paul secor

Great listening!

A true word.

Arvell Shaw and the Swing Legacy All-Stars (Yalloppin) Probably dubbed off an obscure LP (and an EP), but the sound is perfectly serviceable. Budd Johnson, Taft Jordan, and Vic Dickenson are at the top of their games, so no further comment is necessary. Chuck turned me on to this one, so a tip of the hat to him for that.

I remember Cuscuna on WPLJ. Nothing special, but that was the deal with radio - even "free form" radio back then.

Happy Birthday to a long time favorite.

Billie Holiday: Lady Day Lady Day was my introduction to Billie Holiday's early recordings, and it's still my preferred mode in which to listen to early Billie.

It has the flow and the depth (yet with a graceful lightness) that I find in the best of Jascha Horenstein's recordings. I love the last movement. I actually don't have a Mahler 9th by another conductor to compare it to, but I don't feel the need for that.

Maggie May The Iron Lady The Bronze Buckaroo

Symphony 9

Red Garland Quintet: Soul Junction This has always been just an "okay" record for me. Today, it was more than that. I hope it continues that way.

Tons of bluesy jazz out there, but Grant Green's "Idle Moments is a classic:

Clayton Moore Jay Silverheels George "Twinkletoes" Selkirk

Sonny Rollins: Work Time

Bobby "Blue" Bland: Two Steps from the Blues

It could be the fact that he lived in NYC for over 50 years. Or perhaps he just had good taste.

A CD from an old Southern Music issue of the Oxford American.

Chicken Stanley Little Richard Penny Marshall

Memphis Swamp Jam (Blue Thumb) Recordings from the summer of 1969 by Chris Strachwitz and leased to Blue Thumb - Furry Lewis, Booker White, Nathan Beauregard, John Estes, Fred McDowell, Johnny Woods, Napolean Strickland, and R.L. Watson & Josiah Jones (John Fahey & Bill Barth). Prime stuff.

Maxwell Davis was ubiquitous on the L.A. West coast scene in the 1940's and 1950's. He produced and/or played on hit (and great) records by Amos Milburn, Peppermint Harris, T-Bone Walker, Pee Wee Crayton, Etta James, B.B. King, Little Willie Littlefield, Lowell Fulson, Z.Z. Hill, and others. He even played on Charles Mingus' first record. "Maxwell Davis is an unsung hero of early rhythm and blues," noted the songwriter and producer Mike Stoller. "He produced, in effect, all of the record sessions for Aladdin records, Modern records, all the local independent rhythm and blues companies in the early 1950s, late 1940s in Los Angeles."

Sad news. His bass voice was the heart of The Persuasions. Thank you for all you gave us, Mr. Hayes.

Pres-Basie: Columbia/Okeh/Vocalion - Disc 1

Archie Shepp: Bijou (Musica)

Happy Birthday, Chuck - and many more to come!

The Max Roach Trio featuring the Legendary Hasaan

Yes - here too. Thanks to the musicians and Chuck for this one.