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I Can't Be Satisfied Vol. 1 - Country (Yazoo)

Stuff Smith: Live at the Montmartre

Mingus Rarities Volume 1 - The Jimmy Knepper Quintet sides

Olu Drara's playing on "Oakland Blues" is a favorite of mine.

Professor Longhair: House Party New Orleans Style

His best and a good listen

"Play My Juke-Box" - East Coast Blues 1943 - 1954 (Flyright)

Reading this reminds me that I have a Japanese issue of a KD LP that doesn't do all that much for me on a musical level, but the sound - especially the way it captures the sound of the trumpet - is wonderful. I've kept it for that reason alone.

Grachan Moncur III Select - disc 1 McLean and Hutcherson played some exciting and new music for several years, and then went back to playing in more conventional styles. The marketplace probably made certain demands. The Bebop Business indeed!

Happy Birthday!

I'm in much the same boat as you, probably even more so, since I'm not a musician. Enjoyed seeing your list. Thanks for posting it.

Sarah Vaughan/Lester Young: One Night Stand - Town Hall Concert 1947 I'm keeping this one strictly for Pres. Pass on Ms. "I'm love with the sound of my own voice" Vaughan.

Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra Kodaly: Sonata for Cello Solo

I can understand enjoyable, but where exactly does "useful" come into play in music?

Give him some time. It will start with a sprained ankle and build from there. Check out his history.

Louisiana Red: The Lowdown Back Porch Blues (Roulette/Sequel)

He'll hang around for as long as some team is dumb enough to pay him.

Cecil: Unit Structures

Bessie Smith Volume 6 (Frog)

Ten recordings I enjoy (from my admittedly limited perspective): Bach: Cello Suites - Pieter Wispelwey Borodin: String Quartets 1 & 2 - Borodin Quartet Cantaloube: Songs of the Auvergne - Netania Davrath Haydn: String Quartets Opus 76 - Quatuor Mosaiques Ives: Varied Air - The Piano Music - Philip Mead Ives: Songs - Jan DeGaetani Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht /Schubert: String Quintet in C Major - Hollywood String Quartet with Alvin Dinkin and Kurt Reher Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 - Rubinstein/Szeryng/Fournier Webern: In Sommerwind/Orchestral Pieces/Variations - Staatskapelle Dresden/Sinopoli Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde - BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra/Horenstein

I'll let MacArthur folks decide who's a genius and who's not. I'm happy just listening to the music.

Lester Young in Washington, D.C., 1956 Volume Four