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Release date August 14: The legendary guitarist and songwriter of The Doors and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Robby Krieger will be releasing his first solo album in 10 years on 24th April 2020. ‘The Ritual Begins At Sundown’ will be released via his new home at The Players Club, a division of the Mascot Label Group. The Doors weren’t just one of the most iconic bands of their generation, but one of the most influential bands in rock history and Robby Krieger was responsible for writing some of their biggest hits in ‘Light My Fire,’ Love Me Two Times,’ ‘Touch Me’ and ‘Love Her Madly.’ Krieger returns for his 9th solo album and his first since 2010s Grammy nominated ‘Singularity,’ and once again with his long time writing partner and co-producer Arthur Barrow. Barrow worked with Frank Zappa through the 1970s-80s as well as Giorgio Moroder, Joe Cocker, Diana Ross and Janet Jackson and worked on soundtracks for Top Gun and Scarface. The album also features other Zappa alumni Jock Ellis (Trombone), Sal Marquez (Trumpet), Chad Wackerman (Drums) and Tommy Mars (Keys) as well as AeB Bryne (Flute), Vince Denham (Sax), Chuck Manning (Sax) and Joel Taylor (Drums).

Release date July 10: The members of the original Joshua Redman Quartet—Redman(saxophone), Brad Mehldau(piano), Christian McBride(bass), and Brian Blade (drums)—reunite with the July 10, 2020 release of RoundAgain,the group’s first recording since 1994’s MoodSwing.The album features seven newly composed songs: three from Redman, two from Mehldau, and one each from McBride and Blade.

Track 4 is the Jackie McLean composition "Little Melonae."

I saw that line-up at the Nassau Coliseum in May of 1973, with the addition of Sal Marquez on trumpet. Not only did they do Dupree's Paradise, it was the first time I heard Montana, Inca Roads, Cosmik Debris, and the Yellow Snow suite. Pretty good concert: Zappa headlined, with the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Leo Kottke as opening acts. The Nassau Coliseum had bad, boomy acoustics, though.

If I can make a suggestion... I think we should have separate threads for the link and for the discussion. Many people have commented that after the first few days, discussion severely drops off. Perhaps that's because people can see what the first posters have (often correctly) guessed, and that spoils the fun for them. If the link runs in its own thread, people won't see what's already been posted unless they want to.

Amazon shows this as having 13 tracks. Per an Amazon reviewer, 6 are from Travelin' Light, 6 are from Soul Sister, and 1 is from Now's The Time. https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Sister-Legends-Acid-Jazz/dp/B00002SWL8

Looking into this further, I found that there was a Japanese release on P-Vine in 1992 titled "Alone - The Specialty Sessions 1948-1954", which had all the titles on the two Specialty albums plus additional tracks: https://www.discogs.com/John-Lee-Hooker-Alone-The-Specialty-Sessions-1948-1954/release/13157729 To make sense of all this, I created a spreadsheet with all titles on the Ace, Alternative Boogie, Greene Bottle, and P-Vine releases, and sorted the titles alphabetically. Of the 38 titles on the P-Vine release, 12 titles are not available elsewhere. Perhaps the titles on P-Vine that I don't see elsewhere have different titles on another release. To take an obvious example, "Boogie Chillen 2 (I Gotta Be Comin' Back)" on P-Vine is almost definitely "I Gotta Be Comin' Back" on Alternative Boogie. The titles only on the P-Vine are "Don't Trust Nobody," "Everybody's Blues," "Four Women In My Life," "I Been Done So Wrong (Takes 1 and 2)," "I Do Like I Please," "I Need Love So Bad," "I'm Mad," "Locked Up In Jail," "Nothin' But Trouble," "Odds Against Me," and "Reach My Goal (Find Me A Woman)." None of the other Sensation titles are duplicated on other releases; each appears on only one of the four albums. The question remains: are there yet more titles that haven't been reissued? 21 Boogie P-Vine (Specialty) Alberta DTSR (Ace) Alberta P-Vine (Specialty) Alberta (Alt Take) DTSR (Ace) Alberta Part 2 DTSR (Ace) Alberta Pt. 2 P-Vine (Specialty) Baby Please Don't Go Alternative Boogie Baby, I Prove My Love To You Greene Bottle Black Cat Blues DTSR (Ace) Black Cat Blues P-Vine (Specialty) Bluebird Blues DTSR (Ace) Boogie Chillen 2 (I Gotta Be Comin' Back) P-Vine (Specialty) Boogie Chillen' DTSR (Ace) Boogie Chillen' #2 DTSR (Ace) Boogie Chillen' #2 (Aka 21 Boogie) (Extended Version) DTSR (Ace) Boogie Chillen' #2 (Take 1) DTSR (Ace) Boogie Chillen' #2 (Take 2) DTSR (Ace) Boogie Chillen' #2 (Take 4) DTSR (Ace) Build Myself A Cave P-Vine (Specialty) Build Myself A Cave (Aka The World Is In A Tangle) (Take #1) DTSR (Ace) Build Myself A Cave (Specialty LP Version) DTSR (Ace) Build Myself A Cave (Take #2) DTSR (Ace) Build Myself A Cave (Take #3) DTSR (Ace) Burnin' Hell DTSR (Ace) Burnin' Hell P-Vine (Specialty) Can I Say Hello Alternative Boogie Canal Street Blues DTSR (Ace) Canal Street Blues P-Vine (Specialty) Come Back Baby Alternative Boogie Crawlin' King Snake DTSR (Ace) Crazy 'Bout That Woman Greene Bottle Crying All Night Alternative Boogie Do My Baby Think Of Me P-Vine (Specialty) Do My Baby Think Of Me? DTSR (Ace) Don't Trust Nobody P-Vine (Specialty) Dream A Number Greene Bottle Drifting From Door To Door DTSR (Ace) Everybody's Blues P-Vine (Specialty) Forgive Me Alternative Boogie Four Women In My Life P-Vine (Specialty) Give Me Your Phone Number (Alt Take) DTSR (Ace) Goin' Down Highway 51 P-Vine (Specialty) Goin' On Highway #51 DTSR (Ace) Graveyard Blues DTSR (Ace) Graveyard Blues P-Vine (Specialty) Grinder Man DTSR (Ace) Grinder Man P-Vine (Specialty) Hastings Street Boogie P-Vine (Specialty) Hastings Street Boogie (Extended Version) DTSR (Ace) He Got Assassinated Greene Bottle Henry's Swing Club DTSR (Ace) Henry's Swing Club P-Vine (Specialty) Hobo Blues DTSR (Ace) Hoogie Boogie (Instrumental) DTSR (Ace) How Can You Do It DTSR (Ace) How Long Can This Go On Alternative Boogie Howlin' Wolf DTSR (Ace) Huckle Up Baby DTSR (Ace) Huckle Up Baby P-Vine (Specialty) Hummin' The Blues Alternative Boogie I Been Done So Wrong (Take 1) P-Vine (Specialty) I Been Done So Wrong (Take 2) P-Vine (Specialty) I Come To You Baby Alternative Boogie I Cried The Whole Night Greene Bottle I Did Everything Alternative Boogie I Do Like I Please P-Vine (Specialty) I Don't Be Welcome Here Alternative Boogie I Got Drunk (Take I) Greene Bottle I Got Drunk (Take II) Greene Bottle I Got Drunk (Take III) Greene Bottle I Got Eyes For You DTSR (Ace) I Got Eyes For You (Take 2 Or Take 5) DTSR (Ace) I Got The Key (Aka Key To The Highway) DTSR (Ace) I Gotta Be Comin' Back Alternative Boogie I Had A Dream Alternative Boogie I Met The Grindin' Man Alternative Boogie I Need Love So Bad P-Vine (Specialty) I Need Lovin' P-Vine (Specialty) I Need Lovin' (Aka Tease Me Over Baby) DTSR (Ace) I Rule My Den Alternative Boogie I Was Beggin' My Baby Alternative Boogie I Work For Her Every Day Greene Bottle I'm Going Away Alternative Boogie I'm Gonna Whip Ya Baby Alternative Boogie I'm In The Mood (Alt One Voice) DTSR (Ace) I'm In The Mood (Humming Version) DTSR (Ace) I'm In The Mood (Three Voice) DTSR (Ace) I'm In The Mood (With Harmonica Overdub) DTSR (Ace) I'm Mad P-Vine (Specialty) If You Need My Lovin' Baby Greene Bottle It Hurts Me So DTSR (Ace) It Hurts Me So (Alt Take) DTSR (Ace) It's A Crime And A Shame Alternative Boogie It's Time For Lovin' To Be Done DTSR (Ace) John L's House Rent Boogie (Aka House Rent Boogie) DTSR (Ace) John L's House Rent Boogie (Fragment) (Alt Incomplete Take) DTSR (Ace) Johnny Lee And The Thing Alternative Boogie Johnny Lee's Mood Alternative Boogie Johnny Lee's Original Boogie Alternative Boogie Johnny Says Come Back Alternative Boogie Jump Chillun Greene Bottle Just Like A Woman Alternative Boogie Key To The Highway DTSR (Ace) Let Your Daddy Ride DTSR (Ace) Locked Up In Jail P-Vine (Specialty) Long, Long Way From Home Alternative Boogie Lord Taketh My Baby Away Alternative Boogie Lord What More Can I Do Alternative Boogie Louisiana Blues For You Alternative Boogie Me And A Woman Alternative Boogie Miss Eloise, Miss Eloise Alternative Boogie Miss Sadie Mae DTSR (Ace) Miss Sadie Mae P-Vine (Specialty) Momma Poppa Boogie DTSR (Ace) Momma Poppa Boogie P-Vine (Specialty) Moon Is Rising Alternative Boogie Moon Is Rising (Alt Take) DTSR (Ace) Movin' On Down The Line Greene Bottle My Baby She's Long And Tall Alternative Boogie My Baby's Got Somethin' DTSR (Ace) My Baby's Got Somethin' P-Vine (Specialty) My Own Boogie Greene Bottle No Mortgage On My Soul Alternative Boogie No Place To Stay Greene Bottle Nobody To Talk To Me Alternative Boogie Nothin' But Trouble P-Vine (Specialty) Numbers Blues (Aka She Ain’t Good For Nothin’) DTSR (Ace) Odds Against Me P-Vine (Specialty) Out The Door I Went Alternative Boogie Please Have Mercy Greene Bottle Queen Bee DTSR (Ace) Reach My Goal (Find Me A Woman) P-Vine (Specialty) Rock Me Mama (Take I) Greene Bottle Rock Me Mama (Take II) Greene Bottle Rock Me Mama (Take III) Greene Bottle Roll 'N' Roll (Alt Take) DTSR (Ace) Rollin' Blues DTSR (Ace) Rollin' Blues P-Vine (Specialty) Sail On Little Girl DTSR (Ace) Sail On Little Girl P-Vine (Specialty) Sailing Blues P-Vine (Specialty) Sailing Blues (Aka Drifting Blues) DTSR (Ace) Sally Mae DTSR (Ace) See, See Baby Greene Bottle She Ain't Good For Nuthin' Greene Bottle She Left Be Myself Alternative Boogie She Quit Me Alternative Boogie She Was In Chicago Alternative Boogie Slow Down Your Chatter Baby Alternative Boogie Snap Them Fingers Boogie Alternative Boogie Someone To Love - Take 1 Alternative Boogie Someone To Love - Take 2 Alternative Boogie Sometime Alternative Boogie Streets Is Filled With Women Alternative Boogie Strike Blues P-Vine (Specialty) Strike Blues (Extended Version) DTSR (Ace) T.B's Killin' Me Alternative Boogie Tease Me Baby Greene Bottle Tease Me Baby (Aka Tease Me Over Baby) DTSR (Ace) Tell You A Story Greene Bottle That's All Right DTSR (Ace) That's All Right Boogie (Under Dub) DTSR (Ace) The Great Disaster Of 1936 Alternative Boogie The Moon Above Greene Bottle The Story Of A Married Woman Alternative Boogie The Story Of A Married Woman (Alt Take) DTSR (Ace) The Sweetest Girl I Know Greene Bottle The Winding Highway Alternative Boogie There's A Day Comin' Baby Alternative Boogie Three Long Years Today DTSR (Ace) Three Long Years Today P-Vine (Specialty) Three Voice Original Mood Alternative Boogie Throw My Money Around Alternative Boogie Throw This Old Dog A Bone Alternative Boogie Troubles In My Home Greene Bottle Turn Over A New Leaf DTSR (Ace) Turnin' Grey Blues Alternative Boogie Two Voice Original Mood Alternative Boogie Walkin' This Highway DTSR (Ace) Walkin' This Highway P-Vine (Specialty) War Is Over (Goodbye California) P-Vine (Specialty) War Is Over (Goodbye California) (Alt Extended Version) DTSR (Ace) War Is Over (Goodbye California) (Alt Take) DTSR (Ace) War Is Over (Goodbye California) (Extended Version) DTSR (Ace) We Might As Well Say We're Through Greene Bottle Wednesday Evening DTSR (Ace) Weeping Willow Boogie DTSR (Ace) Welfare Blues Alternative Boogie Well I Got To Leave Alternative Boogie Whistle Done Blown Alternative Boogie Women In My Life (Aka Goin' Away Baby) DTSR (Ace) You Sure Look Good To Me Greene Bottle You've Got Another Man Greene Bottle

Are the Specialty albums available anywhere else?

There's a new 3-CD box from Ace, stating that it is "John Lee Hooker's 1948-1952 recordings made in Detroit, Michigan by Bernard Besman; includes 19 previously unissued versions." I bought it because I've been intrigued by these sessions since I saw reissues on United Artists in the early '70's. Sad to say, Ace was a little loosy-goosy with their wording and promotion. The accompanying booklet reveals "These three CDs do not contain any sides that appeared in this form on either the United Artist or Greene Bottle releases." I remembered the Detroit recordings being reissued in a 1-LP, 2-LP, and 3-LP form, with no duplications. The 1-LP and 3-LP were issued by United Artists; the 2-LP was on Greene Bottle. This was the 1-LP on UA, "Anywhere, Anytime, Anyplace": This was the 3-LP on UA, "John Lee Hooker's Detroit": Both of these LP sets were reissued on this 3-CD set, "Alternative Boogie": The 2-LP set on Greene Bottle was titled "Johnny Lee"; best I can tell, it has never been issued on CD: So in order to have the complete Sensation recordings 1948-52, you'd need to have the Ace, "Alternative Boogie," and the Greene Bottle LP. Ace included a sessionography in their booklet, but only of the titles included in their box. No clue how the UA or Greene titles fit in there.

How do your symphonies and operas sound when heard through headphones?

I had never heard this Schoenberg before (I never want to hear it again, but that's another story). But I was intrigued by the back story and did a Web search. I found this; start with the section "Schoenberg's Seranade" (yes, it's misspelled): http://preparedguitar.blogspot.com/2014/12/johnny-smith-interview.html

I also think of Benson as a reliable booster of real jazz, however that's defined. He would regularly come down to the Village in NYC just to jam. I got word one night in the mid-80's that he would be sitting in with Blakey's Jazz Messengers at the Village Gate. I went, and it was a great night of music. In the '90's, I think he regularly jammed with Ron Affif at the Zinc Bar. He seems like a genuine guy. Some guys fall into the honey pot, and I don't fault him for that.

There's an article in today's Wall St Journal titled "A Scientist Turned the Coronavirus Into Music - Here's What It Sounds Like." From the article: "Scientists are translating genes into melodies, by creating a musical scale based on the amino acids of proteins generated by DNA. Even a lethal virus has provided scientists something to hum. "Bioengineer Markus Buehler at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently turned the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus into music, playing the molecular code of the spike protein that makes it so contagious. (It allows the virus to penetrate healthy cells.) "Variations in protein structures usually are too small to be seen, but they can be heard, he says. The music of the coronavirus is an eerie yet oddly soothing medley of plucked strings, resonant reeds and harmonizing horns. “I’m hypnotised” one online listener posted. It’s “a little like Zappa,” posted another. "Dr. Buehler and his colleagues devised the musical scale based on proteins, the building blocks of all living things. The music arises from the interplay of each protein’s amino acid sequence, its curling corkscrew structure and intricate folds—the elements of which have variously been assigned pitch, volume, tempo and rhythm." WSJ won't allow me to post the entire article here. However, Buehler posts these compositions on SoundCloud. It can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/user-275864738/viral-counterpoint-of-the-coronavirus-spike-protein-2019-ncov The illustration at the top right of the web page is a rendering of the spike protein of the coronavirus, with its amino acid chains depicted in distinct colors, used by Buehler as he developed his music composition.

Thanks for posting that. His point is reasonable and cogent, especially when not taken out of context. Coincidentally, I recently reheard his Talking Jazz interview with Ben Sidran. He seems like a very nice, down to earth guy. You can hear it here: http://bensidran.com/conversation/talking-jazz-george-benson

Buzz Gardner, tp; Henri Renaud, p; Rene Thomas, g; Jean-Marie Ingrand, b; Jean-Louis Viale, d. 5/5/54.

Correct. I have no knowledge, or interest, in June Christy the person. There were a number of other songs with this type of ambiguity. Two that come to mind: Abbey Lincoln did a Kern/Harbach song called "She Didn't Say Yes." "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me."

I always thought the intentions of the singer were more ambiguous, perhaps even to herself. She also struck me as a Blanche DuBois-type.

I took a chance on the Knuffke; ordered it from DG. Not sure I'll like it, but it looks interesting. Bob Stewart on tuba...I know his work from Arthur Blythe's albums, and aside from the novelty factor, would probably have preferred a bass to his tuba. I assumed it was a friendship thing. We'll see how Knuffke deals with it.

Release date September 15:

That was yet another version. It was based on a Japanese release. The logic behind the running order is it presents the tracks (including non-LP single releases) in chronological order. Some of the juxtapositions can be jarring, and it certainly ruins the "concept album" quality of the original album.

There are people who think the stereo version is sunnier and more wholesome than the mono, negating the almost noir-ish atmosphere of the original. They think the change is due to Christy's singing approach; I can't speak to whether the arrangements are also intentionally different. It's interesting to compare the two covers: They can both be found on this release:

Did they ever appear on The Gerry Todd Show?

Larry, I love that phrase "airless mechanical comping." That describes so much of OP's work: airless (not leaving room between the phrases for the notes and ideas to connect with the listener) and mechanical (just keep banging out the notes until your time is done). I think the differences between his good performances and the others can be attributed to inspiration. Some artists can be in touch with it fairly consistently, others only occasionally; some days the well is dry, but you still have to work.

I've bought a few box sets from them, mostly classical. I wouldn't say they arrive in perfect condition. One had a pushed-in corner, another had a lid with a tear in the corner. I never received one in damaged condition, more like disappointing condition. I don't think they take the greatest care with padding the inside of the shipping box. Still, their prices can be great.

Desmond is now in my home. Great liner notes. Jim: It was delivered in a regular brown UPS truck.