paul secor

Charles Van Doren Black Jack Pershing The Roving Gambler

Don't know how true this is, but somewhere - probably in a liner note - I recall Orrin Keepnews writing that Bill Grauer made a long term deal with Reeves Sound Studios because he got a good deal with them. As I say, I don't know whether this is true or not.

Hard to believe that the Yanks are pitching the bottom rung of their bullpen and are beating Tampa Bay 7-0 after 5 innings. Only one hit for TB.

Deputy Dawg Shaq Starsky and Hutch

Babe Ruth Paul Bunyan Foots Thomas

Wes Stock Ward Bond Beulah Bondi

Buster Brown: New King of the Blues (Fire)

Thanks. Richard Wyands is enough to sell me... The Hines "reunion" records are uniformly excellent, but I tend to forget about them for some reason. For more prime Budd from the 70's, there's also Eldridge's NIFTY CAT date and the Basie GET TOGETHER, where he's paired with / against Lockjaw. Forgot about The Nifty Cat - real good one.

Jack Twyman Maurice Stokes Mo Cheeks

Dick Hyman: Kitten on the Keys - The Music of Zez Confrey (RCA)

Jean-Claude Brialy Claude Jade I, Claudius

I have some of this material on Columbia LPs. There seems to be a fair number of extra cuts on the set you listed, so I can't tell you anything about that. The music on the Columbias is very fine.

Some of my favorite late period Budd Johnson is found on this one: edit - just checked and this is the same record that BeBop listed under a different title and label in post #6.

Chick Willis Chicken Stanley Hen Gates

Gonna miss those wild eyebrows.

Suitcase Simpson Satchell Paige Kit Carson

Your mention of scuffles between fans and non-fans of Archie Shepp is interesting. Says something about how real the music was to people then. Can anyone imagine that kind of thing happening with today's musicians?

I don't want a grave. I just want to be sprinkled somewhere.

Actually, he only made it to bishop. Gary Glitter Joe Gloss Sparkle Plenty

At first quick glance, I thought it said corruption, graft, passion. Sounds exciting! Could make a great movie, like "Sex. Lies and Videotape." Might have sold more copies if they'd given it either of those titles.

Napoleon Solo Herman's Hermits Monk

At first quick glance, I thought it said corruption, graft, passion.

Tony Romo Tony Rome Romy Schneider

Mookie Kookie Wookiee

Why have you given up on bios? In general, I find too much emphasis on the unhappy or negative in music bios. I hear a lot in the music that I don't read much about in the biographies. The last musician's bio I read was Kelley's Thelonious Monk. After reading it, I felt depressed. Perhaps all of the details that Kelley reports occured, but there must have been a lot more than those details, because I hear Monk's music very differently than what I experienced in reading that book. All of this leads to a discussion of how much of musicians' lives go into their music, and how do life experiences find their way into the music. I don't have enough lifetime left to go there. I'd rather just listen. I guess what I want to say is listening to the music brings me far closer than any biography could ever hope to.