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Yes, weren't these made under the name Uptown Hall Quartet & Sextet? Some of them show up on the MISSING CHAPTERS Glenn Miller series, but I'd love to find a CD that groups them all together.

ALL IN THE FAMILY season 3 on the way: AllintheFamily3

Well, that's what I figured. I think this is the article to which you're referring. I bought LARRY SANDERS 1--did my part!

Also looking for CD-Rs (no need for covers--track listing/personnel only would be swell) of SKYLARK and THE SONG IS PARIS so that I can do a program on Paris.

Yeah, what did happen to LARRY SANDERS on DVD? The first season is good, but the show definitely got better as time went on... classic stuff. Hope it surfaces soon. My wife & I continue to enjoy watching a couple episodes of PETER GUNN each week. Will JOHNNY STACCATO ever become available on DVD? Probably not...

Didn't Rivers get a Grammy nomination for one of the BMG big-band records? I was always amused by the thought of him attending the festivities (I'm sure he didn't)--talk about a holy man stepping into the temple of Babylon!

Wow, Chuck, that must have been quite a night! I met Steve Swell last year one afternoon when I was sitting in for our regular DJ & Swell was in town for a gig... nice guy and good music to boot. That Altschul CD is quite fine--I second John B.'s recommendation. I saw Ullman here a couple years ago in a group w/George Schuller, but can't recall the name right now.

Deus, if you really get into Haley, isn't there a Bear Family box of his work?

In addition to the other worthy titles mentioned here (particularly the Guralnick and CENTRAL AVENUE SOUNDS), you might want to take a gander at Rick Kennedy's LITTLE LABELS, BIG SOUND. Kennedy wrote a very good book about Gennett (JELLY ROLL, BIX & HOAGY); here's the Publishers' Weekly description of LITTLE LABELS: And Maxwell Davis rules!

I just put a used copy of McPhee & Drake's EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION on hold at a local record shop. Any opinions on that particular outing?

As C. Brown might say: AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Thanks, Jim, will do.

I told Jim Gallert, co-author of BEFORE MOTOWN and a longtime Michigan jazz DJ, about Organissimo, and he registered yesterday morning. I noticed today that his membership is still validating--does the process usually take that long?

Glad to see you back, Grey!

I'm going to do a show on Paris for my new radio program; with luck it will air on Saturday, July 10. I have the Mingus material and have ordered a Savoy CD that has the early version of ROUND MIDNIGHT; also have the LP with Moss. Does anybody have a copy of JACKIE PARIS SINGS LYRICS OF IRA GERSHWIN that they could trade to me for blank CD-Rs or something else that's OOP? I'll post a link to the program when it airs...

Yes, that's one of my faves as well.

Don't need no spillchick!

How about: Never argue with an idiot. Bystanders might not be able to tell the difference between you. Sounds like the politics forum to me! B)

From another board: Never argue with an idiot. First he'll drag you down to his level and then beat you with experience.

I played some of his early tracks w/Mingus on the radio last night... couldn't run down a copy of CHANGES TWO, though, dammit. We have that live duo album at WFIU--I'll give it a listen. Even among cult-followers Paris seemed to have only a cult following, know what I mean? Wonder if Mosaic could ever do anything with the material that he left behind.

Speaking of BEFORE MOTOWN, I just got an e-mail from Jim Gallert w/a link to the new Detroit music history site: Detroitmusichistory.com Highly recommend the book to anybody who's interested in the historical Detroit jazz scene.

Mosaic did have a Lunceford Decca set on the drawing board, several years ago... shortly before Universal slammed the door on them for awhile. From what I've heard, it's very unlikely that it will ever be done, even though Universal has since given Mosaic the keys to the vaults on occasion. Isn't there some kind of licensing headache w/the Lunceford Deccas that goes beyond Universal? Maybe one of us should drop Stamford a line & find out for sure... PFunkJazz, there actually is a Johnny Smith Mosaic--unless you're referring to recordings he did for other labels. In addition to the many excellent suggestions already made, I've been lobbying for a Herb Pomeroy Big Band Select, covering the four EMI-owned albums that he did in the late 1950s: 1955 Jazz in a Stable Transition 1957 Life is a Many Splendered Gig Roulette 1958 Band in Boston United Artists 1958 Detour Ahead United Artists E-mailed this suggestion to Mosaic, and got a reply from MC saying "Risky, but tempting." Hope they decide to take the risk!

Yes, the hell with this egalitarian business! Howza bout "Organissimo Insider" and "Organissimo Pioneer" categories, etc.? You know--backstage passes to party with the band, access to "secret" parts of the site, and, for the really big spenders, the creation of honorary forums named after them? B)

Some good & interesting news re: FROM A BASEMENT ON THE HILL in Tuesday's LA Times: Joanna Bolme was Smith's girlfriend around the time of the Kill Rock Stars records, and quite a talented musician and photographer. I can't imagine any two people better than here and Rob Schnapf to be overseeing the completion of this record. Charlie, the really nice guy who runs Sweet Adeline, also says it will be a single CD, with 12-15 songs. Supposedly it's in the final stages of being mastered and sequenced.

It's only a matter of time before the scandal breaks... a year or so, I'd say, before the photos of the lavish new Alfredson estate, Joe G on a bender in the Bahamas, and randissimo with a flock of babes on his arms in Los Angeles all pop up in the press and set off a wave of outrage. Thanks again for the board, guys. And it's even cooler that people like Joe Carter and Frank Kimbrough are now posting here!