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Doc Savage Ben "The Brute" Webster Freddie Webster

I see an alternate take on a set called America's #1 Band, and the original take on an album called Count Basie, The Early Years, but they sound the same to me. Putative original take: Putative alternate take:

Ernest J. Gaines Ernest Borgnine Oscar Wilde

Bucky Pizzarelli Jay Leonhart John Bunch

Norm Cash Al Kaline Gates Brown

Pozzo Lucky Luckey Roberts

Actually, it's Abednego, but when I was a mainframe programmer a colleague used Abendego as his password. An "abend" is a program crash (from abnormal end). Brook Benton Our Miss Brooks B. Frank

Rusty Dedrick Shedrick Mitchell Shadrach

Thumbs up to both of those. Maybe John Handy's 2nd-4th Columbia albums are neglected compared to Live at Monterey.

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Arthur Laffer Milton Friedman Milton Bradley Ach, beat me. Are you implying that Charles was a missionary? Ming the Merciless Flash Gordon The Flash

John Vliet Lindsay Captain Beefheart Super Chikan

If you're going to make only one recording, being billed as legendary is a good idea. I like the album very much.

The Marlboro Man Clark Kent Rem Koolhaas

Bill Blass Perry Ellis Calvin Klein

Cleaver's Uncle June is a great band. I saw them a few years back. The biggest problem will be choosing which stage to go to at any particular time, but I've managed with 14 concurrent stages at the North Sea festival.

Kevin, if you're serious, the Greektown Casino Hotel has a rate of $145 on a number of travel sites (I booked through Expedia; the hotel's own site has higher rates). It's highly rated on Tripadvisor and is a short walk from the festival stages. You're closer to the Detroit Jazz Festival than I am to the Umbria Jazz Festival, fwiw...

Chico Escuela Zvi Schooler Mr. Chips

Apparently Dylan Thomas used to go into the White Horse Tavern in Greenwich Village and order a "sandwich" which for him was a shot between two slices of beer.

http://www.freep.com/article/20120416/ENT04/120416076/Full-list-artists-announced-Detroit-Jazz-Festival http://www.freep.com/article/20120418/ENT04/120418061/Jazz-Festival-might-move-all-riverfront-event

I once took a day trip to Bath (in the '90s, I believe) during the May bank holiday with a friend who was teaching a London sememster for his California college. It turns out it was the time of the Bath Festival, and we wandered into some tent or shed and caught Julian Joseph's sound check/rehearsal. He had a great tenor player, but I didn't catch his name. The UK Festival I'd love to get to this year (but can't) is Back2Black in London. http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=13328 My last time in London was June of '09 for Ornette's Meltdown.

Muhammad Ali Gaius Cassius Longinus The Longines Symphonette Society

You...LUCKY, LUCKY people! New York, North Yorkshire, it's a flight away for either of us!

Frank Rizzo Mumia Abu-Jamal Gordon Mumma

And I believe he'll be playing with Rick Margitza, who was his student. It's definitely the most high-profile list I've seen in the U.S., especially considering it's a free event.