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I agree with Ed entirely. If for some reason you can't get satisfaction from Mosaic, send me a PM, I'll be able to help.

When a fine rump is pushing on the accordian, you're supposed to be pushing down on the keys Dave!

Okay, it is rather fatalistic of me I suppose. I've seen it happen often enough that I don't believe it can be spelled out implicitly and succede. (And I'm an anarchist at heart, a people loving anarchist). I agree that there are implied standards that work alright as long as a spotlight is not shined near them. As for what's interesting, that's anyone's call. I find lots of Jim's very interesting, and a lot I scratch my head, and many I've seen others say the same thing in about twenty times less words and go by unnoticed. Jim is a friend, I love the guy, but there are many types of interesting posts in this place from many posters, I guess the variety of responses from a variety of viewpoints is what I find most interesting about this place. And as for obsessions. . . I'll free myself from mine when you free yourself from yours!

Not sure I PERSONALLY would call her a dish, but Louis probably dug her plenty!

Nah, not a singer, she was a dancer that he was running around with for five or more years before he was divorced from Lil, and then he married her, which he probably should not have done. . . .

Oh you're welcome; it's within the Bob Brookmeyer Select, a very good Select! I thought for a few minutes that Three Views was also on cd as I was sure I had it on a cd, but in fact I do have it on a cdr made by Kevin B from the lp!

From Louissatchmoarmstrong.com: In addition to his professional worries, Lil was threatening to sue for alimony, which enraged Louis, seeing as she was profiting from his compositions (she had patented them under her name). Armstrong's devil may care approach to life was coming back to haunt him. He had not dealt with his new-found fame and success well. Sure he was popular, but he soon came to realise that if he was to maintain his level of fame he was going to have to be better managed. Lil who had not spent a great amount of time with Armstrong since they were married had grown increasingly militant with him. As she tried to control his life more and more he ebbed further away from her, having several flings before finding another long-term girlfriend, an attractive teenage dancer called Alpha Smith. Despite the fact she was a lot younger then Armstrong she was an expert seducer and it was not long before she had Armstrong under her spell, buying her jewels, furs and wining and dining her in expensive restaurants. To make matters worse he did not hide his affair from Lil, which gave her grounds to demand alimony. Inaddition just as he was buying expensive presents for Alpha his finances were in the worst state they had been in for years. In increasing desperation, as his problems started to overwhelm him financially and emotionally, he decided he had to take some sort of action before ending up dead or bankrupt. Johnny Collins and his girlfriend Alpha came up with the idea of a foreign tour. For several years he had gathered a reputation overseas as a musical phenomenon. In England and France Armstrong had become some what of a legend where his recordings such as West End Blues had received a varied reaction but had spurned a jazz cult. With this in mind in 1932 the three of them set off to England on a tour. On his arrival he debuted at the prestigious London Palladium and had an electric effect. His singing, trumpet playing and performance on stage was so different to anything the British audience had seen before that many simply sat in astonishment, however despite a few bad critiques his tour was a great success and eventually led to him staying longer than planned. He toured the entire country travelling all the way up to Glasgow before closing the tour with a performance for the Prince of Wales at the Holborn Empire in London where he was presented with a gold plated trumpet. He then travelled to France where he was warmly received and particularly liked the atmosphere of the jazz clubs in Paris. The status he received in Europe was vastly different to the treatment he received in the USA. England and France had virtually no black population and this meant that there was no such thing as segregation and the population was willing to accept him as he was. He could live without the racism and bigotry that plagued him in the USA, he could stay at what hotels he liked, eat where he liked and walk down the street without being abused. Furthermore, he appeared on stage with an all white orchestra, something unthinkable in the US. The success of the tour led to Armstrong gaining world-wide fame and becoming the first black American to truly conquer the world musical market.

I don't believe she recorded; I don't believe she was a singer or musician. I do know that Louis was pretty glad to get rid of her; she was expensive!

Street Swingers is out as part of a Mosaic Select.

Well, I've just seen attempts to standardize perspecitves etc. to be anathema to free discourse and to bulletin boards. I think we're all junkies here for this board, and know how each other's personal preferrences lie and that this is the bedrock upon which we build our opinions of others' opinions. I think it's the terra firma that can serve as a support on bulletin boards, whereas other bold experiments. . . fail.

Hey, get Dakar and get it soon! Then start grabbing bootlegs of live material from 1961 to 1963 or so. . . . No particular reason other than my gut tells me these may be a good way for you to go!

Uh oh, here is someone who wants perspective and rules again! I don't think we do need anything other than "I dig it" as a bedrock.

Carney's my favorite! Murray may be among my favorites of the living. . . .

Oh yes, I've had the material on the Select for many years, before the Select was even mentioned. It's Moncur that I don't care for most on these. I'd listen to them a lot more often if he were not present. I'm just not a fan of his playing style and writing.

Yes, it was my attempt at dark humor.

Yes, but I don't see you leaving personal taste behind in saying that the Prestige aren't that important, I see your personal taste wrapped up in that! Personal taste almost always colors what one considers important in the world of arts (and elsewhere). Never mind. I have never been a fan of Moncur and I don't see in those McLean sides what some others see, that they are sophisticated, etc. And I really like some of the Prestige material more than those particular Blue Notes.

You MUST get the Dodo! And the Bean and the Lee Wiley and the other Bird are well worth grabbing.

Wow, if either Bobby or Jack came back, Dubbya would shit a brick!

I've seen the two of these available over and over on websites and in a few stores so I don't thnk they're in danger of being rare quickly; they're among the most easily available of Wilen's recordings. Some blistering bebop on the "Quintet"---quite French in its jazz way, quite nice stuff.

Recording quality is okay, not fantastic but serviceable. Some very nice performances. A Wilen fan will want.

Or it depends how you value the BN output. . . I see it as a progression from his earlier years and not necessarily as the best thing since sliced bread (I'm not the biggest fan of the quintet with Monchur for example, and don't think it is Blue Note at its best---it's just my personal opinion, but it colors how I view the Prestige v. Blue Note issue).

I agree that all Jackie's music is worth reviewing, and I really like the Prestige sides a lot. . . . As sideman as well as leader. A Long Drink of the Blues is a favorite, and I like Strange Blues as well, and. . .well I don't really ahve a favorite.

From the little that I have heard from him he is a fusiony guitar player that has a lot of flash and drive. . . . I wouldn't buy the box set without checking a single lp or a few first!

Because record industries share the thought with the current administration that we're stupid.

That's true, I forgot I have those Mabern lps as well. Mitchell sounds good too!