JSngry

No, what's great about the world of art is how is all the people who want to throw praise and/ or money your way if you play your cards right.

Bob Brookmeyer on trumpet!!!!!

IIRC, the first few Newport In New York festivals had nighttime big band dances every night. One of (maybe the only) leaders) was Benny Carter. So that explains that!

The right band for this gig!!!

I think it's an in-between-er. And the arrangements are rudimentary in the extreme. Totally uninspired.

Miller Brisker is a perfect jazz tenor player name!

The backings are the work of Monk Higgins. Another one is Stanley Turrentine's Flipped Out..

Yes!!! Thank you!!!

You have options then.

I guess I remember seeing him twice - Once with Miles, early 80s, and then a year or so later with a group of Freddie Hubbard, McCoy, and somebody? on bass. Two different gigs, both played perfectly.

Long as she brings her own board...

So you're taking Grace Kelley with you?

Thank you. Thing?

Are you inclined to mention your line of work?

So versatile, and so perfect with it. RIP

Amazon DLs used to not be the highest available quality. Has that changed? Good calls on Joe Williams. Jack McDuff and Jimmy McGriff.

Yeah, I fixed that by getting CDrs of the two Blue things. So I "have" them. Better to have than to be had! Maybe "hack" is cruel, maybe he was simply a hard-working hustling brother who carpe-diemed. But good lord...enough of THAT shit...

That Blue thing is...questionable. IMO. If there was such a list at one time, it should be on it. Best paired with Bantu Village, (how was that one not on the list), the better to get the whole thing done with in one sitting. My distaste for Monk Higgins is no secret, or shouldn't be. Not once have I heard anything to suggest that he was too much more than an opportunistic hack. IMO.

There was a guy who make his mark! RIP

Yeah, dampen the lead vocal, get another bit of lyrics, remix the whole thing, and you could maybe have a decent record. Instead, it is what it is and nobody cares. That's a very good record, with liner notes to match! That there is so deep in the pocket it's name could be Lint!!!

Ok, so we are back to the NHKQ (which, if not great, is good enough) and this one, which I don't think anybody for is clamoring: Are there any 78s that meet this criterion?

Japan has been lazy! Did the McLean Mosaic get to CD or was that too early for that? What about the Dom Minasi and Moacir Santos records, then?

Maybe Waters ? Japan has cast a wide net. Very wide.

The Mack Avenue company strikes me as people who handle their business like it's...business. Glad for that!