paul secor

Happy Birthday, Mr. Abrams! And many more to come!

Lightening up a bit: Reginald Hill's Midnight Fugue

Dot Richardson Dash Crofts Samuel F. B. Morse

Good for him! I don't see how he'd win. His Pacific Jazz recordings are in the public domain in the EU. No they aren't, but the good news is that every day, fewer and fewer people truckle before the rent-seeking monopolists... They're over the European 50-year limit, so Kevin is right, they are in the public domain in the EU. No he isn't. The earliest one was recorded in 1962. Chas is correct.

M Peter Lorre Dr. Gregory House

Good for him!

Donovan John Wayne John Ford

Don Demeter Duke Snider Wally Moon

Virginia Dare Tennessee Williams Georgia O'Keefe

Study Chuck Nessa's writing style. Make your point(s) using as few words as possible. Prolix writing hurts my head.

Tim Robbins Ebby Calvin LaLoosh Cal McLish

The Complete Teddy Wilson Piano Solos (CBS France) - Also includes a side of trios.

Jack Teagarden Wallace Beery The Whiskeyhill Singers

Ornette is a genius. And he never just played riffs. But he did/does play them at times. All improvising musicians have them - the best, like Ornette, have their own.

Billy Hill Montgomery Clift Ramblin' Hi Harris

Out of curiosity, I bought Moondog's first Columbia LP when it was released and couldn't get into it because I felt the music didn't go anywhere. Years later, I bought the first OJC reissue. Went back to the Columbia and was able to accept it for what it was. I've since gotten into the second OJC and Sax Pax for a Sax. I just hear his music as Moondog music, and it has a certain charm for me. edit - I do agree with some of what Allen said about the later work but, for me, the charm overrides the repetition and the naivete.

Speedy Keene Clarence "Sleepy" Anderson "Dean The Dream" Meminger

Judith Light Kathleen Chalfant Emma Thompson

Thanks for the heads up on the Roscoe Mitchell. I look forward to hearing it. No listing here on Amazon.com or CDU yet.

Not familiar with these tunes but the combination of Bluebird and Joe Williams sounds very much like "Big Joe" Williams - THE one and only Joe Williams to hard core (traditional-style) blues fans, especially given his extremely long and fertile recording career. Yes - Big Joe Williams recordings from 1945.

Very interesting review. Thanks for the link! A bit acidic but much to the point, I'd say, to all those who really are into the music and not just casually interested in the subject. Will print it out and file it with my copy of the JAZZ book. Thanks for posting that link, Larry. I had no idea that Joe Goldberg had passed away. He seems to have been a more interesting man than I had realized.

It's that day again. Have a great one!

Jan Swafford: Charles Ives: A Life with Music

Bill Lee Neil Armstrong Louis

Snidely Whiplash Boris Badenov Natasha Fatale