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Ron wrote:I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water - Lou Rawls (131)

Seriously? Seems pretty tacky to me.

I have and play a sweet version by Fats Waller too.

I think the better question is, "Why do their spouses put bad singers on albums?"

I also use EAC, it's great.

I can't get enough of that "Minor Swing" cut lately. Love it.

Huh, interesting idea.

August 8, 2005 (NEW YORK) – Today, Jazz at Lincoln Center released the names of the jazz masters being inducted into the Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame in 2005: Count Basie, Roy Eldridge, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Earl Hines, Johnny Hodges, Jo Jones, Charles Mingus, King Oliver, Max Roach, ...

This Earl Hines version (Budd Johnson on sax) bounces between 60bpm and 130bpm. It's got a bit of tempoless noodling at the beginning & end though.

I asked this on Yehoodi, but what would it take to Podcast this thing?

Nice!

Joe Salzano led an amazing band from Ithaca, NY around the time I started dancing. They were truly awesome live but unfortunately Joe's out of the Jazz scene these days. I think you can still get their CD here:

http://www.telemarkmusic.biz/catalog/945.html

-R

Still not safe at work:

GuruReuben wrote:Question: Why are all the DJs male?
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Turns out the only other tunes I have are by McKinney's Cotton Pickers with Rex Stewart. Stupid unoriginal names! i dunno, maybe it was just a commentary of their previous occupation. although it might have to do more with the minstral expectations for certain performers in those days. I'd say it's...

Turns out the only other tunes I have are by McKinney's Cotton Pickers with Rex Stewart. Stupid unoriginal names!

FYI There are some tracks (Marie, It's Our Business, Let's Get Together) on this album (cheaper on eBay, sound clips here)