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A friend sent me this recently, so I thought I'd pass it on:

Ho hum. Glad he was able to find one recording out of hundreds of thousands out there that he likes.

A friend of mine fixed me up with a copy of his Riverside album - great stuff! My friend also knew and played with Dick Johnson and said that he was a good guy. R.I.P., Mr. Johnson.

Sorry to read this. Have a number of Biograph recordings. Along with the musicians, people like Mr. Caplin helped the music to live on.

Sorry to read this about Dennis Hopper. Had blood drawn last week and am going for a physical today.

Not to highjack this thread commemorating Mr. Rohmer, but Jean-Luc Godard is still with us.

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Does this mean you'll be issuing a CD version of Les Stances a Sophie? Or is this a private digital transfer?

All the best on your birthday, Patricia!

Hope you're not out delivering today, Tom. Not to worry, Paul. I have a rotating schedule at the P.O. and this just happened to be my weekend off. I lucked out big time.

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Maybe you love to learn more about one of Fats organ sessions in Camden, January 1935. Durium Thanks for that!

Hope you're not out delivering today, Tom.

OK - Here goes: I only knew a couple of the tracks - #'s 3 & 12. On everything else I just listened and tried to enjoy some new music. In a few cases I've made guesses. Haven't looked at anyone else's posts, so I look forward to finding some things out once I post this. #1 - Obviously an early banjo player. No idea who, but the playing reminded me of some of Henry Thomas' banjo sides which were recorded in the 1920's, years after this recording, I imagine. But there are some shared traditions there. #2 - Interesting to hear an early band with pop and marching band influences. #3 - Perry Bradford backed by some great musicians. #4 - No idea - my big band listening is VERY sketchy, but a very fine, very tight band. I liked the arrangement & the way that the solos flowed out of and into the arrangement. I'll buy this one when I found out who it is. #5 - Didn't grab me all that much. Liked some of the trumpet solo & some of the guitarist's playing - sounded as if they were trying to come to grips with bop playing. #6 - The opening reminded me of John Carisi's music on the Into the Hot album. I've never heard any other Carisi, so it's probably not he, just a similarity in my head. Liked the opening better than what followed. Still - interesting stuff. #7 - No idea. The tune and the opening sax solo came out of Ornette. Not a bad thing, even if it was a bit derivative - there was some passion there. What followed didn't interest me as much. #8 - This one drove me crazy. The trumpeter sounds so familiar. I kept thinking Leo Smith, but probably not. The trumpeter was who I kept coming back to. #9 - Listened to it once. Have no desire to hear it again. I'm sure that some of that comes from being born at an earlier time and from being grounded in earlier traditions. #10 - Liked what the trombonist was playing. THe saxophonist sounded somewhat familiar, but for me the trombonist was the main musician. 11 - Too much stuff going on. I would have liked to have listened to the soloist without having to deal with everything else. Sounded messy to me. 12 - Billy Eckstine & the rest of the Metronome All Stars 13 - "My Ship", I believe - I'm not great with names of tunes. When the tenor player came in, it woke me up - a good thing - almost scared me - also a good thing. Is it Von Freeman? 14 - Seemed as if the drummer was the leader, & it sounded like a 50's bop record. Didn't know who it was & I don't have a discography that lists tunes, but I checked some drummers' dates & came up with Charlie Persip's Bethlehem record. Never bought it when it was around because I figured it was another hard bop date that I didn't need. If this one is that, I made a mistake. I've stayed away from blindfold tests for awhile, partly because I hate making myself crazy trying to identify things - I can't seem to just enjoy the music for what it is - it always becomes a contest - and partly because blindfold tests make me realize how bad my listening habits are. I hope there's nothing on this one that I have in my collection and couldn't identify. I knew that Jeff would come up with some interesting listening, and he did. And there are 2 or 3 things here that I want to add to my collection. Thanks, Jeff.

Their ears are very different from mine.

Then why are you here on Organissimo's web forum? After all, they are a "traditional" organ trio. Hadn't realized that being a fan of "hard bop (or any) traditionalism" was a requirement for membership here.

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Have the same issue, brownie. Haven't listened to it in much too long a time.

It's that day again. Happy birthday, Cliff!

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Short piece but

I'm guessing that #3 is by a Perry Bradford band. He wrote the tune and the vocal sounds like he. If it is Perry Bradford, I have to get this version. The band is magnificent. I know that Louis Armstrong recorded with Bradford. Is he the trumpeter? The version I have - August, 1925 on Columbia (reissued on Frog) - is good, but earthbound. This version positively soars. Must get this one. Is it from the Timeless CD? Guess it's been reissued a number of times. If this isn't Perry Bradford, please ignore all of the above.

OK - #12 is the 1953 Metronome All Stars with vocalist Billy Eckstine and, among others, Lester Young and Warne Marsh. Full personnel: Roy Eldridge (tp); Kai Winding (tb); John LaPorta (cl); Lester Young, Warne Marsh (ts); Teddy Wilson (p); Billy Bauer (g); Eddie Safranski (b); Max Roach (dr); Terry Gibbs (vis); Billy Eckstine (vcl) Great choice, Jeff - both for the music and the uniqueness of Pres and Warne recording together,