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Al Caiola Peter Coyote Wylie "Coyote" Melville

Michael Hurley & Pals: Armchair Boogie (Racoon/Warner Brothers)

The Artist (or Artest) Formerly Known as Prince Albert Camus Yma Sumac

Papa Doc Doc Rivers Muddy Waters

I love the title track and the way it leads off the album. Listening to this one reminded me to listen past the Blue Note/hard bop formula (though the title track doesn't fall into that bag) and listen to the music/solos. That's been a problem for me at times in the past.

I have a fair number of Blue Note/King LPs and some Toshiba/EMI LPs. (Don't like the Toshibas as much. though some have good sound.) I also have a number of McMasters, Conns, and RVGs to have recordings I don't have on LP or to have tracks that aren't on LP. I like some RVGs better than others and there are a few I don't care much for at all. And there are some that I like a lot. I had at least one JRVG that I replaced with a U.S. RVG and was happy with the replacement. In general, I listen to the LPs, and try not to go crazy about the sound when I listen to the various CDs. Unfortunately, that doesnt always happen. Haven't bought any SHMs and don't plan to. I've bought more than my share of Blue Notes - no mas.

Spider Lockhart June Carter Carter Jefferson

Ingemar Johansson Miss Scarlet Colonel Mustard

Lee Morgan: Search for the New Land (BN/King)

Shirley Bassey Gert Frobe Honor Blackman

Bud Powell: 1953 - At Birdland (Vee Jay Japan)

Geoff Dyer Howard Hughes Tintin

Unless an individual with real deep pockets - calling Bill Gates - purchased it, it would have to be purchased by an institutuion which could make it available on an individual basis. For a record company, getting releases from all of the musicians involved would be a nightmare.

Rick Danko Generalissimo Francisco Franco This could go on forever like this, so: Chevy Chase

Read the title and thought that it was about the rockabilly musician. Don't know if he's still living.

Chuck recommended Horenstein's version with the BBC Northern Symphony and Alfreda Hodgson. It moved me so strongly that I've had no desire to check out another version. Perhaps I will someday.

Here: http://www.amazon.com/Bands-Charlie-Parker-Kenton-Herman/dp/B000NQRT4Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1391263182&sr=1-1&keywords=charlie+parker+woody+herman Or here: http://www.amazon.com/Bird-Herd-Charlie-Parker/dp/B000005OFH/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1391263182&sr=1-3&keywords=charlie+parker+woody+herman Plus there are at least a couple of CDRs available from Amazon. Check it all out here: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=charlie+parker+woody+herman

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Kit Carson Carson McCullers Hunter S. Thompson

Crouch's liner notes appear on the CD reissue with the comment: "(As well as being a writer, Crouch was the also a drummer, who often played with Bradford on the Los Angeles free jazz scene. He subsequently moved to New York, gave up drumming, and became immersed in writing about more conservative areas of jazz.)" No further comment necessary. Martin Davidson adds contemporary (2002) notes which shed more light on Bobby Bradford's 1973 sojourn in England.

I have a copy of that LP and still use it when I take my gear apart and have to set it up again.

I told this story to a friend of mine and he started laughing. He then told me a story about his parents, who were contemporaries of and who knew Pete Seeger. Some years ago, they were driving in Beacon, N.Y. (where Pete Seeger lived) and needed directions. They stopped and asked a man walking by. He said he didn't know, but said, "Why don't you ask that guy over there", pointing to someone in the distance in the middle of a park. They drove up and it turned out to be Pete Seeger picking up trash in the park.

Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys Jim Kaat Tabby Thomas

You're certainly right in certain aspects. And the Japanese have always been more appreciative of good sound (and good jazz) than most other people. I hope you're right and that folks will want to hear better music with better sound quality. I guess I'm just not hopeful about that.

Henry Wallace Wallis Simpson Bart Starr