Dan Gould

Well I'd say that pointing this out here, now, is better than jumping in to the inevitable RIP thread with "hey, at least he never finished Volume 2 of his Bird book!"

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Thanks MG, I hadn't even heard of Johnnie Bassett but after checking some samples I've ordered two discs.

Yeah, I have that Dawkins ("I'm What U Need" is one standout, imo), but wasn't aware he recorded a second time, I may try to get that too.

KH, any other suggestions on the Fedora label output? I have to admit I wasn't aware of it, though I certainly know the sister labels. That Iceman Robinson sounds like a winner on the Amazon soundclips, I expect to nab that soon.

Thanks for the link. Would be great if other recordings showed up; I've enjoyed the Land set for quite a while. recently found information in 2013, unearthed by researcher Marian Jago, informs us that the Cellar managed to keep the doors open under somewhat strained and shaky circumstances, until about September 1963.

I like Coldwater Flat quite a bit, and I also like Soul Symphony (definitely ahead of Elegant Soul, the other Monk Higgins collaboration iirc). Maybe Higgins' settings are a little generic but Gene wails, especially on the title track.

Here are the pictures Allen referenced. First the "other" Don Wilkerson with his tenor: The Ray Charles concert poster with Wilkerson (including photo): I can't upload the LA Sentinel piece with the mention of a Don Wilkerson/Tympani 5 gig - it's in PDF form.

Really Ms. Pepper? Perhaps you think people should have a good long moment of silent reflection before they post about a jazz topic on, you know, a jazz discussion board? If you haven't figured it out, not everyone loves your husband's music, and people might have negative reactions to the title you chose. Get over it.

Ding ding ding to Thom for identifying the non-intentional and heretofore unknown incidental theme.

What the hell happened to Carlos Beltran on Wil Myer's inside-the-park homer at the Stadium? Isn't he supposed to be a great outfielder? That was Reggie Jackson like, showing up as late as he did after the ball bounced away from Ellsbury. If you haven't seen it, there's a video embedded here: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/04/video-wil-myers-hits-inside-the-park-home-run/ I counted 5 "Mississippi" from the time the ball bounced off Ellsbury, and was rolling toward rightfield before Beltran appears and fields it and throws it in.

HP, MG and Tom, I'm very glad you enjoyed it so much. Jim, I definitely suspected you hit the 'next' button on the Louis track. I just didn't realize you were the kind to turn your nose up at him.

Not to turn this into a political discussion - even though our esteemed moderator brought it up in his own initial post - but really, are these goals really that offensive? Lucky he didn't get squat from the Koch brothers. Then Harry Reid would go on the floor of the Senate and call him "un-American".

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Track 10 - Bill Doggett, There Will Never Be Another You, Mr. Honky Tonk (Black & Blue) It's Tina Brooks big brother, Bubba Brooks on tenor, and Doggett on both organ and piano. Discographical details here; http://www.discogs.com/Bill-Doggett-Mister-Honky-Tonk/release/3184034 Track 11 - Oliver Jackson, "Sugar", Presents Le Quartet (Black & Blue) Percy France on tenor, disco details here: http://www.discogs.com/Oliver-Jackson-Presents-Le-Quartet/release/3108940 Track 12 - Al Grey - Arnett Cobb, "Ain't That Funk For You", Ain't That Funk For You (Black & Blue) Track 13 - Candy Johnson, "Until The Real Thing Comes Along", Candy's Moods (Black & Blue) Track 14 - Eddie Chamblee, Gone, Blowing In Paris (Black & Blue) Track 15 - Louis Armstrong, "(What Did I Do To Be So) Black & Blue" Satch Plays Fats, Columbia Track 16 - Helen Humes, "He May Be Your Man", Let The Good Times Roll (Black & Blue) Track 17 - Eddie Vinson/Jay McShann, "Red Top", Jumpin' The Blues (Black & Blue) Track 18 - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Comin' On Home, Leapin' On Lenox (Black & Blue) Track 19 - Lou Rawls, "(What Did I Do To Be So) Black & Blue", Black & Blue, Capitol I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that while the Black & Blue CDs aren't so easy to find of late, Amazon does have quite a number available if you're willing to do the download thing. There are quite a few I never scored that I intend to get soon - Harold Ashby, Norris Turney, and Irv Stokes among others. Here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n%3A163856011%2Ck%3Adefinitive+black+%26+Blue%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A625150011&keywords=definitive+black+%26+Blue&ie=UTF8&qid=1398911725 Don't sleep on the blues releases the label had either! They did a nice job of recording a lot of mainstream jazz and older blues acts at a time that not many US labels were paying much attention.

Thanks to everyone who managed to listen and post; if I needed another reminder that BFTs are out of your control once you send them off, I got it. Jim R. made short work of the theme but he was right that one person can't run the table. Oh well ... As to that theme, it came to me just before I signed up when I filled the car CD case with Black & Blue label recordings. They had a great reissue series not too long ago and I thought it would be fun to (perhaps) introduce some to this fine label. But I was concerned that such a theme wouldn't be that obvious, so I hit upon the idea of interspersing some recordings of "(What Did I Do To Be So) Black & Blue" among the tracks from the label. (In fact I went back and forth on the programming of those tracks, I considered putting just one performance of the song at the start and one at the end, like bookends, but feared it wouldn't be so obvious. Then I thought about about using all the performances of "Black & Blue" at the start, one after the other, but figured that was overkill.) But then I realized I could also program Gene Harris, so, you know, win-win. (Some track listings will include links to Amazon or the discogs.com site or images of the CD covers, for details of sidemen) Track 1 – Gene Harris, "Black & Blue" (Concord) Track 2 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, "Choo-Choo Ch-Boogie", Plays Louis Jordan (Black & Blue) Track 3 - Louis Jordan, "Take the A-Train", I Believe in Music (Black & Blue) Track 4 - Billy Butler, "Don't Be That Way", Don't Be That Way (Black & Blue) Track 5 - Gene Mighty Flea Connors, "Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me", Coming Home (Black & Blue) Track 6 - Harry Sweets Edison - Earl Hines, "Mean to Me", Just You, Just Me (Black & Blue) Track 7 - DOC CHEATHAM/NICHOLAS PAYTON – “What Did I Do to be so BLACK & BLUE” Doc Cheatham - Nicholas Payton (Verve) Track 8 - LONNIE SMITH – ALVIN QUEEN – MELVIN SPARKS – BILLIE'S BOUNCE Lennox and Seventh (Black & Blue) Track 9 - Groove Holmes - Willis Jackson, "Body and Soul", Live on Stage (Black & Blue)

D/L please.

Answers to be posted this evening, if anyone else cares to post any thoughts before I do that.

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That was the sort of the idea, and you didn't even get #10 as I thought you might.

I'm no longer so intent on hunting down a copy but someone is looking to cash in on the notoriety a NY Times piece can produce: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NY-TIMES-BLUES-45-DON-WILKERSON-Low-Down-Dirty-Shame-ELVIE-THOMAS-GEESHIE-WILEY-/151284036012?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item23393b31ac $49.99 opening bid?

Nicely done Jim, especially since you saved me from offering a too-easy hint referencing track 2.

Thanks MG for all of your thoughtful comments. Spending an hour emailing MP3s was well worth it for me!

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