paul secor

Listened to some blues (and one gospel) 45s late this afternoon: Guitar Shorty: Hard Life (Pull) Golden Harp Gospel Singers: Calling Jesus My Rock (Peacock) Abb Locke/Otis Rush: Cleo's Back (Rooster) Billy Boy Arnold: I Wish You Would (Vivid) Don and Dewey: Strechin' (sic) Out (Rush) D.C. Bender: Boogie Children (Ivory) Tommy Louis & The Rhythm Rockers: The Hurt Is On (Muriel)

Ernest Hemingway Papa Doc Dock Ellis

Pavel Chekov Anton Chekhov Uncle Vanya

Buster Crabbe Buster Brown His dog, Tige

Walt Frazier Dick Barnett Earl Monroe

Some time ago, I got an e-mail from a friend and thought that it was worth passing on: "A couple of years ago I found a used set of the complete Parker Dial recordings on Japanese CD (Stateside) at Jack's. Copyright 1988. Now, I don't know if you ever play CDs on your computer (I don't do it much, except when I'm using some "slow-downer" software to help me transcribe a tune). In any event, Windows Media Player takes some kind of digital ID from your CD, looks it up on the Web, and displays the cover art of your CD on the Media Player screen, and gives you the track names and artist. (I don't really know how the whole thing works -- however, I do know that if you're not connected to the Web, the art and the track listing don't show up.) The other day I put one of the Parker CDs in the player, and what pops up but the cover shot of the Definitive label Parker Dial collection. Back in 1988 when Stateside produced their set, there was no Internet database of CD covers. The Stateside CDs may even be o/p. I'm not even sure Definitive existed as of the late '80s -- I don't recall seeing any of their stuff until the early 2000s. For the Stateside CD to show up on Windows Media Player with the Definitive cover art, this means that not only did Definitive bootleg the Stateside CDs, but they must have made direct copies of the Japanese CD, without even going to the effort of doing their own sequencing, mastering, or anything. And Definitive, not Stateside, must have their info in the Web database. Pretty weird." And sleazy.

I've never heard "Sweet Slumber", but Little Willie Jackson was Joe Liggins' alto man. Thanks, Paul. And was Jackson's brother the tenor player for Liggins? I don't have the albums any more, so may be wrong about about L.D. sounding like Jackson. But Jackson had a singing sound. The Lush Life CD may be a reissue of an LP that originally was titled Sweet Slumber. John, from all I could find - two sources - one on the web and one in a set of liner notes - Joe Liggins' original tenor sax man - James Jackson, Jr. - shared the same last name but evidently wasn't related to Little Willie Jackson.

The Music Machine Juke Box Lil Juke Boy Bonner

Apologies if this has been covered here before - it's a long thread - Ike Quebec: Kwih - bek; Keh - bek; Kay - bek ?

B.B. King: "Paying the Cost To Be the Boss" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1FxRpo62Mk Boss Tweed Lacy Gibson

Aretha: Lady Soul (Atlantic Japan) Never realized until today that it's evidently Cissy Houston who sings the theramin-like obbligato on "Ain't No Way".

That's a great record. Miles Davis, Big Fun. Jimmy Lyons-Sunny Murray Trio, Jump Up/What to Do About David Holland/Barre Phillips, Music from Two Basses The Holland/Phillips is a favorite here.

Bishop Sheen Slick Watts Charles Wright

OK - Save that and make use of the rest.

Al Harewood Wally Post "Stick" Michael

I've never heard "Sweet Slumber", but Little Willie Jackson was Joe Liggins' alto man.

A friend sent me a forwarded e-mail announcing his passing a few days ago. I couldn't find another confirmation, so I held off posting anything. (I guess I was also hoping that it wasn't so.) Al Harewood was a fine though underrated drummer. (Seems strange that he was overlooked and underrated by many, considering that he made a fair number of records with some well known musicians on name jazz labels. Such is fate.) Thanks for the music you gave us, Mr. Harewood.

When you finish reading the book, perhaps you can find another use for the pages.

John Belushi Joe Cocker Joliet Jake

I don't know about the technology involved, but I wonder how much of Neil's hearing is left after 45 years or so of playing concerts, etc.

Sheb Wooley Jean Shepherd Ram Ramirez

Ellis Marsalis: Solo Piano Reflections (CBS Sony Japan)

Lou Donaldson did what he did and does what he does. Some of that connects with me and some doesn't. I'm sure it makes no difference at all to him.

The Penguin Guides were just opinions, not gospel. They'd only have been gospel if I'd written them.