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Fun a-plenty, Al. And not so easy, for me anyway. Discussion must be some time off yet I guess.

The Stylings of Silver, with Art Farmer and Hank Mobley (again).

"Interpretations" with Love and the Weather, Pot Luck, etc I listen to over and over and never tire. It was one of my first LP's. Indeed a sad loss.

Twenty-one today!!! - discs arrived this morning. Thanks a lot , Al. I will be giving them a spin right now. Couldn't have come at a better time.

Sidewinder - "Black Marigolds" sounds good, although I am not keen on poetry, philistine that I am. Shake leant heavily that way, I know - hence the name - and latterly went away from the music completely I seem to remember, in favour of poetry. But it is his music, particularly as you say on flugel, that interests me. I will keep an eye open for a bargain "October Woman" - some hopes! jazzscript has a list of Garrick LP's.

It is nice to see Ronnie Ross mentioned by somebody else. I have had the Flamingo CD for a while now. I'd say it's good but then I'm prejudiced. One of my favourite UK players is Shake Keane, who died not long ago unfortunately. Don't seem to hear very much of him and the little I've got does not seem to do him justice always. Does anyone have "October Woman" by Michael Garrick with Shake and Joe Harriott? I am sure it must be good. A quick look showed a copy for £120.

Very Happy Birthday to you, Dmitry.

Many Happy Returns, all the very best

It's Keith Jarrett who really bugs me.

PM now sent - hope you got it okay. Thanks.

Sending email - count me in please.

Can you spell it out, Milan? Which ones are we looking at? Save wading through.

“Easy”? My foot!! (Archaic expression unfamiliar to most?) - not for me anyway. But the music did keep the said foot tapping away. I have almost no music like this in my collection so I can only hazard wild guesses at best. I am working from memory only as I need all the exercise I can get in that direction nowadays – “use it or lose it”, they say. I don’t need practice looking up things at AMG. 1. In the Mood is all I know. Not much stretching of memory but plenty of foot exercise. 2. Could it be Jimmy Dorsey? The style of playing reminded me of an old sax tutor I had written by JD. 3. No guesses as to anything here but don’t they play well? Nice neat ending, like a breath of fresh air after some of the more modern meanderings. 4. Sleepy Time Gal – playing nicely together – foot still going strong. 5. Star Eyes – Bird I should think. I’ve listened to his solo several times here – at first I thought it staggering but when I came to listen more closely I became less impressed. 6. Tune is familiar but no name presents itself. Could this be Prez? 7. Ray Bryant, this sounds like to me. Tune again eludes me. 8. Line up suggests Goodman, Hampton, Christian, Krupa. Tune echoes but no result. 9. Train number – I love that baritone sound. No idea who. 10. Is this Tiger Rag? I can’t even identify the instrument soloing first – C melody sax? 11. Billie – nice! 12. Four Brothers but I don’t know by whom. 13. Tune escapes me here too but sure I know it. 14. I only have one example of Albert Ammons playing in my lot – Shout for Joy – no surprise? The piano on this track sounds a lot like that to me. 15. Only singer I know who sounds anything like this is Leon Thomas. 16. Heard this before somewhere – I particularly remember the line “look like me” but no identities still 17. Train again – blues again. 18. Yet again can’t name the tune but know it. 19. Blues again – riff. No names or anything. 20. Oop-Bop Sh’Bam by Kenny Clarke and his Fifty-Second Street Boys. 21. No clue. 22. Not June Christy of course but the style reminded me of hers – sings a bit flat? 23. Voice I’ve heard but no name – like this best of the three ladies. 24. Nothing to offer – no ideas. A very stimulating session, Milan – very different from my usual fare and all the better for that. I will play this whenever I need a change of pace, which happens quite a lot.

I got to go with the majority here - "Somethin' Else". Thanks for the book tip Matt - I am going to try to find the Sheridan on Cannon.

Copy has arrived, Milan, thanks. No time to listen at all yet but soon.

Rivetting stuff, Bertrand - thanks a lot for taking the time to post. I'm going to get the book - it's a must, SW! I had no idea where this hare I started would lead.

So does this mean the DJ didn't write it at all then? Mike?

Such a long time ago but could have been "Stan Getz in Retrospect", an Esquire EP with Small Hotel, Too Marvellous for Words, I've Got You Under My Skin and What's New. Played it over an over. But another candidate is also an EP but only two tacks - I Want to be Happy and Way You Look Tonight - Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk. That's the kind of Rollins I still like.

I'm beginning to see the light! I have been puzzling about your first post, Mike, and wondering if I had failed to see something obvious. It's quite interesting, where these things lead. "Tracey" with an "e" is like Stan and Clark but the first name is usually without I think. I had no idea about his family. But why did he then call the tune "Panonica" I wonder, or is that just a mistake on "Transition Sessions"?

Having just got the double album "The Transition Sessions" (Donald Byrd and Doug Watkins), I was surprised to see that on disc 2, track 7 is "Panonica". At first I thought it was just mis-spelt but then I noticed the composer is stated as Duke Jordan rather than Monk. When I got round to listening, the tune sounded familiar and I tracked it down (no pun intended - would be ashamed!) as "Two Loves", which is composed by DJ. It appears on several of his albums and on "Watkins at Large", as correctly stated in the notes on "Transition Sessions". I thought this snippet might be helpful to any who encounter the same puzzle. "Panonica" at AMG gives only the one occurence.

Unfortunately, Ronnie Scott doesn't mention just where Duke was when the session I have took place, otherwise I would have been able to give it a precise date. Pity!

So it must be January 1963. Thanks Brownie - I shall amend the Ronnie Ross discography forthwith. The British Library Sound Archive entry only says "ca.1962". But how about that, John? I'm sure I didn't imagine the winter any more than you would have imagined the concert. Dr. Stratemann must be at fault, is the only other conclusion.

Yes, I'm sure that's right, 1963 is safe enough I reckon. Thanks a lot.

John: You do mean 1963, don't you? Not 1962? Adding.. Yes, I remember that winter now, one of the worst there's ever been - ice on the river until May!

Thanks EKE. I have located a copy of the Stratemann book at the British Library but won't be going there just yet so if anybody does have it to hand...