LAL

'This year' means for another two months only. Less than 2 months now.

Sunday marathon session: Anita O'Day - discs 2 to 9

Need a similar device that turns off cheapo stereos that give out heavy bass sounds...and car stereos too.

I once got 6 booklets (all the same) in a Chronogical Classics disc. The packaging machine must have gone cranky with this one disc.

Gene Krupa discs 1 - 4

This title, third in a series, features "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (duet with Dolly Parton). Yes sir. A couple of old-fashioned jazz singers, Rod and Dolly, sharing the same song. Gack is right. And a bunch of those songs from vols 1 & 2 are repeatedly played like there's no tomorrow on numerous local radio stations . Interrupts my enjoyment of ABBA, Bee Gees et al.

Overseas: Folks not into baseball but into old cartoons may mistake him for Yogi Bear (from initial hearing of the name).

Glossy corporate annual reports have the best smell. :rsly:

The Audience With Betty Carter Another to Art Blakey's A Night At Birdland Duke at Basin Street East '64 Duke - Paris Jazz Concert Duke - In the Uncommon Market Come to think of it, all of Duke's concerts I've heard are favourites, some more than others. B-)

Scary how fast Mosaics are going OOP, especially when the income is not keeping up to speed.

Stray pens and pencils.

Been buying and listening like crazy to dozens of New Orleans ("Revival") albums by George Lewis, Kid Ory, Kid Thomas, Bunk Johnson et al these past 3-4 months. Even though certain songs are repeated to death and the playing is sometimes not top notch, there is a certain element about this music that makes me return to it often. Perhaps it's the predominantly ensemble playing or the rough/raw feel of the music. Still waiting anxiously for 15-20 titles which are way behind their target delivery time.

Didn't know they had trading cards for jazz musicians... This site to see the cards.

Harlem 1958 This site to zoom in. Edit: Can't help but burst into laughter everytime I see Diz at the far right.

Not photos or pictures, but some interesting 20+ inch high sculptures (sold at $800+ a piece)

10 recommended Gateway recordings above = Turned off jazz for a long time, in my case. Mine entry was via the Duke Small Groups vol.2 album, cemented by a compilation of Diz/Bird recordings. I've found that letting people taste a fairly wide variety of jazz recordings is the best way to help them find out what they like - Compilation! It's worked on some friends, most of whom can't stand the early recordings (particularly the audio quality) or free jazz. Middle of the road/straightahead, preferably with some good vocals seems to be what appeals to folks not already into jazz. As for jazz snobs... :rsly: :rsmile:

Only have two Sun Ra albums - Space Is The Place (Impulse) and Jazz in Silhouette. Some good stuff on both discs although I prefer the former. Would explore more Sun Ra albums but for lack of dough and time. Maybe later, after I've recovered from an earlier Mosaic binge.

In no particular order: 1940s JATP Eddie Condon Town Hall Concerts 1969 All Star Tribute to Duke Ellington Louis Armstrong at Symphony Hall Duke at Fargo Miles - Complete Concert '64: My Funny Valentine + Four & More Capt. John Handy - All Aboard

RIP

End of the "Roaring 20s" for me but hey its the start of the "Swinging 30s". I do have a few books, a couple of ties and odds and ends that are older. B-)

Trane/Hartman for sure. I also like Strayhorn's heartfelt rendition (vocal) of his own song on the Lush Life album.

Looks like Proper did have to pay up for some of their material lifted, i.e. from the books on Stuff Smith, "Desert Sands" and "Pure at Heart". From this site: http://www.abar.net/smith.html (The above is all that's mentioned re. Proper)

Just completed listening to the Harry James recordings over the weekend. Nice swinging music, immaculate arrangements and playing. Really liked the 4 songs with Helen Forrest on vocals too.

Agreed. A beautiful rendition by Don Byas on those Vogue sides.

Too many unwrapped discs. Too many discs listened to only once. Too many on the want/must buy list.