John Litweiler

Congratulations, Chris.

By all means check out Paul Oliver's books including "Savannah Syncopaters," in which he speculates on the possible African sources of blues. About half of "The New Grove Gospel, Blues And Jazz" is an excellent Max Harrison survey of 20th-century jazz; the rest is Oliver's survey of 2 other main African-American musical traditions. Both these books are probably hard to find by now. Robert Palmer's research in "Deep Blues" is admirable but his Mississippi-delta-centric book has axes to grind and he gets carried away too far by his enthusiasm. Gayle Wardlaw, often with Stephen Calt as co-author, has done fascinating research in books and articles. Gayle Wardlaw

Jeff, thanks for posting and Jim, thanks for analyzing the sound (I'm not a sax player but what you write makes sense to me). Paul Gayten was a brother-in-law of my Chicago neighbor Little Brother Montgomery.

3rd movement of Schubert's 9th symphony, esp. the slowed dance in 4 in teh middle

Each Time doesn't quite sound like Mobley to me. OTOH he was 20 years old then and probably didn't yet sound like his hard-bop self.

I too have come to enjoy lots of music via osmosis. As a boy in IN in the early 1950s, only two-beat music and 1920s jazz moved me. Over the years came swing and blues, then modern jazz - Parker, Ammons, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Monk, etc. all at once. A few TV shows - The Sound Of Jazz, some of Bobby Troup's Stars Of Jazz - certainly stimulated curiosity. Miles Davis was a mystery to me back then and has intermittently been a mystery ever since.

There once was a jazz lover named Hieronymous Who was bugged at the use of the word "eponymous" He assasinated a chap named Levi who levied taxes on the levee Baffled police said the criminal was anonymous. ...getting tired...very tired...

There once was a jazz lover named Hieronymous Who was bugged at the use of the word "eponymous" He assasinated a chap named Levi who levied taxes on the levee Baffled police said the criminal was anonymous. ...getting tired...very tired...

There once was a jazz lover named Hieronymous Who was bugged at the use of the word "eponymous" He assasinated a chap named Levi who levied taxes on the levee Baffled police said the criminal was anonymous. ...getting tired. very tired...