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Bang & Olufsen Julian Vereker Ivor Tiefenbrun

Ted Turner Rupie Murdoch Fat Bob Maxwell

I bought most of them on vinyl when they first came out (apart from the later ones like 'American Classic') and thought they were a breath of fresh air at the time. 'Sophisticated Giant' was my fave at the time and remains so. 'Manhattan Symphonie' is under-rated too. At some stage I will treat myself to this set and the Woody Shaw for loading onto the I-Pod.

Prince Frog Kermit

The Big 18 'The Swing Collection' (UK RCA 2LP, stereo) Very nice sound !

Timothy Mo Little Mo Kool Moe Dee Dee Dave Dozy

Barney Rubble Wilma Betty

No kidding. First up when I just tuned in was a track featuring Sam from Tony Williams 'Spring' album. Fabulous ! Sam plus Andrew Hill coming up..

Cannonball Adderley 'Cannonball & 8 Giants' (French Milestone 2LP)

Good suggestion - it'll be going on shortly.

The Naz The Naze The Nazis Uber-Mensch Louise Mensch Bullingdon Dave

Michael Garrick 'Poetry and Jazz 250' (UK Argo 2LP box)

Wishing a healthy and happy new year to all !

Cedar Walton 'Eastern Rebellion 4' (Timeless)

No. "Benny 2" is the pianist, "Benny 1" the British jazz critic/jazz saxist/occasional rock & roller. Socrates Hegel Schopenhauer

John Fordham's Sam Rivers obituary is now on the Guardian site (although not in the printed edition today, for some daft reason ) Guardian Obit

Jack Good Benny Green Benny Green

Sounds like the good ol' Montreal Winter weather is kicking in. Brrr ! Enjoy the music, sounds great ! Do they still have those postal stations with lockers where you have to collect everything from? Extremely inconvenient, from my own recollection.

She must have got an I-Pad for Xmas this year !

Franny and Zooey Fran (Dance) Prince of Darkness Lord Mandelslime Bernie Ecclestone Srichand Hinduja

My award for the most ridiculous Blue Note cover art ever !

David Cameron John Cameron Kes

Both of these guys (along with Ian Carr, Eric Burdon etc) came out of the 50s/60s Newcastle arts scene. In that era it was referred to as the 'Kansas City of the North'. Not a bad parallel - vibrant jazz scene and local government mafiosi (T Dan Smith etc.), a heady mix. 'Get Carter' sums it up well.

Isn't this one a repeat? (I think I heard it one lunchtime several years back - part of a whole series by Gambachini).

Paul Raymond Debbie Raymond Debbie Does Dallas