paul secor

Happy Birthday!

The originally issued sides w. Elvin

Three gems!

The Bells of Joy (Checker/P-Vine)

Thanks, Jim. For some reason, I hadn't thought of Berkshire. Thanks, T.D.

Listeners today owe a debt of thanks to Prestige for recording swing era musicians in the late 50's - early 60's. If not for those recordings, much would have been lost.

Hey - sign family and friends. Just keep him out of NY.

Can anyone recommend a favorite recording of Messiaen’s ‘Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus’? I've listened on YouTube and read reviews. So far, I'm inclined toward Peter Serkin's recording on RCA (o/p, but copies are available) and Haakon Austbö's recording on Naxos (available from Amazon, but only as a CDR, and I'm not sure whether copies from other parties are real CDs or CDRs also). Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

I saw a newspaper article some months ago in which musicians, critics, composers, and conductors were asked to choose one classical music recording that they love and would like to share with others. Some of the choices were interesting, others, less so (at least, imo). I thought we could do as well or better here. So, if anyone's up for it, please list one classical recording that you love and think that others might also.

I enjoy this one more with every listen. The Celestial Country was recorded in 1972 and, I believe, originally issued by Columbia. There is a credit: "licensed from BMG/Sony Classical". The other recordings were done in 2003 and 2004.

Hey - Let her be happy in Chicago at $30 mil. a year.

Happy Birthday, c_t!

Harper to the Phillies or remaining with the Nats. Machado to the White Sox. Both of those would make me happy.

A beauty!

A friend sent me an inquiry which I couldn't help him with, so I thought I'd post it here to see if anyone has any info: "Has anyone heard of an early Nat Cole LP called Rumba a la King? I've found references to it in a few books on Latin music, but no evidence of it in discographies, nor images of an LP cover anywhere online. There is a Cole song called "Rex Rumba" a/k/a "Rumba a la King," (1946, pre-LP era) but as far as I know, no LP. My guess is it was a mistake on John Storm Roberts's part in his book The Latin Tinge, which was the earliest reference I found to the LP--and most of the other books in which it's mentioned seem to parrot JSR's discussion as though they lifted it verbatim without checking the facts. But I could be wrong. Any ideas?" Thanks for any help anyone here can give on this.