Dan Gould

Two tracks feature brothers, however only one pair went on to substantial acclaim.

Track 3 is not Budd Johnson.

My mother absolutely hated that ode to teenage lust until I made her recognize the entire story arc: teen age lust no commitment = no sex Extreme present-day unhappiness, because of that one decision in the moment.

Password Hint #1 for track No. 3: Argo.

Sad to hear, and my wife will be more upset when I tell her later this morning. Wasn't a huge fan but I did play the hell out of that first breakthrough LP. I also have to recall that there was a time when the NYT insisted on maintaining their stylebook and would refer to him as "Mr. Loaf" in articles, after establishing his full name, Meat Loaf. Gave me a chuckle but I guess they have relaxed that at some point, the current obit sticks with "Meat Loaf".

Another hint: Hal Singer was guessed by one person but on the wrong track. He is in fact on this compilation.

OK so let's start the hints by pointing out that jsngrey used Shazam to ID Bill Easley and Benny Waters. I would think anyone could ID track #s and with a little bit of time perusing discogs, give full info. (OK not really a hint, but an invite to complete the hack and finish the IDs.)

Isn't WG a commercial concern? Why would they offer less marketable artists, poor recordings or a lot of incomplete takes? Wolfgang's is better than any academic setting where you access only in person, and only with the secret handshake, but by how much? In the end, and this may distress you, but the tapes are in the hands of whoever, including Zev. Zev/Cory Weeds/ Resonance/Blue Note - is there a worse outcome than some regular reissue of what they choose from whatever they have? Yeah, old, decrepit tapes that you never ever hear because they end up in a bag in the front yard of someone's estate sale, and then pitched for lack of a buyer. Things could be better, and they could also be worse.

I thought the joke worked better if most are hopeless nerds, and then there are the few who can find and keep a girl/boy friend.

Per discogs, the Mulligan in CD format was 1989. Ike Quebec (#107) was CD in 1990. I am not 100% if I got this that year or a little later.

You mean tiny little classified ads aren't always on the up and up?

The Blue Note Monk was 101 and 1983, per Discogs.

Sorry for your loss Michael.

I had to go and check into that too ... I didn't really know when Mosaic actually started, they were in full swing by the time I became aware of them after I caught the jazz bug in 1988. Brooks was the first one I requested at Christmas time, surely by 1989 or 1990.

Ahh.

No idea what this signifies.

'fraid not.

Not in the age of Omicron, where breakthrough infections are everywhere. Now, you get it, you live, you get shrunken dick. Is that a tradeoff worth accepting? BTW its vascular damage, apparently, that does the deed. I think you can attach small weights to help restore what's lost?

While I thought I had Sonny's Back, in reality its taken to January 16th and Night Mist for an album I own. Many unknowns to date, none strike me as things I need to get at this moment.

Thanks for your thoughts Dmitry. #13 was identified as Percy France, but I like your comparison to Don Byas, as Percy's first significant gig was with Bill Doggett, who stated that while Percy was at the time, of a generation to go the way of the more popular honking and screaming tenors, his playing was more sophisticated and he specifically referenced Don Byas. And yes, blues-heavy but its very rare that one of mine doesn't fit into the "blues-heavy" zone.

Sorry to hear of this Aggie. I still qualify as someone who doesn't know any one who has died, defining "know" as personal rather than digital.

I just looked at Google Books for "Village Gate" listings in NY Magazine, but they only go back to 1968. Someone with newspapers.com access might find something. Honestly though I don't know why you would question it unless you think they rented the room during the day to record?

I didn't think to google and simply took the two words in turn: Wart (fault) hunter (seeker). I don't think I read any of his books but I would gather Chuck means he concentrated too much on faults of his subjects, or something similar.

Yeah but these are new live performances. That's enough for me to spring for it. Especially with Bobby and Lee. Not concerned either about the "conservative" tune selections ...

Here's one my father, who worked in the business side of show business including stints with MGM and Hanna Barbera, loved to tell. Cecil B. Demille is remembered for his incredible epic films with huge casts of extras and many assistant directors to catch all the action simultaneously. He would communicate with them via walkie talkie. So one day on the set, very complicated scene is finally set up and Demille announces that it's time to roll film. "Ready when you are, C.B.!" come the replies from his assistant directors. He calls action, and thousands of people are moving/fighting etc. He calls "cut" and asks his first assistant if he got that. "Well C.B., the camera wasn't centered the way you wanted it. I'm not sure if we got it." And he asks the second director, and he reports trouble with the camera mount. Now he's worried about a completely lost take, but he still has one more assistant he hasn't heard from. "Ready when you are, C.B.!"