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Sonny Meets Hawk! (RCA Fr.) Sometimes when I listen to this, it sounds like a great record. At other times, it sounds like a spectacular fiasco. This listen, my impressions fluctuated from track to track. At the very least, it keeps me listening.

Frankie Lee Sims: "Frankie's Blues" from Lucy Mae Blues (Specialty) I listened to a lot of good music this week, so I don't know if this is the best, but it's good enough - an old favorite.

Shirley Simon Templar Eva Marie Saint

Lee Morgan Morgan Tuck Robin Hood

The Mingus Dynasty session

Lord Kitchener The Duke of Iron Growling Tiger

Penelope Tree Peter Trunk Cliff Branch

Harry The Hat Walker Walker Evans Evan Longoria

Ornette Coleman Quartet: This Is Our Music (Atlantic)

Morris the Cat Felix Cavaliere Spanky McFarland

Walter Rhodes - The Blond Bomber Ronnie Dawson - The Blond Bomber Diana Dors

Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks: Striking It Rich (Blue Thumb)

Edmonton - 55

Milt Jackson: Jazz Skyline (Savoy SJ Jazz)

The Trashmen The Rivingtons Bird

Haven't listened to that one in a long time. My memories weren't anything special, but I'll have to listen again.

Happy Birthday!

Niall Williams: History of the Rain I'd never read anything written by Niall Williams before, so this was a great discovery for me.

Hookah Smoking Caterpillar Grace Slick Olive Oyl

I heard a radio interview with George Duvivier where he discussed the electric bass. He'd done a lot of studio work over his career, and for some of it he was asked to play electric bass. At some point late in his career he grew tired of playing it. One day, he drove into Manhattan with the electric bass in his car. He left the bass in his car, left the car unlocked, and walked away. When he returned, the bass was gone from his life and he felt freer. Thinking about that story, I guess he was lucky that his car wasn't gone from his life too.

Kate & Anna McGarrigle: French Record (Hannibal)

That is a seriously weird/beautiful cover.

That's the one. To me, the tenor player's sound is a little less "juicy" than Red Holloway's, but who knows? Red Holloway certainly did a lot of studio work on r&b and blues sessions at that time. Discographies can be wrong, so it's not written in stone.

Ray Charles and Betty Carter (ABC Paramount/DCC)

Tom Stoppard: Night & Day