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It's a shame that QJ isn't in touch with contemporary country music. The songs there have all the hooks, melodicism and compositional integrity he looks for.

A new release from Holly Cole! Release date February 16: 2018 release, the first album in five years from the Canadian jazz singer. Produced by Grammy Award winning producer Russ Titelman (Eric Clapton, Randy Newman, Ricki Lee Jones), and arranged by pianist extraordinaire Larry Goldings, Holly, was mostly recorded at Sear Sound Studio in New York City alongside an exemplary cast of both New York and Toronto based musicians. The recording comes complete with classics including "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "Everybody Loves Somebody" and "Teach Me Tonight" which showcase Holly's dynamic artistry while bringing currency to these timeless tracks. On creating the album, Holly recounts, "When I made this record I didn't know what to expect. All I knew was that I was excited; excited to work with producer Russ Titelman, excited to work at Sear Sound Studio in New York, a wonderful studio I had recorded songs from my "Temptation" recording in and excited to record with a whole new band that Russ Titelman had assembled."

Two interesting releases coming out. Release date February 9: Release date February 23 (released by Rhino):

This one's too weird. Paul Motian played at Woodstock in Arlo Guthrie's band: http://woodstock.wikia.com/wiki/Arlo_Guthrie

Was listening to the Woodstock album (yes, the 1969 festival, 3-LP set), and found the Woodstock Wiki website. Turns out that Glen Moore and Ralph Towner played at Woodstock, backing Tim Hardin: http://woodstock.wikia.com/wiki/Tim_Hardin

I'm with you.

Another two by Ralph Towner:

Johnny Smith was pretty amazing. Try to find The Man With The Blue Guitar (Roost; it's also on the Mosaic box).

Ralph Towner comes to mind. Check out Solo Concert (ECM).

Mickey Jones, a character actor who appeared in shows including “Justified” and “Home Improvement,” died Wednesday from the “effects of a long illness,” his publicist confirmed to Variety. He was 76. https://pagesix.com/2018/02/07/justified-home-improvement-actor-mickey-jones-dead-at-76/

Weird. I wonder why I never experienced this redirect. My bookmark is set to the unread content page; maybe that’s why.

This all sounds similar to something I encounter every so often when I visit a website (usually on Real Clear Politics). A couple of times a week, I'm on Real Clear and all of a sudden a message appears over the screen: "You've won an iPhone 8" etc etc, with a strange URL at the top of the screen. I think it's actually a form of advertising pop-up box (similar to what's becoming more common on a lot of news web sites, where you want to read an article but an ad appears over the article and you must X to get out). I've found the solution in those cases to be simple: go to the URL box at the top of the screen, and enter a different web site. The problem message disappears. And if I then go back to Real Clear, I don't encounter the problem again (at least for that day).

I have not. In fact, my connections with the board, especially since the upgrade, have been fast and flawless.

Delete your bookmark and create a new one.

I have "The Happy 'Bird'" from the Charlie Parker Records box. 4 tracks on the album; 3 are from 4/12/51, but I Remember April, with Twardzik, is indeed from December 1952. It appears to be from the same gig that's on the Uptown disc, but interestingly does not appear on the Uptown disc!

Wasn't aware of the unreleased Bird, but yeah, that's the one. There have been prior discussions on this board about it, but there's been radio silence for a couple of years now.

Has there been any progress on that Uptown project of Detroit jazz in the mid-40's? Sounded very promising.

There were a few BN-ish albums on Atlantic in the mid-60's. See Duke Pearson's "Honeybuns" and "Prairie Dog," Elvin Jones's "And Then Again" and "Midnight Walk" (with Hank!), and Roy Ayers's "Virgo Vibes" (with Charles Tolliver and Joe Henderson), to name some.

Happy birthday, Thom! We appreciate what you do here.

Then David Wild needs to update his discography to include more recent finds.

Just to follow up on my earlier post, either Wild is a little behind in updating his discography, or the 11/22/61 date is inaccurate.

I picked up some Louis Bellson LPs on the cheap from Dusty Groove, and have been surprised and impressed. First there's Louis Bellson Jam (Pablo). The title is really misleading, because this isn't a jam session; rather, it's a well-arranged and well-rehearsed collection of mostly originals. 7-piece band: Bellson, Blue Mitchell, Pete Christlieb, Ross Tompkins, Gary Pratt, Bob Bain and Emil Richards. Produced by Bellson (not Granz), which may be why the recording doesn't sound like an afterthought. I enjoyed this one, and look forward to hearing it again. The send is Raincheck (Concord). This is a quintet that includes a teenager named Ted Nash on sax. He's pretty good, but the true standout is Blue Mitchell - this may be the best Mitchell I've heard. Again, well thought out and well played. Bellson is a very tasteful, swinging drummer. I'm looking forward to listening to Sunshine Rock and Matterhorn (both Pablo), both big band.

Maybe I've just been lucky with Baker, but I've liked the titles I've acquired, though I'm sure I haven't scratched the surface of his oeuvre. Things I've heard from the '80's seem well-played and harmonically interesting. "Peace" (Enja) is a great date with David Friedman on vibes. "Straight From The Heart: The Great Last Concert"and "My Favourite Songs: The Last Great Concert" (also Enja), with the NDR Big Band, is also really good, although I can do without his singing. And "Strollin'" (Enja), with Philip Catherine on guitar, is flat out great. What intrigues me most about Baker is his conception; he somehow seems to have passed the major currents in NY and LA. It's sort of a midwestern hipness; very refreshing. On Verve? Baker seems to be sleepwalking and Getz is on amphetamines. It's great Getz, but what a schizophrenic date. Very Chicago rhythm section, and they're adding their own thing to it.

I find Chet Baker consistently interesting, and an undersung talent. He really doesn't sound like anyone else. Some great early Chet was the quartet with Mulligan, collected here: And then his own quartet with Russ Freeman: I also like these live dates, collected on Uptown: