paul secor

Happy birthday, Kevin! Hope you have a great one.

This Morning: Clementina de Jesus: Clementina e Convidados (EMI - Brasil)

Alec Wilkinson: My Mentor - A Young Writer's Friendship with William Maxwell

This morning: Count Basie: Chairman of the Board (Roulette/Classics)

I enjoyed reading his comments. I tend to agree with much of what he said, but that's not the point. He was honest and didn't hold back on his opinions. That's what a blindfold test should be about.

Always enjoyed seeing her on the screen. She had true style, grace, and presence. Thank you for all you gave to us, Ms. Bancroft.

I have all the 78s and the cd so I dumped the Mosaic. I really love these dates. ← Missed seeing this back when. Chuck, do you still play the 78's? I don't have a 78 rpm turntable, but a friend of mine who does have one and has some 78's says that the sound of those old recordings puts LPs to shame. It must be something to hear the Port of Harlem sides as they were meant to be heard.

Atlantic released a 4 CD box in the 90's entitled Sounds of the South, which contained most, if not all, of the material on those LPs.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to you!

Interesting writer. Haven't read this one, but read "The Deptford Trilogy" (Fifth Business/The Manticore/World of Wonders) a few years ago. Found a paperback of "The Salterton Trilogy" for 50 cents a few months ago, but haven't gotten to it yet. Anyone else read any of these? ← What's Bred in the Bone is the first Davies I've read. I enjoyed it and I'll be reading others. I rarely read two books consecutively by the same author, so it may be several months before I get to another Davies. In the meantime, I'd be interested to read what titles others might recommend.

The Complete Teddy Wilson Piano Solos (CBS/France) - LP one brownie's mention of these recordings in the recommendations-solo piano thread moved me to take them off the shelf. They'd sat there unlistened to for too long a time - fine stuff.

Happy 47th! Hope you have a great one!

Al Haig, Jamil Nasser, Helen Merrill: Al Haig Plays the Music of Jerome Kern (Trio/Japan)

Some favorites that haven't been mentioned: Jimmy Yancey: The 2 "How Long Blues" recordings for Session in 1943; Also the 1951 Atlantic sides. Monk: Thelonious Himself - Whenever I listen to "Functional", I have the sense that Monk drank from the same well that Jimmy Yancey did. Jaki Byard: Flight of the Fly (Le Chant du Monde) Luckey Roberts & Willie "The Lion" Smith: Harlem Piano (Good Time Jazz) Earl Hines: Spontaneous Explrations - Solo (Contact/Red Baron) - Earl Hines made a lot of great solo albums. This is just a personal favorite. Jimmy Rowles: Plays Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn (Columbia) Otis Spann: Is the Blues & Walkin' the Blues (Candid/Barnaby) - the solo sides

I believe that the Atlantic Longhairs are all with band accompaniment - great stuff, nonetheless. Good to see a mention of the Commodore Jelly Rolls. They've been personal favorites since I first heard them 40 years ago.

There are a lot of Jimmy Rowles recordings that I don't have, but I can recommend Jimmy Rowles Plays Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn (Columbia). The duo sessions he did with Ray Brown on Concord (As Good as it Gets/Tasty) are very good also. And The Peacocks (released probably for commercial reasons under Stan Getz' name and already mentioned) is another favorite.

I never went back to the movie or to college.

Offhand, the only film I can remember walking out on was The Paper Chase, and that was for purely personal reasons. I had dropped out of college a year or two before, and was angered by the John Houseman character's bullying arrogance and by the fact that the student characters accepted it.

Robertson Davies: What's Bred in the Bone

Happy birthday to a great host!

The Complete Recordings of the Port of Harlem Jazzmen (Mosaic)

Anyone who digs burning sax playing should go for this.

And Great!