Swinging Swede

The slipcases must have been on American pressings only. I bought almost all VEEs new and sealed in Swedish stores and they never had slipcases. Later I picked up the Dinah Washington from an American seller and it had the slipcase. It was the first time I saw one.

Diz Big Band has been out on a Japanese CD. Most of Jazz Recital is on the Mosaic, but not all of it, alas.

Hank Jones recorded with Hot Lips Page and John Kirby's sextet in the mid-40s. He was in Andy Kirk's big band too. He's been around.

Mine too! All of it is bought online though. By the way, I think I read that CD sales are up 9% so far this year in Sweden. A new law making it easier to track down and penalize illegal downloaders may have something to do with it.

Recommended buy:

Well, most of it doesn't show anything at least...

Hey, that's an album cover showing multiple images of the artist!

Reissuing the Brubeck/Desmond again is indeed strange since it was an LPR not that long ago, which can be had for a modest sum from Amazon sellers. Not an exciting batch at all considering what Verve has in its vaults that never has been on CD.

That's what I thought at first too, but then I discovered that the VEE includes her 1943 debut session for Keynote (Evil Gal Blues etc), which isn't on the Mercury box sets (which I have too). So then I decided to get the Dinah Washington VEE after all.

Yes, and Desmond wasn't Jewish either. However, both have been mistaken for being it, and Desmond apparently thought himself that he was!

Those Jewish musicians all look the same anyway. -_-

You're so clever.

Got a newsletter from Oldies today about the Fantasy Warehouse Clearance Sale. "Over 2,300 CDs" it says, and in big letters: "Don't be confused by the price, all CDs are brand new and sealed in original factory shrink wrap". Would be strange to send out a newsletter today and say that if they don't actually have or have access to the CDs. But what do I know? It's 6 days since I ordered and they still say that they ship in 1-3 days.

I have kind of exhausted those I could think of now, but since you posted the Martino, how about this one!?

OK!