amazing performances at Antone's, Caravan of Dreams, the Terrace and other venues that I've seen.

I did alot of listening over the last day and a half and found the following sale CDs to be quite compelling: The Walter Bishop, Jr. Trio, 1965--with Butch Warren and either Jimmy Cobb or Granville Hogan. Curiously, it was recorded in 1962 and 1963. Walt Dickerson--A Sense of Direction--his second album, from 1961. Charles McPherson--From This Moment On--1968 recording, with Pat Martino and Cedar Walton. Lem Winchester--Lem's Beat--1960 recording, with Oliver Nelson. Elmo Hope--Hope Meets Foster--1955, with Frank Foster. George Wallington--Jazz for the Carriage Trade--1956 with Donald Byrd and Phil Woods.

Sonny Clark Trio (Blue Note, Japanese reissue).

The Verve CD that I have (reissued in 1992) has Satin Doll, Perdido, the Rabbit in Jazz, Mack the Knife, It's the Talk of the Town, Bean and the Boys, and Caravan. The last four tracks are said to be previously unissued and feature only Hawkins. Actually, this is the version that I have: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000046L...ie=UTF8&s=music

The Verve CD that I have (reissued in 1992) has Satin Doll, Perdido, the Rabbit in Jazz, Mack the Knife, It's the Talk of the Town, Bean and the Boys, and Caravan. The last four tracks are said to be previously unissued and feature only Hawkins.

I believe that the main source of consumer rights against abusive debt collectors is contained in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpa/fdcpact.htm

My order of July 12 arrived today. All forty CDs, very well packed. No shipping confirmation yet on my July 15 order of the Coltrane box.

I recently found a used copy of a Japanese reissue of what turns out to be one of my favorite Stitt recordings--Sonny Stitt at the D.J. Lounge, on Argo. Stitt is in top form on this one, playing with what I assume is a Chicago group--John Board on tenor, Edward Buster on organ, and Joe Shelton on drums. I've never heard of John Board, but he sounds good, and he and Stitt blend well together and are both inspired. Recorded June, 1961 at McKie's Disc Jockey Show Lounge, Chicago.