Pete C

I can't confirm, but there are boots of that lineup without Daley in Foggia, Italy the following year, so Ellington is a good bet, and Sam maintained his relationship with Daley, so it's a good guess at any rate if you remember a tuba.

Corky Siegel Jim Schwall Thou Swell

Mellow is probably putting it kindly. That was an awful album by two great musicians.

G.I. Lovemoney Milton Bradley Omar Bradley

Charles Dodge William Schimmel Jacob Druckman all taught composition at Brooklyn College when I was there.

Lainie Kazan Morty Gunty Pete Cherches (we all grew up within a couple of blocks of each other in 11230) http://mrbellersneighborhood.com/2008/12/i-left-my-youth-at-fred-rudy%E2%80%99s-candy-store

Yes, do. He also works with Albey Balgochian, and I believe Dave had a couple of opportunities to play with Cecil.

Paul Revere Silver Clayton Moore

Wow, have you considered brokering a middle east peace settlement? Send my regards to Kevin Ray. Have you met Dave Ross, who often plays guitar with Ras?

Alan Skidmore Alan Holdsworth Alan Barnes

Ramon Novarro Fatty Arbuckle Kenneth Anger

Preview, with Pharoah, is one of my all time favorite tracks. I have it on my "shot of adrenaline" playlist. http://sharemyplaylists.com/ashotofadrenaline

I'll count anything above a nonet...

IIRC, Crisis was released without Ornette's permission and he was pissed. But it's a great album.

Joseph Pilates St. Joseph Jill St. John

I order a lot of stuff from Amazon UK. There's an option to charge you in your local currency, which will save you on conversion fees. I think the first time I used the site it found my Amazon cookie and asked if I wanted to import my info.

Ernie Wilkins did a lot of projects like this. He was the arranger on McPherson's Today's Man, and parts of Big Bags. I figured Manny Albam probably did some projects with featured soloists for Solid State, and I found this, new to me:

I was trying to remember the title of that Dexter album, which I had on lp years ago. I didn't remember the tracks with Eddie Jefferson. Thanks for all the suggestions so far. Was the Hodges/Welk album the one that Yuri Andropov liked?

Durium mentioned the set on his blog in 2007, but at that time it was 10 discs and only went up to 1955. The current set is 13 discs. I guess they updated when more went out of EU copyright. http://keepswinging.blogspot.com/2007/04/miles-davis-complete-live-recordings.html

I'm looking for recommendations and memory tweakers of albums where a featured soloist is backed by a big band in a one-off, for a Spotify playlist I'm putting together. So far I have Milt Jackson's Big Bags, Sonny Stitt and the Top Brass, tracks from Freddie Hubbard's The Body & Soul, Joe Henderson big band, Africa Brass, and the session of Bird with a big band (Night & Day & 3 other tracks). Two other favorites of mine, Charles McPherson's Today's Man and James Moody and the Brass Figures aren't available. I'm probably missing some obvious ones... And of course Miles & Gil. And maybe I'll also extend it to noted single-soloist features with working bands, like Christian/Goodman Solo Flight, and with Ellington, Lawrence Brown on Rose of the Rio Grande and Johnny Hodges on All of Me.

Pete Cherches Charlotte Church (Hush, Hush) Sweet Charlotte

Mrs. Trumbull Carolyn Appleby Marian Strong

Vido Musso Michael Musto A.J. Muste

Upton Sinclair Sinclair Lewis Lewis Mumford Paulette Goddard Charlie Chaplin Geraldine Chaplin

Teena Marie Sheena Easton Lena Horne