paul secor

Douglas Woolf Dick Twombley Claude Squires

Ring My Bell - Anita Ward Toy Bell - The Bees Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms Ring Dem Bells - Duke Ellington Next: HORSE

Lester Young: "Jammin' with Lester" (Jazz Archives)

John Coltrane: Coltrane Jazz (Atlantic Japan)

Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday Fruit Tree - Nick Drake Tutti Frutti - Little Richard Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles Cherry Pie - Marvin and Johnny OK - I cheated on the last two. Next: Family

Art Fowler Billy Martin Ed Whitson

and Reissued as

Francois Truffaut Jean-Pierre Leaud Georges Delerue

Hill Country Suite - Bobby Jones My Country Sugar Mama - Howlin' Wolf Wild in the Country - Elvis Country Boy (All Night Long) - Muddy Waters One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee Walton Next: VILLAGE

Not a "new" release, but one that's somewhat uncommon: Coleman Hawkins at the Golden Circle 1963 (Dragon). Hawk is in fine form, sounding relaxed and comfortable (that may not always be a good thing, but it is in this case). He plays a wonderful 2 1/2 minute unaccompanied solo at the beginning of "If I Had You". The four tracks recorded on the first night of the date are some of my favorite Coleman Hawkins. Three tracks from 1950 and 1954 are added to the 1963 recordings. You may already know this music, but I thought I'd mention it, just in case.

I remember Steve Hamilton throwing it when he was with the Yankees. He called it the Folly Floater.

The Mystery Song - Ellington, Steve Lacy She Is Still a Mystery - The Lovin' Spoonful Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles Misterioso - Monk Mystery Train - Junior Parker, Elvis Next: CITY

I've never been to Shakespeare and Company (nor to Paris, for that matter), but I've read about the history of the shop and seen it in photographs and film. Always a sad thing when a dedicated bookseller leaves us.

The Yellow Kid The Katzenjammer Kids Little Nemo

Have You Met Miss Jones Me and Mrs. Jones Tones for Joan's Bones

Bill Triglia Odell Brown Benny Spellman Wardell Quezergue Non-musicians: Jack Towers Jack Lewis Trudy Pitts actually passed away in December, 2010. But close enough for us to still remember her this year.

David Blue Blue Charlie Left Handed Charlie

Happy Birthday, Jim! You and the Rangers had a good year - Hope next year is even better.

do you have more biographical informations about trumpeter DON FERRARA? Had he own bands? There is some discussion about Don Ferrara here.

Legal in America? - maybe not. Entertaining? - HELL YEAH!

Guitar Slim "Sax" Mallard Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker Talking Guitar Pts. 1&2 - Royal Earl & the Swinging Cools Guitar Rag - Sylvester Weaver Guitar Slim - Eddie Jones Space Guitar - Johnny "Guitar" Watson Next up: Gamble/Gambling

Joe Lee Wilson People in the blues/r&b world: Jerry Lieber Willie "Big Eyes" Smith Lil Greenwood George "Mojo" Buford Howard Tate Cornell Dupree Non Musicians: Brian Rust Bruce Ricker

The Touch of Your Lips - Chet Baker Sweet Lips - Webb Pierce Talk Back Trembling Lips - Johnny Tillotson A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship) - Duke Ellington Lucky Lips - Ruth Brown Next: HEAVEN

The Mother Truckers Mother Fletcher A Real Mother for Ya