paul secor

Bo Jackson Little Bo Peep Philip Marlowe

Bird - The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve - the "Au Privave", "Fiesta", and "Swedish Schnapps" sessions

Borodin Quartet: Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8/Borodin - String Quartet No. 2/Ravel - String Quartet in F (BBC)

Abe Burrows Bunny Lake Laura Linney

Sting(ky) Johnny Rotten The Spice Girls

Grafton (Okay - not a person -_- ) Charlie Patton John Bubbles

1963, Buffalo, NY - An afternoon outdoor concert - Don Menza with Sam Noto, Joe Romano, Clarence Becton, & one or two others. Only a vague memory now, but a good one.

Thanks to Mr. Johnson for the music he gave us.

Marcel Mule Dr. Horse Mr. Bear

Dr. Zarkhov Ming the Merciless Mingus

Wow! I had nearly the same unusual combo this morning as well: piece of homemade banana-nut bread with a cup of Abuelita. It's starting to warm up here, so morning smoothies will be coming back to our house. Great tastes eat alike!

Clem was Clem, Moms is Moms. Whatever the reality, I'm just happy to read things that make me think - always a good thing.

Great music indeed. What didn't you like about the Bluebird? I haven't listened to it in ages. It's been so long since I had it, I can't really remember. Just recall that the original LP was much easier on my ears, & now that's been bettered by the Speakers Corner LP, at least imo.

Muggsy Bogues Spud Webb Nate Robinson

Not very hungry this morning, so just a piece of toast, piece of homemade banana bread, and a cup of Ghirardelli chocolate mocha cocoa. Tomorrow my wife has an early appointment, so we plan to go out for a real breakfast afterward at a local restaurant/bakery - probably an omelette, fruit, toast, and tea for me.

Bought the original RCA LP when it was issued. Years later bought the Bluebird CD for the extra tracks, but traded or sold it because it didn't sound good to my ears. Finally bought a Speakers Corner LP reissue a few years ago - pricey, but sounds better than the original LP, which had some reverb added. Never having heard it, I can't comment on the French reissue. But - great music, no matter what form you get it in.

Rip Taylor Paul Lynde Alan Sues

Gladiators: Serious Thing (Nighthawk)

Just to confuse things.... I have "You Ought to Know" on a Paul Gayten/Annie Laurie LP on the Swedish Route 66 label. It gives a location/date as New Orleans, late 1949, with this personnel: Paul Gayten - piano & vocal; Wallace Davenport - t; Lee Allen - ts; Frank Campbell - as, bar; Jack Scott -g; George Pryor - b; Robert Green - d This is a much more likely personnel for a New Orleans recording; I doubt those New York guys would have made the trip south. The tune is a nice, moody ballad with a good tenor solo. The whole album is excellent early New Orleans R & B. The album has one track, "Goodnight Irene," with Mobley listed on tenor. Unfortunately, there's no tenor solo. I always chuckle at one line of "Broadway's on Fire": "That bebop is okay, but I've got to have some blues." When Buster Brown recorded the same song in 1962, he changed the lyric to: "Rock n roll's all right, but I've got to have the blues."

Nick Bottom Puck Gordie Howe

Get Up, Jake Lazybones Sleepy

Growling Tiger: Knockdown Calypsos (Rounder)

Al Caiola Howard Roberts Barry Galbraith

Happy Birthday!

Lord Buckley Lord Byron Byron Scott