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Underrated piano player, arranger, composer. He died aged 30 from a fondness for grog and TB. I was doing some research on him as I was looking for a better version of his song "Madam Dynamite" than the versions I have where the sound is not great. Good quality version with Eddie Condon on...

Great show Jesse. Enjoyed the live feel from SONH. Already ordered some of the new CDs featured

While on the subject of Gal from Joe's, another favourite version is Nina Simone from Sings Ellington.

I picked up the 6 LP set on ebay. A few other sets there at present.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... osi_widget

It was for a Sixties themed night with a mixture of dance styles

"I Gotta Get Out of This Place" - The Animals

New releases this month From Hep - Ella Fitzgerald Live at the Savoy 1930-40. Interesting in that Ella does not sing - all instrumentals. Hep usually does a good job with the sound. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wnfixzwgld0e For those New Testament Basie fans - a new release fr...

While the original six-LP box set correctly reissued all of Lionel Hampton's 1937-41 small-group recordings as a leader, the CD reissue program has been rather erratic, dividing up some of these selections in almost random fashion between three CDs, often splitting up sessions between a pair of dis...

I have the track on this CD http://wc06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aifwxqthld0e The iTunes version sound to be the same track (from the limited sample)(with different remastering???) Nice track and great sound for 1938. Talented lineup with Harry James (tp) Benny Carter (as,cl,arr) Dav...

Couldn't find a thread on this but maybe info buried somewhere: We ran a competition last weekend where the final song should be in the range 280-330 bpm. I was checking my library and I don't have much at all that is suitable in that range. Suitable in that the music is interesting with energy and ...

Found the discography for the Mosaic set

Spanish Shawl

Marty Marsala (tp), Kid Ory (tb, vcl), Darnell Howard (cl), Cedric Haywood (p), Frank Haggerty (g), Charles Oden (b), Earl Watkins (d).

Radio Recorders, LA, October 28, 1957

Guess was wrong - back to the drawing board. It sounds like Jonah Jones to my uneducated ear.

Looking forward to hearing your set Trev 8) <Shameless plug> Canberrang (Canberra's Exchange) will feature as some of its DJs Manu "Spuds" Smith (DJ supremo) Russell "Iron DJ" Turner (previous guest yehoodi DJ) Brian "Bob The Builder" Renehan (previous guest yehoodi DJ)...

My guess

You're Just In Love - Jonah Jones

Version on this album:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... fpxqlkldfe

I have a version by Benny Goodman I like from

Camel Caravan Shows 11/39

Triva for the day:
"Mahna Mahna" was written by Italian composer Piero Umiliani for a Swedish X-rated documentary.

http://www.geocities.com/pieroumiliani/

I play the Slam Stewart version off this CD

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... ftxqtgldae



without any problems (ripped from the CD).