paul secor

Paul Whiteman Nat Cole Benny Carter

Smokey the Bear Yogi Berra Gertrude Berg

Pretty Perky Peggy King George Gobel Lonesome Sundown

The Mitchell-Ruff Duo: Viruoso Elegeance in Jazz (Kepler)

Robert De Niro Claude "Fiddler" Williams Freddie Green

Happy Birthday, Greg!

Mr. Micawber The Rev. Horace Crewler Miss Mowcher

Spider Sabich Jessica Savitch Doc Savage

Faith Charity Paul Newman

Thelonious Monk Live in Paris Part 2 (BYG Japan)

Claude Rains C.P. Snow Hale Irwin

Thelonious Monk Live in Paris Part 1 (BYG Japan)

Real good record. Nice pick up for Jim and a generous gesture by Dan to pass it on.

The Johnson Mountain Boys (Rounder)

Judge Crater Ambrose Bierce Jimmy Hoffa

Colonel Mustard The Spice Girls Salty Parker

Larry Merchant Trader Joe The Little Drummer Boy

I don't think so (oh, but yes, it's smokin! - my introduction to the jazz organ, this single). The personnel I have for this 45 is Mack Johnson (tp) David "Bubba" Brooks (ts) Cornell Muldrow (org) Phil Upchurch (g,el-b) Joe Hadrick (d) I don't know who Cornell Muldrow is but I don't think he's James Booker. (Hadrick, by the way, went on to become Willis Jackson's drummer and stayed with him until Gator's death. He was called Yusef Ali, on later Gator LPs.) MG Joe Hadrick is who told me that Booker played that date. For some reason Cornell Muldrow didn't play the date. Muldrow was an organist from Baltimore (Joe's hometown) jand with the exception of Booker this was the backup band for Dee Clark. Hmm.... Last night I had a 45 RPM listening session. At one point, I played the Boyd 45 of "You Can't Sit Down," followed by two of Booker's Peacock singles, recorded around the same time. This morning I picked out sections of the Upchurch record with prominent organ and compared them to parts of "Gonzo" and "Cool Turkey." All I can say is that the organist on "You Can't Sit Down" doesn't sound like James Booker to me. Booker's sound is consistent on the Peacock records - he uses the drawbars to emphasize the higher harmonics. (I don't know what terminology organists use, so forgive my ignorance.) The organist on "You Can't Sit Down" has a very different sound - fatter and more "modern." And since Muldrow has co-composer credit on the tune, it seems odd to me that he wouldn't have played on it. I don't know what else was recorded at the "Can't Sit Down" session - could Booker have sat in on some other tunes? All this is based on my ears, of course, which have failed me before. But it doesn't sound like Booker to me. Have no idea whether it's Booker or not but, from what I can find, all that was recorded at that session was "You Can't Sit Down Parts 1 & 2".

Welcome back, MG! You may have been posting before this, but it's the first I've seen.

Betty Page Starchie Bottleneck

Like him, hate him, or feel somewhere between those two, WKCR wouldn't exist in it's present form were it not for Phil Schaap - it would have died out long ago. And the NYC jazz scene would be a lot poorer if it didn't exist.

Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk - Charles Mingus Orange Blossom Special - many bluegrass and country groups Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast) - The Band Orange Colored Sky - Screamin' Jay Hawkins Orange Driver - Eddie Burns Next: CARD

California Dreamin' - The Mamas and the Papas Califonia Girls - The Beach Boys California Sun - The Rivieras Hotel California - The Eagles California, Here I Come - Al Jolson Next: GREASE (GREASY)

Do You Believe in Magic - The Lovin' Spoonful I'm a Believer - The Monkees I Believe - Frankie Laine I Do Believe - Billy Harper Believe, Fit It Is True - Billy Harper Next: Stretch

Perhaps my memory is going. "You" use of grammar is definitely gone. (See your topic title.)