paul secor

Good feeling to that one!

Mark Morganelli & the Jazz Forum All-Stars (Jazz Forum) James Spaulding blows his brains out on "Well, You Needn't". I didn't know he had that in him. I may keep this one just for that solo.

Blind Willie McTell: Blues in the Dark (MCA)

there's an Oliver Lake LP on Gramavision - not sure if it was also on CD - Otherside - which has two performances by a large group (19 musicians). The other side of the LP is by a quintet.

Your ears must be very different from mine. Fantasy reissued a lot of music and much of it was of high quality.

Mister T Mister X Mister B

Sonny Liston Sonny Rollins Sonny Stitt

Sleepy Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich Nappy Brown

Steve Lowenthal: Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist

Serpico Michael Corleone Big Boy Caprice

By far!

The Famous Flames Johnny Moore's Three Blazes Billy Lee Riley

Otis Spann: Walking the Blues (Candid/Barnaby)

Elmore James and his Broomdusters: The Original Meteor and Flair Sides (Ace)

The Nairobi Trio Miklos Molnar Eugene

Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz: Sweet Mother (Rounder)

Elroy Face Lips Page The Chins in a Chinese phone book

Happy Birthday, Tom! Hope the changes you made are going well..

Tommy Aaron Paul Dean Von McDaniel

Machito and his Salsa Big Band 1982 (Timeless)

Georges Simenon: The Bar on the Seine Probably the best Maigret novel I've read.

Nobody Knows My Name - Blues from South Carolina and Georgie (Heritage) Recordings done by Lawrence Gellert in the mid1920s to early 1930s. All of the musicians are unnamed and there's a wonderful guitarist on a number of the cuts which were recorded in Atlanta. As the liner notes state, he owes a debt to Lonnie Johnson, but where Lonnie Johnson tended toward perfection, this musician incorporates jazz chords and runs into his playing and sometimes seems as if he's barely holding it together. Somehow, he does and it's fun to listen to him do so. My friend Doug Price has been doing a blues radio show for the past 29 years. I used to sit in with him at the station and I remember we used to play tracks off this record and enjoy listening to the guitarist. As I recall, since he was anonymous, we used to refer to him as "that guitarist". I still think of him that way.

Mystery Train

Johnson & Johnson Raymond J. Johnson Jr. Zimmy

The Music Machine Juke Box Lil The Platters