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Very good set. (Except for the booklet's binding -- all the pages came loose in my copy.)

"AB Inbev would gain enhanced power as a gatekeeper of distribution that smaller craft brewers rely on to get their products on shelves, said Diana Moss, the president of the American Antitrust Institute in Washington. "“There’s nothing in this deal that could warrant its approval by federal antitrust enforcers...”"

Or ABBAs

Boardwalk Empire - Season One

The Ellington albums from that period that I'm aware of are: 1959 Jazz Party (Columbia) Anatomy of a Murder (Columbia – soundtrack album) Festival Session (Columbia) Blues in Orbit (Columbia) 1960 Three Suites The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia) Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. (aka Peer Gynt Suite/Suite Thursday) Piano in the Background (Columbia) Unknown Session (Columbia, released 1979) 1961 Piano in the Foreground (Columbia) First Time! The Count Meets the Duke - with Count Basie (Columbia) The Girl's Suite & The Perfume Suite (Columbia) I have all except for Jazz Party (have a digital version) and The Girl's Suite & The Perfume Suite. Has the latter title ever been released on CD? All the other titles have been.

"Blue Note a product of United Artists Records (France)"

Eliane Elias – Fantasia (Blue Note Records / Somethin'else Records—Toshiba EMI) — With Eddie Gomez & Jack DeJohnette or Marc Johnson & Peter Erksine + Nana Vasconcelos, Ivan Lins

Friday night, the Rebirth Brass Band at Ardmore Music Hall.

Happy (belated) Birthday, Lon!

Interesting. I'll have to look him up.

The Pacific Jazz Piano Trios – CD 1 Russ Freeman – Russ Freeman Trio [(BC) from Pacific Jazz Piano Trios Mosaic Select] (Pacific Jazz—Mosaic) — With Joe Mondragon, Shelly Manne Russ Freeman – Trio Russ Freeman / Richard Twardzik [(A) from Pacific Jazz Piano Trios Mosaic Select] (Pacific Jazz (Japan)—Mosaic) — With Red Mitchell, (probl.) Bobby White; issued on CD version in Japan Russ Freeman Trio – [(D) from Pacific Jazz Piano Trios Mosaic Select] (Pacific Jazz—Mosaic) — With Monty Budwig, Shelly Manne; originally issued on two PJ, WP anthologies: Have Blues, Will Travel and Jazz Swings Broadway Richard Twardzik – Trio Russ Freeman / Richard Twardzik [(E) from Pacific Jazz Piano Trios Mosaic Select] (Pacific Jazz—Mosaic) — With Carson Smith, Peter Littman

Good pick. His "Live at Blues Alley" set of three CDs on Reservoir are worth hearing as well. They are trio dates with Ray Drummond and Kenny Washington.

Start one.

Looking for funds during my current (and temporary, I hope) unemployment, I have several jazz books for sale. Shipping within the U.S. is $3 for the first, $1 each additional. Message me to reserve. Whitney Balliett – Barney, Bradley, and Max: Sixteen Portraits in Jazz (Hardcover) (Oxford) $5.00 — HC w/ DJ, tight binding, white pages, sides of cover have some slight sun darkening Whitney Balliett – Goodbyes and Other Messages: A Journal of Jazz, 1981-1990 Hardcover (Oxford) $4.00 — HC w/ DJ, tight binding, white pages, sides of cover have some slight sun darkening Whitney Balliett – New York Notes: A Journal of Jazz, 1972-1975 (Paperback) (Oxford) $3.00 — clean pages, tight binding, cover is worn Whitney Balliett – Night Creature: A Journal of Jazz, 1975-1980. Hardcover (Oxford) $5.00 — clean DJ, tight binding, white pages James Lincoln Collier – Louis Armstrong: An American Genius (Hardcover) (Oxford) $4.00 — tight binding, white pages, jacket has some shelf wear, a couple page are wrinkled Stanley Dance – The World Of Duke Ellington (Paperback) (Da Capo Press) $5.00 — like new Gary Giddens – Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams--The Early Years 1903-1940 Hardcover (Yale) $6.00 — like new Gene Lees – You Can't Steal a Gift: Dizzy, Clark, Milt, and Nat (Hardcover) (Yale) $6.50 — tight binding, white pages, excellent condition William Zinsser – Mitchell & Ruff: An American Profile in Jazz (Paperback) (Paul Dry) $4.00 — trade paperback; scuffed back cover

Obiturary: http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/music/jazzblog/rip-john-taylor Includes a reminiscence by Django Bates.

Very sad news. Beautiful playing.

Louis Armstrong And The Mills Brothers – The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions [(NO) Apr, Jun 1937] (Decca / Mosaic ) Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra – The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions [(PQR) July, Nov 1937] (Decca / Mosaic ) — With Henry "Red" Allen, J.C. Higginbotham, Albert Nicholas, Luis Russell, Pops Foster, Paul Barbarin, etc.

I don't think it's Wee Willie WInkie.

Eric Boeren Quartet – Soft Nose (BVHaast) — With Michael Moore, Wilber de Joode, Han Bennink This is a good one that includes five Ornette tunes.

Ah, I'm a fan as well. Did you also watch Morse? Yes. And I'm going to start watching them again in the very near future. I enjoyed Season One of "Endeavour", the Morse "prequel".

Sad news. RIP.

Buck Clayton – The Complete CBS Jam Sessions [(E) – Aug 1954] (CBS—Mosaic Records) — With Buck Clayton, Joe Newman / Urbie Green, Trummy Young / Lem Davis, Coleman Hawins, Charles Fowlkes / Billy Kyle, Freddie Green, Milt Hinton, Jo Jones

Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark – The Blackbird

Alan Furst - Blood of Victory

Oops, wrong Blackhawks.