paul secor

Happy 80th, Mr. Smith. You are a living treasure.

Happy Birthday! Thanks for all of the knowledge and enthusiasm you've shared. Hope that the coming year brings returns for all you've given.

Some interesting choices. Her choices wouldn't be mine, for the most part, but that's ok. I would toss the Giddins/Deveaux and Teachout books without a thought. The Teachout - even his name irritates me - seemed to be mostly a rehashing of other Armstrong books and material that I was already familiar with. Haven't seen the Williams, but I doubt that one would interest me either. Her other choices are - the ones I've read - or would seem to be interesting. (I know that Whitney Balliett annoys a goodly number of people, but at least he has his own style of writing - Most writers on jazz can't make that claim.)

Walter Johnson Paul Smoker Bill Pullman

Hampton Hawes/Paul Chambers w. Bill Perkins & Jack Montrose: The East/West Controversy (Xanadu

Joe Perry (football or rock & roll) Michael Paré Hercule Poirot

Perhaps it's cheating, but: Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Thelonious Monk Quartet: Live at the Five Spot - Discovery! Thelonious in Action 5 by Monk by 5

Frick and Frack My Friend Flicka Vic the Vamp

Dopey Jughead Knucklehead Smith

Shakey Jake Andrew Dice Clay Dice K

Steve Lacy: Only Monk (Soul Note) Steve Lacy: More Monk (Soul Note) That's the Way I Feel Now - A Tribute to Thelonious Monk (A&M)

Clark Kent Reggie Jackson Mars Williams

Saw both Last of the Blue Devils and Straight No Chaser on the big screen when they were released, and enjoyed them a lot. And Rhapsody Films was an important vehicle which made jazz videos available to a wider public. Thanks for what you did, Mr. Ricker.

Dumbo Cyrano de Bergerac Joe E. Brown

http://www.visionfestival.org/schedule/visionfestival16

All the best, Larry!

John Fahey: Red Cross (Revenant)

I have it. I listen to it and am moved by it.

Little Miss Janice Little Miss Cornshucks Little Miss Sharecropper

Thanks Jeff & Head Man & John L. I had my doubts about this one, but I'll be getting it & I look forward to hearing the music anew.

Bluto Pluto Dootone

Keith Moon Sun Ra Mars Williams

Don Cherry: Brown Rice (A&M Horizon)

Dandy Don Howard Frank

To You!