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Zoot Sims/Dick Nash Octet 'NashVille' (Zim)

The James Gavin biography of Chet Baker 'Deep In A Dream' delves with several of Baker's demons. An interesting read which might be of interest for your program.

Time to move that server to warmer places B-)

Was under the impression that the U.S. 'bombed' in Falluja

This track is on the Jimmy Smith Verve album 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'. It has been reissued on CD.

Johnny Griffin 'White Gardenia' (Riverside mono)

KSM, the music inside the box is what really counts and it's beautiful. Art Pepper was at his most intense and inspired during those nights. Too bad if the box is in bad shape! The price is damn cool! One of the best box ever...

Aw, shucks -_- The only person to really thank is Lady Day. Wish I had bought my set at that price! Christmas time sucks, couldn't agree more. But enjoy the music...

EKE, when that Lonehill CD came out, I checked the list of tunes and found that everything on THAT reissue was already on the two JazzUps CDs I already had. From the same concert.

Oops Looks like I went at this too fast... Gus Buescher who was a foreman at Conn factory and the creator of the original Conn saxophone founded his company http://www.saxgourmet.com/conn__saxophones.htm So much for Paul Beuscher France. They don't manufacture saxophones: http://www.paul-beuscher.com/

Can't believe Tommy Turk has not been mentioned yet

I think Pres played that Conn as well according to various biographical materials on him. But it can be after this particular horn exposed here. In his biography of Coleman Hawkins 'Song of the Hawk', John Chilton recounts that Coleman Hawkins also played a Conn until his 1935 visit to the Selmer house in Paris where he was presented with a custom-built sax. The Hawk played Selmer saxophones exclusively from then on. And folks, please note its BEUSCHER not Buescher or whatever. Among other things, the French know how to build great saxophones. Selmer and Beuscher instruments are Made in France!

From The New York Times today:

Unfortunately there is no trace of any live recordings of the Al Cooper Savoy Sultans. Thus no real proof that the band was the Terror of the Savoy Ballroom. The band that even the Mighty Duke Ellington aggregation was afraid of competing against!

I wanted to relisten to that one a while back and could not locate it It was not right after the Sonny Clarks where it once was. The search is still on...

Fully agree with Harold Z about the Princeton store, but just be warned... There is so much good vinyl there and some of the prices are so tempting that any visit to the place can be very expensive. I've paid my dues there... and much more...

Yep. And I have all of it as well. Deus, you sure about that?? I have somewhere in the basement, some 30 or 40 vinyls of rare BG releases that came out on the Sunbeam label. Bought them years ago for 1 buck each. I'm sure you don't have those. I'll sell them to you for a fortune! (What are friends for ). I know those 1935 radiotranscriptions sessions are the on two LPs.

All right... Some more: Boyce Brown Candido Camero Christian Chevalier Curis Clark Cal Cobbs Dorothy Donegan Dany Doriz Fred Frith George Gershwin (does he count?) Mat Mathews Marlowe Morris Pretty Purdie Thomas Talbert Walt Wanderley William 'Chick' Webb also Buck & Bubbles Four Freshmen

I've stuck to my vinyl copy so far but I know that the CD reissue will be mine soon. Congratulations, Chuck! You already had my respect...

How wonderful! Will have to visit that Institute if and when I travel next to Newark.

Deus, these were radiotranscriptions quickies. Have not listened to those in years. The price seems OK but there's much better Goodman available.

Thanks for the link. What time is that Stan Levey scheduled?? Will try to tune in...

Did not bother to count but Hank Jones also recorded a lot of sessions in Japan!

Nite or Lite, I'ld buy it for a buck, if you really want to sell it... Seriously, doubt that it's worth much. It used to be a pretty common vinyl. And it's been reissued on CD (with one additional alternate track). Not a collectors' item in any way. Keep that one and enjoy it!

Bobby Bradford Billy Byers Mike Mantler Maurice Meunier