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Just preordered the Armstrong disc. This is exciting!

Not the one in blue!

What he said! AND. . . the sound is good. Comparing a version here to an earlier Motown cd version yields this set a clear winner.

Take one Armstrong, Ellington, Monk and Basie and come back tomorrow.

Personally, I think it's because "every little breeze seems to whisper Louise." (I have a personal pet theory that "Louise" was the melodic inspiration for the song, I'm probably wrong). Not sure about the Porter song. . .

Well at least they recognize I'm a born leader. . .

Flurin. .. the Toots is really nice. As good guitaring as Wes Montgomery is what I usually think when I hear it! I like the Harlem Pianos one a lot as well. Nothing earth-shattering. . . I just love piano and there is great piano here. And on the Dearie. I really like her light and swinging piano (there's no vocals on the piano trio tracks, 3/4s of the cd). The Blue Stars stuff is from one of their best sessions. . . .

I'm becoming a fan. My problem with them is bass and drums. I just think that Heath and Kay are. . . boring. I wish I didn't. Heath and Clarke were FAR from boring! I really like what Lewis and Jackson do/did. . . though the "prissiness" Jim talks of is there and sometimes too much.

You're welcome! Some really nice music has been on these shows by Betty Carter, James Moody, Brubeck and many others!

Clifford: Have you looked at ESP-Disk lately (www.espdisk.com) ? They are reissuing the ESP catalog. I've only bought two (items I didn't have in other formats) (the new Ayler and Heliocentric Worlds Vol. 3) and the sound is excellent.

I was wrong, Jackie is at the end of this month, after Mary Lou Williams and the Maria Schneider shows.

You're missing out. Weekly broadcasts, I have hundreds of good hours of music from this series, thanks to a compadre: http://www.jazzatlincolncenter.org/radio/

What does Austin and Tower Records have to do with my birthday wish? I know you would enjoy France and the French! (Even if you think you wouldn't and your fearless leaders tell you not to!)

Going to be some nice JALC broadcasts in the near future, including Jackie McLean next month.

Jim, personally I don't think that theme from the show IS predominantly ragtime, but swing. I'm hard pressed to think of ragtime that is really like it structurally or performance wise; it really is more like Glenn Miller/Benny Goodman swing to me distilled to a small group in a different instrumentation than say the small Goodman groups. I think the Titanic disc will be interesting as an overview of pop music of the time; looking forward to it. Jim, I'm not sure how conversant you are with early jazz in Chicago and elsewhere. Are you familiar with the Jimmie Noone sides with Earl Hines and Joe Poston? These have a flavor that may be somewhat in line with what you are seeking.

Haven't yet read Divided Soul. This one was pretty breezy in some good ways and interesting. I'd recommend it (especially at the 5 dollars or so I paid for it total through Half.com).

The earliest real tape stereo I know of in jazz is the live material recorded at the Chinese restaurant of Konitz with Tristano that appeared in the Mosaic set. Beautiful sound too! 1955!

I'm just going to pretend I never heard about the possibility of this. . ..

Started happening as far as I can tell in the jazz field around 1957 through 1958, though mono was still the major thing for a long time, and mono records were still released for a decade or longer. I know that there are some stereo jazz recordings (Tristano/Konitz)(recorded but not necessarily released in stereo at the time) as early as 1955. Most of the majors seem to have hit upon it in 1957 . . . ? Columbia did some beautiful beautiful beautiful stereo stuff in 1957 and 1958. . . .

I'm assuming it's true about Janice Gaye . . . cuz I read it in "Mercy, Mercy Me : The Art, Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye" by Michael Eric Dyson.

Did you know that Britney Spears' sister Jamie Lynn wants to be a singer too? Just a guess on my part. . . .

This Ann. Not this one.

I'll start off. . . . Did you know that Marvin Gaye's second wife, the beautiful Janice Gaye, is Slim Gaillard's daughter? 'Strue!

I'm sure it's great, I'm excited to hear it, I just didn't want to pay a lot for a short cd so I'm glad yourmusic.com has it. The real treat for me on yourmusic.com is the MULTIPLE cd sets for 4.99 a disc. I've spent way too much on some of that action!

'Sout of print but it's cheap. I ordered me a copy from half.com