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Enrico Rava did another trumpet/piano duo record - Duo en Noir (between the lines) - with Ran Blake.

According to Mike Fitzgerald's discography, one date, led by pianist Johnny Perry in 1949. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/

George Russell conversing with Ornette. (It's mostly a monologue.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHYOCOStIdQ

I think it is worth acknowledging the difference between a multiple-artist compilation, and a single artist compilation. My Jamaican music collection consists largely of multi-artist comps, and several of my rock/pop/country discs are single-artist comps. A Jazztone 10" sampler opened my eyes wider to the world of pre-hard bop jazz. There is one listed on eBay right now. In jazz, I prefer to have the full, original albums for the most part. Unless, of course, the recordings preceded the LP era. Yeah, that's a good point. When I posted, I was thinking in terms of jazz. I have loads of blues, r&b, African, rock n roll, etc. compilations.

More recommendations: Jimmy Reed: Blues Masters - Best of Jimmy Reed (Rhino) or Jimmy Reed: Best of the Vee-Jay Years (Shout Factory) - Both have similar titles & are readily available. Lightnin' Hopkins: Jake Head Boogie (Ace) Lightnin' & the Blues: The Herald Sessions (Buddah) Junior Wells: Blues Hit Big Town (Delmark) - His earliest & best recordings - w. Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Johnny Jones, & Otis Spann Elmore James - There's a ton on great Elmore out there, but The Best of Elmore James - The Early Years (Ace) and The Sky Is Crying - The Best of Elmore James (Rhino) are two very fine ones. The Rhino is an good inexpensive intro to Elmore James. Buddy Guy: A Man & His Blues (Vanguard) has already been mentioned - very good rec. Either I Was Walkin' Though the Woods or Buddy's Blues are good choices for his Chess sides. John Lee Hooker: There are several tons of John Lee Hooker available. The Legendary Modern Recordings (Ace) contains many of his best early recordings. Bobby Bland: The "3B" Blues Boy (Ace) is a great collection of his recordings before he became well known. Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (MCA) is a good collection of his later hits. The Voice - Duke Recordings 1959-69 (Ace) is more expensive, but a better greatest hits collection, imo. Three great blues pianists: Otis Spann: Otis Spann Is the Blues (Candid) - Otis Spann's greatest recordings, with the added plus of Robert Lockwood's fine guitar. Jimmy Yancey: Complete Recorded Works Volume Two - 1940 - 1943 (Document) - Blues piano doesn't get any more moving than Yancey's two versions of "How Long Blues". Chicago Piano (Atlantic) Jelly Roll Morton: Last Sessions (Commodore) - Much of this is comprised of band recordings, plus some jazz/ragtime piano, but there are five bluesy vocals with piano that are as moving as anything as anything you will ever hear. Jelly Roll Morton is usually thought of as a jazz artist, but he was a great blues pianist and vocalist. Johnny Shines: Evening Shuffle - The Complete JOB Records 1952-53 (Westside) - Wonderful music, and close to being out of print. CD Universe has copies. Guitar Slim: Suffering Mind (Specialty) Some pre-WW2 recommendations: Before the Blues Vols 1-3 (Yazoo) - Great intros to songsters and early blues singers - a few gospel and early country recordings are included, but they're in that tradition and are well worth hearing - Henry Thomas, Mississippi John Hurt, Geeshie Wiley, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Memphis Minnie, Frank Stokes, Tommy McClennan, Luke Jordan, Blind Blake, Evans & McClain, Furry Lewis, Cow Cow Davenport, Barbecue Bob, Willie Walker, and Lottie Kimbrough are just some of the great artists included on the three volumes. The Best There Ever Was (Yazoo) - Charlie Patton, Son House, Tommy Johnson, Robert Wilkins, Blind Willie Johnson, William Harris, Skip James - The best of the best rural blues performers, & also probably in the best sound you'll hear them. I Can't Be Satisfied Vol. 1 - Country and Vol. 2 - Town (Yazoo) - Fine intros to the best rural and urban women blues singers (with the exception of Bessie Smith, who is not included). Ruckus Juice & Chittlins Vols. 1&2 (Yazoo) - Great intros to well known and obscure jug bands - great stuff! The When the Sun Goes Down series (Bluebird) This is mostly pre-WW2, but extends to post WW2. Mostly blues, w. some jazz, country, r&b, thrown in - compilations of recordings from Victor & Bluebird recordings from the 1920's to the 1950's - too many artists to mention - great music & very fine sound. Some pre WW2 single artist collections: The Best of Charlie Patton (Yazoo) - I never really heard Charlie Patton til I listened to this. Skip James: Complete Early Recordings (Yazoo) For Skip James' 1960's recordings, I like Today! (Vanguard) The Best of Blind Blake (Yazoo) Blind Willie Johnson: Complete Recordings (Legacy) - There are also two volumes on Yazoo - Praise God I'm Satisfied and Sweeter As the Years Go By - same material but perhaps better sound. Mississippi John Hurt: 1928 Sessions (Yazoo) For his 1960's recordings, I recommend Today! (Vanguard) Ma Rainey: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Yazoo) Bessie Smith: The series on Frog Records Robert Wilkins: The Original Rolling Stone (Yazoo) For his 1960's recordings, as Rev. Robert Wilkins, I recommend Remember Me (Genes). His best 1960's record, and imo his best record ever, Reverend Robert Wilkins (Piedmont), has been out of print for many years and has never been available on CD - a shame, because it's a great, great record. Big Bill Broonzy: The Young Big Bill Broonzy (Yazoo) - There are many Big Bill Broonzy records available. This is just my favorite. Bukka White - His 1930-1940 recordings are wonderful. Not sure what current recordings contain this material. There's a recording on the Roots label, Parchman Farm Blues, that appears to have all of this on it, but I know nothing about the label. There are some very good 1960's Bukka White recordings on Mississippi Delta Blues Jam in Memphis Vol. 2 (Arhoolie) The Best of Frank Stokes (Yazoo) All of the recommendations that have been posted in this thread are probably overwhelming to Sal. I hope that he's able to take something from all of it and get started collecting and listening to blues.

Sal - The best advice I can give you is to pick up a copy of The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings by Tony Russell and Chris Smith. These guys know their stuff - by which I mean that I agree with 98% of what they say . Seriously, this is much more reliable than the Penguin Jazz Guide, imo. Reading it will lead you to as many worthwhile recordings as you want to go for. That said, I'll throw in a few recs: Masters of the Delta Blues - The Friends of Charlie Patton (Yazoo) - I know you said you have a lot of early Mississippi stuff - but just in case... Memphis Masters (Yazoo) Memphis Blues Singers Vol. 1 (Frog) Memphis Blues Singers Vol. 2 (Frog) The Chess Blues Box Blues Masters Vol. 2 - Postwar Chicago (Rhino) 4 Volumes of Modern Down Home Blues Sessions (Ace) Harp Blues (Ace) Dark Clouds Rolling (Ace) - Excello sides There's just too much to list. I really suggest getting the Penguin Guide to Blues recordings. Amazon has new copies for less than $20. Those guys won't steer you wrong, and it's a reference you'll have for a long, long time. I've been collecting blues records for over 40 years, and I trust it (and, as I said, agree with most of what they've written).

Don't buy compilations anymore, but when I began listening to jazz, Riverside - The Soul of Jazz, introduced me to Monk, Blue Mitchell, Wes, Cannonball, Bill Evans, and others. I still have that record. Compilations are probably a good way to go for a new listener. If they're good compilations, they'll soon lead to other things.

I have them already, so that doesn't help Shawn, but I recommend the Percy Mayfield, Blue Mitchell, and Philly Joe.

The Wheel Keeps Rollin'. Happy B'day!

Definitely the No. 1 Band box, along with the Decca sides in some form - the three Hep CDs have the best sound, but the Decca box is perfectly listenable. Also, the 1938 and 1944 Commodores, the Pres Savoy sides (1944 & 1949), the Pres Keynote sides, the Signature recordings, and the 1940 rehearsal recordings with Charlie Christian. That's a lifetime or two of great listening.

Another vote her for Chairman of the Board. I like it much better than Atomic Basie. A period of Count Basie's recording career that's often overlooked (and was overlooked by me until very recently) is his early 1947 to early 1950 sessions for RCA. I picked up The Indispensable Count Basie (RCA/Jazz Tribune) a few months ago, and have enjoyed listening to that music a lot. The music consists of both big band and small group sessions. For me, the most interesting thing was hearing Paul Gonsalves playing with Basie before he went with Duke - a fair amount of good Gonsalves on these sides.

I don't like heights, but turned it on anyway. Can't say you didn't warn me.

Thought Brokaw's story was better than Cosby's. Then again, I never thought Cosby was funny or interesting.

Similar here. We danced to Ray's version - I've always loved it, plus I'm not much of a dancer, so a slow tune was easy to get by with when we were the center of attention.

Used to look for them and enjoy them when I was riding with my parents - helped pass the time on long rides.

So, she doesn't want you to get the honey and pour it on her?

No problems. Just ordered on Wednesday afternoon, & received the order today.

When I hear the words, "Paul, honey", I know I don't want to hear what follows.

A great CD. I think you'll like that a lot, Paul. MG Got the last copy in stock at CDU. From what you posted about Baobab recordings, it's questionable whether they'll get more copies.

I'm just happy that Kwame is outta there. Anything else is gravy. And if things work out, the two first round picks will be low ones.

Fantastic Frank Strozier Baobab: Roots and Fruit

OK - Here's my chance! Just have to come up with 20,000+ posts before Jim returns.

Clicked on the wish link and it came up "fatal error ...". Luckily, I'm still around.

If this is a typical playlist, most of this music isn't worth getting upset over. And none of it is worth doing time.