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Excellent, varied recording. WITH Kenny Barron, Roy Ayers, Billy Hart, Jimmy Rowles, and (for those up for a challenge) Nobu Urushiyama and Suzanne Klewan.

June 27: Shad Collins, trumpet, 1910 Elmo Hope, piano, 1923

Heh, heh, heh...

My first Chick Corea album: Have a field day, guys.

My first Sonny Clark album: the great... What a great day that was...I picked it up as a $1.99 cutout, along with the Trip version of Jordu - Clifford Brown and Max Roach.

On Amazon.co.uk, I just found "To Terrapin: Live in Hartford Ct 28 May 1977 for ₤6.95. It was actually ₤5.95 without VAT; with shipping, the total was ₤9.03 (= $13.46). Pretty good deal for 3 CDs!

In the late '70's, there were Miles Columbias that were hard to find. Besides Jazz Track, the Blackhawks were only available as budget LPs (like Harmony, but not labeled as such). Milestones was only available as re-channeled stereo. I don't think the Plugged Nickel was available. And the titles from Japan and Germany were exceedingly hard to find, and very pricey.

June 26: Dave Grusin, piano, composer, 1934 Reggie Workman, bass, 1937

That's a great point. When I find things I have an interest in, or have been curious about, and they're at a great price, I snap them up, even if they're then relegated to the tall stack of things I haven't yet listened to. If I have them, I know I can. And with iTunes shuffle, I may indeed listen to a track or two at a time, sometimes with interesting juxtapositions. As for the 22 year old with the complete Miles, 1) There was no complete Miles when I was 22. Many titles, even on Columbia, were unavailable. 2) Yes, he may have the money (or his parents' money, or maybe it was an Xmas gift). But it would cost far far far less money than when I was 22, even accounting for inflation. I'm assuming he's referring to the Complete Columbia Album Collection. It's currently $328.49 on Amazon, and it's 71 discs. That's $4.62 per disc. Even with the occasional Kind of Blue Nice Price @ $3.99, on the whole that collection would've cost a lot more on vinyl. And he probably does boast about it at parties. Whether anyone's impressed is another story.

I downloaded one of my favorite long-lost albums: A soulful classic of R&B! Nothing but covers, so it shouldn't have been so good, but it is!!! I had it on an ultra-cheapo LP from Columbia's Harmony label, titled Ooh-Poo-Pah-Doo: Ebay What a great cover, too! Was it by John Van Hamersveld?

June 25: Johnny Smith, guitar, 1922 Joe Chambers, drums, 1942

I have the transcriptions here: Amazon

June 24: Manny Albam, composer, arranger, 1922 Marvin "Smitty" Smith, drums, 1961

My favorite Hendrix are the first album, Band of Gypsies, and Woodstock. Also 2 obscure singles: Stepping Stone (not the version that appeared on War Heroes) and The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice.

I have it on a Fresh Sound CD: One side Rollins, one side Thad. And then some (but not all) of the Thad tracks are on this CD, along with others from the same session: Very confusing. Does anyone know why Rollins only recorded 3 tracks? Was it originally a 10"?

June 23: Milt Hinton, bass, 1910 George Russell, composer, arranger, 1923

June 22: Ben Pollack, drums, bandleader, 1903 Irving Randolph, trumpet, 1909 Ray Mantilla, percussion, 1934

Kevin, I think you're good, other than the Albert Ammons & Meade Lux Lewis; that's a good 'un.

June 21: Lalo Schifrin, piano, composer, 1932 Jamil Nasser, bass, 1932

June 20: Eric Dolphy, alto sax, bass clarinet, flute, 1928 Dennis Budimir, guitar, 1938

June 19: Joe Thomas, tenor sax, 1909 Dave Lambert, singer, 1917

Cecil Taylor's "2 Ts for a Lovely T" just hit, if you have a spare 120 credits... Cecil Taylor - eMusic

June 18: Bennie Payne, piano, 1907 Ray McKinley, drums, bandleader, 1910

There is an Arabic expression that David Berntson picked up on his recent tour of the Gulf States: Insh'allah, "if God wills it." The blues musician from Tulsa, Okla., found himself making use of it frequently in the run-up to a concert at the King Fahd cultural center in Riyadh last April. Public concerts are virtually unknown in Saudi Arabia—let alone performances for mixed audiences of men and women—and here was the Little Joe McLerran Quartet, an American band specializing in an upbeat and highly danceable form of the blues, on a tour sponsored by the U.S. State Department. Up to the last minute, the musicians were told there was a 90% chance the performance would be banned. "On the day, they called and said the show will go on," Mr. Berntson, the group's harmonica player, recalls. "The audience was supposed to be segregated, but they mingled toward the end. Because of the bright lights we couldn't see them, but we were told some of them even got up and danced." Mr. Berntson says the significance of the event struck him only later. "Afterwards, when we were up in Oman, some diplomats said we accomplished more in a week than they have in years." Continued here: WSJ

June 17: Tony Scott, clarinet, 1921 Chuck Rainey, bass, 1940