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Well, folks . . . just one cotton-pickin' minute here . . .

CYD--- I want to see some PROOF that it's WELK'S group backing Hodge's.

The "Bubble Man" never had this depth in his reed section.

As they say in Sicily . . . I'm afraid I doubt you VERY much!

Gary in Arizona

Well, folks . . . we should be thankful for having many recordings of Hodge's gorgeous

horn . . . just a "routine" trip to the dentist . . . and then he was gone . . .

Gary in Arizona

Well, folks . . . sad to think of Brandon de Wilde's tragic end, crushed to death in a filthy ditch, beneath his pick-up.

Gary in Arizona

Well, Kozmo . . . thanks for replying.

The energy that bursts out of the speakers when a Machito recording is on is like a tidal wave!

Gary in Arizona

Well, folks . . . answers, please. First: when Michael & Enzo are standing "bluff" outside the hospital, why does M. give the baker's Zippo lighter such a SIGNIFICANT glance? Is there some sort of emblem on it that we don't see clearly? An Italian army emblem perhaps? Was this a rare slopp...

Well, Westto . . . NICE sound quality for a 78! Must be MINT condition record. What turntable/stylus are you using?

As for the lyrics . . . they are obviously full of 1920's sexual "code-talk", originating with

black musicians and picked-up by the hipper whites. His "Rover" may refer to a ...

HEY---CROONER---why does this cut-off early?

It's a dis-service to Cantor---the KING of Hebrew Vaudeville Corn!

Gary in Arizona

Well, folks . . . sad to watch a young Richard Long, knowing what the distant future held

for him . . .

Gary in Arizona

Well, folks . . . is Butterfield using a Harmon mute here?

It gives one pause to consider---the great horn men who've shared the initials "B.B."

Butterfield . . . Biederbeck . . . Berigan . . . and with one initial---the gifted Randy Brooks.

The latter three all met sad ends.

Gary in Ariz...

Well, Rix . . . Hello Again!

I'm not familiar with this melody . . . and---is one of these horn masters using a very light mute?

Gary in Arizona

Well, folks . . . for those of you who haven't read the book, when Sophie says her greasy, froggy "MECK" (look it up), is 'Quite A MAN!", what Maugham originally wrote was, "Christ---what a SCREW!"

If the Tea Party Loonies ever take power, we'll have to endure this type of ridiculous censorsh...

Well, folks . . . the debate over HOW sorry Speer was won't be settled!

One fact, though: you can't blame his FAMILY for his choices.

His parents weren't taken-in by the little man with the mustache. The mother thought that Der Fuehrers' custom china service was vulgar, and his dining-room ...

Well, folks . . . we shouldn't forget the Putrid American Past . . . The Artist in Benny Carter saw the beauty inherent in this stretch of coastline . . . even though HE wouldn't have been allowed to own a piece of it, or even rent there!

Better listen to this great music while you can . . ....

Well, folks . . . thanks to Pelo for posting this fine Carter/Vaughan collaboration.

If you'd like to hear another tasty Benny Carter item, check-out his haunting composition

"Malibu", from the early '40's (on Y.T.) Duke E. got all the recognition, at least some of which should have gone Benn...

Well, folks . . . Gray & Walker ARE attractive, but don't forget---in her day, Joan Blondell was built like a brick . . . "comfort station."

Gary in Arizona

Well, folks . . . thanks to Pano for identifying this melody.

I'm just an amateur drummer, but I notice that Buddy Rich is using a fairly

"extended" stick, with a bottom grip in the right hand. In the left though, he seems to be defeating the purpose of a long stick by gripping nearly half-...

Well folks . . . what memories this invokes . . . laying on the living-room floor, staring up at the black & white RCA console . . . powered by glowing electronics as GOD meant electronics to be---VACUUM TUBES!!!

That T-Bird Drop-Top was the Batmobile of its day!!!

Gary in Arizona

Well, you youngsters out there . . . did a few of you catch the reference to "the guy who cries?" Talking about 50's singer Johnny Ray . . .

Orson Welles once called E.K., "The most exciting woman on earth."

Gary in Arizona

Well, my fellow drummers . . . take note of that Chinese gong over the skin-beaters left shoulder . . . perfect position for a back-hand strike . . .

"I want hair that flys and flays--- like Cab Calloways' in olden days"

Gary in Arizona

Well, folks . . . being an amateur drummer, it doesn't surprise me in the least that the Mastermind behind all this skilled Tomfoolery was a . . . DRUMMER!

We're a breed apart! A part of WHAT---I won't say . . .

Gary in Arizona

Well, folks . . . when is some brave jazz historian going to tackle what remains one of the most explosive---and censored---episodes in the history of the music we all love . . . the "relations" (WHATEVER they were) between B.G. &

B.H.?

Is there hesitation because the theme of Black & Jew ST...

Well, folks . . . Lee Wiley . . . trumpeter Chet Baker . . . two of Oklahoma's most gifted musical children . . . along with my parents, both from the hamlet of Pryor, in Mayes County . . .

And folks . . . this is a facet of Oklahoma that has absolutely NOTHING to do with the redneck bigotry of...

Well, Nocaro . . . you've educated me tonight . . . thought I knew most every Cole song, especially 50's&60's . . . totally unaware of this one . . . never heard it by ANY performer . . . Burke did lyrics and music, both?

Gary in Arizona

Well, folks . . . great stuff . . . from a group of gifted Masters . . . including Harry "Sweets" Edison, with that Harmon mute screwed into his horn as tight as it would go.

I shook hands with Edison once at Donte's in N. Hollywood . . . when I think of the talents I saw and spoke with ther...

Well, "Borders" . . . I just wonder why you felt compelled to soil this page with your puerile, juvenile gutter mouth . . . while hiding behind a phony name, you're an example of everything that's wrong with modern American society, and with the Internet in particular.

Gary in Arizona

Well, folks . . . first the BAD stuff . . .

Interesting to see photos with that that black asshole Louis that she was crazy about and wasted her later years on . . . eyewitneses have told how they saw her on the floor in agony, while he kicked her . . . over and over and over . . .

The BETTE...

Well, folks . . . talented voices, no doubt . . . but WHY was so much of their vocal skill wasted on trivial, cornball material, such as "Rag Mop"? Pap to please the Eisenhower middle-class.

Because their career was rigidily controlled by greedy, money-grubbing parents?

The quality of the...

Well, folks . . . the only big-band units I'm aware of that used French horns were Thornhill's & Kenton's. Not even Ellington.

Prove me wrong? I'm open to persuasion---from a charming young music-major coed . . . but she'd better know her szforsando---forward & back!

Gary in Arizona

Well, folks . . . you're either a Valli fan or you're not---I'm not, but . . . to each his own.

Just so you'll have some idea of the history of this song, check out the very FIRST, ORIGINAL version, from 1947, sung by Fran Warren, backed by the luscious Claude Thornhill orchestra (on Y.T.). A...

Well, folks . . . my cardiologist has just entered me in the hospital records as an "Alcoholic". SO . . . got the name--live the game!!!

NOW--what IS important--what's the name of the Fulson song that has the line, "No need to go to the dentist tomorrow darling, 'cause I'm gonna knock you...

Well, let's talk turkey here guys . . . you can carp on the great Mr. B's voice all you want, but . . . the fact remains that every female attending his concerts---married, single, lame or blind---carried a pair of spare, dry, panties in her purse.

You wankers sitting out there in the dark WISH...

Well, my British cousins . . . I'm saddened to find that on your side of The Pond, you ALSO have juvenile minds---like Mr. Heeza---who can't disagree without resorting to puerile name-calling.

But, having lived in London, I know that you are NOT all like him, so I'll keep my 30-year-old card ...

Well, Pete . . . you show the "Cleo's Choice" album . . . I also have this one . . . but for those who've never heard it, could you please post her great cut of "Teach Me Tonight"?

We saw her & Dankworth at the Paramount in Oakland in 1976. Unforgettable night!

Gary in Arizona

Well, Blazer . . . I WILL try to catch your program on Mondays.

40 years ago, I was fortunate to live in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I could hear two great big band/jazz radio stations---KJAZ out of Oakland, and KMPX in The City . . . the tapes I recorded from them are still in pretty goo...

Well, folks . . . the trumpeter hiting that High-C at the end is the under-rated Charlie Shavers, isn't it??? Check-out his great ensemble work with the John Kirby Sextet . . .

Gary in Arizona

Well, folks . . . I want hair that flys and flays like Cab Calloway's in Olden Days!!!

Copyright 2011 G.L.I.

Wonder how much Cab paid for those "CONK" treatments???

Gary in Arizona

Well, Paul . . . So we won't be accused of filthy Male Chauvinism, I guess I better list the FEMALE jazz crooners that GUYS have gone nuts about . . . the list is long , but let's start with Helen Morgan . . . she invented that stirring stance of dangling shapely gams off the grand piano . . ....