jazzman4133

Creole Cookin" on Verve is a good one to look for. Zoot, Brookmeyer, Bobby Hackett, Pepper Adams, Dave McKenna........................

Bobby Hackett with Dave McKenna

Dick Hyman & Ruby Braff

Pete Candoli...........................

Just in case AMG is looking here (I hope), add my two cents to the new AMG sucks.

Tooter......seems to me that I recall some very British stiff upper-lip kind of thing from either a movie or a book where one of the main characters says "Faint praise, indeed!

Hank Jones

Tooter...........you are usually more right than wrong.

Buddy can also be found on this obscure album.

Mulligan '63.

Tooter..............never doubt the jazzman.

Groove Merchant...........my dogs can cut your monkeys.

Thanks to Chuck Nessa I found this beauty. Tete is grand and Lucky is sensational. An incredible bargain at $2.99 at Berkshire By the way, on LP this is known as "Body & Soul".

Louis himself believed that he was born on July 4th, 1900 and that date is still found in many jazz histories and reference books. In the mid-1980s, Armstrong expert Tad Jones discovered in the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in New Orleans a baptismal certificate that indicates compellingly that Louis was actually born on August 4th, 1901. (This information was first widely reported in the book *Satchmo* by Gary Giddins.) At the Louis Armstrong House & Archives, we began our centennial celebration on July 4th, 2000 and ended on August 4th, 2001. From Satchmo.net

Did you know about Lenny's pardon? Tuesday, December 23, 2003 Posted: 3:11 PM EST (2011 GMT) ALBANY, New York (AP) -- Comedian Lenny Bruce was granted a posthumous pardon by Gov. George Pataki Tuesday for a nearly 40-year-old obscenity conviction prompted by a foul-mouthed political commentary. Pataki called his decision, the first posthumous pardon in New York state history, "a declaration of New York's commitment to upholding the First Amendment." The campaign to win a pardon for Bruce was supported by his ex-wife and daughter, more than two dozen First Amendment lawyers and entertainers including Robin Williams, the Smothers Brothers and Penn and Teller. Floyd Abrams, a leading First Amendment lawyer and member of the campaign, said Pataki's decision "is really a major step forward in recognizing the mistreatment of Lenny Bruce personally and of the First Amendment that Bruce defended." During a November 1964 performance at Cafe Au Go Go in Greenwich Village, Bruce used more than 100 "obscene" words. Undercover police detectives attended the show, and later testified against Bruce. The charge was Giving an Obscene Performance. He was convicted following a six-month trial. Bruce mishandled his own appeal, and, beset by legal and financial problems, died of a drug overdose in 1966 with the conviction still on the books. He was 37. Bruce's daughter, Kitty, and his former wife, Honey Bruce Friedman, both sent along letters of support for the campaign last spring. "I truly believe my father's soul can rest in peace with this," Kitty Bruce said at the time. While Bruce was considered a pariah by some in the '60s, he's generally viewed now as a performer who totally changed the stand-up comedy business. "Every night when I get onstage, I thank God or whoever's up there for Lenny Bruce," comedian Lisa Lampanelli, one of those who pressed for the pardon, said earlier this year. "He has become my hero."

There is no better book or text about Lenny Bruce than "Ladies & Gentlemen Lenny Bruce" by Albert Goldman and Lawrence Schiller. Available in soft cover by Penguin Books.

Happened to me too. Six................

I'm constantly on the lookout for anything with Mary Osborne on it. I found this album under the name of Jack Sterling, who was a radio personality in the late 40's. He also played the drums and fortunately takes a backseat here to Mary Osborne, Tyree Glenn and Tony Aless. (The L.I. Suite). Mary gets in some nice licks as does Glenn on vibes and trombone but the big surprise was the clarinet work of Andy Fitz. Good stuff. Anyone ever hear of him?

There are two Fantasy CDs that contain most of the early Lenny Bruce material not having to do with subsequent trials. You should really get both as either contains great material. Make sure you get at least the one with "Lawrence Welk" which contains the famous line (when Welk is interviewing a new member for his band who happens to be a jazz musician, and is about to hire him) the musician tells Welk that he has one problem, which Welk asks what it is and the musician responds "I've got a monkey on my back" and Welk responds"That's alright, we like animals around here". Religions Inc. is also a classic.

Hello Tooter............................... No better examples of jazz bassoon can be found than those of Erroll Buddle with the Australian Jazz Quartet. He's also made some albums on his own.

I'm paying attention also but can only help you with: JOE VENUTI & EDDIE LANG: GREAT ORIGINAL PERFORMANCES 1926-1933 JOE VENUTI & EDDIE LANG: VOL. 1 & VOL. 2 JOE VENUTI & GEORGE BARNES: LIVE AT THE CONCORD SUMMER FESTIVAL JOE VENUTI AND DAVE MC KENNA ALONE AT THE PALACE JOE VENUTI AND GEORGE BARNES: GEMS JOE VENUTI BLUE FOUR JOE VENUTI/ZOOT SIMS: JOE & ZOOT & MORE

I hope you decide to play "The Hip Gahn", which is my #1 favorite, followed closely by "Jonah (what is you smokin' in there) & The Whale.

Any recollections by those who might have had to good fortune to see either of these legendary characters live?

I wrote a couple of paragraphs for the liner notes for the Chris Powell release on Classics. In case you don't know, the trumpet player with one of the early Chris Powell groups was Clifford Brown. This was a Philadelphia based group.

VERY, VERY VILLEGAS