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The Book Section of this Sunday's New York Times reviews a new book on Ahmet Ertegun. The Last Sultan Another New York Times article on the same book.

The Great Jazz Trio 'Direct from L.A.' (EastWind Direct Mastering)

Love Lies (Tommy Dorsey) The Lies of Handsome Men (Blossom Dearie) Lies (Jack Teagarden) White Lies (Chris McGregor) Little White Lies (Don Byas) Next up: GUESS

Dexter Gordon Select, disc 1

The 20-CD Dreyfus 20th anniversary box Just out and available for €39,95 at Amazon.fr (also at FNAC.fr). Coffret 20 Ans Dreyfus Jazz

Don Friedman 'A Day in the City'( (Riverside, stereo, black label)

Beyond All Limits (Larry Young) Beyond the Sea (George Benson) Beyond the Blue Horizon (Coleman Hawkins) Beyond the Bluebird (Tommy Flanagan) Beyond the Moon (Benny Goodman) and a bonus of one album title: One Step Beyond (Jackie McLean) Next up: MIRAGE

Chet Baker/Steve Houben (Carrère)

The Very Thought of You (Billie Holiday) Thought (Stan Kenton) Thoughts (George Russell) I Thought About You (Miles Davis) A Penny for Your Thoughts (Billy Eckstine) Next up: STRANGE

I had started a new job that week and came home in the afternoon. The radio was reporting on the events from Dallas. I was listening to the Europe 1 radio station but the report was pretty sketchy. I switched to the Voice of America. It was the next station on the longwave dial (no FM back then!). Minutes after I tuned in, the report broke with the news that JFK had died!

Drop That Sack (Louis Armstrong) Sack Full of Dreams (Gene Ammons) The Sad Sack (Artie Shaw/Roy Eldridge) Sack o'Woe (Cannonball Adderley) Sack of Shit (John Zorn) Next up: CORNER

The Complete Bud Powell (Verve), disc 2

Don't know for sure what is on the WestWind. The KD tracks on the JazzDoor CD are 'Wee Dot', 'A Night in Tunesia' (Sic), 'Autumn Leaves'. Neither 'Lover Man', nor 'Ismaa' are on the JazzDoor CD.

Teddy Edwards 'Feelin's' (Muse)

The Chris Connor titles on the JazzDoor CD are: Day In, Day Out Hallelujah, I Love Him So Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most I Get a Kick out of You Blow, Gabriel, Blow That CD: The same titles are also on the WestWind CD.

As a former laureate, I still do not know what this is all about... but I see an opening for Winnipeg at 20, so be it!