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In which case Shorty Petterstein's interviewer wants to know how they "can blow on a stringed instrument."

Dan can't see the Politics forum, and I think Chris posted his note of departure after the thread had been moved there.

Wow... yep, I remember posting that many moons ago indeed. I think I'm more open-minded now to how well Wes' participation might come off... well, how long till those 1943 Earl Hines airshots show up?

I think Allen's being a wiseacre. I am curious, though, as to whether or not MC ever checks this board out. (I'm sure he wouldn't want to register here--we'd pester him to death, and he's a busy enough guy as it is.) I know that Fred Pustay is aware of the board.

Just heard about this book the other day. Thanks for posting the review, Christiern--I'll keep my eye out for it.

Any word from MC, Chuck, that can be disseminated?

Yes! That's what I was getting at with my remark about seeking music that sounds genuine. I think people are desperate to hear that--problem is that whenever somebody comes along who has that spark of originality, the industry immediately signs & records a hundred imitators. -_-

I'm becoming more and more interested in this topic, as I'm about to take over a two-hour program that focuses on jazz ballads and American popular song. While I intend to play lots of Frank, Ella, etc. (and relish the idea of doing so), I also want to begin incorporating modern singers into the mix. I have to confess that I like Norah Jones, as well as Madeleine Peyroux and Petra Haden--singers who don't deny the influence of the pop & rock they grew up with. I also know that there are probably better, more obscure singers out there of whom I'm not yet aware... looking forward to doing a lot more listening in this area. I just want to hear somebody who sounds genuine.

Happy b-day and read some Hammett if you're so inclined! And don't be a stranger...

Pick up a couple now and take advantage of the JazzTimes offer. I know it's not a very good rag, but hell, $5 for a year's subscription... might as well.

Intrigued by the Horace Tapscott IN NEW YORK. Wish they'd reissue the Bobbi Humphrey with Lee Morgan on it--was that FLUTE IN?

For me: Duke Ellington, TREASURY SHOWS V. 12 Dick & Kiz Harp, AT THE 90TH FLOOR and AGAIN AT THE 90TH FLOOR Ella Fitzgerald, SINGS THE JEROME KERN SONGBOOK Jo Stafford, SINGS AMERICAN FOLK SONGS Don Ellis, ESSENCE DVDs: FOYLE'S WAR (set 1) KING KONG (4-DVD set) WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953 version) MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM Books: J.G. Farrell, THE SINGAPORE GRIP Scott Turow, ORDINARY HEROES As a roommate of mine used to chant to himself, "I am happiness personified."

Forgot to mention that both of the Joe Mooney Heps are also well worth picking up. Some prior discussion here.

The Mary McCall and that most recent Artie are wonderful, Larry. You might like the two most recent Thornhill entries as well, particularly 1949-1953, as much of that material has rarely, if ever, surfaced before in the post-LP era (I particularly like the 1953 sessions that Thornhill did for Albert Marx's Trend label--they include four Mulligan arrangements that CT had been sitting on for several years). I'm sure you already have the Raeburns and the Shaw 1944-45 set; some of my other favorites from the series include these: Georgie Auld--JUMP, GEORGIE, JUMP Johnny Bothwell--STREET OF DREAMS Benny Carter/Jimmy Mundy/Gerald Wilson--THEY ALL HAD RHYTHM and GROOVIN' HIGH Sam Donahue--all of them Benny Goodman--PLAYS EDDIE SAUTER and PLAYS MEL POWELL Jack Jenny--STARDUST Teddy Powell--RIDIN' THE SUBWAYS Teddy Wilson--JUMPIN' FOR JOY (collects all of TW's 1939-40 big band) Much discussion of Hep & its various titles here. The DeFranco is tremendous--I did a Big Bands show last month devoted to it & the new Hep Don Redman, if anyone wants to sample a few sides: Two Heps I'd waited a long time to hear the legendary "A Bird in Igor's Yard" (do you suppose this was a part of the aborted Mosaic Capitol Big Bands box?); interestingly enough, none of the sides from that session were released at the time, according to the liner notes, which also quote De Franco telling Downbeat in 1951 that "that was one attempt at pioneering I never should have made."

Now that is great holiday news. Thanks much, Dan!

This week on Night Lights it's "The Night Before Christmas," with Christmas-Eve jazz from Fats Navarro, Dexter Gordon, Louis Armstrong, Duke Pearson, Frank Sinatra, Donald Byrd, and more, including our home team favorites... Organissimo doing "A Child Is Born." The program is alreadyarchived; you can listen now. Merry Christmas! Next week: "The New Year's Eve Jam." Recordings from Slim Gaillard, Harry the Hipster Gibson, Ken Nordine, Lenny Bruce, Big John Patton, Illinois Jacquet, and others as we ring in 2006 with a radio nightclub party.

Last night's Big Bands Christmas program has already been archived. Music from the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, the Glenn Miller AAF Band, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby with Johnny Mercer and Rosemary Clooney, Sammy Kaye, and more...some of the recordings are vintage radio broadcasts. Playlist here (the link on the BB page is not yet active). Merry Christmas! David

Where was he playing?

His son apparently committed suicide. I don't really follow the Colts, but already there's a lot of bafflement to go along with the pain... sounds like he was a loved & loving kid. Really, really sad.

This is the man to whom Waldron and Dolphy's Five Spot performance refers, correct?

All right, Allen, enough holding back already--isn't it about time that you issued those acetates you've been sitting on (literally, I imagine) so that some poor, famished European bootleg operation could rip 'em off for a cheapo edition?

Sad news re: Wheeler from the Indy Star: I played several of the RCA sides on the Oct. 7 edition of The Big Bands, if anybody wants to hear what that 1940s band sounded like. Thanks again to Chuck Nessa for helping me to find them on LP. Wheeler will be much missed.

Jim, glad you enjoyed it! "Not Afraid to Live: Frank Hewitt" is now archived.

Good luck! I've been reading Doug Ramsey's Desmond bio and am about to pull out my RCA box for another listen... wonderful stuff. I need to seek out the Warner Bros. album that Desmond did as well. (Which I think was a part of the Mosaic box.) I don't have the Brown box simply because I have all of the mini-LPs that came out a few years ago and have that material pretty much covered.

It's a haunting, devastating book--read it pretty much in one sitting (it's only 167 pages, but man...). Makes me very grateful for the life I've had. As messed up as Joe Albany's personal life was, he definitely passed on something akin to love to his daughter; at tiimes, you get the feeling that the vision she garnered from that was all that kept her going.